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Title: Protection Title Record # 45897
Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1956-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1957ⓘTranslated by an uncredited hand
 French Défense de "sinuriser"
1960ⓘTranslated by Jean-Michel Deramat
 French Protection
1961ⓘTranslated by Rafael Orta Manzano
 Spanish Protección
1963 Italian Il protettore
1966ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Clark%20Darlton&amp;type=Name&amp;mode=exact">Clark Darlton</a> und his legal name Walter Ernsting
 German Der unsichtbare Beschützer
1974ⓘTranslated by Felix Visser
 Dutch Bescherming
1982ⓘTranslated by Wolfgang Eisermann
 German Schutz

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Science Fiction, April 1956 1956-04-00 ed. H. L. Gold Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.35?$: US dollar
 148
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
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 39 1956-06-00 ed. H. L. Gold Strato Publications  
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".
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Pilgrimage to Earth 1957-10-00 Robert Sheckley Bantam Books A1672
$0.35?$: US dollar
 167
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
Pilgrimage to Earth 1957-10-00 Robert Sheckley Bantam Books A1672
C$0.35?C$: Canadian dollar
 167
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.
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Pilgrimage to Earth 1957-11-00 Robert Sheckley Bantam Books A1672
$0.35?$: US dollar
 167
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.
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The Third Galaxy Reader 1958-06-00 ed. H. L. Gold Doubleday  
$3.95?$: US dollar
 262
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Arthur Renshaw Checkmark
The Third Galaxy Reader 1958-12-00 ed. H. L. Gold Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.20?$: US dollar
 262
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Arthur Renshaw Checkmark
Pilgrimage to Earth 1959-00-00 Robert Sheckley Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers SS746
2/6?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).
 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.
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The Third Galaxy Reader 1960-07-00 ed. H. L. Gold Permabooks M4172
$0.35?$: US dollar
 xv+
235
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 Bob Abbett Checkmark
Pilgrimage to Earth 1964-08-00 Robert Sheckley Bantam Books F2812
$0.50?$: US dollar
 167
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
Pilgrimage to Earth 1964-08-00 Robert Sheckley Bantam Books F2812
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 167
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.
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Pilgrimage to Earth 1978-08-00 Robert Sheckley Ace Books 0-441-66385-0
$1.75?$: US dollar
 vii+
244
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 Jordi Penalva Checkmark
Laughing Space 1982-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, J. O. Jeppson Robson Books 0-86051-181-2   xvi+
521
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Deborah Taylor Checkmark
Laughing Space 1982-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, J. O. Jeppson Robson Books 0-86051-181-2
£7.95?£: UK pound
 xvi+
521
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Deborah Taylor Checkmark
Laughing Space 1982-03-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, J. O. Jeppson Houghton Mifflin 0-395-30519-5
$17.95?$: US dollar
 xvi+
521
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Laughing Space 1985-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, J. O. Jeppson Robson Books 0-86051-323-8
£3.95?£: UK pound
 xvi+
521
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 Deborah Taylor Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book Two 1991-09-00 Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing     380
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
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 Two 1992-07-00 Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing 1-56146-421-X
$12.95?$: US dollar
 380
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  
Sci Fiction, December 11, 2002 2002-12-11 ed. Ellen Datlow SciFi.com      
webzine?Used for Internet-based periodical publications which are otherwise not downloadable as an "ebook".
 mag  
Store of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley 2012-05-01 Robert Sheckley New York Review of Books (NYRB Classics) 978-1-59017-494-4
$17.95?$: US dollar
 xi+
396
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 Keith Carter Checkmark
Pilgrimage to Earth 2014-05-13 Robert Sheckley Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4976-5073-2
$3.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Pilgrimage to Earth 2014-10-30 Robert Sheckley Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-0761-5
£2.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
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