The Atom Clock

The Atom Clock

infobox Book |
name = The Atom Clock
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = Cornel Lengyel
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country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Science fiction play
publisher = Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.
release_date = 1951
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media_type = Print (Hardback and Paperback)
pages = 66 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 2617068
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"The Atom Clock" is a science fiction play by Cornel Lengyel. It was published in 1951 by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 1,000 copies of which 250 were hardcover. The play received the Maxwell Anderson Award in 1950.

Plot introduction

The play concerns a worker who rebels against military control of atomic energy.

References

*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=270 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=271 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1


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