The Sinful Ones [novella]

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Canonical title

The Sinful Ones [novella]

Original title

The Sinful Ones

Alternate titles

You're All Alone [novella]; The Sinful Ones [novella]; The Big Engine [short story]

Original publication date

1950 (as "You're All Alone") (as "You're All Alone"); 1953 (rev. as "The Sinful Ones") (rev. as "The Sinful Ones"); 1980 (rev. edition of "The Sinful Ones" published) (rev. edition of "The Sinful Ones" published)

First words

When Carr Mackey first caught sight of the frightened girl, he was feeling exceptionally bored. The offices of General Employment seemed a jail, time an unclimbable wall, life a straitjacket, the very air a slow-setting invis... (show all)ible cement. Even thoughts of Marcia failed to put any color in his gray mood. -Chapter One, The Frightened Girl

Canonical DDC/MDS

813

Canonical LCC

PS3523.E4583

Disambiguation notice

PLEASE DO NOT COMBINE WITH RELATED WORKS.

Leiber published and revised this story in a number of ways, and also published collections under two of the titles. 

* "You're All Alone" (1950 novella)

* ... (show all)"The Sinful Ones" (1953 version of "You're All Alone")

* "The Big Engine" (1962 abridgment of "You're All Alone")

* "The Sinful Ones" (1980 revision of the 1953 version of "The Sinful Ones")

* "You're All Alone" (1972 collection, including "You're All Alone" and two other works)