The Eggs from Lake Tanganyika
| First published | July 1926 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
Synopsis
Professor Meyer-Maier encounters a cluster of enormous eggs near Lake Tanganyika in Africa. He brings the egss back to Berlin, where they commence to hatch into gigantic insects that suck blood. The insects fail to multiply due to their large size. Obviously patterned on H. G. Wells.<br> Available on page 383, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?GRSBCKYR1999">Bleiler (Gernsback)</a>.
Notes
Thought to be first published in Scherl Magazine, 1926.
Amazing Stories, July 1926, unsigned illustration.
Publications (9)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1926 | Amazing Stories, July 1926 | Experimenter Publishing Company | MAGAZINE | 346 |
| June 1967 | Science Fiction Classics, No. 1 | Magazine Productions | MAGAZINE | 93 |
| 1982 | The Gernsback Awards 1926: Volume 1 | Triton Books | Anthology | 48|48.2 |
| July 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy | Prentice-Hall | Anthology | 495 |
| 2003 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy | Prentice-Hall | Anthology | 495 |
| December 2008 | Invertebrata Enigmatica: Giant Spiders, Dangerous Insects, and Other Strange Invertebrates in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy | Coachwhip Publications | Anthology | 314 |
| August 2014 | The Best of Amazing Stories: The 1926 Anthology | Experimenter Publishing Company | Anthology | 120 |
| August 2014 | The Best of Amazing Stories: The 1926 Anthology | Experimenter Publishing Company | Anthology | |10 |
| October 2014 | The Baen Big Book of Monsters | Baen Books | Anthology | 175 |