Title: Let the Ants Try
Title Record # 77056
Author: Frederik Pohl
Date: 1949-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Gutenberg
Language: English
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Author: Frederik Pohl
Date: 1949-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Gutenberg
Language: English
Note: According to Pohl's introduction to this story in "In the Problem Pit", the idea and the plot for this story were provided by George R. Spoerer.
Synopsis: "Dr. Salva Gordy looked at the radioactive smear that had been Detroit. Then he looked down at the boiling anthill. Why not, he thought excitedly, why not?..."
-from Project Gutenberg's version of this edition.
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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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Planet Stories, Winter 1949 | 1949-11-00 | ed. Paul L. Payne | Love Romances Publishing Co., Inc. | $0.20?$: US dollar |
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 | Allen Anderson | ||
Beyond the End of Time | 1952-01-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Permabooks | P145 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
407 | 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 | ||
Alternating Currents | 1956-02-00 | Frederik Pohl | Ballantine Books | 130 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
154 | 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 | |
Alternating Currents | 1956-02-00 | Frederik Pohl | Ballantine Books | H-130 | $2.00?$: US dollar |
154 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Richard Powers | |
Siluetas del futuro | 1958-00-00 | Frederick Pohl | E.D.H.A.S.A. (Nebulae #49) | 49 | 248 | 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 | Llobera | ||
Häpna!, mars 1962 | 1962-03-00 |
ed.
Kjell Ekström?Kjell Ekstrom |
Grafiska Förlaget Kindberg & Söner | skr 1.80?skr: Swedish krona (crown) |
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. |
mag | Brian Lewis | |||
Alternating Currents | 1966-03-00 | Frederik Pohl | Penguin Books | 2452 | 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). |
190 | 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 | Erich Hartmann | |
Alternating Currents | 1969-07-00 | Frederik Pohl | Ballantine Books | 01663 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
154 | 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 | ||
Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction | 1974-12-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Thomas Nelson | 0-8407-6412-X | $6.50?$: US dollar |
224 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | James Barry (I) | |
Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction | 1975-01-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Thomas Nelson / SFBC | 6434 | $1.98?$: US dollar |
x+ 182 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | James Barry (I) | |
Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction | 1976-05-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Abelard-Schuman | 0-200-72455-X | £3.95?£: UK pound |
224 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | James Barry (I) | |
In the Problem Pit | 1976-06-00 | Frederik Pohl | Bantam Books | 0-553-08857-2 | $1.50?$: US dollar |
193 | 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 | |
In the Problem Pit | 1976-10-00 | Frederik Pohl | Corgi | 0-552-10334-9 | £0.65?£: UK pound |
193 | 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 | Angus McKie | |
Mutants | 1977-02-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Corgi | 0-552-10387-X | £0.65?£: UK pound |
204 | 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 | Peter Jones | |
Alternating Currents | 1979-00-00 | Frederik Pohl | Penguin Books | 0-14-002452-2 | £0.75?£: UK pound |
190 | 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 | Adrian Chesterman | |
Sirius, #111 | 1985-09-05 |
ed.
Milivoj Pašiček?Milivoj Pasicek Milivoj Pashichek |
Vjesnik | Din 150?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar |
132 | 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. |
mag | Igor Kordej | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents the Best of Writers of the Future | 2000-09-00 | ed. Algis Budrys | Bridge Publications | 1-57318-204-4 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
414 | 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. |
anth | Frank Frazetta | |
The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume Three | 2001-06-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Tor | 0-312-86877-4 | $25.95?$: US dollar |
477 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 3 | 2002-04-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Tor | 0-312-86876-6 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
477 | 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. |
anth | ||
Urania #1479 | 2003-11-19 | ed. Giuseppe Lippi | Mondadori | 1479 | €3.55?€: Euro |
330 | 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. |
mag | Pierluigi Longo | |
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories | 2005-12-00 | Frederik Pohl | Tor (A Sci Fi Essential Book) | 0-312-87527-4 | $27.95?$: US dollar |
463 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Digital Art / Corbis | |
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories | 2006-01-00 | Frederik Pohl | Tor / SFBC | 1198278 | $13.99?$: US dollar |
463 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Digital Art / Corbis | |
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories | 2007-01-00 | Frederik Pohl | Orb | 0-765-30145-8 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
463 | 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 | Digital Art / Corbis | |
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories | 2007-01-23 | Frederik Pohl | Tor | 978-1-4668-2644-1 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
Mutants | 2009-03-05 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Wildside Press | 978-1-4344-5512-3 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
228 | 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. |
anth | Jesse-lee Lang | |
Planet Stories, Winter 1949 | 2009-05-00 | ed. Paul L. Payne | Adventure House | 978-1-59798-238-2 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
112 | 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. |
mag | Allen Anderson | |
Let the Ants Try | 2021-02-25 | James MacCreigh | Project Gutenberg | 64631 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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