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Title: The Makeshift Rocket Title Record # 5342
Author: Poul Anderson
Date: 1962-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Note: Expansion of "A Bicycle Built for Brew".
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Translations Serializations
Year Language Title
1968Translated by Leni Sobez - only as per <A href="https://heftromanarchiv.jimdo.com/romanhefte-ab-1945/u/utopia-501-596/">Heftromanarchiv</a>.
German Raumschiff Modell Eigenbau
Year Title
1958 A Bicycle Built for Brew (Part 1 of 2)
1958 A Bicycle Built for Brew (Part 2 of 2)

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, November 1958 1958-11-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
164
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 H. R. Van Dongen Checkmark
Astounding Science Fiction, December 1958 1958-12-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
164
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
Astounding Science Fiction, February 1959 (UK) 1959-02-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
1/9?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).
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 Van Dongen Checkmark
Astounding Science Fiction, March 1959 (UK) 1959-03-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
1/9?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).
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 Emsh Checkmark
Un-Man and Other Novellas / The Makeshift Rocket 1962-00-00 Poul Anderson Ace Books (Ace Double #F-139) F-139
$0.40?$: US dollar
158+
97
dos?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.
omni Ed Emshwiller , Ed Valigursky Checkmark
The Makeshift Rocket 1969-09-00 Poul Anderson Dennis Dobson 0-234-77369-3
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).
97
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Richard Weaver Checkmark
The Makeshift Rocket 1978-05-00 Poul Anderson Hamlyn Paperbacks 0-600-37609-5
£0.70?£: UK pound
114
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.
novel Peter Jones Checkmark
The Makeshift Rocket 2011-09-29 Poul Anderson Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10913-1
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel  
The Makeshift Rocket 2014-12-30 Poul Anderson Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4976-9427-9
$7.99?$: US dollar
120
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel  
The Makeshift Rocket 2014-12-30 Poul Anderson Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4976-9590-0
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel  
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