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Title: Two-Handed Engine Title Record # 57514
Authors: Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
Date: 1955-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1955 Two-Handed Engine [as by Henry Kuttner]
Year Language Title
1958Translated by Bruno Martin
French
La machine à deux mains?La machine a deux mains
[as by Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore]
1958 French La machine à deux mains [as by Henry Kuttner]
1960Translated by unknown
Japanese
人造死刑吏?じんぞうしけいり
Jinzō Shikeiri
Jinzou Shikeiri
[as by
ヘンリー・カットナー?Henrī Kattonā
Henriu Kattonau
and
C・L・ムーア?C. L. Mūa
C. L. Muua
]
1965Translated by Helmuth W. Mommers
German Den Rächer auf den Fersen [as by Lewis Padgett]
1976Translated by Pon Ruiter
Dutch Tweehandige machine [as by Henry Kuttner]
1979Translated by Arturo Casals.
Spanish La máquina de dos brazos [as by Henry Kuttner]
1988Translated by А. Тимофеев / A. Timofeyev.
Russian [as by
Генри Каттнер?Genri Kattner
Henry Kuttner
and
Кэтрин Мур?Ketrin Mur
Catherine Moore
]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1955 1955-08-00 ed. Anthony Boucher Fantasy House, Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
132
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 Emsh Checkmark
No Boundaries 1955-12-00 Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore Ballantine Books 122
$0.35?$: US dollar
149+
[2]
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
No Boundaries 1955-12-00 Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore Ballantine Books H-122
$2.00?$: US dollar
149
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
Fiction, #50 1958-01-00 ed. Editors of Fiction OPTA  
F120?F: French frank
148
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 Lucien Lepiez  
S-Fマガジン 1960年07月号, #6?S-F Magajin 1960-nen 07-gatsu Gō, #6
1960-07-00 ed.
福島正実?Fukushima Masami
ふくしままさみ
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō
Hayakawa Shobo
はやかわしょぼう
ハヤカワショボウ
     
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  
No Boundaries 1961-00-00 Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore Consul Books / World Distributors SF1025
2/6?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).
160
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
10 Science Fiction Kriminal-Stories 1965-00-00 ed. Arnulf D. Kraus, Helmuth W. Mommers Heyne (Heyne-Anthologien #11) HA11
DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
300
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 Atelier Heinrichs Checkmark
The Best of Kuttner 2 1966-05-00 Henry Kuttner Mayflower-Dell 0547
5/-?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).
288
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 Jacks Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
The Best of Kuttner 2 1970-00-00 Henry Kuttner Mayflower      
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 Josh Kirby  
Les chefs-d'œuvre de la science-fiction?Les chefs-d'oeuvre de la science-fiction
1970-04-30 ed. Jacques Sternberg Planète (Anthologie Planète)     458
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth
André Béguin?Andre Beguin
Checkmark
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 Checkmark
The Best of Henry Kuttner 1975-02-00 Henry Kuttner Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 6457
$2.49?$: US dollar
xii+
338
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Larry Kresek Checkmark
The Best of Henry Kuttner 1975-04-00 Henry Kuttner Ballantine Books (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-24415-X
$1.95?$: US dollar
xv+
398
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
The Best of Henry Kuttner 1975-04-00 Henry Kuttner Ballantine Books 0-345-24415-X
C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar
xv+
398
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
De trotse robot en andere sf-verhalen 1976-00-00 Henry Kuttner Meulenhoff (M=SF #103) 90-290-0712-5   345
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 Joseph Lombardero Checkmark
Decade: The 1950s 1976-00-00 ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison Macmillan UK 0-333-19001-7
£3.95?£: UK pound
219
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Criminal Justice Through Science Fiction 1977-00-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander New Viewpoints / Franklin Watts 0-531-05392-X
$12.50?$: US dollar
xvi+
239
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Criminal Justice Through Science Fiction 1977-00-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander New Viewpoints / Franklin Watts 0-531-05602-3   xvi+
239
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  
Decade: the 1950s 1977-03-00 ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison Pan Books 0-330-25034-5
£0.70?£: UK pound
219
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 Bartlett Checkmark
Decade: The 1950s 1978-00-00 ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison St. Martin's Press 0-312-18987-7
$3.95?$: US dollar
219
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 Ken Leeder Checkmark
Decade: The 1950s 1978-04-00 ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison St. Martin's Press 0-312-18985-0
$8.95?$: US dollar
219
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Lo mejor de Henry Kuttner I 1979-00-00 Henry Kuttner Edhasa (Nebulae (2ª época) #38) 84-350-0268-3   208
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  
Histoires mécaniques 1985-04-00 ed. Jacques Goimard,
Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis
,
Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3820) 2-253-03659-5   413
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 Manchu Checkmark
1988-00-00 ed.
Мир?Mir
(
Зарубежная фантастика?Zarubezhnaia fantastika
Zarubezhnaya fantastika
)
5-03-000411-4   520
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
К. Сошинская?K. Soshinskaya
 
Robots 1989-04-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Signet / New American Library 0-451-15926-8 / AE5926
$3.95?$: US dollar
351
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 J. K. Potter Checkmark
Robots 1989-08-24 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Robinson 1-85487-041-6
£2.99?£: UK pound
351
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
1990-06-00 ed.        
audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks
anth  
Two-Handed Engine 2005-07-00 Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore Centipede Press 0-9712051-3-2
$225.00?$: US dollar
914
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
Two-Handed Engine: The Selected Stories of Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore 2006-05-00 Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore Centipede Press / SFBC 0-7394-6810-3 / 1210833
$14.99?$: US dollar
913
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
The Last Mimzy 2007-03-00 Henry Kuttner Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-49755-4
$13.95?$: US dollar
xii+
338
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 Checkmark
No Boundaries 2011-09-29 Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-11937-6
£1.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Fury / Mutant / The Best of Henry Kuttner 2013-12-19 Henry Kuttner Gollancz (SF Gateway Omnibus) 978-0-575-12886-6
£18.99?£: UK pound
xi+
624
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 Guy Warley Checkmark
Fury / Mutant / The Best of Henry Kuttner 2013-12-19 Henry Kuttner Gateway / Orion (SF Gateway Omnibus) 978-1-4732-0199-6
£9.49?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
omni  
The Best of Henry Kuttner 2014-08-17 Henry Kuttner Diversion Books 978-1-62681-321-2    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
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