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Short Story

Holy Quarrel

1966

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A repairman is summoned when a defense computer identifies an apparently harmless businessman as grounds for a nuclear attack. He must determine whether the machine is malfunctioning or has detected a threat no human can see.

Chronology

Work history

  1. no later than Sep 13, 1965

    Composition: no later than Sep 13, 1965

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Sep 13, 1965

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Sep 13, 1965

  3. May 1966

    First published May 1966

    World of Tomorrow