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Short Story

Stand-by

1963

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About this story

An unambitious man accepts the apparently effortless job of standing by for a computerized President. An unexpected emergency suddenly makes him responsible for decisions he never expected to face.

Chronology

Work history

  1. no later than Apr 18, 1963

    Composition: no later than Apr 18, 1963

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Apr 18, 1963

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Apr 18, 1963

  3. Oct 1963

    First published Oct 1963

    Amazing Stories

  4. Source material for The Crack in Space

    The Crack in Space draws on this story in addition to Cantata 140.

    The Crack in Space