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Short Story

Waterspider

1964

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About this story

Future researchers mistake twentieth-century science-fiction writers for prophets who can solve their technical problems. They travel back to a convention to recruit Poul Anderson, with unexpected consequences for the future they hope to secure.

Chronology

Work history

  1. no later than Apr 10, 1963

    Composition: no later than Apr 10, 1963

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Apr 10, 1963

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Apr 10, 1963

  3. Jan 1964

    First published Jan 1964

    World of If