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1956
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The magazine version of Lester del Rey's frightening novel of nuclear reactor breakdown appeared in 1942: Three Mile Island and Chernobyl were scarily and accurately predicted. Del Rey was an important science fiction publisher and an SFFWA Grand Master but none of his work had greater impact than this early novel.
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Lester del Rey
Lester del Rey
Author · 39 books

Lester del Rey was an American science fiction author and editor. Del Rey is especially famous for his juvenile novels such as those which are part of the Winston Science Fiction series, and for Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction branch of Ballantine Books edited by Lester del Rey and his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey. Also published as: Philip St. John Eric van Lihn Erik van Lhin Kenneth Wright Edson McCann (with Frederik Pohl)

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