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The Man from the Atom

G. Peyton Wertenbaker

First published August 1923
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series The Man from the Atom #1

Synopsis

Professor Martyn invents a box that allows one to increase or decrease one's size. Kirby, wearing the device, makes himself increasingly larger, until he is larger than the universe. At his point he cannot easily shrink himself and still find the Earth, so he settles for a planet somewhat like Earth.<br> Available on page 492, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?GRSBCKYR1999">Bleiler (Gernsback)</a>.

Notes

First published in Science and Invention, August 1923.
Amazing Stories, April 1926, unsigned illustration.

Publications (9)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1923 Cover Science and Invention, August 1923 Experimenter Publishing Company MAGAZINE 329
April 1926 Cover Amazing Stories, April 1926 Experimenter Publishing Company MAGAZINE 62
February 1966 Cover Amazing Stories, February 1966 Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc. MAGAZINE 112
November 1979 Cover Amazing Stories, November 1979 Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc. MAGAZINE 114
March 2013 The Man from the Atom Feedbooks Chapbook
October 2013 Cover Amazing Stories, April 1926 New Tales Pulp Anthology 62
August 2014 Cover The Best of Amazing Stories: The 1926 Anthology Experimenter Publishing Company Anthology 8
August 2014 Cover The Best of Amazing Stories: The 1926 Anthology Experimenter Publishing Company Anthology |2
September 2014 Cover Science Fiction Classics #1 Pulp Tales Press Anthology 62