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Title: The Leech Title Record # 56294
Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1952-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1952 The Leech [as by Phillips Barbee]
Year Language Title
1954Translated by an uncredited translator
Italian Il vampiro degli spazi [as by Phillips Barbee]
1955 French La sangsue [as by Phillip Barbee]
1957Translated by Sybren Polet
Dutch De stenen bloedzuiger
1957Translated by 下島連 (Muraji Shimojima)
Japanese
ひる?Hiru
[as by
ロバート・シェクレイ?Robāto Shekurei
Robaato Shekurei
]
1959Translated by Lothar Heinecke
German Der Nimmersatt [as by Phillips Barbee]
1959 Italian La sanguisuga
1972Translated by Tommy Schinkler.
Swedish Igeln
1974Translated by Frank Straschitz
French La sangsue
1983Translated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Michael%20G%F6rden&amp;type=Name&amp;mode=exact">Michael Görden</a>
German Der Egel
1984Translated by Božidar Stančić
Croatian Pijavica
1989Translated by Rodica Chiriacescu
Romanian Lipitoarea
2000Translated by 浅倉久志 (Asakura Hisashi)
Japanese
ひる?Hiru
[as by ]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Science Fiction Terror Tales 1955-01-00 ed. Groff Conklin Gnome Press  
$3.50?$: US dollar
x+
262
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ed Emshwiller Checkmark
Science Fiction Terror Tales 1955-03-00 ed. Groff Conklin Pocket Books 1045
$0.25?$: US dollar
x+
262
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 Stanley Meltzoff Checkmark
Notions: Unlimited 1960-06-00 Robert Sheckley Bantam Books A2003
$0.35?$: US dollar
170
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
Notions: Unlimited 1968-11-00 Robert Sheckley Bantam Books F3850
$0.50?$: US dollar
170
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
Notions: Unlimited 1968-11-00 Robert Sheckley Bantam Books F3850
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
170
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
Science Fiction Terror Tales 1969-09-00 ed. Groff Conklin Pocket Books 75413
$0.75?$: US dollar
x+
262
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 Checkmark
Science Fiction Terror Tales 1970-04-00 ed. Groff Conklin Pocket Books 75413
$0.75?$: US dollar
x+
262
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 Stanley Meltzoff Checkmark
The Status Civilization and Notions: Unlimited 1979-11-00 Robert Sheckley Ace Books (Ace Double) 0-441-78537-9
$2.25?$: US dollar
469
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.
omni David Bergen Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book Two 1991-09-00 Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing     380
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 Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book Two 1992-07-00 Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing 1-56146-421-X
$12.95?$: US dollar
380
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
Short Science Fiction Collection 042 2010-11-28 ed. LibriVox LibriVox      
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth  
Notions: Unlimited 2014-11-27 Robert Sheckley Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-0762-2
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Things from Outer Space 2016-10-00 ed. Hank Davis Baen 978-1-4767-8166-2
$7.99?$: US dollar
554
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 Alan Pollack Checkmark
Black Infinity, Winter 2018 2018-00-00 ed. Tom English Rocket Science Books 978-0-9966936-8-4
$9.95?$: US dollar
198
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.
mag Checkmark
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