"Dr. Salva Gordy looked at the radioactive smear that had been Detroit. Then he looked down at the boiling anthill. Why not, he thought excitedly, why not?..."
-from Project Gutenberg's version of this edition.
According to Pohl's introduction to this story in "In the Problem Pit", the idea and the plot for this story were provided by George R. Spoerer.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Planet Stories, Winter 1949 | American News Co. | MAGAZINE | 63 | |
| November 1949 |
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Planet Stories, Winter 1949 | Love Romances Publishing | MAGAZINE | 63 |
| January 1952 |
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Beyond the End of Time | Permabooks | Anthology | 187 |
| February 1956 |
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Alternating Currents | Ballantine Books | Collection | 34 |
| February 1956 |
|
Alternating Currents | Ballantine Books | Collection | 34 |
| 1958 | Siluetas del futuro | E.D.H.A.S.A. | Collection | 35 | |
| March 1962 |
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Häpna!, mars 1962 | Grafiska Förlaget Kindberg & Söner | MAGAZINE | 87 |
| March 1966 |
|
Alternating Currents | Penguin Books | Collection | 59 |
| July 1969 |
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Alternating Currents | Ballantine Books | Collection | 34 |
| December 1974 |
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Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction | Thomas Nelson | Anthology | 69 |
| January 1975 |
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Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction | Thomas Nelson / SFBC | Anthology | 49 |
| May 1976 |
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Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction | Abelard-Schuman | Anthology | 69 |
| June 1976 |
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In the Problem Pit | Bantam Books | Collection | 59 |
| October 1976 |
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In the Problem Pit | Corgi | Collection | 59 |
| February 1977 |
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Mutants | Corgi | Anthology | 61 |
| 1979 |
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Alternating Currents | Penguin Books | Collection | 59 |
| September 1985 |
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Sirius, #111 | Vjesnik | MAGAZINE | 79 |
| September 2000 |
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents the Best of Writers of the Future | Bridge Publications | Anthology | 379 |
| June 2001 |
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The SFWA Grand Masters: Volume Three | Tor | Anthology | 102 |
| April 2002 |
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The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 3 | Tor | Anthology | 102 |
| November 2003 |
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Urania #1479 | Mondadori | MAGAZINE | 130 |
| December 2005 |
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Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories | Tor | Collection | 417 |
| January 2006 |
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Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories | Tor / SFBC | Collection | 417 |
| January 2007 |
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Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories | Orb | Collection | 417 |
| January 2007 |
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Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories | Tor | Collection | |417 |
| March 2009 |
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Mutants | Wildside Press | Anthology | 69 |
| May 2009 |
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Planet Stories, Winter 1949 | Adventure House | MAGAZINE | 63 |
| February 2021 | Let the Ants Try | Project Gutenberg | Chapbook | ||
| December 2024 |
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Frederik Pohl Audiobook Collection | MotionAudiobooks | Omnibus | |149 |
| December 2024 |
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Frederik Pohl Audiobook Collection | MotionAudiobooks | Omnibus | |68 |