Internal Combustion (short story)
| "Internal Combustion" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by L. Sprague de Camp | |
Robert Engle's illustration of the story in Infinity Science Fiction | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Infinity Science Fiction |
| Publisher | Royal Publications, Inc. |
| Media type | Print (Magazine) |
| Publication date | February, 1956 |
"Internal Combustion" is a classic science fiction robot story by L. Sprague de Camp. It was first published in the magazine Infinity Science Fiction for February, 1956. It first appeared in book form in the collection A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales (Doubleday, 1963); it later appeared in the anthologies Souls in Metal (Hale, 1977) and Top Science Fiction: The Authors' Choice (J. M. Dent, 1984). The story has been translated into German.