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Title: Rule Golden Title Record # 40978
Author: Damon Knight
Date: 1954-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
Synopsis: A newspaper publisher notices a cluster of reports of people inexplicably suffering from the injuries they have caused in others. His investigation leads to a secret research facility, where a very strange guest is being held.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1968Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Welt ohne Gewalt
1980Translated by Nathalie Dudon
French Le royaume de dieu
1982Translated by Sylvia Pukallus
German Die goldene Regel

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Science Fiction Adventures, May 1954 1954-05-00 ed. Harry Harrison Future Publications, Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
164
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Clarence Doore Checkmark
Six Great Short Science Fiction Novels 1960-11-00 ed. Groff Conklin Dell C111
$0.50?$: US dollar
350
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.
anth Richard Powers Checkmark
Three Novels 1967-00-00 Damon Knight Doubleday  
$3.95?$: US dollar
189
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Alan Peckolick  
Three Novels 1967-00-00 Damon Knight Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (2))  
21/-?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).
189
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Three Novels 1967-07-00 Damon Knight Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.70?$: US dollar
189
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Alan Peckolick Checkmark
Three Novels 1968-11-00 Damon Knight The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 139
8/6?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).
189
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Terry James  
Three Novels 1969-06-00 Damon Knight Berkley Medallion X1706
$0.60?$: US dollar
189
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.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
Natural State and Other Stories 1975-11-00 Damon Knight Pan Books 0-330-24442-6
£0.60?£: UK pound
189
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.
coll Checkmark
Study War No More 1977-11-00 ed. Joe Haldeman St. Martin's Press 0-312-77315-3
$8.95?$: US dollar
278
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Study War No More 1978-00-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Macdonald and Jane's      
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Study War No More 1978-10-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Avon 0-380-40519-9
$1.95?$: US dollar
323
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.
anth Michael Whelan Checkmark
Study War No More 1978-10-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Avon 0-380-40519-9
C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar
323
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.
anth Michael Whelan Checkmark
Rule Golden and Other Stories 1979-04-00 Damon Knight Avon 0-380-43646-9
$2.25?$: US dollar
394
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.
coll Dean Ellis Checkmark
Study War No More 1979-09-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Orbit / Futura 0-7088-8054-1
£1.25?£: UK pound
323
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.
anth Vicente Segrelles Checkmark
Aliens! 1980-04-00 ed. Jack M. Dann, Gardner R. Dozois Pocket Books 0-671-83155-0
$2.25?$: US dollar
xi+
305
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.
anth Michael Whelan Checkmark
Aliens! 1980-04-00 ed. Jack M. Dann, Gardner R. Dozois Pocket Books 0-671-83155-0
C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar
xi+
305
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.
anth Michael Whelan Checkmark
Study War No More 1980-06-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Avon 0-380-52605-0
$1.95?$: US dollar
323
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.
anth Michael Whelan  
Study War No More 1981-12-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Avon 0-380-59337-8
$2.95?$: US dollar
323
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.
anth Michael Whelan  
Study War No More 1987-00-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Orbit / Futura 0-7088-8054-1
£2.95?£: UK pound
323
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.
anth Vicente Segrelles Checkmark
Rule Golden / Double Meaning 1991-05-00 Damon Knight Tor (Tor Double #34) 0-812-51294-4
$3.95?$: US dollar
188
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.
coll Wayne Barlow Checkmark
Natural State and Other Stories 2011-09-29 Damon Knight Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-11124-0
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Rule Golden and Other Stories 2011-09-29 Damon Knight Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-11140-0
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Web of the Worlds / Rule Golden 2012-06-01 ed. uncredited Armchair Fiction (Armchair Sci-Fi & Horror Double Novels #64) 978-1-61287-095-3 / D-64
$12.95?$: US dollar
200
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 Lawrence  
Three Novels 2021-01-07 Damon Knight ReAnimus Press 978-1-00-506551-5
$3.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Rule Golden and Other Stories 2021-01-11 Damon Knight ReAnimus Press 978-1-00-594529-9
$4.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
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