Title: Nor Iron Bars

Title: Nor Iron Bars Title Record # 57700
Author: James Blish
Date: 1957-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English

Note: "Detour to the Stars" and "Nor Iron Bars" from "Infinity Science Fiction" were combined under the latter title for subsequent publications.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1961^ⓘTranslated by Michel Deutsch	French	Les étoiles sont des prisons^?Les etoiles sont des prisons
1974^ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr	German	Das Tor zu den Sternen
1977^ⓘTranslated by Sandro Pergameno	Italian	Prigione senza sbarre
1994^ⓘTranslated by António Porto.	Portuguese	Nem Barras de Ferro

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Infinity Science Fiction, November 1957	1957-11-00	ed. Larry T. Shaw	Royal Publications, Inc.		$0.35^?$: US dollar	132	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.	mag	Ed Emsh
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
Galactic Cluster	1960-01-22	James Blish	Faber and Faber		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).	233	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	John Griffiths
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	1963-00-00	James Blish	Four Square Books	889	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).	128	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	1964-07-00	James Blish	Four Square Books	889	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).	128	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
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
Galactic Cluster	1968-06-00	James Blish	New English Library	2229	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).	128	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
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
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
Galactic Cluster	1980-00-00	James Blish	Granada	0-586-04573-2	£1.25^?£: UK pound	255	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	Peter Elson
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
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
Contos Galácticos	1994-00-00	James Blish	Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #449)	972-38-1427-7		187	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	A. Pedro
In This World, or Another	2003-07-00	James Blish	Five Star (Five Star First Edition Speculative Fiction)	0-7862-5349-5	$25.95^?$: US dollar	413	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
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
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

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