Title: The High Test
Title Record # 42829
Author: Frederik Pohl
Date: 1983-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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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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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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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 | ||
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 | |
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 | |
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 | ||
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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. |
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