Title: Critical Mass
Title Record # 59690
Authors: C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
Date: 1962-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Current Tags: 1998 (1), United States (1), political commentary (1), Bomb shelter (1), baseball (1), All-Star Game (1), cold war (1), ambition (1), sneak attack (1), first strike (1), bureaucracy (1), safety studies (1), advertising (1) Add Tags
Authors: C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
Date: 1962-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: In a 1998 United States where the Cold War has continued, leading to constant air raid drills and a plan to provide bomb shelters for the entire population, a pair of studies showing that the proposed shelters would be ineffective and that the upcoming Baseball All-Star Game is likely to be the occasion of an attack by the Communists accidentally replace a routine rigged study concealing the unhealthy effects of a soft drink, and are subsequently widely disseminated.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Galaxy Magazine, February 1962 | 1962-02-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Galaxy Publishing Corporation | $0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
196 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Gaughan | ||
| The Wonder Effect | 1962-09-00 | C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl | Ballantine Books | F638 | $0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
159 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Richard Powers | |
| The Wonder Effect | 1962-11-00 | C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl | Ballantine Books | F638 | $0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
159 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Richard Powers | |
| Galaxy #56 | 1963-01-00 | ed. Luigi Vitali | Casa Editrice La Tribuna | 56 | Lit 200?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
144 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Martinez | |
| L'ère des gladiateurs | 1965-00-00 | C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl | OPTA (OPTA - Galaxie Bis #1) | F5.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999 |
224 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | |||
| The Eighth Galaxy Reader | 1965-00-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Doubleday | $3.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
x+ 248 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Tom Chibbaro | ||
| The Eighth Galaxy Reader | 1965-00-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (3)) | 18/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
248 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| The Wonder Effect | 1967-00-00 | C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl | Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (2)) | 18/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
160 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| The Eighth Galaxy Reader | 1968-00-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Pan Books | 0-330-02109-5 | 5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
237 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | ||
| The Wonder Effect | 1969-07-00 | C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl | Ballantine Books | 01662 | $0.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
x+ 159 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | ||
| The Wonder Effect | 1969-07-00 | C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl | Ballantine Books | 01662 | $0.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
159 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | ||
| Final Encounter | 1970-04-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Curtis Books | 07071 | $0.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
223 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | ||
| The Wonder Effect | 1974-09-00 | C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl | Panther | 0-586-03997-X | £0.40?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
176 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Anthony Roberts | |
| Katalysatoren | 1977-07-00 | C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl | Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #0251) | 3-442-23251-1 | DM 4.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
155 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll |
Jürgen F. Rogner?Juergen F. Rogner
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| La civiltà dell'incubo | 1977-09-01 | Cyril M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl | Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #51) | Lit 1,600?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
202 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Angus McKie | ||
| Critical Mass | 1977-10-00 | C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl | Bantam Books | 0-553-10948-0 | $1.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xi+ 179 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Eddie Jones | |
| Our Best: The Best of Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth | 1987-02-00 | C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl | Baen Books | 0-671-65620-1 | $2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
286 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll |
Isidre Monés?Isidre Mones
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| Our Best: The Best of Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth | 1987-02-00 | C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl | Baen Books | 0-671-65620-1 | C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
286 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll |
Isidre Monés?Isidre Mones
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