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The Runaway Skyscraper

Murray Leinster

First published February 1919
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

A Manhattan building inadvertently alters the Fourth Dimension, causing it to be propelled backwards in time until all of Manhattan disappears. The building settles into a forested area occupied by Indians. Naturally, an engineer is present, who figures out how to return the building to its proper time.<br> Available on page 244, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?GRSBCKYR1999">Bleiler (Gernsback)</a>

Notes

First published in Argosy, 22 February 1919.

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Publications (28)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1919 Cover Argosy and Railroad Man's Magazine, February 22, 1919 The Frank A. Munsey Company MAGAZINE 59
June 1926 Cover Amazing Stories, June 1926 Experimenter Publishing Company MAGAZINE 250
February 1966 Cover Amazing Stories, February 1966 Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc. MAGAZINE 50
June 1967 Cover The Best of Amazing Doubleday Anthology 40
October 1968 The Best of Amazing Robert Hale Anthology
June 1969 Cover The Best of Amazing Belmont Books Anthology 39
January 1980 Cover Fantastic, January 1980 Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc. MAGAZINE 102
March 1999 Cover New Horizons: Yesterday's Portraits of Tomorrow Arkham House Anthology 3
January 2003 Cover Wondrous Beginnings DAW Books Anthology 17
December 2005 The Runaway Skyscraper Project Gutenberg Chapbook
May 2006 Cover The Runaway Skyscraper IndyPublish.com Chapbook
June 2006 Cover Lost Sanctum, #1 2006 Wild Cat Books MAGAZINE 9
August 2007 Cover The Runaway Skyscraper and Other Tales from the Pulps Wildside Press Collection 7
August 2007 Cover The Runaway Skyscraper and Other Tales from the Pulps Wildside Press Collection 7
January 2009 Cover The Runaway Skyscraper Dodo Press Chapbook
November 2009 Cover The Runaway Skyscraper Book Jungle Chapbook
May 2010 Cover The Runaway Skyscraper LibriVox Chapbook
March 2012 Cover The Murray Leinster Megapack Wildside Press Omnibus |1
July 2013 Cover Anthology of Sci-Fi V25: The Pulp Writers: Murray Leinster Spastic Cat Press Collection
August 2014 Cover The Best of Amazing Stories: The 1926 Anthology Experimenter Publishing Company Anthology 188
August 2014 Cover The Best of Amazing Stories: The 1926 Anthology Experimenter Publishing Company Anthology |16
November 2015 Cover The First Murray Leinster Megapack ® Wildside Press Omnibus |1
December 2015 Cover The Second Murray Leinster Megapack ® Wildside Press Omnibus |11
November 2019 Cover The Runaway Skyscraper and Other Tales from the Pulps Gateway / Orion Collection |7
September 2020 Cover Sidewise in Time Gollancz / Orion Collection 59
September 2020 Cover Sidewise in Time Gateway / Orion Collection
February 2021 Cover The Runaway Skyscraper Positronic Publishing Chapbook
February 2021 Cover The Runaway Skyscraper Positronic Publishing Chapbook