Title: The Monsters
Title Record # 58569
Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1953-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1953-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A sentient alien species attempts to deal with their first contact with humans.
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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, March 1953 | 1953-03-00 | ed. Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas | 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 | Chesley Bonestell |  |
|
| Urania #9 | 1953-07-01 | ed. Giorgio Monicelli | Mondadori | 9 | Lit 150?Lit: Italian lira |
160 | 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 | Curt Caesar | |
| Untouched by Human Hands | 1954-03-00 | Robert Sheckley | Ballantine Books | H-73 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
169+ [1] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
|
| Untouched by Human Hands | 1954-03-00 | Robert Sheckley | Ballantine Books | 73 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
169 | 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 | Jack Coggins | |
| Untouched by Human Hands | 1955-00-00 | Robert Sheckley | Michael Joseph (Novels of Tomorrow) | 12/6?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). |
253 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Wildsmith | ||
| Fiction, #30 | 1956-05-00 | ed. Editors of Fiction | OPTA | F100.00?F: French frank |
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 | Philippe Curval | |
|
| Untouched by Human Hands | 1960-11-00 | Robert Sheckley | Ballantine Books | 437K | $0.35?$: US dollar |
169 | 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 | Blanchard | |
| Urania #285 | 1962-07-01 | ed. Carlo Fruttero | Mondadori | 285 | Lit 150?Lit: Italian lira |
168 | 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 | Karel Thole | |
| Best SF Five | 1963-06-00 | ed. Edmund Crispin | Faber and Faber | 18/-?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). |
256 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | John Griffith | |
|
| Häpna!, oktober 1963 | 1963-10-00 |
ed.
Kjell Ekström?Kjell Ekstrom |
Grafiska Förlaget Kindberg & Söner | skr 1.80?skr: Swedish krona (crown) |
98 | 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 | |||
| The Starlit Corridor | 1967-00-00 | ed. Roger Mansfield | Pergamon Press Ltd. | 21/-?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). |
xi+ 145 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| The Starlit Corridor | 1967-00-00 | ed. Roger Mansfield | Pergamon Press Ltd. | 0-08-303370-X |
xii+ 145 |
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 | |
||
| The Starlit Corridor | 1967-00-00 | ed. Roger Mansfield | Pergamon Press Ltd. | $4.00?$: US dollar |
xi+ 145 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| The Starlit Corridor | 1967-00-00 | ed. Roger Mansfield | Pergamon Press Ltd. | $2.00?$: US dollar |
145 | 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 | |||
| Untouched by Human Hands | 1967-04-00 | Robert Sheckley | Four Square Books | 1804 | 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). |
125 | 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 | |
|
| Untouched by Human Hands | 1967-12-00 | Robert Sheckley | Ballantine Bal-Hi | U2855 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
169+ [1] |
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 | |
|
| Van aardse smetten vrij | 1968-00-00 | Robert Sheckley | Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1163) | 1163 | ƒ2.50?ƒ: Dutch guilder |
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 | Dick Bruna | |
| Best SF Five | 1971-11-00 | ed. Edmund Crispin | Faber and Faber (Faber Paper Covered Editions) | 0-571-09711-1 | £0.65?£: UK pound |
256 | 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 | |
|
| Les univers de Robert Sheckley | 1972-05-03 | Robert Sheckley | OPTA (Club du Livre d'Anticipation #37) |
xxxviii+ 418 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
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| Anthropology Through Science Fiction | 1974-00-00 | ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Carol Mason, Patricia Warrick | St. Martin's Press |
xi+ 387 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||||
| Anthropology Through Science Fiction | 1974-00-00 | ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Carol Mason, Patricia Warrick | St. Martin's Press |
xi+ 387 |
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 | M. C. Escher | |
||
| Histoires de planètes | 1975-03-25 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3769) | 2-253-00723-4 | 442 | 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 | Pierre Faucheux | |
|
| Histoires de planètes | 1977-00-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3769) | 2-253-00723-4 | 442 | 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 | Pierre Faucheux | |
|
| Histoires de planètes | 1978-00-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3769) | 2-253-00723-4 | 442 | 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 | Pierre Faucheux | |
|
| Mai toccato da mani umane | 1978-02-00 | Robert Sheckley | Mondadori (Classici Urania #11) | 14510 | Lit 1,000?Lit: Italian lira |
190 | 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 | Karel Thole | |
| Perilous Planets: An Anthology of Way-Back-When Futures | 1978-05-00 | ed. Brian W. Aldiss | Weidenfeld & Nicolson | 0-297-77354-2 | £5.95?£: UK pound |
367 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Geoff Taylor | |
| Alpha 9 | 1978-10-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Berkley Books | 0-425-03838-6 | $1.75?$: US dollar |
ix+ 180 |
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 | Vicente Segrelles | |
| Sirius, #29 | 1978-11-05 |
ed.
Borivoj Jurković?Borivoj Jurkovic Borivoj Jurkovich |
Vjesnik | Din 15?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar |
148 | 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 | |
||
| Untouched by Human Hands | 1979-03-00 | Robert Sheckley | Ace Books | 0-441-84680-7 | $1.75?$: US dollar |
214 | 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 | Olivia | |
Det hände i morgon 12?Det hande i morgon 12 |
1980-00-00 | ed. Sam J. Lundwall | Delta (Stockholm) (Delta Science Fiction #108) | 91-7228-231-2 | skr 69.00?skr: Swedish krona (crown) |
313 | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
anth | Paul Lehr | |
| Perilous Planets | 1980-02-00 | ed. Brian Aldiss | Avon | 0-380-47100-0 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 350 |
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 | Alex Ebel | |
| Perilous Planets | 1980-06-00 | ed. Brian W. Aldiss | Orbit / Futura | 0-7088-8071-1 | £1.50?£: UK pound |
367 | 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 | Tim White | |
| Für Menschen ungeeignet | 1982-03-00 | Robert Sheckley | Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Bestseller?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Bestseller #22042) |
3-404-22042-0 | DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
208 | 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 | |
| Is That What People Do? | 1984-08-00 | Robert Sheckley | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | 0-03-063707-4 | $19.95?$: US dollar |
402 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | David Gambale | |
Histoires de planètes?Histoires de planetes |
1985-03-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3769) | 2-253-00723-4 | 442 | 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 |
Éric Seigaud?Eric Seigaud
|
||
| Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder | 1987-10-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Warner Books | 0-446-51369-5 | $17.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 352 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Stanislaw Fernandez | |
| Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder | 1988-11-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Victor Gollancz | 0-575-04355-5 | £11.95?£: UK pound |
349 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Terry Pastor | |
| Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder | 1988-11-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | VGSF / Victor Gollancz | 0-575-04356-3 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
xiv+ 349 |
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 | Terry Pastor | |
| Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder | 1989-04-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Warner Books | 0-446-39012-7 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 352 |
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 | Stanislaw Fernandez | |
Те, кто уходит из Омеласа?Te, kto ukhodit iz Omelasa |
1990-00-00 |
ed.
Ростислав Рыбкин?Rostislav Rybkin |
Известия?Izvestiya (Библиотека журнала «Иностранная литература»?Biblioteka zhurnala "Inostrannaya literatura" #151) |
5-206-00039-6 | 181 | 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 |
А. Махов?A. Makhov
|
||
| 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 | |
||
| The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book One | 1991-09-00 | Robert Sheckley | Pulphouse Publishing | 331 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book One | 1992-07-00 | Robert Sheckley | Pulphouse Publishing | 1-56146-420-1 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
331 | 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 | ||
Monștrii?Monstrii |
1995-00-00 | Robert Sheckley | Editura Nemira (Nautilus #091) | 973-9144-45-4 | Lei 4,000?Lei: Romanian leu |
236 | 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 de planètes?Histoires de planetes |
1997-04-00 |
ed.
Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche ( Les maîtres de la science-fiction?Les maitres de la science-fiction #7197) |
2-253-07197-8 | 119 | 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 | |||
| Science Fiction: 101 | 2001-03-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | ibooks | 0-7434-1294-X | $14.00?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 544 |
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 | Debbie Silva | |
| Mai toccato da mani umane | 2003-08-00 | Robert Sheckley | Mondadori (Urania Collezione #7) | 7 | €4.90?€: Euro |
200 | 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 | Franco Brambilla | |
| 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 | |
| Science Fiction: 101 | 2005-10-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | ibooks | 0-7434-1294-X | $14.00?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 544 |
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 | Debbie Silva | |
| 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 | |
| The Monsters and Other Science Fiction Tales | 2008-04-00 | Robert Sheckley | Wildside Press | 978-1-4344-7005-8 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
138 | 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 | 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 | |
| Store of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley | 2012-05-01 | Robert Sheckley | New York Review of Books (NYRB Classics) | 978-1-59017-494-4 | $17.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 396 |
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 | Keith Carter | |
| Science Fiction: 101: Exploring the Craft of Science Fiction | 2014-05-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Roc / New American Library | 978-0-451-46676-1 | $16.00?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 489 |
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 | |
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| Untouched by Human Hands | 2021-06-03 | Robert Sheckley | Penguin Books (Penguin Classics Science Fiction) | 978-0-14-199460-4 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| Untouched by Human Hands | 2021-06-03 | Robert Sheckley | Penguin Books (Penguin Classics Science Fiction) | 978-0-241-47302-3 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
208 | 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 | ||
| Masters of Science Fiction: Robert Sheckley | 2022-02-00 | Robert Sheckley | Centipede Press (Masters of Science Fiction (Centipede Press)) | 978-1-61347-311-5 | $65.00?$: US dollar |
727 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Jim Keegan , Ruth Keegan | |
| Science Fiction: 101 | date unknown | ed. Robert Silverberg | ibooks | 0-7434-1294-X | $14.00?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 544 |
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 | Debbie Silva | |