Deadline

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"Deadline" is a classic science fiction short story, best known for its influential early depiction of nuclear weapons and its publication in the magazine Astounding Science Fiction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
science fiction short story
appearedAlongside other stories in Astounding Science Fiction March 1944 issue
associatedWithHistoricalEvent Manhattan Project
World War II
author Cleve Cartmill
causedReactionFrom United States government censors
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
editorAtFirstPublication John W. Campbell Jr.
surface form: John W. Campbell
firstPublishedIn Astounding Science Fiction
genre science fiction
hasApproximateLength novelette-length short story
hasCharacterType military officers overseeing weapons project
scientist designing a superweapon
hasCriticalReception noted for prescient treatment of atomic weapons
hasFictionalWar interplanetary conflict
hasLegacy cited in discussions of science fiction and the atomic bomb
considered a classic of Golden Age science fiction
influenced later nuclear war fiction
influencedBy contemporary nuclear physics research
inUniverseTechnology plutonium-based fission bomb
uranium-based fission bomb
language English
medium magazine
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor detailed description of an atomic bomb
early depiction of nuclear weapons
originalPublicationDate 1944
originalPublicationMonth March 1944
period Golden Age of Science Fiction
plotElement development of a superweapon that can end a war
race against time to complete a bomb design
publicationFormat short story in periodical
publicationType pulp magazine
publisher Astounding Science Fiction
reasonForInvestigation accurate technical details about atomic bomb design
setting fictional planet engaged in war
subjectOf FBI investigation due to its bomb description
theme espionage and secrecy
nuclear warfare
scientific ethics
weapons of mass destruction
usesScientificConcept chain reaction
critical mass
nuclear fission

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