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Title: By His Bootstraps Title Record # 46440
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Date: 1941-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: This story was listed as a nomination for the 1941 Retro Hugo Award. It did not have sufficient votes to be a finalist. If it had, it would have been disqualified for being published in 1941.
Synopsis: Bob Wilson, while working on his thesis, is visited by "Joe" who appears in his room via a Time Gate. Joe is insistent that Bob go through the Time Gate, and when he refuses, Joe helps him through the Gate himself. When he awakens, he finds himself with Diktor, at least 20,000 years in the future.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1941 By His Bootstraps [as by Anson MacDonald]
1941 The Time Gate
Year Language Title
1962Translated by Peter Naujack. First published 1962 by Diogenes in the anthology Roboter, edited by Peter Naujack.
German Im Kreis
1964Translated by J. M. H. Krah
Dutch De tijdpoort [as by Robert Heinlein]
1964Translated by Fernando M. Sesén
Spanish La puerta del tiempo
1965Translated by Gian Luigi Gonano
Italian Un gran bel futuro
1974Translated by Warner Flamen
Dutch Aan zijn veters omhoog [as by Robert Heinlein]
1977Translated by Ester Delamare Tate.
Portuguese Pelos Cordões de Suas Botas
1978Translated by Janko Paravić
Croatian Ja, mene, meni...
1981Translated by Jean-Pierre Pugi
French Un self made man [as by Robert Heinlein]
1981Translated by Warner Flamen
Dutch Aan zijn veters omhoog
1982 Swedish Lyft dig i håret!

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Nominations Below Cutoff 2016 Retro Hugo Best Novella

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1941 1941-10-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.20?$: US dollar
164
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 Rogers Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 1946-00-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Random House  
$2.95?$: US dollar
xv+
997
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth George Salter Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 1946-08-26 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Random House  
$2.95?$: US dollar
xv+
997
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth George Salter Checkmark
The Giant Anthology of Science Fiction: 10 Complete Short Novels 1954-05-00 ed. Oscar J. Friend, Leo Margulies Merlin Press  
$3.95?$: US dollar
xii+
580
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space 1957-00-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Modern Library (Modern Library Giant #31) G31
$2.95?$: US dollar
997
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Salter Checkmark
Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space 1957-00-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Random House  
C$3.45?C$: Canadian dollar
997
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Race to the Stars 1958-10-00 ed. Oscar J. Friend, Leo Margulies Crest Books / Fawcett Publications s245
$0.35?$: US dollar
224
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 Stanley Meltzoff Checkmark
The Menace from Earth 1959-00-00 Robert A. Heinlein Ambassador  
C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar
255
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Menace from Earth 1959-11-25 Robert A. Heinlein Gnome Press  
$3.50?$: US dollar
255
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Spectrum 1961-09-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (1))  
18/-?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).
304
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Roboter 1962-00-00 ed. Peter Naujack Diogenes  
DM 20.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
383
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Spectrum 1962-00-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Harcourt, Brace & World  
$4.50?$: US dollar
304
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Spectrum 1962-00-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Doubleday Canada  
$3.75?$: US dollar
 
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Menace from Earth 1962-04-00 Robert A. Heinlein Signet / New American Library D2105
$0.50?$: US dollar
189
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
Spectrum 1962-12-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 68
5/9?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).
 
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Spectrum 1963-03-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Berkley Medallion F733
$0.50?$: US dollar
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.
anth Richard Powers Checkmark
La puerta del tiempo 1964-00-00 Robert Heinlein Vértice (Galaxia #7)     218
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 Alberto Pujolar  
Science fiction verhalen 2 1964-00-00 Robert Heinlein Het Spectrum (Prisma #982) 982
ƒ1.50?ƒ: Dutch guilder
192
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
Spectrum I 1964-00-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Pan Books M61
5/-?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).
317
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 Checkmark
Spectrum I 1964-00-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Pan Books M61
5/-?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).
317
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 Checkmark
The Menace from Earth 1964-10-00 Robert A. Heinlein Signet / New American Library D2105
$0.50?$: US dollar
189
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
The Menace from Earth 1964-10-00 Robert A. Heinlein Signet / New American Library of Canada D2105
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
189
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
Gamma #1 1965-10-00 ed. Valentino De Carlo Edizioni Gamma (Italy) 1
Lit 500?Lit: Italian lira
112
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 Checkmark
The Menace from Earth 1966-00-00 Robert A. Heinlein Dennis Dobson (Dobson Science Fiction)  
21/-?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).
255
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Menace from Earth 1968-00-00 Robert A. Heinlein Corgi 0-552-07860-3
3/6?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).
189
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 Josh Kirby Checkmark
Die besten Science Fiction Geschichten 1970-00-00 ed. Peter Naujack Diogenes  
DM 12.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
382
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Menace from Earth 1970-07-00 Robert A. Heinlein Signet / New American Library of Canada T4306
C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar
189
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 Gene Szafran Checkmark
Spectrum I 1971-00-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Pan Books 0-330-02711-5
£0.30?£: UK pound
317
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 Checkmark
The Menace from Earth 1971-00-00 Robert A. Heinlein Signet / New American Library T4306
$0.75?$: US dollar
189
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 Gene Szafran Checkmark
The Astounding-Analog Reader, Volume 1 1972-00-00 ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison Doubleday 0-385-02334-0
$7.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
530
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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The Astounding-Analog Reader, Book 1 1973-10-00 ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison Sphere 0-7221-4362-1
£0.40?£: UK pound
291
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 Checkmark
The Menace from Earth 1973-10-00 Robert A. Heinlein Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers (Corgi SF Collector's Library) 0-552-09334-3
£?£: UK pound
189
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  
Alfa twee: veertien sf-verhalen 1974-00-00 ed. Warner Flamen Meulenhoff (M=SF #81) 90-290-0488-6   336
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
The Menace from Earth 1975-06-00 Robert A. Heinlein Signet / New American Library Y6383
$1.25?$: US dollar
189
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 Gene Szafran  
The Menace from Earth 1975-06-00 Robert A. Heinlein Signet / New American Library Y6383
$1.25?$: US dollar
189
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 Gene Szafran Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 1975-08-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Ballantine Books 0-345-25374-4
$4.95?$: US dollar
[xvii]+
997
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 Checkmark
A Ameaça da Terra 1977-00-00 Robert A. Heinlein Francisco Alves (Mundo Fantástico #8)     227
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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De beste science fiction verhalen van Meulenhoff 1978-00-00 ed. Mark Carpentier Alting Meulenhoff (M=SF #141) 90-290-0549-1   388
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
Sirius, #19 1978-01-05 ed.
Borivoj Jurković?Borivoj Jurkovic
Borivoj Jurkovich
Vjesnik  
Din 10?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar
148
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.
mag Jad Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 1978-03-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-27747-3
$6.95?$: US dollar
xv+
997
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 Checkmark
Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age 1978-10-00 ed. Terry Carr Harper & Row 0-06-010634-4
$14.95?$: US dollar
viii+
445
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Irving Freeman Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 1978-12-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-28925-0
$9.95?$: US dollar
997
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  
Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age 1979-00-00 ed. Terry Carr BCA - Book Club Associates CN6459   445
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age 1979-00-00 ed. Terry Carr Robson Books 0-86051-070-0
£5.95?£: UK pound
445
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Harold King Checkmark
Die besten Science Fiction Geschichten 1979-00-00 ed. Peter Naujack Diogenes (Diogenes Sonderband) 3-257-00905-4   362
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Peter Neugebauer Checkmark
The Menace from Earth 1979-00-00 Robert A. Heinlein Signet / New American Library 0-451-08768-2
$1.75?$: US dollar
189
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 Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
The Menace from Earth 1979-00-00 Robert A. Heinlein Signet / New American Library of Canada 0-451-08768-2
C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar
189
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 Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
The Menace from Earth 1979-07-00 Robert A. Heinlein Signet 0-451-08768-2
$1.75?$: US dollar
189
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 Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 1979-12-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-27747-3
$9.95?$: US dollar
997
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 Checkmark
The Menace from Earth 1980-00-00 Robert A. Heinlein Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers 0-552-11332-8
£0.95?£: UK pound
189
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 Jones Checkmark
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels 1980-11-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Priam Books / Arbor House 0-87795-295-7
$9.95?$: US dollar
x+
768
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  
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels 1980-12-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Arbor House 0-87795-295-7
$19.95?$: US dollar
x+
768
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Antler & Baldwin, Inc. Checkmark
Le livre d'or de la science-fiction: Robert Heinlein 1981-02-02 Robert Heinlein Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5102) 2-266-00985-0   353
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 Marcel Laverdet Checkmark
Avontuur in ruimte & tijd, #1 1981-05-00 ed. Editors of Avontuur in ruimte & tijd De Tijdruimte  
ƒ2.50?ƒ: Dutch guilder
64
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 Peter Elson Checkmark
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels 1981-05-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Arbor House / SFBC 5754
$6.98?$: US dollar
viii+
753
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Antler & Baldwin, Inc. Checkmark
Nova Science Fiction - 4 1982 1982-00-00 ed. John-Henri Holmberg, Per W. Insulander Laissez faire 467-4
skr 19.75?skr: Swedish krona (crown)
100
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.
mag Carl Lundgren  
Die Vierziger Jahre I 1982-10-00 ed. Hans Joachim Alpers, Werner Fuchs Hohenheim (Edition SF im Hohenheim Verlag) 3-8147-0027-9
DM 32.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
402
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Oliviero Berni Checkmark
Die besten Science Fiction Geschichten des Golden Age 1983-00-00 ed. Peter Naujack Diogenes (detebe #21048) 3-257-21048-5
DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
353
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 Checkmark
The Menace from Earth 1983-00-00 Robert A. Heinlein Corgi 0-552-09334-3
£1.75?£: UK pound
189
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
The Menace from Earth 1987-05-00 Robert A. Heinlein Baen Science Fiction Books 0-671-65640-6
C$4.50?C$: Canadian dollar
271
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 John Melo Checkmark
The Menace from Earth 1987-05-00 Robert A. Heinlein Baen 0-671-65640-6
$3.50?$: US dollar
271
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 John Melo Checkmark
Worlds Imagined 1989-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Avenel Books 0-517-68029-7
$8.98?$: US dollar
x+
704
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Longue vie 1989-06-00 Robert Heinlein Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5102) 2-266-00985-0   354
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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J. P. Ferté?J. P. Ferte
 
Mega SF 1990-06-00 ed. Meulenhoff Redactie Meulenhoff (M=SF #285) 90-290-4468-3   224
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 Peter A. Jones Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 1990-08-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Random House / SFBC 17325
$14.98?$: US dollar
1004
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gary D. Lang Checkmark
The Menace from Earth 1999-02-00 Robert A. Heinlein Baen 0-671-57802-2
$6.99?$: US dollar
271
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
The Menace from Earth 1999-06-00 Robert A. Heinlein Baen 0-671-72088-0
$6.99?$: US dollar
271
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 Menace from Earth 1999-12-15 Robert A. Heinlein Blackstone Audio      
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 2001-11-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Science Fiction Book Club 0-7394-2214-6 / 05417
$17.99?$: US dollar
1004
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gary D. Lang  
Off the Main Sequence: The Other Science Fiction Stories of Robert A. Heinlein 2005-10-00 Robert A. Heinlein Science Fiction Book Club 1-58288-184-7 / 1196119
$15.99?$: US dollar
xxiv+
738
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bruce Jensen Checkmark
Creating a Genre 2010-11-00 Robert A. Heinlein The Virginia Edition (The Virginia Edition #32) 978-1-897350-38-6   v+
424
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Menace from Earth date unknown Robert A. Heinlein Signet 0-451-09870-6
$2.25?$: US dollar
189
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 Vincent Di Fate  
The Menace from Earth date unknown Robert A. Heinlein Signet 0-451-12742-0
$2.50?$: US dollar
189
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 Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
The Menace from Earth date unknown Robert A. Heinlein Signet / New American Library Y6383
$1.25?$: US dollar
189
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 Gene Szafran Checkmark
The Menace from Earth date unknown Robert A. Heinlein Signet / New American Library Y6383
$1.25?$: US dollar
189
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 Gene Szafran Checkmark
The Menace from Earth date unknown Robert A. Heinlein Signet / New American Library 0-451-04306-5 / T4306
$0.75?$: US dollar
189
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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