Title: Strange Playfellow
Title Record # 44190
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1940-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
User Rating: 6.83 (6 votes) Including variants and translations: 6.88 (8 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), robots (1), children (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1) Add Tags
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1940-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
User Rating: 6.83 (6 votes) Including variants and translations: 6.88 (8 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), robots (1), children (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1) Add Tags
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| 1 (as Robbie) | 2016 Retro Hugo | Best Short Story |
Publications
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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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| Super Science Stories, September 1940 | 1940-09-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Fictioneers, Inc. | $0.15?$: US dollar |
132 | pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75 |
mag | Sherry |  |
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| Shot in the Dark | 1950-01-00 | ed. Judith Merril | Bantam Books | 751 | $0.25?$: US dollar |
310 | 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 | Herman E. Bischoff | |
| Shot in the Dark | 1950-01-31 | ed. Judith Merril | Bantam Books | 751 | 310 | 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 | Herman E. Bischoff | |
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| The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 2, 1940 | 1979-08-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #350) | 0-87997-483-4 / UE1483 | $2.25?$: US dollar |
350 | 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 | Jack Gaughan | |
| The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 2, 1940 | 1979-08-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | 0-87997-483-4 / UE1483 | C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
350 | 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 | Jack Gaughan | |
| Yesterday's Tomorrows | 1982-10-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Berkley Books | 0-425-05648-1 | $9.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 431 |
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 | ||
| Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction | 1983-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | 0-517-40147-9 |
432+ 350 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Romas | |
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| Great Science Fiction Stories of 1940 | 2002-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Dorset Press | 0-7607-3251-5 | $9.95?$: US dollar |
350 | 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 | Tom McKeveny |