"The Far Side of the Bell-Shaped Curve"
by Robert Silverberg
Form: Short story
Year: 1982
ID: 300
Publication history:
- 1982: Omni March 1982, Magazine
- 1984: The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party, Arbor House Hard cover book
- 1984: The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party, Science Fiction Book Club Hard cover book, 243 pp.
- 1985: The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party, Bantam Mass market paperback, ISBN 0-553-25077-9, 317 pp.
- 1985: The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party, Gollancz Hard cover book, 284 pp.
- 1987: Det brokiga cocktailpartyt, Korpen Mass market paperback, ISBN 91-7374-186-8, in Swedish
- 1989: The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party, Gollancz Mass market paperback, 284 pp.
- 1989: Pavane au fil du temps, J'ai lu Mass market paperback, ISBN 2-277-22631-9, 352 pp., in French as L'apogée de la courbe en cloche
- 1999: Pavane au fil du temps, J'ai lu Mass market paperback, ISBN 2277226319, 352 pp., in French as L'apogée de la courbe en cloche
- 2000: The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party, Peanut Press Online
- 2004: Phases of the Moon, iBooks Trade paperback, ISBN 0743498011, 623 pp.
Other resources:
[None on record]
Comments:
On the Contents page of Omni Magazine, this story is listed as , though the correct title appears above the story itself.
A story Silverberg refers to as in the Conglemoroid Introduction. Reichenbach is a time traveler from some year after 2187, jaunting to the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, where he meets Ilsabet, a fellow time traveler. They fall in love and jaunt through the ages, visiting the great moments of history (mostly disasters), until old-fashioned jealousy rears its ugly head. Given the facts surrounding the story I'm sure Silverberg is well aware of the similarity of this scenario with CL Moore's classic .