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Title: The High Test

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Title: The High Test Title Record # 42829
Author: Frederik Pohl
Date: 1983-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: Letters home from a human "driving instructor" for spacecraft, regarding various clients.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1984Translated by Jürgen Langowski
German Die Flugprüfung
1986 Italian Scuola guida
1998Translated by Michał Wroczyński
Polish Egzamin

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1983 1983-06-00 ed. Shawna McCarthy Davis Publications  
$1.75?$: US dollar
180
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 Joe Burleson Checkmark
Pohlstars 1984-10-00 Frederik Pohl Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31545-6
$2.95?$: US dollar
x+
257
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Pohlstars 1984-10-00 Frederik Pohl Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31545-6
C$3.75?C$: Canadian dollar
x+
257
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Pohlstars 1986-01-00 Frederik Pohl Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) 0-575-03718-0
£8.95?£: UK pound
x+
203
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Tales from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 1986-10-00 ed. Cynthia Manson, Sheila Williams Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-284209-8
$15.95?$: US dollar
ix+
298+
[1]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stewart Daniels Checkmark
Pohlstars 1990-11-00 Frederik Pohl VGSF 0-575-04855-7
£3.50?£: UK pound
203
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 The Image Bank Checkmark
Intergalactic Mercenaries 1996-11-00 ed. Cynthia Manson, Sheila Williams Roc / New American Library 0-451-45580-0
$5.99?$: US dollar
266
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 Gary Freeman Checkmark
Holt Anthology of Science Fiction 2000-05-00 ed. uncredited Holt, Rinehart and Winston 0-03-052947-6   x+
310
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 Dave Cutler Studios  
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories 2005-12-00 Frederik Pohl Tor (A Sci Fi Essential Book) 0-312-87527-4
$27.95?$: US dollar
463
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Digital Art / Corbis Checkmark
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories 2006-01-00 Frederik Pohl Tor / SFBC 1198278
$13.99?$: US dollar
463
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Digital Art / Corbis Checkmark
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories 2007-01-00 Frederik Pohl Orb 0-765-30145-8
$16.95?$: US dollar
463
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 Digital Art / Corbis  
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories 2007-01-23 Frederik Pohl Tor 978-1-4668-2644-1
$7.99?$: 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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