Title: A Plague of Pythons Title Record # 1384
Author: Frederik Pohl
Date: 1965-09-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English User Rating: 8.00 (1 vote) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Other Titles

Variant Titles	Translations	Serializations	Translated Serializations
Year Title 1965 Plague of Pythons 1984ⓘA major revision of <i>A Plague of Pythons</i> (1965) Demon in the Skull	Year Language Title 1965ⓘTranslated either by Ginetta Pignolo or by Hilia Brinis Italian Gli indemoniati 1968ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr German Die Macht der Tausend 1973ⓘTranslated by José Gil, possibly revised by Arlette Rosenblum. French L'ultime fléau?L'ultime fleau 1976 Portuguese Os possuídos 1977ⓘTranslated by Roberta Rambelli Italian La spiaggia dei pitoni 1985ⓘTranslated by Dagmar Hartmann German Der Dämon im Kopf?Der Daemon im Kopf 1994 Portuguese Um demónio no cérebro?Um demonio no cerebro	Year Title 1962 Plague of Pythons (Part 1 of 2) 1962 Plague of Pythons (Part 2 of 2) 2016 Plague of Pythons (Complete Novel)	Year Language Title 1963 Italian I distruttori (Part 1 of 3) 1963 Italian I distruttori (Part 2 of 3) 1963ⓘTranslated by Roberta Rambelli Italian I distruttori (Part 3 of 3)

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
A Plague of Pythons	1965-09-00	Frederik Pohl	Ballantine Books	U2174	C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar	158	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Ralph Brillhart
A Plague of Pythons	1965-09-00	Frederik Pohl	Ballantine Books	U2174	$0.50?$: US dollar	158	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Ralph Brillhart
A Plague of Pythons	1966-05-00	Frederik Pohl	Gollancz		16/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	158	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
A Plague of Pythons	1967-07-00	Frederik Pohl	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	123		158	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Terry James
A Plague of Pythons	1969-10-00	Frederik Pohl	Ballantine Books	01745	$0.75?$: US dollar	158	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Robert Foster
A Plague of Pythons	1973-06-00	Frederik Pohl	Penguin Books	0-14-003647-4	£0.30?£: UK pound	169	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	David Pelham
A Plague of Pythons	1973-08-00	Frederik Pohl	Ballantine Books	0-345-23438-3	$1.25?$: US dollar	158	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	John Berkey
A Plague of Pythons	1978-09-00	Frederik Pohl	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-27690-6	$1.75?$: US dollar	158	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Dean Ellis
A Plague of Pythons	1978-09-00	Frederik Pohl	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-27690-6	C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar	158	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Dean Ellis
Three Vintage SF Novels of Pohl and Kornbluth: The Syndic, Plague of Pythons, and Wolfbane	2009-00-00	C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl	Wonder Publishing Group	978-1-4486-3554-2	$19.99?$: US dollar	384	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
The Bees of Death / A Plague of Pythons	2011-10-02	ed. uncredited	Armchair Fiction (Armchair Sci-Fi & Horror Double Novels #36)	978-1-61287-052-6 / D-36	$12.95?$: US dollar	214	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Jed Thayer

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Reviews

• Review by Judith Merril (1966) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1966
• Review by Lang Jones (1966) in Zenith Speculation, July 1966
• Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1967) in Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, July 1967
• Review [French] by Jean-Pierre Andrevon (1973) in Fiction, #233
• Review [French] by Pierre Pelot (1978) in Fiction, #295
• Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
• Review by Dan Chow (1984) in Locus, #282 July 1984
• Review by Don D'Ammassa (1984) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #61 October 1984
• Review by Albert I. Berger (1984) in Fantasy Review, November 1984
• Review by C. J. Henderson (1984) in Whispers #21-22, December 1984 , reprinted in:
•     Whispers #21-22, December 1984 (1984)
• Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1985) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, February 1985
• Review by Keith Freeman (1985) in Vector 128
• Review by Helen McNabb (1985) in Paperback Inferno, #57