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Highway i

Charles Eric Maine

First published November 1953
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

"Does science fiction hold the solution to illegal immigration? What becomes of a hapless scientist when his time-travel break-through makes him Public Enemy No. One in the 25th Century? What happens when finds himself the unwitting architect of the biggest immigration nightmare of all -- through time itself?" (boldventurepress.com)

Notes

This information is from the following website, which contains a bibliography and a biography on Charles Eric Maine, http://www.waldeneast.fsnet.co.uk/cemaine.htm "Highway i" Authentic Science Fiction 39, November 1953 pp 74-111; illustrated by Gerald Notes: Slightly revised vt “Highway J”; book version Timeliner "Highway J" Planet Stories November 1953 Other Worlds, Other Times, ed Sam Moskowitz and Roger Elwood Macfadden-Bartell 75-238 1969 192pp 75c pb (cover by Jack Faragasso) pp 66-97 Manor 532-95310-095 1974 192pp 95c pb pp 66-97 Notes: Slightly revised vt of "Highway i" (although the story appeared in two different magazines bearing the same cover date, the editor of Authentic, H J Campbell, stated that "an American magazine" had also bought "Highway i" a few weeks after he had); book version Timeliner

Publications (2)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1953 Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, November 15, 1953 Hamilton & Co. MAGAZINE 74
January 1954 Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, January 15, 1954 Modern Distributors Ltd. MAGAZINE 74