| Notes | According to Farmer's introduction in <b><a href="/c/books/edition/718844/the-book-of-philip-jose-farmer-or-the-wares-of-simple-simons-custard-pie-and-space-man/">The Book of Philip José Farmer</a></b>, the story was bought by Bob Mills and published with the title "Open to Me, My Sister" in <i><a href="/c/books/credit/84136/the-magazine-of-fantasy-science-fiction/">The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction</a></i> after being rejected by <a href="/c/books/credit/64084/john-w-campbell-jr/">John Campbell</a> because the story nauseated him. Campbell believed that the "vivid biological details and its premise" would have the same effect on the readers of <i><a href="/c/books/credit/71362/astounding-science-fiction/">Astounding</a></i>.
The first publication under the title "My Sister's Brother" was in Farmer's book <b><a href="/c/books/edition/642403/strange-relations/">Strange Relations</a></b> which credits the first publication to <i>Satellite</i> June 1959 with the title "The Strange Birth". Again, according to the introduction, the story was originally bought by Leo Margulies, editor of <i>Satellite</i> and due to be published in the first issue. The story was never published by Leo because the magazine was cancelled before the story could be published.
A slightly different version of the story's history appears in wikipedia.
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