Title: Best Friend
Title Record # 63922
Authors: C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
Date: 1941-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Authors: C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
Date: 1941-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: In a future where a society of genetically engineered dogs do the labor for humans who have evolved into large-brained physical weaklings who concern themselves only with deep thoughts, one such dog is emotionally devastated at the thought that he might have disappointed his master.
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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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Super Science Novels, May 1941 | 1941-05-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Fictioneers, Inc.; Chicago, IL | $0.20?$: US dollar |
148 | pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75 |
mag | Gabriel Mayorga | ||
The Wonder Effect | 1962-09-00 | C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl | Ballantine Books | F638 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
159 | 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 | Richard Powers | |
The Wonder Effect | 1962-11-00 | C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl | Ballantine Books | F638 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
159 | 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 | Richard Powers | |
The Wonder Effect | 1967-00-00 | C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl | Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (2)) | 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). |
160 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
The Wonder Effect | 1969-07-00 | C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl | Ballantine Books | 01662 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
159 | 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 | ||
The Wonder Effect | 1969-07-00 | C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl | Ballantine Books | 01662 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
159 | 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 | ||
The Wonder Effect | 1974-09-00 | C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl | Panther | 0-586-03997-X | £0.40?£: UK pound |
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 | Anthony Roberts | |
Before the Universe and Other Stories | 1980-07-00 | C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl | Bantam Books | 0-553-11042-X | $1.95?$: US dollar |
x+ 203 |
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 |