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History of Atomic Energy Collection, 1896-1991

15. Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Music and Literary Criticism. 1912-1989.

Cultural and artistic interpretations of the nuclear era are held in this final series of the History of Atomic Energy Collection.


180 items
2745.
ABERNATHY, ROBERT. "When the Rockets Come." IN: Astounding Science Fiction, Vol. XXXV, No. 1, pp. 158-178. 178 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. New York: Street & Smith. March 1945.
"Atomic bombs are being used by the Earth army against Martian villages. One soldier is a particularly enthusiastic combatant. . . The soldier is captured, witnesses the effects of the bombing first hand, and is appalled, finally identifying with the Martians. Rather remarkable as a pre-Hiroshima story." -Brians, p. 105.
2746.
ALLEY, REWI. "Hiroshima." A Poem. IN: Mainstream, Vol. 14, No. 9. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Mainstream. September 1961.
2747.
AMIS, MARTIN. Einstein's Monsters. 149 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Harmony. 1987. PR6051.M5 E36 1987
Five allegorical short stories comprise Amis's "impassioned fictionalized protest against nuclear weapons." The foreword is an eloquent analysis of the paradoxes of the arms race.
2748.
AMRINE, MICHAEL. Secret. 311 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1950. PZ3.A527 S43 1950
A novel "mainly concerned with the security problems of its protagonist, which mirror those of Robert Oppenheimer. . . A very serious if somewhat ineptly written meditation on the responsibility of scientists for the bomb." -Brians, p. 114.
2749.
ANANIA, MICHAEL. The Red Menace. A Fiction. 150 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press. 1984. PS3551.N25 R4 1984
A novel of American culture in the 'fifties, in the shadow of the bomb tests and the McCarthy trials.
2750.
ANDERSON, POUL. Orion Shall Rise. 463 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Timescape. 1983. PS3551.N378 O7 1983
PRESENTATION COPY, signed and inscribed by Anderson. Brians, p. 117.
2751.
APPLETON, VICTOR, II. Tom Swift and his Atomic Earth Blaster. 210 pages. Illustrated by Graham Kaye. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. 1954. PZ7.A652 T66 1954
2752.
APPLETON, VICTOR, II. Tom Swift in the Caves of Nuclear Fire. 214 pages. Illustrated by Graham Kaye. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Grosset & Dunlap. 1956. PZ7.A653 T66 1956
2753.
ATOMIC AGE COMBAT. Volume I, Number l. 16 leaves. Color- illustrated comic book. 4to, pictorial wrappers. New York: St. John Publishing. February 1958.
Interesting attempt to reconcile the old style "G.I. Joe" type comic with the exigencies of the atomic battlefield. Thus, in the first story, "both sides have agreed to use only low-yield, clean atomic ammunition, and to concentrate on established military targets."
2754.
ATOMIC ATTACK! Volume I, No. 7. 32 pages. Color illustrated comic book. 4to, pictorial wrappers. St. Louis: Youthful Magazines. May 1953.
Includes story of atomic war with Russia in 1976.
2755.
ATOMIC CAFE. Radioactive Rock'n Roll, Blues, Country & Gospel. A Soundtrack Album. 12-inch long playing stereo record, in pictorial jacket, with accompanying text brochure. Somerville, Mass.: Rounder Records. n.d. (circa 1980).
Original soundtrack for the movie. Re-issue of rare recordings from the 1940's & 1950's.
2756.
THE ATOMIC KID. An Explosion of Laughs. Mickey's Radio Active. Complete set of 8 color lobby cards for the movie, starring Mickey Rooney, Robert Strauss, and Elaine Davis. Each about 11 x 14 inches. N.p.: Republic Pictures. 1955.
2757.
ATOMIC WAR! Volume I, Number 2. 32 pages. Color illustrated comic book. 4to, pictorial wrappers. Canton, Ohio: Junior Books. December 1952.
With four atomic battle stories: "Operation Vengeance," "The Ice-Box Invasion," "The Spy from Coney Island," and "Mission Demolition."
2758.
BALLARD, J.G. Terminal Beach. 160 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Berkeley. 1964. PR6052.A46 T47 1964
SIGNED BY BALLARD on the title-page. Brians, p. 124.
2759.
BELOVE, BENJAMIN. The Split Atom. The Last Human Pair on Earth. The Whirling of Ideas. An Amphibian Novel. 478 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket.FIRST EDITION. Los Angeles: Boris Ackerman. 1946. PZ3.B4204 S65 1946
"A vast, dreary philosophical allegory in the form of a tour of history and the universe given a newly born godlet by his ambisexual parent. . . ." -Brians, p. 129.
2760.
BENFORD, GREGORY. Across the Sea of Suns. 400 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Timescape. 1984. PS3552.E542 A65 1984
"The narrative suggests that most races end their lives through nuclear war. . . One of the best hard science fiction novels of recent years." -Brians, p. 130. SIGNED BY BENFORD.
2761.
BERGER, ALBERT I. "Love, Death, and the Atomic Bomb: Sexuality and Community in Science Fiction, 1935-55." IN: Science Fiction Studies, Volume 8, No. 25, Part 3. pp. 233-352. 8vo, printed wrappers. Montreal SFS Publications. November 1981.
Article on pp. 280-295. See Brians, p. 59.
2762.
(BLUMEFELD, YORICK). Jenny. My Diary. Unpaginated. 8vo, pictorial boards. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. (Brians, p. 139). Boston: Little, Brown. 1982. PR6003.L793 J46 1982
2763.
BRACKETT, LEIGH. The Long Tomorrow. 222 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Garden City: Doubleday. 1955. PS3503.R154 L66 1955
One of the classic postholocaust novels. "Three rebellious teenagers who reject the antiscientific, anti-urban attitudes of their postholocaust village go in quest of the fabled Bartorstown underground research center." -Brians, p. 141.
2764.
BRENNAN, FREDERICK HAZLITT. One of Our H Bombs is Missing. 159 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. New York: Gold Medal Books. 1955. PS3503.R448 O54 1955
2765.
BRIANS, PAUL. Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction, 1895-1984. 398 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Kent, Ohio: Kent State U. Press. 1987. PN3352.N38 B71 1987
2766.
BRIGGS, RAYMOND. When the Wind Blows. (20) leaves. Color comic-strip illustrations throughout. 4to, pictorial boards. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Schocken Books. 1982. UF767 .B695 1982
"A savagely effective satire of civil defense in comic strip form." -Brians, p. 145.
2767.
BRIN, DAVID. The Postman. 294 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Bantam. 1985. PS3552.R4825 P6 1985
Brians, p. 146. A better than average postholocaust novel.
2768.
BRINTON, HENRY. Purple 6. 192 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST AMERICAN PAPERBACK EDITION. New York: Avon. 1962. PR6052.R4455 P87 1962
"Much more thoughtful and sensitive than most atomic spy stories." -Brians, p. 146.
2769.
BROWN, LLOYD L. "Li'l David and the Atom Bomb." IN: Masses & Mainstream, Vol. 5, No. 4. 8vo, printed wrappers. New York: Masses & Mainstream. April 1952.
Includes also "Save the Rosenbergs" by Howard Fast.
2770.
BRUNNGRABER, RUDOLF. Radium. A Novel. Translated from the German by Eden & Cedar Paul. 480 pages. 8vo, blue & black 2-toned cloth, top-edge stained black, dust jacket. New York: Random House. 1937. PZ3.B8367 R33 1937
First Edition in English. Novel of the early years of radium research, centering on the lives of the Curies.
2771.
BRUNNGRABER, RUDOLF. Radium. A Novel. 480 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. New York: Random House. 1937. PZ3.B8367 R33 1937
Another issue, in tan cloth, with top-edge unstained.
2772.
BRYANT, EDWARD. Among the Dead and Other Events Leading up to the Apocalypse. 210 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Macmillan. 1973. PS3552.R879 A46 1973
Presentation copy, signed & inscribed by Bryant. Includes "Jody after the War." Brians, p. 148.
2773.
BRYANT, EDWARD. "The Hibakusha Gallery." IN: Penthouse, June 1977. 4to, pictorial wrappers. New York: Penthouse. June 1977.
First appearance. "In a souvenir shop featuring grotesque images of the atomic bombing of Japan, one can have one's picture taken posing as one of the victims." -Brians, p. 148.
2774.
BUCHAN, ALASDAIR. To a Missile. IN: Mainstream, Vol. 13, No. 9. 8vo, printed wrappers. New York: Mainstream. September 1960.
First published poem by the 12-year old poet, written in the manner of Robert Burns.
2775.
BUCK, PEARL S. Command the Morning. 319 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: John Day. 1959. PS3503.U198 C62
A fictionalized account of the Manhattan Project. Brians, p. 149.
2776.
BURDICK, EUGENE & HARVEY WHEELER. Fail Safe. 256 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. London: Hutchinson. 1963. PZ4.B94 F35 1963
"Tautly-paced best-selling thriller about an accidental first strike on Moscow which the president allows to be balanced by the destruction of New York City." -Brians, p. 150.
2777.
(BURDICK, EUGENE & HARVEY WHEELER). Fail Safe. 'Fail Safe' Will Have You Sitting On The Brink Of Eternity. Original color poster for the movie. 41 x 27 inches. N.p.: Columbia Pictures Corporation. 1964.
2778.
CAPEK, KAREL. The Absolute at Large. 242 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. New York: Macmillan. 1927. PG5038.C3 T63
"Religious fanaticism surrounding the invention of a 'Karburator' which liberates energy from matter creates a devastating world war which all but destroys civilization." -Brians, p. 154.
2779.
CAPEK, KAREL. Krakatit. Translated by Lawrence Hyde. 416 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. London: Bles. 1925. PZ3.C1695 K73 1925
Association copy, with the ownership stamps and label of W.K. Williamson, sole U.S. agent for the novel and its film rights.
2780.
CAPEK, KAREL. Krakatit. An Atomic Fantasy. A Novel. Translated by Lawrence Hyde. 294 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. New York: Arts, Inc. 1951. PZ3.C1695 A5 1951
The second American edition of this prophetic novel, originally published in Czech in 1924. "An eccentric scientist succeeds in disintegrating the atom, creating a powerful weapon. . ." -Brians, p. 154.
2781.
CARROLL, JAMES. Firebird. 437 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. New York: Dutton. 1989. PS3553.A764 F5 1989
Novel of atomic espionage in 1949. BOMC edition.
2782.
CARTMILL, CLEVE. "Deadline." IN: Astounding Science Fiction, Vol. XXXIII, No. l, pp. 154-178. 178 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Street & Smith. March 1944.
FIRST APPEARANCE of "a story notable because its detailed description of a U-235 fission bomb prompted the FBI to suspect a security leak from the Manhattan Project." -Brians, pp. 155-156.
2783.
CLARKE, ARTHUR C. "Loophole." IN: Astounding Science Fiction, Vol. XXXVII, No. 2. 176 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. New York: Street & Smith. April 1946.
"The Martians, alarmed by Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and ensuing space exploration attempts, ban further space travel by Earthlings." -Brians, p. 159.
2784.
CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED. Special Issue. The Atomic Age. 96 pages. Color comic book illustrations throughout. 4to, color-pictorial wrappers. New York: Classics Illustrated. June 1960. PN6728.1.G5 C55 no.156a 1960
An utopian vision of the uses of atomic energy. Although the first bomb test at Alamogordo is discussed, no mention is made of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
2785.
COLLINS, LARRY & DOMINIQUE LAPIERRE. The Fifth Horseman. A Novel. 578 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1980. PS3553.O47487 F5
Libyan nuclear terrorists hold New York City hostage.
2786.
COONTS, STEPHEN. Final Flight. 387 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Doubleday. 1988. PS3553.O5796 F45 1988
A novel of the hijacking of six nuclear weapons from a U.S. supercarrier by a group of Middle-Eastern terrorists.
2787.
COOVER, ROBERT. The Public Burning. A Novel. 534 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Viking. 1977. PS3553.O633 P8
Advance review copy, with related promotional materials laid in. A novel of epic scope centered around the Rosenberg trial and execution.
2788.
CORSO, GREGORY. Bomb. 4 leaves. Square 8vo, folding out accordion-style. San Francisco: City Lights Books. 1958. PS3505.O763 B6 1958
The reknowned beat poet's verse response to nuclear weapons. Second issue. Wilson A3(b?).
2789.
DE HAVEN, TOM. Freaks' Amour. 276 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: William Morrow. 1979. PS3554.E423 F74 1979
PRESENTATION COPY, signed & inscribed by De Haven. "Concerns the interrelationships of a group of wretched freaks created by a small-scale atomic accident. . .generally well written, but its treatment of mutation is utterly fantastic and unscientific." -Brians, p. 176.
2790.
DEHN, PAUL. Quake, Quake, Quake. A Leaden Treasury of English Verse. Illustrated by Edward Gorey. 109 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. London: Hamish Hamilton. 1961. PR6007.E293 Q3 1961
2791.
DIVINE, DAVID. Atom at Spithead. 176 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. London: Robert Hale. 1953. PR6007.I87 A8 1953b
"A tedious thriller about a nuclear bomb placed on board a ship to be exploded in the middle of a naval review." -Brians, p. 185.
2792.
DIVINE, DAVID. Atom at Spithead. 186 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Macmillan. 1953. PR6007.I87 A8
2793.
DOMINIK, HANS. Atomgewicht 500. Roman. 318 pages + 3 ad-leaves. 8vo, cloth. Berlin: Verlag Scherl. 1935. PT2607.O53 A83 1935
A very scarce novel of a new age of atomic power pursuant to the development of an extremely heavy element of atomic weight 500 by the United States. With a clipping of a contemporary review laid-in. Wilpert/Guehring 48 (this copy is "21. bis 30. Tausend"). Dominik wrote 3 other novels involving the liberation of atomic energy, Der Brand der Cheopspyramide (1926), Das Erbe der Uraniden (1928), and Lebenstrahlen (1938).
2794.
DORRINGTON, ALBERT. The Radium Terrors. 316 pages. 8vo, cloth, pictorial cover-label. FIRST EDITION. London: Eveleigh Nash. 1912. PR6007.O75 R12 1912
A detective thriller.
2795.
DORRINGTON, ALBERT. The Radium Terrors. A Mystery Story. 361 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. New York: Caldwell. 1912. PZ3.D7373 R4 1912
2796.
DOWLING, DAVID. Fictions of Nuclear Disaster. 239 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Iowa City: U. of Iowa Press. 1987. PN3433.6 .D68 1987
2797.
DUNCAN, ROBERT L. The Day the Sun Fell. 380 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: William Morrow. 1970. PS3554.U465 D86 1970
Novel of three American G.I.'s who parachute into Japan disguised as Catholic priests to warn the Christian community in Nagasaki of the impending atomic bomb attack.
2798.
DUNHAM, ALICE. "Greatly Human." The Flowers of Hiroshima, by Edita Morris. (Book review). IN: Mainstream, Vol. 13, No. 5. 8vo, printed wrappers. New York: Mainstream. April 1960.
2799.
FELSHIN, NINA. Disarming Images: Art for Nuclear Disarmament. 71 pages. Illustrated. 4to, pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. New York: Adama Books. 1984. N6512 .D584 1984
2800.
FIELD, RICHARD M. Alice's Adventures in Atomland in the Plastic Age. A Stark Fantasy by Daddy Dumps alias Humpty Dumpty, alias Deadeye Dick. 101 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers depicting Alice looking at a mushroom cloud, with the caption from Browning- "The blue of heaven is larger than the cloud." FIRST EDITION. South Duxbury, Mass.: Faulkner & Field. November 1949. PS3511.I252 A7 1949
This work is a very elaborate "livre a clef," presenting the Author's view of the world at the dawn of the atomic age in the form of a parody of Alice in Wonderland. Limited edition, this copy numbered "Complimentary," signed by Field and with an inscription on the Dedication leaf.
2801.
FLANNERY, SEAN. The Trinity Factor. 388 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. New York: Charter. 1981. PS3556.L3 T7 1981
A paperback original.
2802.
FOSTER, TONY. Zig Zag to Armageddon. 780 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. Los Angeles: Ermine Publishers. 1978. PR9199.3.F577 F67 1978
An outstanding novel of nuclear proliferation in the Third World. "This story concerns one small country in the Western Hemisphere which used its CANDU reactor to build a bomb." -Prologue. Second printing.
2803.
FRANK, PAT. Alas, Babylon. 279 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Bantam Books. 1960. PS3511.R24 A4 1960
Brians, p. 200.
2804.
FRANK, PAT. Forbidden Area. 214 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. New York: Bantam. 1957. PZ3.F716 F6 1957
Tale of a narrowly averted nuclear war. Brians, p. 201.
2805.
FRANK, PAT. Mr. Adam. A Novel. 252 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Philadelphia: Lippincott. 1946. PS35556.R33435 F73 1946
"The whole of America becomes sterile as the result of explosions at a nuclear fission plant; the one man who remains potent becomes the object of female attention." Dowling, 4; Brians, pp. 200-201.
2806.
(GEORGE, PETER). Red Alert. By Peter Bryant. 191 pages. 12mo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Ace. 1958. PR6057.E54 R4 1958
"A fanatical general launches a preemptive strike against the USSR, unaware that the Russians have built a doomsday device which will destroy the world if they are attacked." The source of Dr. Strangelove, it was published in London as Two Hours to Doom.
2807.
GERSON, NOEL B. Warhead. 336 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Garden City: Doubleday. 1970. PS3513.E8679 G47 1970
"A novel about the men who make nuclear submarines, their town and their women."
2808.
"GONE WITH THE WIND." The Film to End All Films. The Most EXPLOSIVE Love Story Ever. Satirical poster, showing Ronald Reagan carrying Margaret Thatcher in a romantic pose in imitation of Clark Gable and Betty Davis, with mushroom cloud in the background. 34 x 23 inches. Hampton, Ct.: Donnelly/Colt. circa 1982.
2809.
GRAHAM, DAVID. Down to a Sunless Sea. 345 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1981. PR6057.R233 D6 1981
Tale of a planeload of refugees who are stranded in the air after a nuclear war. Brians, p. 207. Brians does not mention the absurd ending, in which the earth is knocked off its axis by the bombs, creating a tropical paradise at the south pole, which has become the equator.
2810.
GRAHAM, DAVID. Down to a Sunless Sea. A Novel. 319 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. New York: Fawcett. 1982. PR6057.R233 D6 1982
2811.
GRANTA 16, 'SCIENCE.' 256 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Cambridge, England: Granta Publications Ltd. 1985.
Granta is "A Paperback Magazine of New Writing." The present issue includes "The Scientists of Star Wars" by William Broad, and a section on "Fiction and the Bomb," containing "Quantum Jumps" by Tim O'Brien; "The Imagination of Disaster" by Mary Gordon; and "The Bridge" by David Mamet.
2812.
GRIBBLE, LEONARD. Atomic Murder. 235 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Chicago: Ziff-Davis. 1947. PR6013.R718 G75 1947
The murder of a high-ranking government official engaged in top-secret research in atomic energy is solved by detective Anthony Slade of Scotland Yard.
2813.
GUILD, NICHOLAS. Chain Reaction. 328 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1983. PS3557.U357 C5 1983
Novel of German espionage and the Manhattan project.
2814.
HACKETT, GENERAL SIR JOHN, et al. The Third World War. August 1985. 368 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Macmillan. 1979. U313 .H3
"This nearly unreadable exercise in war-gaming by a group of professional military men, warning of Soviet aggression, is one long editorial for military preparedness." -Brians, p. 210. See The Nation, October 27, 1984, for an article discussing President Reagan's enthusiasm for this book.
2815.
(HEINLEIN, ROBERT). "Solution Unsatisfactory." By Anson MacDonald. IN: Astounding Science Fiction, Vol. XXVII, No. 3, pp. 56-86. 162 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Street & Smith. May 1941.
"The invention of an atomic dust weapon brings universal peace, at the cost of the loss of liberty." -Brians, p. 217.
2816.
HERSEY, JOHN. "Hiroshima." Pp. 7-60, extracted from the New Yorker. 4to, plain cardboard library binder. The New Yorker. August 31, 1946.
FIRST APPEARANCE of Hersey's classic work.
2817.
HERSEY, JOHN. Hiroshima. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Knopf. 1946. D744.4 .H4 1946a
2818.
HERSEY, JOHN. Hiroshima. Reprinted from The New Yorker, August 31, 1946. 54 pages. 8vo, printed self-wrappers. New York City: F-R. Publishing Corporation. 1946.
2819.
HERSEY, JOHN. Hiroshima. 119 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST PENGUIN EDITION. London, etc.: Penguin Books. November 1946. D767.25.H6 H4 1946b
2820.
HERSEY, JOHN. Hiroshima. 116 pages. 12mo, pictorial wrappers by Geoffrey Biggs. FIRST BANTAM EDITION. New York: Bantam Books. 1948. D767.25.H6 H4 1948
2821.
HERSEY, JOHN. Hiroshima. 116 pages. 12mo, decorative wrappers. New York: Bantam Books. 1954. D767.25.H6 H4 1948
2822.
HERSEY, JOHN. Hiroshima. A New Edition with a Final Chapter written Forty Years after the Explosion. 196 pages. Frontispiece. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION THUS. New York: Knopf. August 6, 1985. D767.25.H6 H4 1985
2823.
HOBAN, RUSSELL. Riddley Walker. 220 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket, FIRST EDITION. London: Jonathan Cape. 1980. PS3558.O336 R5 1980b
"A brilliant novel written in a carefully constructed future English based on the assumption that after a nuclear war literacy will vanish. . . Moving and funny like Miller's 'A Canticle for Leibowitz,' this novel is ultimately more serious." -Brians, p. 218.
2824.
HOBAN, RUSSELL. Riddley Walker. A Novel. 220 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Summit Books. 1980. PS3558.O336 R5
2825.
HOBAN, RUSSELL. Riddley Walker. 220 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. New York: Washington Square. 1982. PS3558.O336 R5 1982
2826.
HODDER-WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER. Chain Reaction. 190 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. London: Corgi Books. 1966.
A novel about the spread of radiation sickness in England from contaminated food. Brians, p. 366.
2827.
HOLLIDAY, JOE. Dale of the Mounted. Atomic Plot. 158 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Toronto: Thomas Allen. 1959. PZ7.H7248 Dad 1959
Nuclear intrigue at the Chalk River plant.". . . desperate and vindictive characters from the Far East try to create `radioactive' chaos." -dust jacket blurb.
2828.
HUGHES, LANGSTON. Simple's Uncle Sam. 180 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Hill and Wang. 1965. PS3515.U274 S6
Includes "Atomic Dream" and "Bomb Shelters." Brians, p. 222.
2829.
HUIE, WILLIAM BRADFORD. In the Hours of Night. 335 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Delacorte Press. 1975. PS3515.U32 I5 1975
A documentary novel of high-level political intrigue surrounding the development of the atomic bomb.
2830.
IBUSE, MASUJI. Black Rain. Translated by John Bester. 300 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket, with the original wrap-around paper band with publisher's blurb. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Tokyo and Palo Alto: Kodansha. 1969. PL830.B8 K8 1969
"Vivid recreation of the experience of the victims of the Hiroshima bombing. . . The power of this narrative, in which extraordinary horrors are borne with sorrow and dignity, makes the vast bulk of imaginary accounts of nuclear war pale in comparison." -Brians, pp. 224-225.
2831.
JACKSON, BASIL. Epicenter. 234 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Norton. 1971. PR6060.A22 E6 1971
A novel about a leak of radioactive material from a nuclear power station in Toronto, Canada. Brians, p. 370, erroneously giving the publication date as 1976.
2832.
JACKSON, BASIL. Epicenter. 223 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. New York: Berkley. 1973. PS3560.A22 E85 1973
2833.
JAMESON, MALCOLM. Atomic Bomb. 128 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. N.p.: Bond-Charteris. 1945. PS3519.A635 A86 1945
A "fantastic atomic plant disaster story," first published in Startling Stories in 1943 under the title "The Giant Atom." See Brians, pp. 8 & 370.
2834.
JOHNSON, STANLEY. The Doomsday Deposit. 217 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. New York: Dutton. 1980. PR6060.O37 T54 1980
FIRST EDITION. An absurd novel concerning the discovery of a vast deposit of natural plutonium on the Russian border.
2835.
KARIG, CAPT. WALTER. War in the Atomic Age? 68 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. New York: Wise. 1946. PS3521.A67 W37 1946
Although "an immediate response to Hiroshima by a retired naval officer anxious to acquaint the public with nuclear warfare, this is a very old-fashioned piece of fantasy, with little attention paid to scientific plausibility." -Brians, pp. 232-233.
2836.
KARIG, CAPT. WALTER. War in the Atomic Age? 63 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Wise. 1946. PS3521.A67 W37 1946
Another issue of the above.
2837.
KIPPHARDT, HEINAR. In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer. Schauspiel. 144 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. Frankfurt A.M.: Suhrkamp. 1968. PT2621.I64 I35 1968
2838.
KIPPHARDT, HEINAR. In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer. A play freely adapted on the basis of documents. Translated by Ruth Speirs. 127 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Hill and Wang. 1983. PT2671.I6 I513 1968
2839.
KIRBY, FRED. Atomic Power. Original 10-inch 78 RPM record by "Fred Kirby of W B T's Briarhoppers with Orch. Accomp." Chicago: Sonora Radio & Television Corp. n.d. (circa 1946).
2840.
KIRST, HANS HELLMUT. No One Will Escape. Translated from the German by Richard Graves. 412 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1959. PT2621.I76 K44 1959b
FIRST EDITION under this title, originally, Keiner kommt davon, Muenchen, 1957; The Seventh Day, Garden City, 1959. Brians, p. 234.
2841.
(KUBRICK, STANLEY). Peter Sellers. George C. Scott in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb. The hotline suspense comedy. Original poster for the movie. 41 x 27 inches, in red, white, blue, and black ink. N.p.: Columbia Pictures. 1964.
2842.
(KUBRICK, STANLEY). Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. The classic comedy from the maker of 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange. Original poster for a return tour of the film. 41 x 27 inches. N.p.: Columbia Pictures Industries. 1972.
2843.
(KUTTNER, HENRY). "Rain Check." IN: Astounding Science Fiction, Vol. XXXVII, No. 5, pp. 47-59. 178 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Street & Smith. July 1946.
"A nearly indestructible and immensely old creature sealed in a block of crystal arranges to have himself shipped to Hiroshima so he can find death beneath the atomic bomb." -Brians, p. 239. This issue also includes article on "Denatured Atoms" on the Editor's page.
2844.
(KUTTNER, HENRY). "The Piper's Son." By Lewis Padgett. IN: Astounding Science Fiction, Vol. XXXIV, No. 6. 176 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. New York: Street & Smith. February 1945.
"The first of Kuttner's 'Baldy' tales. . . depicting telepathic mutants whose powers are the result of radiation from an atomic war." -Brians, p. 9.
2845.
KYTLE, RAY. Meltdown. 184 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. New York: David McKay. 1976. PS3561.Y8 M45 1976
FIRST EDITION. A novel of a nuclear reactor accident in New England, noteworthy for its attention to scientific detail. Not in Brians.
2846.
LAIDLAW, MARC. Dad's Nuke. 255 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. New York: Donald I. Fine. 1985. PS3562.A333 D3 1985
FIRST EDITION. A satirical futuristic novel of nuclear catastrophe.
2847.
LANCASTER, GRAHAM. The Nuclear Letters. 233 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Atheneum. 1979. PR6062.A486 T54 1979
A novel of stolen plutonium and nuclear blackmail.
2848.
LANCASTER, GRAHAM. The Nuclear Letters. 207 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. London: Magnum Books. 1980. PR6062.A486 T54 1980
2849.
LAXNESS, HALLDOR. The Atom Station. Translated by Magnus Magnusson. 157 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. London: Brown, Watson. 1961.
"An American offer to buy land for an atomic war base in Iceland provokes a storm of protest throughout the country." Translated from Icelandic (original edition in 1948). The Author was a Nobel Prize winner for literature.
2850.
LEIBER, FRITZ. Gather, Darkness. 174 pages. 8vo, decorative wrappers. New York: Berkley. 1962. PS3523.E4583 G38 1962
Brians, pp. 243-244. SIGNED BY LEIBER.
2851.
LORETZ, JOHN. A Quest That Redefined the World. Book Review of The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes. IN: PSR Reports, Volume IX, Number 3, p. 3. 2 leaves. 8 pages. Unbound. Washington, D.C.: Physicians for Social Responsibility. Summer 1988.
2852.
LYNDE, FRANCIS. The Inert Atom. Complete novel IN: Twice-A- Month. The Popular Magazine, Volume XXXVI, Number 3, pp. 1-71. 224 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Street & Smith. April 23, 1915.
FIRST APPEARANCE of this early novel, in which the secret of harnessing the power of the atom is stolen with near dire consequences. Never issued in book form. Not in Brians.
2853.
(MACCOLL, EWAN). Theatre Workshop. Uran 235. Original playbill for the play. Text in Swedish. 8 pages. 8vo, decorative wrappers. (Stockholm). 1951.
2854.
MACCOLL, EWAN. Uranium 235. A Documentary Play in Eleven Episodes. 32 pages. 8vo, self-wrappers. Stockholm: Sturetryckeriet AB. 1951.
2855.
MADDEN, BOB. Nuclear Missiles and a Justification for a Crazy Life. 164 pages. 8vo, printed and blind-embossed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Pontiac, Michigan: Bob Madden. 1982. PS3563.A332 N8 1982
A three-act play advocating nuclear disarmament. The Author was a physician and chemist with Dupont, and co-chief of the biochemistry division during the Bikini atomic tests.
2856.
MADLE, ROBERT A. & SAM MOSKOWITZ. "Did Science Fiction Predict Atomic Energy?" Special Article. IN: Science Fiction Quarterly, Volume 2, Number 1, pp. 81-88. 130 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Holyoke, Mass.: Columbia Publications. November 1952.
2857.
MASTERS, DEXTER. The Accident. 406 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. New York: Knopf. 1955. PZ3.M39379 A2 1955
Outstanding novel based on the true story of the death of Louis Slotin in a radiation accident at Los Alamos in 1946.
2858.
MAYHAR, ARDATH. The World Ends in Hickory Hollow. 182 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Garden City: Doubleday. 1985. PS3563.A962 W6 1985
Novel of survival in a remote East-Texas town after a nuclear war.
2859.
MCMAHON, THOMAS. Principles of American Nuclear Chemistry: A Novel. 246 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. Boston: Little, Brown. 1970. PS3563.A3188 P75 1970
Presentation copy, signed & inscribed by McMahon. "The novel captures the special excitement-intellectual, sexual, emotional-which surrounded the Los Alamos laboratories in 1943-1945." -dust jacket blurb.
2860.
MERRIL, JUDITH. Shadow on the Hearth. 277 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Garden City: Doubleday. 1950. PS3525.E643 S53 1950
Presentation copy, signed & inscribed by Merril. The Author's first book. "A specifically 'woman's view' of the danger of nuclear war." -Brians, p. 259. A television version, titled "Atomic Attack" was produced by ABC in 1954.
2861.
MERTON, THOMAS. Original Child Bomb. Points for Meditation to be Scratched on the Walls of a Cave. 11 leaves. Drawings by Emil Antonucci. 4to, decorative boards. FIRST EDITION. N.p.: New Directions. 1962. D790 .M43
This poem in blank verse offers "a series of terse and sardonic observations on America's development and use of the atomic bomb in World War II." -Boyer, 354.
2862.
THE MIGHTY ATOM. Starring Reddy Kilowatt. The Story of Electricity from Amber to Atoms. Color illustrated comic book. 16 leaves. 4to, color pictorial wrappers. New York: Reddy Kilowatt. 1959.
An utopic vision of the future of atomic energy, "based on cartoon TECHNICOLOR motion picture, 'The Mighty Atom.'"
2863.
MILLER, WALTER M., JR. A Canticle for Leibowitz. 320 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Philadelphia: Lippincott. 1960. PS3563.I495 C3
A cult classic. "Three related stories of a post-nuclear war future. . . One of the best written, most thoughtful explorations of the theme." -Brians, p. 261.
2864.
MILLER, WALTER M., JR. A Canticle for Leibowitz. 320 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1959.
2865.
MILLET, MARTHA, Editor. The Rosenbergs. Poems of the United States. 38 unnumbered leaves. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Sierra Press. 1957. PS595.H5 M48 1957
Anthology of poems inspired by the Rosenberg execution. Includes "The Rosenbergs" by W.E.B. DuBois.
2866.
MORRIS, EDITA. The Flowers of Hiroshima. 187 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Viking. 1959. PR6063.O77 F5 1959
Outstanding novel set in post World War II Hiroshima. The Author and her husband founded a rest house in Hiroshima for the survivors of the atomic bomb. Brians, p. 266.
2867.
MORRIS, EDITA. The Flowers of Hiroshima. 187 pages. 8vo, decorative wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. New York: Marzani & Munsell. 1960. PS3525.O743 F58 1960
2868.
MORRIS, EDITA. The Seeds of Hiroshima. 118 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Braziller. 1965. PS3525.O7376 S44
Sequel to The Flowers of Hiroshima. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO JOHN HERSEY. Brians, pp. 266-267.
2869.
MORRIS, EDITA. The Seeds of Hiroshima. 110 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. London: MacGibbon & Kee. 1965. PS3525.O743 S441 1965
FIRST BRITISH EDITION. Presentation copy, signed & inscribed by Morris.
2870.
MORROW, JAMES. This is the Way the World Ends. 319 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Holt. 1986. PS3563.O876 T5 1986
Signed by Morrow. A surrealistic novel of World War III.
2871.
MOST DANGEROUS MAN ALIVE: In the Heart of an Atomic Testing Area It Takes Only 10 Seconds to Turn a Human Into the. . . . Complete set of 8 color lobby cards for the movie, starring Ron Randell, Debra Paget, and Elaine Stewart. Each about 11 x 14 inches. N.p.: Columbia Pictures. 1961.
2872.
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE ART MUSEUM. The Shadow of the Bomb. Essay by Sally Yard. 8 leaves. Illustrated. 4to, printed wrappers. South Hadley: MHCAM. 1984. N6512 .Y38 1984
Catalogue of an exhibition of art relating to nuclear weapons.
2873.
MUSIAL, JOE. "Dagwood Splits the Atom." IN: Popular Science Monthly, pp. 146-149. 304 pages. Illustrated. 4to, pictorial wrappers. New York: PSM. September 1948.
The original prototype for the greatly expanded comic book of the following year.
2874.
MUSIAL, JOE. Dagwood Splits the Atom! Prepared with the Scientific Advice of Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves (Ret.), Dr. John R. Dunning, Dr. Louis M. Heil, Color Illustrated comic book. 32 pages. 4to, pictorial wrappers. Boston: Record American Sunday Advertiser. 1949. QC173.16 .M87 1949
This was a free handout for visitors to the General Electric concession at the "Man and the Atom" exhibit in New York's Central park during the Summer of 1948. See Boyer, pp. 296-297.
2875.
NAKAZAWA, KEIJI. Barefoot Gen (Hadashi No Gen). A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima. Translated by Project Gen. 284 pages. Comic-strip illustrations throughout. 8vo, wrappers with publisher's advance release sticker. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Philadelphia: New Society Publishers. 1987. PN6790.J33 N33 1987
Hadashi no Gen was first serialized in 1972-1973 in Shukan Shonen Jampu.
2876.
NICOLSON, HAROLD. Public Faces. 315 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1933. PR6027.I4 P83 1933
"The earliest atomic muscular disarmament novel," in which "the British impose universal disarmament through their monopoly of atomic bombs delivered by rockets strongly resembling cruise missiles." -Brians, pp. 6 & 271-272.
2877.
NOYES, PIERREPONT B. Gentlemen: You are Mad! Introduction by Bernard M. Baruch. 79 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION THUS. New York: Baxter Freres. 1946. PS3527.O95 G4 1946
First published in 1927 under the title The Pallid Giant. "Explorers discover an account of the destruction of an earlier civilization through an atomic weapon called "Klepton-Holorif." -Brians, p. 274. The Author is the son of John Noyes, founder of the famous Oneida Community. With a mimeographed curriculum vitae of the Author laid-in.
2878.
O'BRIEN, TIM. The Nuclear Age. 312 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Knopf. 1985. PS3565.B75 N8 1985
Reviewed in Dowling, p. 191.
2879.
O'HEFFERNAN, PATRICK, AMORY B. LOVINS & HUNTER LOVINS. The First Nuclear World War. 444 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Morrow. 1983. U263 .O36 1983
"A nonfiction study of the danger of the proliferation of nuclear weapon-making ability in the Third World, including an elaborately developed fictional scenario in the first three chapters." -Brians, p. 275.
2880.
POHL, FREDERICK. Chernobyl. A Novel. 355 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. New York: Bantam. 1987. PS3566.O36 C54 1987
Uncorrected page proofs, pre-publication review copy.
2881.
PREUSS, PAUL. Broken Symmetries. 335 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Timescape. 1983. PS3566.R416 B7 1983
A novel of intrigue at a high-energy physics weapons research laboratory in Hawaii.
2882.
PREVIEW OF THE WAR WE DO NOT WANT. Russia's Defeat and Occupation 1952-1960. 130 pages. Illustrated. Folio, pictorial wrappers. New York: Collier's. October 27, 1951.
"This special issue was devoted entirely to the depiction of a war with the USSR which results in the destruction of Russian communism and that nation's joyful adoption of the American way of life. Despite its hypocritical title, this is the ultimate cold war fantasy. . . ." -Brians, p. 161. For a critique and detailed breakdown of the contents, see Brians, pp. 16, 32, 34, 63 & 161-164. Comprises Collier's, Volume 128, No. 17.
2883.
RICHARDS, MILTON. The Valdmere Mystery or the Atomic Ray. 246 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. Akron: Saalfield. 1929. PS3535.I188514 V34 1929
A juvenile adventure novel.
2884.
RIDENOUR, LOUIS NICOT. "Pilot Lights of the Apocalypse." A Playlet in One Act. IN: Fortune, January 1946. 4to, pictorial wrappers. New York: Fortune. January 1946.
Brians, pp. 287-288.
2885.
RIORDAN, MICHAEL. Nuclear Paradox. Book Review of The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes. IN: Technology Review, Volume 91, Number 4, 65-66pp. 72 pages. Illustrated. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. May/June 1988.
2886.
RITNER, PETER. Red Carpet for the Shah. 223 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Morrow. 1975. PS3568.I82 R41 1975
"Uncorrected Advance Proofs." A novel of high international intrigue, centered on an act of nuclear blackmail by the Shah of Iran.
2887.
ROSHWALD, MORDECAI. Level 7. 186 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1959. PS3568.O84154 F76 1959
"The diary of a button-pusher sealed four thousand feet underground at the bottom of a seven-level shelter complex" after a nuclear war. Brians, p. 293.
2888.
ROSHWALD, MORDECAI. Level 7. 143 pages. 8vo, decorative wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. New York: Signet Books. 1961.
2889.
SCORTIA, THOMAS N. & FRANK M. ROBINSON. The Prometheus Crisis. 275 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. New York: Doubleday. 1975. PS3569.C587 T54 1975
Tense novel of a nuclear reactor meltdown, by the authors of the Towering Inferno.
2890.
SHAPIRO, HAL N. "Civil Defense Chief Condemns Public Apathy" (A Poem). IN: Masses & Mainstream, Vol. 9, No. 1. 8vo, printed wrappers. New York: Masses & Mainstream. January 1956.
2891.
SHIRAS, WILMAR H. Children of the Atom. 192 pages. 12mo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. New York: Avon. 1953. PS3537.H87 C44 1953
A race of super-intelligent children is created by radiation from an atomic explosion. Well written, despite the fantastic plot. Brians, p. 170.
2892.
SHUTE, NEVIL. On the Beach. 312 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. London: Heinemann. 1957. PR6027.O54 O5 1957
"The best seller in which nuclear war ends all human life. . . still a moving and powerful depiction of the death of the human race." -Brians, p. 304. See also Dowling, pp. 4, 66, 72 & 82.
2893.
(SHUTE, NEVILLE). "Stanley Kramer's Production of On The Beach." The Biggest Story Of Our Time. Gregory Peck. Ava Gardner. Fred Astaire. Anthony Perkins. Original color poster for the movie. 41 x 27 inches. N.p.: United Artists Corporation. 1959.
2894.
SIDAR, ALEXANDER, III. The Dorset Disaster. 276 pages. Illustrated with photographs, maps and charts. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Stonesong Press. 1980. PS3569.I27 D6
A fictional but highly authentic chronology of a nuclear accident in Dorset, Connecticut. Not in Brians.
2895.
SINCLAIR, UPTON. A Giant's Strength. Drama in Three Acts. 52 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. Monrovia: By the Author. 1948. PS3537.I85 G5 1948
"An American family reacts to radio broadcasts of the bombing of Hiroshima and the surrender of Japan, and years later must flee from the impact of an atomic attack on the U.S." -Brians, p. 306. This edition not in Brians.
2896.
SINCLAIR, UPTON. The Millenium. A Comedy of the Year 2000. 3 volumes. 64; 64; 60 pages. 16mo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius. 1924. PS3537.I85 M49 1924
Based on an unpublished play written in 1907. ". . . Tiny radium weapons are carried by guards. The new element radiumite, which produces atomic energy, kills all life on Earth when a mad professor smashes a jar full of it. Only eleven humans who happen to be flying in an airplane survive." -Brians, p. 4. Brians mistakenly calls for only two volumes.
2897.
SMILJANIC, RADOMIR. Avet Cernobilia. Roman. Prva sveska. 35 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Beograd. 1987.
A satirical novel about the Chernobyl disaster, this being the first part ("Prva sveska"), apparently all published to date.
2898.
SMITH, MARTIN CRUZ. Stallion Gate. 374 pages. 8vo, decorative wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. New York: Ballantine Books. 1987. PS3569.M5377 S7 1987
An historical novel about Los Alamos and the Trinity test, by the author of Gorky Park.
2899.
SNOW, C.P. The New Men. 311 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Scribner's. 1955. PR6037.N58 N4 1955
A novel of the British atomic bomb project during World War II. Brians, p. 311.
2900.
SNOW, C.P. The Search. 343 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Scribner's. 1958. PR6037.N58 S4
Excellent novel about atomic physicists in pre-war England.
2901.
STRIEBER, WHITLEY & JAMES W. KUNETKA. Warday and the Journey Onward. 374 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Holt, Rinehart. 1984. PS3569.T6955 W3 1984
"Despite its unremarkable style, its rudimentary plot, its political improbabilities and its shallow characters, this is by far the most thoroughly researched of all the attempts to depict nuclear war realistically." -Brians, pp. 317-319.
2902.
STURGEON, THEODORE. "August Sixth 1945." IN: Astounding Science Fiction, Vol. XXXVI, No. 5, pp. 176-178. 178 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Street & Smith. December 1945.
"The first published fictional response to the bombing of Hiroshima." -Brians, p. 319. This issue also reprints an extensive excerpt from the "Smyth report." (Not in Coleman).
2903.
SZILARD, LEO. The Voice of the Dolphins and Other Stories. 122 pages. 8vo, decorative wrappers. FIRST EDITION. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1961. PS3569.Z563 V6
Includes "Grand Central Terminal." See Brians, pp. 321-322.
2904.
TEGELER, PHILIP DEAN. "The Amazing Half-Life of Atomic Science Writing." IN: American Book Collector, Volume 4, Number 4, New Series pp. 12-21. 72 pages Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: American Book Collector. July/August 1983.
2905.
TRAIN, ARTHUR. The Man Who Rocked the Earth. 228 pages. Frontispiece by Walter L. Greene. 8vo, pictorial cloth. FIRST EDITION. Garden City: Doubleday. 1915. PS3539.R23 T73 1915
The first novel based on the release of energy by breaking down uranium. Brians, p. 326.
2906.
TUCKER, WILSON. The Year of the Quiet Sun. 252 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST ACE PAPERBACK EDITION. New York: ACE. 1970. PS3539.U324 Y4 1970
2907.
VONNEGUT, KURT, Jr. Cat's Cradle. 233 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. (Brians, p. 333). New York: Holt, Rinehart. 1963. PS3572.O5 C3
2908.
VONNEGUT, KURT, JR. Fates Worse Than Death. 16 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Nottingham: Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation. 1982. JX1974.7 .V66 1982
Text of a lecture on nuclear war at St. John the Divine, NYC, 23 May 1982.
2909.
WATERS, FRANK. The Woman at Otowi Crossing. A Novel. 300 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Dencer: Alan Swallow. 1966. PS3545.A82 W6
Excellent novel based on the myth that had grown up surrounding the life at Los alamos of Edith Warner. For a factual account of Warner, see entry under Peggy Pond Church. This copy is signed by Waters.
2910.
WAY, PETER. Icarus. A Novel of Nuclear Sabotage. 258 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Coward, McCann. 1980. PR6073.A93 I23 1980
2911.
WELLS, H.G. The World Set Free. A Story of Mankind. 286 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: Macmillan. 1914. PR5774 .W62 1914b
One of the first novels depicting an atomic war, and the first to discuss hydrogen bombs. For an account of the influence of this book on Leo Szilard, see Rhodes, p. 24. Brians, p. 335.
2912.
WELLS, H.G. The World Set Free. A Story of Mankind. 308 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Dutton. 1914. PR5774 .W62
2913.
WESTON, SUSAN B. Children of the Light. 262 pages. 12mo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1987. PS3573.E9243 C4 1987
A better-than-average postholocaust novel.
2914.
WIDENER, DON. N.U.K.E.E. 218 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Hawthorn. 1974. PS3573.I27 N85 1974
A serio-comic novel of disaster at a mammoth computer- controlled breeder reactor. Not in Brians.
2915.
WILLANS, GEOFFREY & RONALD SEARLE. Whizz for Atomms. A guide to survival in the 20th century for felow pupils, their doting maters, pompous paters and any others who are interested. Illustrations by Searle. 104 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: Max Parrish. 1956. PR6045.I39 W5 1956
2916.
WILLANS, GEOFFREY & RONALD SEARLE. Molesworth's Guide to the Atommic Age. Illustrations by Searle. 104 pages. 8vo, cloth. New York: Vanguard. 1956. PR6045.I39 W5 1956
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Whizz for Atomms.
2917.
WILLIAMS, ROBERT MOORE. The Day They H-Bombed Los Angeles. 128 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. New York: Ace Books. 1961. PS3545.I53455 D38 1961
Brians, pp. 338-339. A paperback original.
2918.
WILSON, MITCHELL. Live With Lightning. A Novel. 404 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Boston: Little, Brown. 1949. PS3545.I6362 L58 1949
"An unusually intelligent and sensitive novel depicting the career of a young nuclear physicist. . . involved in secret atomic research as part of the Manhattan Project." -Brians, p. 341.
2919.
WRIGHT, S. FOWLER. Power. 381 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. London: Jarrolds. [1933]. PZ3.W937 P69 1933
A young politician finds himself in possession of an atomic weapon and assumes the role of dictator of the country.
2920.
WYLIE, PHILIP. "The Answer." IN: Saturday Evening Post, May 7, 1955. Illustrated. Folio, pictorial wrappers. Philadelphia: Curtis Pub. Co. 1955.
FIRST APPEARANCE, published here with testimonials by Bernard Baruch, Milton Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, Norman Vincent Peale, and Carl Sandburg. Brians, p. 344.
2921.
WYLIE, PHILIP. The Smuggled Atom Bomb. 126 pages. 12mo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. New York: Avon. 1951. PZ2001.W982 S6 1951
2922.
WYLIE, PHILIP. Three to be Read. Containing the "Smuggled Atom Bomb," "Sporting Blood" and "Experiment in Crime." 312 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Rinehart. 1951. PS3545.Y46 T46
First book appearance of "The Smuggled Atom Bomb." Brians, p. 345.
2923.
WYLIE, PHILIP. Tomorrow! 372 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Rinehart. 1954. PS3545.Y46 T6
"Contrasts two towns: one with good civil defense preparations, the other with poor ones, but the fate of both is so awful that the lesson being proffered is somewhat muted...A one-hour radio dramatization narrated by Orson Welles was broadcast October 17, 1956." -Brians, p. 346.
2924.
WYLIE, PHILIP. Tomorrow! A Novel of America Under Atomic Attack. 288 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Popular Library. 1956. PS3545.Y46 T6 1956
Brians, p. 345.
2925.
ZIEMANN, HANS HEINRICH. The Accident. 327 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1979. PT2688.I367 A33 1979
Revised translation by Joachim Neugroschel of Die Explosion. Novel of a nuclear reactor accident in West Germany. See Brians, p. 370.