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Title: King of the Hill Title Record # 57696
Author: James Blish
Date: 1955-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1961Translated by Michel Deutsch
French L'affaire du VS 1
1974Translated by Tony Westermayr
German
Die Höhle aus Metall?Die Hoehle aus Metall
1977Translated by Sandro Pergameno
Italian Il Re della Collina

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Finalists 1956 Hugo Best Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Infinity Science Fiction, November 1955 1955-11-00 ed. Larry T. Shaw Royal Publications, 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 Robert Engle Checkmark
Galactic Cluster 1959-10-00 James Blish Signet / New American Library S1719
$0.35?$: US dollar
176
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 Checkmark
Terre, il faut mourir 1961-00-00 James Blish
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#50)
 
F5.00?F: French frank
254
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  
Galactic Cluster 1965-00-00 James Blish Signet / New American Library D2790
$0.50?$: US dollar
176
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 Checkmark
Galactic Cluster 1965-10-00 James Blish Signet / New American Library of Canada D2790
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
176
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 Checkmark
Terre, il faut mourir 1971-00-00 James Blish
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#50)
    254
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  
Eine Handvoll Sterne 1974-00-00 James Blish Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #0186) 3-442-23186-8
DM 4.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
188
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
Jürgen Rogner?Juergen Rogner
Checkmark
Prigione senza sbarre, e altri racconti 1977-00-00 James Blish Fanucci Editore (Biblioteca di Fantascienza #31)  
Lit 3,500?Lit: Italian lira
240
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 Tim White  
The Seedling Stars / Galactic Cluster 1983-03-00 James Blish Signet / New American Library (Signet Double Science Fiction) 0-451-12148-1
$2.95?$: US dollar
158+
176
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 Paul Lehr Checkmark
Terre, il faut mourir 1988-05-00 James Blish
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#50)
2-207-30050-1   254
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 Pascal Moret Checkmark
A Dusk of Idols and Other Stories 1996-05-00 James Blish Severn House 0-7278-4967-0
£16.99?£: UK pound
182
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Science Fiction Gems, Volume Two 2011-10-02 ed. uncredited Armchair Fiction (Armchair Science Fiction & Horror Gems #3) 978-1-61287-060-1
$12.95?$: US dollar
200
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 Ed Emshwiller  
Black Cat Weekly, #24 2022-00-00 ed. John Betancourt Wildside Press  
$3.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
mag  
King of the Hill 2022-02-04 James Blish Project Gutenberg 67317
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
King of the Hill 2022-02-12 James Blish Wildside Press 978-1-4794-7208-6
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
Galactic Cluster date unknown James Blish Signet / New American Library Q5441
$0.95?$: US dollar
176
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 Checkmark
Galactic Cluster date unknown James Blish Signet / New American Library T4965
$0.75?$: US dollar
176
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 Checkmark
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