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Author: Fritz Leiber
Year: 1951
Type: SHORTFICTION
Storylen: novelette
Language: English
ISFDB Record Number: 41048
Synopsis: Two factions compete for power in a post nuclear world: Thinkers (scientist) have had a lot of power and popularity due to fantastic inventions (some of those might be only a deception), but there are opposing forces.
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Variant Titles:
- Poor Superman (1951) - Fritz Leiber
- Il mondo di domani [Italian] (1953) - Fritz Leiber
Publications:
- Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1951, (Jul 1951, ed. H. L. Gold, publ. World Editions, Inc., $0.35, 164pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Willer - [VERIFIED]
- Tomorrow, the Stars, (1952, ed. Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Doubleday, $2.95, 249pp, hc, anth) Cover: Richard Powers
- The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952, (Aug 1952, ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty, publ. Frederick Fell, $2.95, 284pp, hc, anth) - [VERIFIED]
- The Best Science Fiction Stories: Third Series, (1953, ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty, publ. Grayson & Grayson, 9/6, 256pp, hc, anth)
- Tomorrow, the Stars, (Aug 1953, ed. Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Signet, #1044, $0.25, x+207pp, pb, anth) Cover: Stanley Meltzoff - [VERIFIED]
- Urania #14, (Dec 1953, ed. Giorgio Monicelli, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, #14, 150 Lit, 160pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Curt Caesar - [VERIFIED]
- Tomorrow, the Stars, (Jun 1967, ed. Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Berkley Medallion, #S1426, $0.75, 224pp, pb, anth) - [VERIFIED]
- Tomorrow, the Stars, (Jan 1969, ed. Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Berkley Medallion, #S1426, $0.75, 224pp, pb, anth) - [VERIFIED]
- Tomorrow, the Stars, (Jul 1969, ed. Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Berkley Medallion, #S1426, $0.75, 224pp, pb, anth) - [VERIFIED]
- Tomorrow, the Stars, (Jan 1970, ed. Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Berkley Medallion, #S1426, $0.75, 224pp, pb, anth)
- Tomorrow, the Stars, (Jul 1970, ed. Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Berkley Medallion, #S1426, $0.75, 224pp, pb, anth)
- Tomorrow, the Stars, (Nov 1970, ed. Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Berkley Medallion, #S1426, $0.75, 224pp, pb, anth) Cover: Richard Powers - [VERIFIED]
- The Best of Fritz Leiber, (May 1974, Fritz Leiber, publ. Sphere, 0-7221-5474-7, £0.60, 368pp, pb, coll) Cover: Tony Roberts - [VERIFIED]
- The Best of Fritz Leiber, (Jun 1974, Fritz Leiber, publ. Nelson Doubleday / SFBC, #6203, $2.49, xv+301pp, hc, coll) Cover: Larry Kresek - [VERIFIED]
- The Best of Fritz Leiber, (Nov 1974, Fritz Leiber, publ. Ballantine, 0-345-24256-4, $1.75, xviii+329pp, pb, coll) Cover: Dean Ellis - [VERIFIED]
- The Best of Fritz Leiber, (Nov 1974, Fritz Leiber, publ. Sidgwick & Jackson, 0-283-98168-7, £3.50, 368pp, hc, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- The Best of Fritz Leiber, (Jun 1977, Fritz Leiber, publ. Sphere, 0-7221-5474-7, £0.60, 368pp, pb, coll)
- The Best of Fritz Leiber, (Sep 1979, Fritz Leiber, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction), 0-345-28351-1, $2.25, xviii+329pp, pb, coll) Cover: Michael Herring - [VERIFIED]
- Pail of Air and Other Stories, (Nov 1979, Fritz Leiber, publ. Amereon House, 0-88411-933-5, $22.95, 168pp, hc, coll)
- Tomorrow, the Stars, (Sep 1981, ed. Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Berkley Books, 0-425-05357-1, $2.25, 242pp, pb, anth) Cover: Carl Lundgren - [VERIFIED]
- Tomorrow, the Stars, (Mar 1983, ed. Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Berkley Books, 0-425-06429-8, $2.50, xi+242pp, pb, anth) Cover: Carl Lundgren - [VERIFIED]
- The World Treasury of Science Fiction, (Jan 1989, ed. David G. Hartwell, publ. Little, Brown / BOMC, 0-316-34941-0, xix+1083pp, hc, anth) Cover: Bob Eggleton - [VERIFIED]
- The World Treasury of Science Fiction, (Feb 1989, ed. David G. Hartwell, publ. Little, Brown, 0-316-34941-0, $22.95, xix+1083pp, hc, anth) Cover: Bob Eggleton
- The World Treasury of Science Fiction, (Jun 1989, ed. David G. Hartwell, publ. Little, Brown / QPBC, $12.95, 1083pp, tp, anth) Cover: Bob Eggleton - [VERIFIED]
- The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber, (Apr 1990, Fritz Leiber, publ. Dark Harvest, 0-913165-48-4, $21.95, 601pp, hc, coll) Cover: Bob Eggleton - [VERIFIED]
- The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber, (Apr 1990, Fritz Leiber, publ. Dark Harvest, 0-913165-48-4, $65.00, 601pp, hc, coll) Cover: Bob Eggleton - [VERIFIED]
- The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber, (Apr 1990, Fritz Leiber, publ. Dark Harvest, 0-913165-48-4, 601pp, hc, coll) Cover: Bob Eggleton - [VERIFIED]
- The Best of Fritz Leiber, (Jun 1997, Fritz Leiber, publ. Amereon House, 0-8488-2127-0, $30.00, 168pp, hc, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- Poor Superman & Others, (2009, Fritz Leiber, publ. Wonder Publishing Group, 978-1-4486-8367-3, $16.95, 304pp, tp, coll) Cover: Virgil Finlay - [VERIFIED]
- Deadly Moon and Other Tales, (Jan 2012, Fritz Leiber, publ. Armchair Fiction (Armchair Fiction Masters of Science Fiction #6), 978-1-61287-077-9, $16.95, 320pp, tp, coll)
- Tomorrow, the Stars, (date unknown, ed. Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Berkley Medallion, 0-425-03894-7, $1.95, 224pp, pb, anth) - [VERIFIED]
- Tomorrow, the Stars, (date unknown, ed. Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Berkley Medallion, 0-425-01426-6, $0.95, 224pp, pb, anth) Cover: Richard Powers - [VERIFIED]
- Tomorrow, the Stars, (date unknown, ed. Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Berkley Medallion, 0-425-02931-X, $1.25, 224pp, pb, anth) Cover: Richard Powers - [VERIFIED]
- Tomorrow, the Stars, (date unknown, ed. Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Berkley Medallion, 0-425-03894-7, $1.95, 224pp, pb, anth) Cover: Richard Powers
- The World Treasury of Science Fiction, (date unknown, ed. David G. Hartwell, publ. Little, Brown / BOMC, xix+1083pp, hc, anth) Cover: Bob Eggleton
- Tomorrow, the Stars, (date unknown, ed. Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Berkley Medallion, 0-425-01426-6, $0.75, 224pp, pb, anth) Cover: Richard Powers - [VERIFIED]