Title: Fool's Mate

Title: Fool's Mate Title Record # 55930
Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1953-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Year	Language	Title
1966^ⓘTranslated by Valentino De Carlo	Italian	Scacco matto
1978^ⓘTranslated by Mimi Perrin	French	Echec et mat à mort
1980^ⓘTranslated by Hans Pfitzinger	German	Narrenschach
1981^ⓘTranslated by Laura Serra	Italian	Scacco matto
1987^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited hand; the translation is different from the one done by Pfitzinger	German	Narrenschach

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Astounding Science Fiction, March 1953	1953-03-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.35^?$: US dollar	172	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	Pawelka
Shards of Space	1962-00-00	Robert Sheckley	Corgi	YS1252	3/-^?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).	152	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	Hoot von Zitzewitz
Shards of Space	1962-00-00	Robert Sheckley	Corgi	YS1252	A4/6^?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).	152	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	Hoot von Zitzewitz
Shards of Space	1962-07-00	Robert Sheckley	Bantam Books	J2443	$0.40^?$: US dollar	152	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	Hoot von Zitzewitz
Shards of Space	1966-00-00	Robert Sheckley	Corgi	GS7503	3/6^?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).	152	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 Metal Smile	1968-10-00	ed. Damon Knight	Belmont Books	B60-082	$0.60^?$: US dollar	158	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
The Metal Smile	1968-10-00	ed. Damon Knight	Belmont Books	B60-082	C$0.60^?C$: Canadian dollar	158	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
Shards of Space	1971-02-00	Robert Sheckley	Bantam Books	S5927	$0.75^?$: US dollar	152	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	Paul Lehr
The Metal Smile	1974-09-00	ed. Damon Knight	Belmont Tower	50722	$0.95^?$: US dollar	158	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
Computers, Computers, Computers: In Fiction and in Verse	1977-08-00	ed. D. Van Tassel	Thomas Nelson	0-8407-6542-8	$6.95^?$: US dollar	192	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Jay J. Smith
The Wonderful World of Robert Sheckley	1979-11-00	Robert Sheckley	Bantam Books	0-553-12905-8	$1.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 195	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	Paul Lehr
The Wonderful World of Robert Sheckley	1980-00-00	Robert Sheckley	Sphere	0-7221-7759-3	£1.00^?£: UK pound	209	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 Spear of Mars	1980-03-00	ed. Reginald Bretnor	Ace Books	0-441-25971-5	$2.25^?$: US dollar	406	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	Vincent Di Fate
Is That What People Do?	1984-08-00	Robert Sheckley	Holt, Rinehart and Winston	0-03-063707-4	$19.95^?$: US dollar	402	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	David Gambale
The Spear of Mars	1988-07-00	ed. Reginald Bretnor	Baen	0-671-65423-3	$3.50^?$: 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.	anth	Eddie Jones
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book Three	1991-09-00	Robert Sheckley	Pulphouse Publishing			360	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley	1991-09-00	Robert Sheckley	Pulphouse Publishing		$150.00^?$: US dollar	331+ 380+ 360+ 275+ 344	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book Three	1992-07-00	Robert Sheckley	Pulphouse Publishing	1-56146-422-8	$12.95^?$: US dollar	360	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 Masque of Mañana	2005-08-00	Robert Sheckley	NESFA Press	1-886778-60-4	$29.00^?$: US dollar	569	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
The Masque of Mañana	2005-12-00	Robert Sheckley	NESFA Press / SFBC	1202183	$14.50^?$: US dollar	569	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
The Masque of Mañana	2008-08-00	Robert Sheckley	NESFA Press	1-886778-60-4	$29.00^?$: US dollar	569	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
Shards of Space	2014-11-27	Robert Sheckley	Gateway / Orion	978-1-4732-0767-7	£2.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Future Wars ... and Other Punchlines	2015-09-01	ed. Hank Davis	Baen	978-1-4767-8080-1	$14.00^?$: US dollar	340	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 Pollack

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