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Title Record # 57796
Author: John R. Pierce
Date: 1944-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: John R. Pierce
Date: 1944-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
User Rating: None. Including variants and translations: 8.00 (1 vote) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), longevity (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1) Add Tags
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Awards
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| Nominations Below Cutoff | 2020 Retro 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 |
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| Astounding Science Fiction, April 1944 | 1944-04-00 | ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. | Street & Smith Publications, Inc. | $0.25?$: US dollar |
180 | 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 | Timmins |  |
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| The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology | 1952-02-20 | ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. | Simon & Schuster | $3.95?$: US dollar |
xv+ 583 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Leo Manso | |
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| The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology | 1952-02-20 | ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. | Simon & Schuster |
xv+ 583, [1] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Leo Manso | |
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| The First Astounding Science Fiction Anthology | 1954-00-00 | ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. | Grayson & Grayson | 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). |
239 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology | 1956-12-00 | ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. | Berkley Books | G-41 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
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. |
anth | Richard Powers | |
| The First Astounding Science Fiction Anthology | 1964-00-00 | ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. | Four Square Books | 1166 | 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). |
320 | 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 Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 6, 1944 | 1981-12-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #461) | 0-87997-670-5 / UE1670 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
368 | 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 | Oliviero Berni | |
| The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 6, 1944 | 1981-12-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | 0-87997-670-5 | C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
368 | 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 | Oliviero Berni | |
| Caught in the Organ Draft: Biology in Science Fiction | 1983-03-14 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 0-374-31228-1 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 276 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Christopher Burg | |