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Title: The Dueling Machine Title Record # 55416
Authors: Ben Bova and Myron R. Lewis
Date: 1963-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English
Synopsis: The dueling machine allows two enemies to fight to the death in a vivid shared dream, without any real danger to either of them. Dueling returns as a respectable way to settle quarrels - then one man finds a way to kill his opponents for real.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1963 The Perfect Warrior
1963 The Perfect Warrior [as by Ben Bova]
1963 The Dueling Machine [as by Ben Bova]
Year Language Title
1980Translated by Hélène Bouboulis
French
La machine à duel?La machine a duel
[as by Ben Bova]
1982Translated by Sylvia Pukallus
German Die Duelliermaschine [as by Ben Bova]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, May 1963 1963-05-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Condé Nast  
$0.50?$: US dollar
100
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
mag Feodor Rimsky Checkmark
Forward in Time 1973-10-00 Ben Bova Walker & Co. 0-8027-5562-3
$6.95?$: US dollar
234
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Thuy Le Ha Checkmark
Forward in Time 1974-01-00 Ben Bova Walker & Co. / SFBC 6041
$1.49?$: US dollar
x+
211
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Thuy Le Ha Checkmark
Forward in Time 1974-10-00 Ben Bova Popular Library 0-445-08310-7 / 08310
$1.25?$: US dollar
285
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 Jack Faragasso Checkmark
Forward in Time 1974-10-00 Ben Bova Popular Library 08310
C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar
285
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 Jack Faragasso Checkmark
Study War No More 1977-11-00 ed. Joe Haldeman St. Martin's Press 0-312-77315-3
$8.95?$: US dollar
278
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Study War No More 1978-00-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Macdonald and Jane's      
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Study War No More 1978-10-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Avon 0-380-40519-9
$1.95?$: US dollar
323
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
Study War No More 1978-10-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Avon 0-380-40519-9
C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar
323
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
Study War No More 1979-09-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Orbit / Futura 0-7088-8054-1
£1.25?£: UK pound
323
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 Vicente Segrelles Checkmark
Study War No More 1980-06-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Avon 0-380-52605-0
$1.95?$: US dollar
323
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 Michael Whelan  
Le livre d'or de la Science-Fiction: La IIIe guerre mondiale n'aura pas lieu 1980-06-13 ed. Joe Haldeman Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5084) 2-266-00906-0   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 Marcel Laverdet Checkmark
Study War No More 1981-12-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Avon 0-380-59337-8
$2.95?$: US dollar
323
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 Michael Whelan  
Nie wieder Krieg 1982-02-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3863) 3-453-30749-6
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
367+
[1]
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 Oliviero Berni Checkmark
Forward in Time 1982-06-00 Ben Bova Popular Library 0-445-08310-7
$2.75?$: US dollar
285
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 Astral Mirror 1985-10-00 Ben Bova Tor 0-812-53217-1
$2.95?$: US dollar
x+
274
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 Angus McKie Checkmark
Study War No More 1987-00-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Orbit / Futura 0-7088-8054-1
£2.95?£: UK pound
323
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 Vicente Segrelles Checkmark
Space Gladiators 1989-04-00 ed. David Drake, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Ace Books 0-441-77741-4
$3.95?$: US dollar
310
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 Walter Velez Checkmark
The Dueling Machine 2009-12-22 Ben Bova Project Gutenberg 30796    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
The Dueling Machine 2010-02-28 Ben Bova LibriVox  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
chap John Schoenherr , John Schoenherr , John Schoenherr  
The Second Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Tales by Masters 2011-08-03 ed. John Gregory Betancourt Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4344-3781-5
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Catmando Checkmark
Forward in Time 2014-01-01 Ben Bova ReAnimus Press  
$4.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Clay Hagebusch  
The Astral Mirror 2014-01-01 Ben Bova ReAnimus Press  
$3.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Clay Hagebusch  
Forward in Time 2016-11-00 Ben Bova ReAnimus Press 978-1-5406-3449-8
$13.99?$: US dollar
286
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 Astral Mirror 2017-01-00 Ben Bova ReAnimus Press 978-1-5426-7878-0
$14.99?$: US dollar
285
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 Dueling Machine 2017-12-20 Ben Bova Jovian Press 978-1-5378-1493-3
$1.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
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