Title: Trouble in Time
Title Record # 63876
Authors: C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
Date: 1940-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Authors: C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
Date: 1940-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A young male physicist invents a time machine based upon a mathematical paradox, and in a state of mutual drunkenness uses it to send a female chemical engineer 800 years into the future, where she finds humanity facing an apparently unavoidable threat.
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Current Tags: female protagonist (1), first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), small town (1), time travel (1), 2700 AD (1), invaders from Mars (1), nuclear power (1), yttrium (1), drunkenness (1), paradox (1), Simulated reality (1) Add Tags
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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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| Astonishing Stories, December 1940 | 1940-12-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Fictioneers, Inc. | $0.10?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
116 | pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75 |
mag | Bob Sherry | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Before the Universe and Other Stories | 1980-07-00 | C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl | Bantam Books | 0-553-11042-X | $1.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
x+ 203 |
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 | Paul Lehr | |
| 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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