Title: Occam's Scalpel

Title: Occam's Scalpel Title Record # 54514
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Date: 1971-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1972	Italian	Non cremate il presidente
1972^ⓘTranslated by Jacques Guiod	French	Le scalpel d'Occam
1973^ⓘTranslated by Ana Gonzalez	Portuguese	O Bisturi de Occam
1973^ⓘTranslated by Mieke Meuldrager-Ezelin	Dutch	Op het scherp van het ontleedmes
1973^ⓘTranslated by Rosemarie Ott	German	Occams Regel
1974^ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm	German	Ockhams Skalpell
1980^ⓘTranslated by Maria Luisa Righi	Italian	Il bisturi di Occam
1982^ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr	German	Lektion an der Leiche

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
If, July-August 1971	1971-07-00	ed. Ejler Jakobsson	UPD Publishing Corporation		$0.75^?$: US dollar	180	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	Gaughan
The 1972 Annual World's Best SF	1972-05-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #5)	0-87997-005-7 / UQ1005	$0.95^?$: US dollar	302	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	John Schoenherr
The 1972 Annual World's Best SF	1972-05-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books	UQ1005	C$0.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	302	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	John Schoenherr
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year	1972-07-00	ed. Lester del Rey	E. P. Dutton	0-525-06490-7	$6.95^?$: US dollar	250	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Larry Ratzkin
The 1972 Annual World's Best SF	1972-07-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books / SFBC	3055	$1.98^?$: US dollar	x+ 296	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Frank Frazetta
The Best Science Fiction of the Year	1972-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Ballantine Books	0-345-02671-3	$1.25^?$: US dollar	ix+ 340	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
The Best Science Fiction of the Year	1972-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Ballantine Books	0-345-02671-3	C$1.25^?C$: Canadian dollar	ix+ 340	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
The 1972 Annual World's Best SF	1973-00-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	Book Club Associates			301	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Best from If, Volume I	1973-00-00	ed. Editors of If	Award Books	AN1065	$0.95^?$: US dollar	252	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	Brian Boylan
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year	1973-08-00	ed. Lester del Rey	Ace Books	05475	$1.25^?$: US dollar	286	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
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year	1973-10-00	ed. Lester del Rey	Kaye & Ward	0-7182-0966-4	£^?£: UK pound	245	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The 1972 Annual World's Best SF	1973-11-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #5)	UY1081	$1.25^?$: US dollar	302	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	John Schoenherr
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year	1974-12-00	ed. Lester del Rey	Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	1095		245	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #1	1976-04-00	ed. Terry Carr	Ballantine Books	0-345-24922-4	$1.95^?$: US dollar	[ix]+ 340	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
Wollheim's World's Best SF: Vol. I	1977-12-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books	0-87997-349-8 / UE1349	$1.75^?$: US dollar	302	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	John Berkey
Wollheim's World's Best SF: Vol. I	1977-12-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books	0-87997-349-8 / UE1349	C$1.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	302	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	John Berkey
The Stars Are the Styx	1979-10-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Dell	0-440-18006-6	$2.25^?$: US dollar	382	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	Rowena Morrill
Dream's Edge	1980-10-00	ed. Terry Carr	Sierra Club Books	0-87156-238-3	$6.95^?$: US dollar	[6]+ 313	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	Don Shields
Dream's Edge: Science Fiction Stories About the Future of Planet Earth	1980-10-00	ed. Terry Carr	Sierra Club Books	0-87156-232-4	$14.95^?$: US dollar	vi+ 313	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Don Shields
The Stars Are the Styx	1981-05-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Dell	0-440-18006-6	$2.50^?$: US dollar	382	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 Stars Are the Styx	1984-03-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Bluejay Books (Bluejay Special Edition)	0-312-94419-5	$6.95^?$: US dollar	382	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	Rowena Morrill
Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology	1986-09-00	ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl	Bluejay Books	0-312-94471-3	$19.95^?$: US dollar	438	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Alan Gutierrez
Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology	1986-09-00	ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl	Bluejay Books	0-312-94472-1	$10.95^?$: US dollar	438	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	Alan Gutierrez
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF	1994-07-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Tor	0-312-85062-X	$35.00^?$: US dollar	990+ [2]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Carol Russo
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF	1994-10-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Orbit	1-85723-271-2	£25.00^?£: UK pound	990	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Berkey
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF	1994-10-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Tor / SFBC	05435	$17.98^?$: US dollar	990	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Berkey
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF	1997-09-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Orb	0-312-85509-5	$27.95^?$: US dollar	990	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
Slow Sculpture	2009-10-20	Theodore Sturgeon	North Atlantic Books	978-1-55643-834-9	$35.00^?$: US dollar	xi+ 299	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Paula Morrison
Slow Sculpture	2013-04-23	Theodore Sturgeon	North Atlantic Books	978-1-58394-756-2	$18.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Slow Sculpture	2013-09-30	Theodore Sturgeon	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-11007-6	£2.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The 1972 Annual World's Best SF	date unknown	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #5)	UQ1005	$0.95^?$: US dollar	302	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	John Schoenherr

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