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Title: Trouble in Time Title Record # 63876
Authors: C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
Date: 1940-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A young male physicist invents a time machine based upon a mathematical paradox, and in a state of mutual drunkenness uses it to send a female chemical engineer 800 years into the future, where she finds humanity facing an apparently unavoidable threat.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1940 Trouble in Time [as by S. D. Gottesman]
Year Language Title
1977Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Der Fehler in der Prämisse
1977 Italian Guai nel tempo [as by Cyril M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Astonishing Stories, December 1940 1940-12-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Fictioneers, Inc.  
$0.10?$: 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 Bob Sherry Checkmark
The Wonder Effect 1962-09-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books F638
$0.50?$: US dollar
159
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
The Wonder Effect 1962-11-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books F638
$0.50?$: US dollar
159
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
The Wonder Effect 1967-00-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (2))  
18/-?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).
160
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Wonder Effect 1969-07-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books 01662
$0.75?$: US dollar
159
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 Wonder Effect 1969-07-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books 01662
$0.75?$: US dollar
159
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 Wonder Effect 1974-09-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Panther 0-586-03997-X
£0.40?£: UK pound
176
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 Anthony Roberts Checkmark
Katalysatoren 1977-07-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #0251) 3-442-23251-1
DM 4.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
155
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
Jürgen F. Rogner?Juergen F. Rogner
Checkmark
La civiltà dell'incubo 1977-09-01 Cyril M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #51)  
Lit 1,600?Lit: Italian lira
202
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 Angus McKie  
Before the Universe and Other Stories 1980-07-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Bantam Books 0-553-11042-X
$1.95?$: US dollar
x+
203
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 Paul Lehr Checkmark
Our Best: The Best of Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth 1987-02-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Baen Books 0-671-65620-1
$2.95?$: US dollar
286
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
Isidre Monés?Isidre Mones
Checkmark
Our Best: The Best of Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth 1987-02-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Baen Books 0-671-65620-1
C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar
286
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
Isidre Monés?Isidre Mones
Checkmark
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