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Short Story

Vulcan's Hammer

1956

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A society entrusts its political decisions to a powerful computer, expecting rational guidance to keep human conflict in check. Growing unrest forces its officials to question the machine's authority and their own dependence on it.

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Work history

  1. no later than Apr 16, 1953

    Composition: no later than Apr 16, 1953

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Apr 16, 1953

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Apr 16, 1953

  3. 1956

    First published 1956

    Future Science Fiction

  4. Expanded into Vulcan's Hammer

    Short fiction version and later novel are distinct works.

    Vulcan's Hammer

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  • Expanded intoVulcan's HammerShort fiction version and later novel are distinct works.