Cover for Project Plowshare
Short Story

Project Plowshare

1965

About this story

Rival weapons designers maintain an arms race whose spectacular inventions are secretly converted into consumer products. When a genuine threat appears from space, they face the problem of producing something that actually works.

Chronology

Work history

  1. Oct 1963-Apr 1964

    Composed Oct 1963-Apr 1964

    Composition date or range from the canonical chronology.

    Medium confidence
  2. Apr 15, 1964

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Apr 15, 1964

  3. Nov 1965-Jan 1966

    First published Nov 1965-Jan 1966

    Worlds of Tomorrow

  4. Serialization of The Zap Gun

    Worlds of Tomorrow serialization title/version of The Zap Gun (Nov 1965 and Jan 1966).

Textual relationships

Genealogy

  • Serialization title/version ofThe Zap GunProject Plowshare is the Worlds of Tomorrow serialization title/version of The Zap Gun (Nov. 1965 and Jan. 1966).