Judgment Day (short story)

This article is about the science fiction story. For the similarly-titled Gothic story, see Judgement Day (short story).
"Judgment Day"
Short story by L. Sprague de Camp
Frank Kelly Freas's illustration of the
story in Astounding Science Fiction
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Publication
Published inAstounding Science Fiction
PublisherStreet & Smith Publications, Inc.
Media typePrint (Magazine)
Publication dateFebruary, 1955

"Judgment Day" is an apocalyptic science fiction story by American writer L. Sprague de Camp. It was first published in the magazine Astounding Science Fiction for August, 1955,[1] and first appeared in book form in the anthology The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 (Frederick Fell, 1956). It later appeared in the de Camp collections A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales (Doubleday, 1963),[2] and The Best of L. Sprague de Camp (Doubleday, 1978),[3] as well as the anthologies Great Science-Fiction (Three Star Books, 1965), A Science Fiction Argosy (Simon & Schuster, 1972),[4] and Masters of Darkness III (Tor Books, 1991).[5] The story has also been translated into German.[4]

  1. ^ Laughlin, Charlotte, and Levack, Daniel J. H. De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco, Underwood/Miller, 1983, pages 194-195.
  2. ^ Laughlin, Charlotte, and Levack, Daniel J. H. De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco, Underwood/Miller, 1983, page 62.
  3. ^ Laughlin, Charlotte, and Levack, Daniel J. H. De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco, Underwood/Miller, 1983, page 28.
  4. ^ a b Laughlin, Charlotte, and Levack, Daniel J. H. De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco, Underwood/Miller, 1983, page 195.
  5. ^ ISFDB entry for "Judgment Day"