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Secret Unattainable

A. E. van Vogt

First published July 1942
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

A scientist in Nazi Germany creates a portal to other worlds. The government sees endless possibilities, but the inventor takes a different view.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 1942 Cover Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1942 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 9
1952 Cover Away and Beyond Pellegrini & Cudahy Collection 88
1952 Cover Away and Beyond Avon Collection 74
February 1959 Cover Away and Beyond Berkley Books Collection 40
February 1959 Cover Away and Beyond Berkley Books Collection 40
September 1960 Away and Beyond Berkley Books Collection 40
December 1960 Away and Beyond Berkley Books Collection 40
August 1963 Cover Away and Beyond Berkley Medallion Collection 45
September 1963 Cover Away and Beyond Panther Collection 46
April 1968 Cover Away and Beyond Panther Collection 46
1970 Cover Away and Beyond Panther Collection 46
1973 Cover Away and Beyond Panther Collection 46
1973 Cover Away and Beyond Panther Collection 46
November 1977 Cover Away and Beyond Jove / HBJ Collection 75
November 1977 Cover Away and Beyond Jove / HBJ Collection 75
October 1978 Cover Away and Beyond Panther / Granada Collection 46
July 1980 Cover Space Mail Fawcett Crest Anthology 292
March 1981 Cover Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 662
1982 Space Mail Fawcett Crest Anthology
June 1990 Cover Fantastic World War II Baen Books Anthology 105
April 2003 Cover Transfinite: The Essential A. E. van Vogt NESFA Press Collection 351
March 2006 Cover Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury Gramercy Books Anthology 662
October 2006 Cover Transfinite: The Essential A. E. van Vogt NESFA Press Collection 351