Title: Second Game
Title Record # 55655
Authors: Charles V. De Vet and Katherine MacLean
Date: 1958-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Kalin Trobt
Language: English
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Authors: Charles V. De Vet and Katherine MacLean
Date: 1958-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Kalin Trobt
Language: English
Note: First published in Astounding, March 1958.
Synopsis: In order to find a way to avoid warfare, a spy for the organization of human planets infiltrates a planet of humanoid aliens who only respect competition and conflict.
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| Finalists | 1959 Hugo | Best Novelette |
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, March 1958 | 1958-03-00 | 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 | Frank Kelly Freas |  |
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| Astounding Science Fiction, June 1958 (UK) | 1958-06-00 | 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 | |||
| Great Short Novels of Science Fiction | 1970-07-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Ballantine Books | 0-345-01960-1 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
viii+ 373 |
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 | Donna Violetti | |
| Great Short Novels of Science Fiction | 1970-07-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Ballantine Books | 0-345-01960-1 | C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
viii+ 373 |
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 | Donna Violetti | |
| Great Short Novels of Science Fiction | 1971-12-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Ballantine Books (UK) | 0-345-01960-1 | £0.35?£: UK pound |
viii+ 373 |
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 13 Crimes of Science Fiction | 1979-11-23 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Doubleday | 0-385-15220-5 | $12.50?$: US dollar |
455 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | One Plus One Studio | |
| The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction | 1980-03-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Doubleday / SFBC | 3717 | $3.98?$: US dollar |
455 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | One Plus One Studio | |
| The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels | 1980-11-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Priam Books / Arbor House | 0-87795-295-7 | $9.95?$: US dollar |
x+ 768 |
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 | ||
| The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels | 1980-12-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Arbor House | 0-87795-295-7 | $19.95?$: US dollar |
x+ 768 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Antler & Baldwin, Inc. | |
| The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels | 1981-05-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Arbor House / SFBC | 5754 | $6.98?$: US dollar |
viii+ 753 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Antler & Baldwin, Inc. | |
| Utopia der Detektive | 1986-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Abenteuer?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Abenteuer #23057) |
3-404-23057-4 | DM 10.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
590 | 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 | Paul Alexander | |
| Worlds Imagined | 1989-04-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Avenel Books | 0-517-68029-7 | $8.98?$: US dollar |
x+ 704 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
|
| The Mammoth Book of Vintage Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1950s | 1990-07-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Robinson | 1-85487-068-8 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
[8]+ 503 |
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 | Peter Andrew Jones | |
| The Mammoth Book of Vintage Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1950s | 1990-11-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Carroll & Graf | 0-88184-621-X | $8.95?$: US dollar |
[8]+ 503 |
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 | Peter Andrew Jones | |
| Give Me Liberty | 2003-01-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Mark Tier | Baen Books | 0-7434-3585-0 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
386 | 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 | Carol Heyer | |
| Freedom! | 2006-07-04 | Martin H. Greenberg, Mark Tier | Baen Books | 1-4165-2072-4 | $14.00?$: US dollar |
720 | 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. |
omni | Carole Heyer |