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Title: The Coming of the Ice Title Record # 54643
Author: G. Peyton Wertenbaker
Date: 1926-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English
Note: Amazing Stories, June 1926, illustrated by Frank R. Paul.
Synopsis: The narrator is surgically altered to induce eternal life. He lives for thousands of years, watching man evolve around him. Eventually a new ice age arrives, wiping out all but a handful of people on Earth. Available on page 493, Bleiler (Gernsback).
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1974Translated by France-Marie Watkins
French
L'arrivée des glaces?L'arrivee des glaces
1984Translated by Edda Petri
German Das Eis kommt
2006Translated by Francisco Arellano.
Spanish La llegada del hielo

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Amazing Stories, June 1926 1926-06-00 ed. Hugo Gernsback Experimenter Publishing Co.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
96
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
mag Frank R. Paul Checkmark
Amazing Stories, July 1961 1961-07-00 ed. Cele Goldsmith Ziff-Davis Publishing Company  
$0.35?$: 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 Albert Nuetzell Checkmark
Science Fiction Adventure Classics, September 1972 1972-09-00 ed. uncredited Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc.  
$0.60?$: US dollar
132
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 Malcolm Smith Checkmark
The History of the Science Fiction Magazine Part 1. 1926-1935 1974-00-00 ed. Michael Ashley New English Library 0-450-02182-3
£2.95?£: UK pound
239
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Les meilleurs récits de Amazing Stories 1974-09-05 ed. Jacques Sadoul J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #551)     312
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 Frank R. Paul , H. W. Wesso , Leo Morey Checkmark
The History of the Science Fiction Magazine, Vol. 1 1926-1935 1976-00-00 ed. Michael Ashley Henry Regnery 0-8092-8003-5
$9.95?$: US dollar
239
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The History of the Science Fiction Magazine, Vol. 1, 1926-1935 1976-00-00 ed. Michael Ashley Henry Regnery 0-8092-8001-9
$4.95?$: US dollar
239
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 Checkmark
The History of the Science Fiction Magazine Part 1. 1926-1935 1977-03-00 ed. Michael Ashley New English Library 0-450-02484-9
£1.50?£: UK pound
239
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 Terry Griffiths Checkmark
The Gernsback Awards 1926: Volume 1 1982-00-00 ed. Forrest J Ackerman Triton Books 0-943958-01-6
$14.95?$: US dollar
v+
309
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Frank R. Paul Checkmark
The Last Man on Earth 1982-08-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest / Ballantine 0-449-24531-4
$2.95?$: US dollar
352
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 Wayne Barlowe Checkmark
The Last Man on Earth 1982-08-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest / Ballantine 0-449-24531-4
C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar
352
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 Wayne Barlowe Checkmark
The Last Man on Earth 1983-03-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest / Ballantine 0-449-24531-4
$2.95?$: US dollar
352
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 Wayne Barlowe Checkmark
Der letzte Mensch auf Erden 1984-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4074) 3-453-31038-1
DM 8.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
382
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 Wayne Barlowe Checkmark
The Last Man on Earth 1985-08-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest / Ballantine 0-449-20990-3
C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar
352
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 Wayne Barlowe Checkmark
Amazing Science Fiction Anthology: The Wonder Years 1926-1935 1987-01-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg TSR 0-88038-439-5
$3.95?$: US dollar
316
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 Larry Elmore Checkmark
Amazing Stories (1926-1935) 2006-04-26 ed. Francisco Arellano La Biblioteca del Laberinto (Delirio #1) 84-934166-1-4   213
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 R. Paul  
The Coming of the Ice 2008-10-19 G. Peyton Wertenbaker Project Gutenberg 26967    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
Short Science Fiction Collection 10 2009-02-04 ed. LibriVox LibriVox  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth  
Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories 2014-08-05 ed. Stephen Brennan Talos Press 978-1-940456-01-0
$15.59?$: US dollar
516
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 Thinkstock  
This Way to the End Times: Classic Tales of the Apocalypse 2016-10-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Three Rooms Press 978-1-941110-47-8
$19.95?$: US dollar
xvii+
452
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 A. V. Flores Checkmark
This Way to the End Times: Classic Tales of the Apocalypse 2016-10-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Three Rooms Press 978-1-941110-48-5
$4.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth A. V. Flores  
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