Internal Combustion (short story)

"Internal Combustion"
Short story by L. Sprague de Camp
Robert Engle's illustration of
the story in Infinity Science Fiction
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Publication
Published inInfinity Science Fiction
PublisherRoyal Publications, Inc.
Media typePrint (Magazine)
Publication dateFebruary, 1956
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"Internal Combustion" is a classic science fiction robot story by L. Sprague de Camp. It was first published in the magazine Infinity Science Fiction for February, 1956.[1][2] It first appeared in book form in the collection A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales (Doubleday, 1963);[1][2] it later appeared in the anthologies Souls in Metal (Hale, 1977)[1][2] and Top Science Fiction: The Authors' Choice (J. M. Dent, 1984).[2] The story has been translated into German.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b c d Laughlin, Charlotte, and Levack, Daniel J. H. De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco, Underwood/Miller, 1983, page 187.
  2. ^ a b c d e Internal Combustion title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database