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Title: Nightmare with Zeppelins Title Record # 56304
Authors: C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
Date: 1958-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: An explorer returns from Africa, where he had encountered a reclusive scientist who had discovered that the collection of a critical mass of an isotope of uranium would lead to a nuclear explosion and subsequently accidentally blown himself up in such a fashion.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1959 French Entre deux raids
1959 Italian Non oseranno [as by Cyril M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl]
1977Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Niemand würde es wagen
1977 Italian Non oseranno [as by Cyril M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Magazine, December 1958 1958-12-00 ed. H. L. Gold Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.35?$: US dollar
148
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 Checkmark
Galaxie (1ère série), #63 February 1959 1959-02-00 ed.
Editors of Galaxie (1ère série)?Editors of Galaxie (1ere serie)
Editions Nuit et Jour  
F100.00?F: French frank
148
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  
Galaxy #9 1959-02-00 ed. R. Valente Editrice Due Mondi (Italy) 9
Lit 150?Lit: Italian lira
128
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 77 1960-01-00 ed. H. L. Gold Strato Publications  
3/6?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).
194
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 Wood Checkmark
The Fifth Galaxy Reader 1961-03-00 ed. H. L. Gold Doubleday (Doubleday Science Fiction)  
$3.95?$: US dollar
260
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Arthur Renshaw Checkmark
The Fifth Galaxy Reader 1961-09-00 ed. H. L. Gold Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.20?$: US dollar
260
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Arthur Renshaw Checkmark
The Wonder Effect 1962-09-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books F638
$0.50?$: US dollar
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 Checkmark
The Wonder Effect 1962-11-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books F638
$0.50?$: US dollar
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 Checkmark
The Fifth Galaxy Reader 1963-02-00 ed. H. L. Gold Pocket Books 6163
$0.35?$: US dollar
xiii+
241
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
The Wonder Effect 1969-07-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books 01662
$0.75?$: US dollar
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 Checkmark
The Wonder Effect 1969-07-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books 01662
$0.75?$: US dollar
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 Checkmark
The Wonder Effect 1974-09-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Panther 0-586-03997-X
£0.40?£: UK pound
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 Checkmark
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
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
Checkmark
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
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
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 Checkmark
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
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
Checkmark
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
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
Checkmark
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