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Title: Try a Dull Knife Title Record # 53791
Author: Harlan Ellison
Date: 1968-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: An empathetic man is literally and/or figuratively devoured by emotionally needy people he meets who feed off his attention and life-force.
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Current Tags: psychic vampires (1), empathy (1), contemporary (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1969Translated by Frank Straschitz
French Le réceptacle
1970Translated by Noé Gertel.
Portuguese Experimente uma Faca Cega
1977Translated by Gunnar Gällmo First published in JVM #364, 1977.
Swedish Försök med en slö kniv
1979Translated by Jacques Chambon
French Essaie donc un couteau émoussé

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1968 1968-10-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$0.50?$: US dollar
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".
mag Ronald Walotsky Checkmark
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World 1969-07-00 Harlan Ellison Avon V2300
$0.75?$: US dollar
254
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 Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon Checkmark
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World 1969-07-00 Harlan Ellison Avon V2300
C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar
254
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 Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon Checkmark
Fiction, #192 1969-12-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
OPTA  
F3.50?F: French frank
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 Lacroix  
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World 1970-03-00 Harlan Ellison Avon / SFBC 2187   245
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon Checkmark
Magazine de Ficção Científica, August 1970 1970-08-00 ed. Jerônymo Monteiro Revista do Globo   Cr$3.00 128
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 Mel Hunter  
Alone Against Tomorrow 1971-03-00 Harlan Ellison Macmillan  
$6.95?$: US dollar
312
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Brad Johannsen Checkmark
Alone Against Tomorrow: Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction 1971-06-00 Harlan Ellison Macmillan / SFBC 3345
$1.69?$: US dollar
277
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Brad Johannsen Checkmark
Alone Against Tomorrow 1972-00-00 Harlan Ellison Collier Books 01978
$1.25?$: US dollar
312
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 Brad Johannsen Checkmark
Alone Against Tomorrow 1974-00-00 Harlan Ellison Collier Books 01978
$1.25?$: US dollar
312
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 Brad Johannsen Checkmark
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World 1974-04-00 Harlan Ellison Signet / New American Library Y5870
$1.25?$: US dollar
254
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 Bob Pepper Checkmark
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World 1974-04-00 Harlan Ellison Signet / New American Library of Canada Y5870
C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar
254
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 Bob Pepper Checkmark
The Time of the Eye 1974-05-00 Harlan Ellison Panther 0-586-03935-X
£0.35?£: UK pound
156
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
Alone Against Tomorrow: Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction 1976-00-00 Harlan Ellison Collier Books 0-02-019780-2
$1.95?$: US dollar
312
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 Brad Johannsen Checkmark
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World 1976-07-00 Harlan Ellison Millington 0-86000-065-6
£3.50?£: UK pound
vi+
215
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World 1976-07-00 Harlan Ellison Signet W7235
$1.50?$: US dollar
254
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 Bob Pepper Checkmark
Det hände i morgon 8?Det hande i morgon 8
1978-00-00 ed. Sam J. Lundwall Delta (Stockholm) (Delta Science Fiction #73) 91-7228-140-5
skr 42.00?skr: Swedish krona (crown)
202
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth  
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World 1979-00-00 Harlan Ellison Signet / New American Library 0-451-08590-6
$1.75?$: US dollar
254
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 Bob Pepper Checkmark
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World 1979-09-00 Harlan Ellison Pan Books 0-330-25575-4
£0.90?£: UK pound
215
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 Stuart Hughes (artist) Checkmark
La bête qui criait amour au coeur du monde 1979-10-22 Harlan Ellison Les Humanoïdes Associés (Harlan Ellison : Oeuvres #3) 2-7316-0006-3   292
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 Keleck Checkmark
The Time of the Eye 1981-00-00 Harlan Ellison Panther / Granada 0-586-03935-X
£1.25?£: UK pound
156
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 David Jackson Checkmark
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World 1984-11-00 Harlan Ellison Bluejay Books (Bluejay Special Edition) 0-312-94027-0
$6.95?$: US dollar
252
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 Barclay Shaw  
Blood Is Not Enough: 17 Stories of Vampirism 1989-01-00 ed. Ellen Datlow William Morrow 0-688-08526-1
$19.95?$: US dollar
319
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Don Maitz Checkmark
Blood Is Not Enough 1990-07-00 ed. Ellen Datlow Berkley Books 0-425-12178-X
$3.95?$: US dollar
308
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
Blood Is Not Enough 1990-09-00 ed. Ellen Datlow Grafton 0-586-20852-6
£4.50?£: UK pound
414
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 Fred Gambino  
Territoires de l'inquiétude 4 1992-02-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Fantastique?Presence du Fantastique
#24)
2-207-60024-6   313
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 Pascal Moret  
Blood Is Not Enough 1994-10-00 ed. Ellen Datlow Ace Books 0-441-00109-2
$4.99?$: US dollar
308
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  
Edgeworks 4: Love Ain't Nothing But Sex Misspelled / The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World 1997-11-00 Harlan Ellison White Wolf Publishing 1-56504-963-2 / WW 11953
$21.99?$: US dollar
xx+
xxx+
350+
xxii+
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni John K. Snyder, III Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Vampires 2004-06-00 ed. Stephen Jones Robinson 1-84119-926-5
£7.99?£: UK pound
x+
630
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 Les Edwards Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Vampires 2004-08-00 ed. Stephen Jones Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1372-0
$12.95?$: US dollar
628
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 Les Edwards  
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World 2012-03-05 Harlan Ellison Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-12361-8
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World 2014-04-01 Harlan Ellison Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4976-0488-9
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World 2014-06-03 Harlan Ellison Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4976-4288-1
$14.99?$: US dollar
300
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  
Blood Is Not Enough 2019-07-09 ed. Ellen Datlow Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-5040-5830-8
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Alone Against Tomorrow: Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction date unknown Harlan Ellison Collier Books 0-02-019780-2
$3.95?$: US dollar
313
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 Brad Johannsen Checkmark
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