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Title: The Monsters Title Record # 58569
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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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1953Translated by an uncredited hand
Italian Pianeta che vai..
1956Translated by Alain Dorémieux
French Les monstres
1962Translated by Daniella Selvatico Estense
Italian I mostri
1963 Swedish Monstren
1968Translated by Henk Bouwman
Dutch De monsters
1978Translated by Nikola Popović
Croatian Monstrumi
1979Translated by Ingela Bergdahl First published in JVM #378, 1979
Swedish Monstren
1982Translated by Michael Görden
German Die Monster
1990Translated by Михаил Загот (Mikhail Zagot
Russian
Чудовища?Chudovishta
[as by
Роберт Шекли?Robert Shekli
Robert Sheckley
]
1995Translated by Delia Ivănescu
Romanian
Monștrii?Monstrii

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, 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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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  
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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  
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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