Title: Hobbyist
Title Record # 61734
Author: Fredric Brown
Date: 1961-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Fredric Brown
Date: 1961-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Not an SF story per se, but often appears in collections of Brown's SF.
First published in Playboy, May 1961
Synopsis: A pharmacist sells untraceable poison to would-be murderers, but there is a catch.
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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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| Nightmares and Geezenstacks | 1961-07-00 | Fredric Brown | Bantam Books | J2296 | $0.40?$: US dollar |
137 | 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 | Hieronymus Bosch |  |
| Nightmares and Geezenstacks | 1962-00-00 | Fredric Brown | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers | SS1167 | 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). |
137 | 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 | Hieronymus Bosch | |
| Nightmares and Geezenstacks | 1979-03-00 | Fredric Brown | Bantam Books | 0-553-12456-0 | $1.75?$: US dollar |
182 | 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 | Hieronymus Bosch | |
| The Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown | 1982-09-00 | Fredric Brown | New English Library | 0-450-05501-9 | £1.75?£: UK pound |
447 | 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 | Tim White | |
| Carnival of Crime: The Best Mystery Stories of Fredric Brown | 1985-00-00 | Fredric Brown | Southern Illinois University Press (Mystery Makers) | 0-8093-1192-5 | 314 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| And the Gods Laughed | 1987-10-00 | Fredric Brown | Phantasia Press | 0-932096-47-6 | $19.00?$: US dollar |
xxii+ 431 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Frank Kelly Freas | |
| And the Gods Laughed | 1987-10-00 | Fredric Brown | Phantasia Press | 0-932096-47-6 | $50.00?$: US dollar |
xxii+ 431+ [3] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Frank Kelly Freas | |
| Stench of Kerosene and Other Short Short Stories | 1991-00-00 | ed. Steve Bowles | Cambridge University Press | 0-521-39579-8 | 144 | 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 | Ian Parratt | ||
| From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown | 2001-02-00 | Fredric Brown | NESFA Press | 1-886778-18-3 | $29.00?$: US dollar |
693 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | |
| From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown | 2001-10-00 | Fredric Brown | NESFA Press / SFBC | 01122 | $14.50?$: US dollar |
693 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | |
| From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown | 2002-07-00 | Fredric Brown | NESFA Press | 1-886778-18-3 | $29.00?$: US dollar |
693 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | |
| From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown | 2011-06-00 | Fredric Brown | NESFA Press | 978-1-886778-18-4 | $29.00?$: US dollar |
693 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | |