In the near future, a man inherits from his great grandfather a super computer which has been surreptitiously augmenting itself and accumulating and analysing all available data about the universe for the intervening years, and is capable of creating a realistic virtual reality of any situation, upon request.
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Hugo Award | Best Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1963 |
|
Fantastic Stories of Imagination, June 1963 | Ziff-Davis Publishing Company | MAGAZINE | 63 |
| July 1963 |
|
Fantastic Stories of Imagination, July 1963 | Ziff-Davis Publishing Company | MAGAZINE | 46 |
| August 1963 |
|
Fantastic Stories of Imagination, August 1963 | Ziff-Davis Publishing Company | MAGAZINE | 40 |
| September 1964 |
|
The Great Time Machine Hoax | Simon & Schuster | Novel | |
| August 1965 |
|
The Great Time Machine Hoax | Pocket Books | Novel | 7 |
| 1966 |
|
L'ordinateur désordonné | Denoël | Novel | |
| July 1966 |
|
Im Banne der Zeitmaschine | Moewig | Novel | |
| December 1971 |
|
L'ordinateur désordonné | Denoël | Novel | |
| 1974 |
|
The Great Time Machine Hoax | Award Books | Novel | 5 |
| July 1978 |
|
The Great Time Machine Hoax | Ace Books | Novel | 1 |
| August 1984 |
|
The Great Time Machine Hoax | Ace Books | Novel | 1 |
| May 2002 |
|
Keith Laumer: The Lighter Side | Baen Books | Collection | 325 |
| July 2002 |
|
Keith Laumer: The Lighter Side | Baen Books | Collection | 325 |
| March 2003 |
|
Keith Laumer: The Lighter Side | Baen Books | Collection | |
| May 2007 |
|
The 1634: The Baltic War Disk | Baen Books | Omnibus | |23.11 |
| May 2007 | The 1634: The Baltic War Disk | Baen Books | Omnibus | |23.11 | |
| October 2010 | The 1635: The Eastern Front Disk | Baen Books | Omnibus | |28.11 | |
| October 2011 |
|
A Hoax in Time / Inside Earth | Armchair Fiction | Omnibus | 5 |
| March 2014 |
|
A Hoax in Time | Fiction Hunter Press | Novel | |
| March 2016 |
|
The Great Time Machine Hoax | Gateway / Orion | Novel | |
| June 2020 |
|
The Essential Keith Laumer | Library and Archives Canada | Collection | |6 |