"The story that was the seed from which Make Room! Make Room! eventually grew," according to Disch's introduction to The Ruins of Earth. Harrison's introduction in Best of Harry Harrison makes it clear that the short story came after the novel, and was prepared specifically for the Disch collection. PUBLICATION HISTORY The Ruins of Earth: an Anthology of Stories of the Immediate Future, edited by Thomas M. Disch. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1971, hbk. The Ruins of Earth: an Anthology of Stories of the Immediate Future, edited by Thomas M. Disch. New York: Berkley Medallion, June 1972, pbk, p.84-106. The Ruins of Earth, edited by Thomas M. Disch. London: Hutchinson, 1973, hbk. Above the Human Landscape, edited by Willis E. McNelly and Leon E. Stover. USA: Goodyear, 1972, hbk and pbk. as: "Compagnons de Chambre" in Futur Annee Zero, edited by A. Dorémieux. Casterman, 1975. Translated by Bruno Martin. [French/Flemish?]. Earth in Transit, edited by Sheila Schwartz. New York: Laurel Leaf/Dell, 1976, pbk. as: "Sigkatiki" in: Megali Anthologia Epistimonikis Fantasias, Vol.4. Exadas, 1976. Translated by Olga Chatziantoniou. [Greek] The Best of Harry Harrison, June 1976. No Room For Man, edited by Ralph S. Clem, Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander. New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 1979. as: "Wohngemeinschaft" in: Die Letzten Blumen, edited by Thomas M. Disch. Bastei-Lübbe, 1981. [German] as: "Rumskamrater" in Aschkelons Gater. Stockholm: Delta, 1985. [Swedish]. Stainless Steel Visions, February 1993. as: "Wspolmieszkancy" in: Zlote Lata Stalowego Szczura [Stainless Steel Visions]. 1994. [Polish] as: "Mitbewohner" in: Visionen einer Stahlratte [Stainless Steel Visions]. 1995. [German] 50 in 50, July 2001.