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Title: The King's Wishes Title Record # 44005
Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1953-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Current Tags: fantasy (1), time travel (1), humorous (1) Add Tags

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Translations
Year Language Title
1954 French
Désirs de roi?Desirs de roi
1954ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator
 Italian I desideri del Re
1955ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator
 Italian Capriccio regale
1968ⓘTranslated by Henk Bouwman
 Dutch De wensen van de koning
1980ⓘTranslated by Ingela Bergdahl First published in JVM #380, 1980.
 Swedish Kungens önskningar
1982ⓘTranslated by Michael Görden
 German Eines Königs Wünsche
1995ⓘTranslated by Delia Ivănescu
 Romanian
Dorințele regelui?Dorintele regelui

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1953 1953-07-00 ed. Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas Fantasy House, Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
 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 Emsh Checkmark
Fiction, #4 1954-03-00 ed. Editors of Fiction OPTA  
F100?F: French frank
 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 Jean Maroquène Checkmark
Untouched by Human Hands 1954-03-00 Robert Sheckley Ballantine Books H-73
$2.50?$: US dollar
 169+
[1]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Untouched by Human Hands 1954-03-00 Robert Sheckley Ballantine Books 73
$0.35?$: US dollar
 169
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 Jack Coggins Checkmark
Fantascienza #2 1954-12-00 ed. Livio Garzanti Garzanti 2
Lit 120?Lit: Italian lira
 108
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 Ed Emsh Checkmark
I Romanzi di Urania #70 1955-02-10 ed. Giorgio Monicelli Mondadori 70
Lit 130?Lit: Italian lira
 128
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 Curt Caesar Checkmark
Untouched by Human Hands 1960-11-00 Robert Sheckley Ballantine Books 437K
$0.35?$: US dollar
 169
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 Blanchard Checkmark
Untouched by Human Hands 1967-12-00 Robert Sheckley Ballantine Bal-Hi U2855
$0.50?$: US dollar
 169+
[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 Checkmark
Van aardse smetten vrij 1968-00-00 Robert Sheckley Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1163) 1163
ƒ2.50?ƒ: Dutch guilder
 187
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 Dick Bruna Checkmark
Trips in Time 1977-09-30 ed. Robert Silverberg Thomas Nelson 0-8407-6574-6
$6.95?$: US dollar
 174
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Mike Eagle Checkmark
Trips in Time 1977-10-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Thomas Nelson / SFBC 1574
$1.98?$: US dollar
 152
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Mike Eagle Checkmark
Weird Worlds, #3 1979-00-00 ed. Bob Stine, Jane Stine Scholastic     40
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
 mag Checkmark
Untouched by Human Hands 1979-03-00 Robert Sheckley Ace Books 0-441-84680-7
$1.75?$: US dollar
 214
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 Olivia Checkmark
Trips in Time 1979-09-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Robert Hale (Hale SF) 0-7091-7557-4
£4.35?£: UK pound
 vii+
174
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Det hände i morgon 13?Det hande i morgon 13
 1981-00-00 ed. Sam J. Lundwall Delta (Stockholm) (Delta Science Fiction #118) 91-7228-245-2
skr 75.00?skr: Swedish krona (crown)
 312
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
 anth Blair Wilkins  
Für Menschen ungeeignet 1982-03-00 Robert Sheckley
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
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Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Bestseller?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Bestseller
#22042)		 3-404-22042-0
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 208
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 Peter Elson Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley 1991-09-00 Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing  
$150.00?$: US dollar
 331+
380+
360+
275+
344
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book One 1991-09-00 Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing     331
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book One 1992-07-00 Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing 1-56146-420-1
$12.95?$: US dollar
 331
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  
Monștrii?Monstrii
 1995-00-00 Robert Sheckley Editura Nemira (Nautilus #091) 973-9144-45-4
Lei 4,000?Lei: Romanian leu
 236
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  
The Monsters and Other Science Fiction Tales 2008-04-00 Robert Sheckley Wildside Press 978-1-4344-7005-8
$14.95?$: US dollar
 138
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 Checkmark
Trips in Time 2009-09-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Wildside Press 978-1-4344-0446-6
$14.99?$: US dollar
 162
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  
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