Title: Generation of Noah

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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Year	Title
1951	The Quick and the Bomb

Year	Language	Title
1958^ⓘTranslated by Jesco von Puttkamer	German	Arche Noah
1970^ⓘTranslated by Arlette Rosenblum	French	La génération de Noé
1973^ⓘTranslated by Yoma Cap	German	Noahs Kinder
1978	Italian	La generazione di Noé

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