Title: Crisis in 2140

Title: Crisis in 2140 Title Record # 3040
Authors: John J. McGuire and H. Beam Piper
Date: 1957-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English

Note: Serialized as "Null-ABC" in Astounding Science Fiction, Feb-Mar 1953

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Serializations

Year	Title
1957^ⓘSerialized in Astounding, February-March 1953	Null-ABC
1957	Null-ABC [as by John Joseph McGuire and Henry Beam Piper]

Year	Language	Title
1958^ⓘTranslated by Maurice Rodenbach	German	Krisenjahr 2140
1969	Italian	Crisi nel 2140
1972^ⓘTranslated by Heinz Zwack (as Heinz Nagel)	German	Null-ABC [as by H. Beam Piper]

Year	Title
1953	Null-ABC (Part 1 of 2)
1953	Null-ABC (Part 2 of 2)

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Astounding Science Fiction, February 1953	1953-02-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.35^?$: US dollar	172	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	Van Dongen
Astounding Science Fiction, March 1953	1953-03-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.35^?$: US dollar	172	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	Pawelka
Astounding Science Fiction, July 1953 (UK)	1953-07-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd		-/9^?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).	64	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
Astounding Science Fiction, August 1953 (UK)	1953-08-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd		-/9^?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).	64	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
Gunner Cade / Crisis in 2140	1957-00-00	Cyril Judd, John J. McGuire, H. Beam Piper	Ace Books (Ace Double #D-227)	D-227	$0.35^?$: US dollar	198+ 120	dos^?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.	omni	Ed Emshwiller
Krisenjahr 2140	1958-06-00	John J. McGuire, H. Beam Piper	Semrau (Abenteuer im Weltenraum #3)	AiW03	DM 1.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	96	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".	chap
Galassia #106	1969-10-00	ed. Ugo Malaguti	Casa Editrice La Tribuna	106	Lit 350^?Lit: Italian lira	184	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	Allison
Null-ABC	1972-07-00	H. Beam Piper	Ullstein (Ullstein 2000 #23 (2888))	3-548-02888-8	DM 2.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	141	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.	chap	John Schoenherr
Null-ABC	2006-00-00	John Joseph McGuire, Henry Beam Piper	Wildside Press	1-55742-932-4	$29.95^?$: US dollar	129	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap
Null-ABC	2006-05-08	John J. McGuire, H. Beam Piper	Project Gutenberg	18346	$0.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	chap
Null-ABC	2006-07-00	John J. McGuire, H. Beam Piper	Wildside Press	1-55742-932-4	$29.95^?$: US dollar	129	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap
Null-ABC	2007-02-05	John J. McGuire, H. Beam Piper	Wildside Press	978-1-55742-920-9	$12.95^?$: US dollar	130	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.	chap
Collected Works of Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire	2007-08-20	John Joseph McGuire, Henry Beam Piper	BiblioBazaar	1-4346-4148-1	$19.99^?$: US dollar	176	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
Null-ABC	2008-04-21	John Joseph McGuire, Henry Beam Piper	The Echo Library	978-1-4068-6653-7	$9.90^?$: US dollar	72	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.	chap
Null-ABC	2011-10-12	John J. McGuire, H. Beam Piper	CreateSpace	978-1-4664-2883-6	$9.99^?$: US dollar	98	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.	chap
Null-ABC	2011-10-13	John J. McGuire, H. Beam Piper	LibriVox		$0.00^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	chap	Van Dongen
The H. Beam Piper Megapack	2013-03-07	H. Beam Piper	Wildside Press (Megapack)	978-1-4344-4694-7	$0.99^?$: US dollar	2544	ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
Null-ABC	2022-04-28	John J. McGuire, H. Beam Piper	Wildside Press	978-1-4794-7237-6	$19.99^?$: US dollar	129	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap

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Reviews

Review by James Blish [as by William Atheling, Jr.] (1953) in The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction, (1964) , reprinted in:
[as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1967)
[as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1969)
[as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1974)
[as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1974)
Review by S. E. Cotts (1957) in Fantastic, November 1957
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1958) in Astounding Science Fiction, March 1958
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1958) in Astounding Science Fiction, June 1958 (UK)