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Generation of Noah

William Tenn

First published 1951
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

During the Cold War, a survivalist moves his family to a farm and builds a bomb shelter, then trains his family for constant preparedness.

Generation of Noah 1st appeared as The Quick and the Bomb in Suspense Magazine, Spring 1951 (Vol. 1 #1).

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1951 Cover Suspense Magazine, Spring 1951 Farrell Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE
August 1952 Cover The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 Frederick Fell Anthology 258
1953 Cover The Best Science Fiction Stories: Third Series Grayson & Grayson Anthology 244
May 1955 Cover Frontiers in Space: Selections from The Best Science Fiction Stories Bantam Books Anthology 63
1956 Cover Of All Possible Worlds Michael Joseph Collection 191
August 1958 Cover Utopia-Science-Fiction-Magazin, #15 Pabel MAGAZINE 50
1963 Cover Of All Possible Worlds Mayflower-Dell Collection 143
August 1966 Cover Of All Possible Worlds Mayflower-Dell Collection 143
June 1968 Cover The Wooden Star Ballantine Books Collection 11
June 1968 Cover The Wooden Star Ballantine Books Collection 11
June 1970 Cover Grands classiques de la science-fiction 1ère série OPTA Anthology 222
July 1971 Cover The Wooden Star Ballantine Books (UK) Collection 11
July 1973 Cover Null-P Heyne Collection 19
1975 Cover Guten Morgen Übermorgen Ellermann Anthology 103
June 1978 Cover Il 2º libro dell'orrore Mondadori Anthology 435
August 1981 Cover The Wooden Star Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 11
November 1991 Cover There Won't Be War Tor Anthology 274
February 2001 Cover Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 NESFA Press Collection 317
July 2001 Cover Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 NESFA Press Collection 317
September 2002 Cover Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 NESFA Press / SFBC Collection 317
July 2013 Cover The Wooden Star Gateway / Orion Collection