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A Subway Named Mobius

A. J. Deutsch

First published December 1950
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

"A Harvard professor of mathematics is asked to solve a mysterious disaster in Boston's underground transportation system." -- Clifford A. Pickover's "Surfing Through Hyperspace", Appendix B (p.178).

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2001 Retro Hugo Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (39)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1950 Astounding Science Fiction, December 1950 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 72
November 1952 Omnibus of Science Fiction Crown Publishers Anthology 88
1953 Omnibus of Science Fiction Crown Publishers / SFBC Anthology 88
April 1953 Omnibus of Science Fiction Crown Publishers Anthology 88
January 1954 Strange Travels in Science Fiction Grayson & Grayson Anthology
August 1956 Science Fiction Omnibus Berkley Books Anthology 5
1958 Fantasia Mathematica Simon & Schuster Anthology 222
1961 Fantasia Mathematica Simon & Schuster Anthology 222
March 1961 Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 63
July 1962 Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Anthology 63
1963 Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 63
November 1963 Science Fiction Omnibus Berkley Medallion Anthology 7
1965 Best SF Four Faber and Faber Anthology 63
1968 One Hundred Years of Science Fiction Simon & Schuster Anthology 157
June 1969 One Hundred Years of Science Fiction Gollancz Anthology 157
1970 Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 63
May 1970 One Hundred Years of Science Fiction Gollancz Anthology 157
April 1971 Where Do We Go from Here? Doubleday Anthology 149
August 1971 Where Do We Go from Here? Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 149
March 1972 One Hundred Years of Science Fiction, Book One Pan Books Anthology 167
October 1972 Where Do We Go from Here? Fawcett Crest Anthology 139
October 1972 Where Do We Go from Here? Fawcett Crest Anthology 139
1973 Where Do We Go from Here? Michael Joseph Anthology 148
1974 Where Do We Go from Here? Book 1 Sphere Anthology 135
1976 Where Do We Go from Here? Fawcett Crest Anthology 139
August 1977 One Hundred Years of Science Fiction, Book One Pan Books Anthology 167
1980 Where Do We Go from Here? Fawcett Crest Anthology 139
1980 Omnibus of Science Fiction Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 88
1982 Laughing Space Robson Books Anthology 142
1982 Laughing Space Robson Books Anthology 142
March 1982 Laughing Space Houghton Mifflin Anthology 142
1984 The Omnibus of Science Fiction Chatham River Press Anthology 88
September 1984 The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) DAW Books Anthology 244
September 1984 The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 244
1985 Laughing Space Robson Books Anthology 142
1988 Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction: Sixth Series Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 549
May 1997 Fantasia Mathematica Copernicus Anthology 222
January 2017 If This Goes Wrong... Baen Books Anthology 147
May 2021 A Subway Named Mobius Faded Page Chapbook