In 1988, the seven existing stories were combined with three previously-unpublished ones (The Missioner, The Beltway Bandit, and Across the River) and nine short non-narrative interstitial vignettes (written in a quasi-journalistic style) to form a fix-up novel, The Day the Martians Came.
ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi ˈeɪt, ðə sˈɛvən ɛɡzˈɪstɪŋ stˈoːɹiz wɜː kəmbˈaɪnd wɪð θɹˈiː pɹˈiːviəsliʌnpˈʌblɪʃt wˈʌnz ðə mˈɪʃənɚ, ðə bˈɛltweɪ bˈændɪt, ænd əkɹˌɑːs ðə ɹˈɪvɚ ænd nˈaɪn ʃˈɔːɹt nˈɑːnnˈæɹətˌɪv ˌɪntɚstˈɪʃəl vɪnjˈɛts ɹˈɪʔn̩ ɪn ɐ kwˈeɪzaɪdʒˌɜːnəlˈɪstɪk stˈaɪl tə fˈɔːɹm ɐ fˈɪksˌʌp nˈɑːvəl, ðə dˈeɪ ðə mˈɑːɹʃənz kˈeɪm.