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Title: Let the Ants Try Title Record # 77056
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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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1949 Let the Ants Try [as by James MacCreigh]
Year Language Title
1958Translated by Juan Felipe Hicks-Mudd
Spanish Una oportunidad para... las hormigas [as by Frederick Pohl]
1962 Swedish Låt myrorna försöka
1985Translated by Vesna Mahečić
Croatian Neka mravi pokušaju
2003Translated by Fabio Feminò
Italian Che Ci Provino Le Formiche

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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) Checkmark
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) Checkmark
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) Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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.
chap  
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