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Title: Firewater Title Record # 56004
Author: William Tenn
Date: 1952-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1952 Firewater!
Year Language Title
1962Translated by Antonio Ribera Jordá
Spanish Aguardiente
1966Translated by Heiner H. Boeck.
German Feuerwasser
1975Translated by S. Buddingh
Dutch Vuurwater

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, February 1952 1952-02-00 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 Van Dongen Checkmark
Astounding Science Fiction, June 1952 (UK) 1952-06-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
1/-?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).
64
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag  
Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1953 1953-03-00 ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty Frederick Fell  
$3.50?$: US dollar
315
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Category Phoenix 1955-00-00 ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty The Bodley Head (The Bodley Head Science Fiction Club)  
9/6?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).
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth C. Stewart Checkmark
Time in Advance 1958-06-00 William Tenn Bantam Books A1786
$0.35?$: US dollar
153
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 Checkmark
Time in Advance 1958-06-00 William Tenn Bantam Books A1786
C$0.35?C$: Canadian dollar
153
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 Checkmark
Time in Advance 1963-00-00 William Tenn Gollancz  
15/-?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).
[4]+
153
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Time in Advance 1964-04-00 William Tenn The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 84
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).
153
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll John Griffiths Checkmark
Time in Advance 1966-04-00 William Tenn Panther 2037
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).
173
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 Checkmark
Strange Tomorrows 1972-10-00 ed. Robert Hoskins Lancer Books 78713
$1.25?$: US dollar
352
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 Ron Walotsky Checkmark
Strange Tomorrows 1972-10-00 ed. Robert Hoskins Lancer Books 78713
C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar
352
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 Ron Walotsky Checkmark
The Edward De Bono Science Fiction Collection 1976-00-00 ed. George Hay The Elmfield Press 0-7057-0068-2
£4.95?£: UK pound
217
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Aliens: Seven Stories of Science Fiction 1976-07-01 ed. Robert Silverberg Thomas Nelson 0-8407-6488-X
$6.95?$: US dollar
189
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth James E. Barry Checkmark
Novella: 3 1978-00-00 ed. Ben Bova Orbit / Futura 0-7088-8015-0
£0.85?£: UK pound
159
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 Checkmark
What If? Volume 1 1980-09-00 ed. Richard A. Lupoff Pocket Books 0-671-83189-5
$2.50?$: US dollar
266
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
What If? Volume 1 1980-09-00 ed. Richard A. Lupoff Pocket Books 0-671-83189-5
C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar
266
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Encounters 1988-02-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Headline 0-7472-3091-9
£3.50?£: UK pound
xii+
399
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 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 Checkmark
Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 2001-02-00 William Tenn NESFA Press 1-886778-19-1
$29.00?$: US dollar
vii+
618
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll H. R. Van Dongen  
Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 2001-07-00 William Tenn NESFA Press 1-886778-19-1
$29.00?$: US dollar
vii+
618
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll H. R. Van Dongen Checkmark
Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 2002-09-00 William Tenn NESFA Press / SFBC 52644
$14.50?$: US dollar
618
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll H. R. Van Dongen Checkmark
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