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Nightmare with Zeppelins

Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth

First published December 1958
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

An explorer returns from Africa, where he had encountered a reclusive scientist who had discovered that the collection of a critical mass of an isotope of uranium would lead to a nuclear explosion and subsequently accidentally blown himself up in such a fashion.

Publications (14)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1958 Galaxy Magazine, December 1958 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 44
January 1960 Galaxy, No. 77 Strato Publications MAGAZINE 146
March 1961 The Fifth Galaxy Reader Doubleday Anthology 225
September 1961 The Fifth Galaxy Reader Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 225
September 1962 The Wonder Effect Ballantine Books Collection 54
November 1962 The Wonder Effect Ballantine Books Collection 54
February 1963 The Fifth Galaxy Reader Pocket Books Anthology 206
1967 The Wonder Effect Gollancz Collection 55
July 1969 The Wonder Effect Ballantine Books Collection 54
July 1969 The Wonder Effect Ballantine Books Collection 54
September 1974 The Wonder Effect Panther Collection 61
October 1977 Critical Mass Bantam Books Collection 127
February 1987 Our Best: The Best of Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth Baen Books Collection 93
February 1987 Our Best: The Best of Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth Baen Books Collection 93