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Title: Generation of Noah Title Record # 45603
Author: William Tenn
Date: 1951-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Generation of Noah 1st appeared as The Quick and the Bomb in Suspense Magazine, Spring 1951 (Vol. 1 #1).
Synopsis: During the Cold War, a survivalist moves his family to a farm and builds a bomb shelter, then trains his family for constant preparedness.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1951 The Quick and the Bomb
Year Language Title
1958Translated by Jesco von Puttkamer
German Arche Noah
1970Translated by Arlette Rosenblum
French La génération de Noé
1973Translated by Yoma Cap
German Noahs Kinder
1978 Italian La generazione di Noé

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Suspense Magazine, Spring 1951 1951-00-00 ed. Theodore Irwin Farrell Publishing Corporation  
$0.35?$: US dollar
 
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  
The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 1952-08-19 ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty Frederick Fell (Fell's Science-Fiction Library)  
$2.95?$: US dollar
284
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction Stories: Third Series 1953-00-00 ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty Grayson & Grayson  
9/6?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).
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mudge-Marriott  
Frontiers in Space: Selections from The Best Science Fiction Stories 1955-05-00 ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty Bantam Books 1328
$0.25?$: US dollar
166
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
Of All Possible Worlds 1956-00-00 William Tenn Michael Joseph (Novels of Tomorrow)  
12/6?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).
255
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Richard Barton Checkmark
Utopia-Science-Fiction-Magazin, #15 1958-08-25 ed. Bert Koeppen Pabel USFM15
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".
mag Emsh Checkmark
Of All Possible Worlds 1963-00-00 William Tenn Mayflower-Dell 6532-8
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 Enric Checkmark
Of All Possible Worlds 1966-08-00 William Tenn Mayflower-Dell 6532
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 Checkmark
The Wooden Star 1968-06-00 William Tenn Ballantine Books U6133
$0.75?$: US dollar
251
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 Wooden Star 1968-06-00 William Tenn Ballantine Books U6133
C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar
251
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
Grands classiques de la science-fiction 1ère série 1970-06-27 ed. uncredited OPTA (
Fiction Spécial?Fiction Special
#16)
 
F7.00?F: French frank
271
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".
anth  
The Wooden Star 1971-07-00 William Tenn Ballantine Books (UK) 0-345-02131-2
£0.30?£: UK pound
251
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
Null-P 1973-07-00 William Tenn Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3349) 3349
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.
coll Atelier Frank & Zaugg Checkmark
Guten Morgen Übermorgen?Guten Morgen Uebermorgen
1975-00-00 ed.
Jürgen vom Scheidt?Juergen vom Scheidt
Ellermann 3-7707-6144-8
DM 14.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
204+
[2]
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 M. C. Escher Checkmark
Il 2º libro dell'orrore 1978-06-00 ed. Francesco Franconeri Mondadori (Omnibus) 15501-9
Lit 6,500?Lit: Italian lira
454
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Karel Thole  
The Wooden Star 1981-08-00 William Tenn Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-29306-1
$2.25?$: US dollar
251
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 H. R. Van Dongen Checkmark
There Won't Be War 1991-11-00 ed. Harry Harrison, Bruce McAllister Tor 0-812-51941-8
$3.99?$: US dollar
viii+
309
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 Alan Gutierrez Checkmark
Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 2001-02-00 William Tenn NESFA Press 1-886778-19-1
$29.00?$: US dollar
vii+
618
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll H. R. Van Dongen  
Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 2001-07-00 William Tenn NESFA Press 1-886778-19-1
$29.00?$: US dollar
vii+
618
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll H. R. Van Dongen Checkmark
Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 2002-09-00 William Tenn NESFA Press / SFBC 52644
$14.50?$: US dollar
618
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll H. R. Van Dongen Checkmark
The Wooden Star 2013-07-00 William Tenn Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-12925-2
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
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