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Title: The Adaptive Ultimate Title Record # 47548
Author: Stanley G. Weinbaum
Date: 1935-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: Astounding Stories, November 1935, illustrated by Elliot Dold. According to Tuck the story was adapted to television and served as the basis for the motion picture "The She-Devil" (Twentieth Century Fox, 1957).
Synopsis: Available on page 193, Bleiler (Gernsback).
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1935 The Adaptive Ultimate [as by John Jessel]
Year Language Title
1970Translated by Walter Brumm
German Die letzte Anpassung
1980Translated by Leni Sobez
German
Die äußerste Stufe der Anpassung?Die aeusserste Stufe der Anpassung
1988Translated by Edda Fensch
German Die äußerste Anpassung
2001Translated by Paola Maceratini
Italian Adattabilità
2007Translated by Françoise Jackson
French Adaptation ultime
2017 Hungarian
A végső alkalmazkodás?A vegso alkalmazkodas
A veegsooe alkalmazkodaas
2022Translated by Gustavo Terranova
Portuguese Adaptação final

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Dawn of Flame and Other Stories 1936-00-00 Stanley G. Weinbaum Conrad H. Ruppert  
$2.50?$: US dollar
313
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Other Worlds 1941-00-00 ed. Phil Stong Longmans  
C$3.00?C$: Canadian dollar
466
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Other Worlds 1941-05-06 ed. Phil Stong Wilfred Funk  
$2.50?$: US dollar
466
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
A Martian Odyssey and Others 1949-00-00 Stanley G. Weinbaum Fantasy Press  
$3.00?$: US dollar
289
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll A. J. Donnell Checkmark
A Martian Odyssey 1962-00-00 Stanley Weinbaum Lancer Books (Lancer Science Fiction Library) 74-808
$0.75?$: US dollar
159
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 Robert Schulz Checkmark
A Martian Odyssey 1966-00-00 Stanley G. Weinbaum Lancer Books 72-146
$0.50?$: US dollar
159
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 Robert E. Schulz Checkmark
A Martian Odyssey 1972-11-00 Stanley G. Weinbaum Lancer Books (Lancer Science Fiction Library) 75399
$0.95?$: US dollar
159
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
A Martian Odyssey and Other Science Fiction Tales 1974-00-00 Stanley G. Weinbaum Hyperion Press (Classics of Science Fiction) 0-88355-123-3
$13.50?$: US dollar
xxix+
555
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Virgil Finlay Checkmark
A Martian Odyssey and Other Science Fiction Tales 1974-00-00 Stanley G. Weinbaum Hyperion Press (Classics of Science Fiction) 0-88355-152-7
$5.75?$: US dollar
xxx+
556+
[6]
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
The Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum 1974-04-00 Stanley G. Weinbaum Ballantine Books 0-345-23890-7
$1.65?$: US dollar
xii+
306
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
The Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum 1974-04-00 Stanley G. Weinbaum Ballantine Books 0-345-23890-7
C$1.65?C$: Canadian dollar
xii+
306
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
The Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum 1974-06-00 Stanley G. Weinbaum Ballantine Books (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-23890-7
$1.65?$: US dollar
xii+
306
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
A Martian Odyssey and Other Stories 1977-10-00 Stanley G. Weinbaum Sphere 0-7221-8960-5
£0.95?£: UK pound
316
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 Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum 1979-01-00 Stanley G. Weinbaum Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-27965-4
$1.95?$: US dollar
xii+
306
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
The Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum 1979-01-00 Stanley G. Weinbaum Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-27965-4
C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar
xii+
306
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
The Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum 1983-03-00 Stanley G. Weinbaum Garland Publishing (The Best Science Fiction) 0-8240-4213-1
$19.95?$: US dollar
 
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Science-Fiction Classics: The Stories That Morphed Into Movies 1999-08-00 ed. Forrest J. Ackerman TV Books 1-57500-040-7
$15.95?$: US dollar
446
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 Joe Gannon Checkmark
The Black Heart 2006-04-00 Stanley G. Weinbaum Leonaur Ltd 1-84677-049-1
£9.99?£: UK pound
250
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 Black Heart 2006-04-00 Stanley G. Weinbaum Leonaur Ltd 1-84677-054-8
£17.99?£: UK pound
246
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Wordsworth Collection of Science Fiction 2011-12-00 ed. David Stuart Davies Wordsworth Editions 978-1-84022-656-0
£6.99?£: UK pound
xiv+
1312
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 Nathan Clair Checkmark
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