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Title: No Future in It Title Record # 41104
Author: John Brunner
Date: 1955-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1955 No Future in It [as by Keith Woodcott]
Year Language Title
1963Translated by Tony Westermayr
German
Ein Geschäft ohne Zukunft?Ein Geschaeft ohne Zukunft
1964Translated by an uncredited hand
French
Un métier sans avenir?Un metier sans avenir
1969Translated by J. W. M. Liefrinck
Dutch Er zit geen toekomst in
1971Translated by Vladimir Colin
Romanian
O meserie fără viitor?O meserie fara viitor
1972Translated by Sandro Sandrelli
Italian Un mestiere senza avvenire
1981
  • Title reads Budushchego u etogo remesla net, "This craft has no future".
  • Translated by Р[остислав] Рыбкин / R[ostislav] Rybkin.
Russian [as by ]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Science Fantasy, September 1955 1955-09-00 ed. John Carnell Nova Publications Ltd.  
2/-?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).
132
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 Gerard Quinn Checkmark
No Future in It 1962-10-00 John Brunner Gollancz  
15/-?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).
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Anfrage an Pluto 1963-05-00 John Brunner Goldmann (Goldmanns Zukunftsromane #43) Z 43
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
189+
[1]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Eyke Volkmer  
Anfrage an Pluto 1963-05-00 John Brunner Goldmann (Goldmanns Zukunftsromane #43) Z 43
DM 5.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
189+
[1]
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.
coll Eyke Volkmer Checkmark
No Future in It 1964-01-00 John Brunner Doubleday  
$3.50?$: US dollar
181
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Thomas Chibbaro Checkmark
No Future in It 1964-01-00 John Brunner The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 81
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).
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll John Griffiths  
No Future in It 1964-01-00 John Brunner Doubleday  
C$4.00?C$: Canadian dollar
181
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Thomas Chibbaro  
Stimulus 1964-10-00 John Brunner
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#77)
 
F6.15?F: French frank
238
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  
No Future in It 1965-04-00 John Brunner Panther 1840
3/6?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).
192
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
Anfrage an Pluto 1966-03-00 John Brunner Goldmann (Goldmanns Weltraum Taschenbücher #065) 065
DM 2.40?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
189+
[1]
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 Eyke Volkmer Checkmark
No Future in It 1969-00-00 John Brunner Curtis Books 123-07008
$0.75?$: US dollar
190
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
Science-fiction verhalen 1969-00-00 ed. uncredited Het Spectrum     600
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Colecția "Povestiri științifico-fantastice", #392?Colectia "Povestiri stiintifico-fantastice", #392
1971-03-15 ed. Adrian Rogoz
Știință & Tehnică?Shtiintsa & Tehnicah
 
Lei 1?Lei: Romanian leu
32
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 Nicu Russu  
Le finestre del cielo 1972-09-00 John Brunner Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #43)  
Lit 1,000?Lit: Italian lira
240
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.
coll Ludovico De Luigi  
1981-00-00 ed.
Мир?Mir
(
Зарубежная фантастика?Zarubezhnaia fantastika
Zarubezhnaya fantastika
)
    440
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
К. Сошинская?K. Soshinskaya
 
1981-00-00 ed.
Мир?Mir
(
Зарубежная фантастика?Zarubezhnaia fantastika
Zarubezhnaya fantastika
)
    346
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
С. Юкин?S. Yukin
 
The Best of John Brunner 1988-11-00 John Brunner Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-35307-2
$3.95?$: US dollar
xii+
288
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 Barclay Shaw Checkmark
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