Fail-Safe

Name: Fail-Safe
Author: Eugene Burdick

Novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler

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Author: Eugene Burdick
, Harvey Wheeler
Released: 1962
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-04-02
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Publisher: S&P Global
Language: English
Genre: thriller

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Fail-Safe is a bestselling American novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. Expanded from Wheeler's short story "Abraham '59", it was initially serialized in three installments in the Saturday Evening Post on October 13, 20, and 27, 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Main subject: Cold War
Country of origin: United States
Title: Fail-Safe
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-04-02
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Derivative work: Fail-Safe
Fail Safe
Form of creative work: novel

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