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Title: The World of Myrion Flowers Title Record # 63923
Authors: C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
Date: 1961-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: An African-American comes into possession of a device that forces him to read the minds of the white people around him, to devastating emotional effect.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1962Translated by Elisabeth Gille
French
Si les pensées tuaient...?Si les pensees tuaient...
1977Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Die Welt des Myrion Flowers
1977 Italian Il mondo di Myrion Flowers [as by Cyril M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl]

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, October 1961 1961-10-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Mercury Press, Inc.  
$0.40?$: 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
Fiction, #98 1962-01-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
OPTA  
F1.60?F: French frank
148
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 Jean-Claude Forest Checkmark
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [UK], February 1962 1962-02-00 ed. uncredited Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
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).
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  
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
Human and Other Beings 1963-00-00 ed. Allen DeGraeff Collier Books 01951
$0.95?$: US dollar
319
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
Human and Other Beings 1963-06-00 ed. Allen DeGraeff Collier Books AS567
$0.95?$: US dollar
319
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
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
Themes in Science Fiction: A Journey Into Wonder 1972-00-00 ed. Leo P. Kelley McGraw-Hill (Patterns in Literary Art) 0-07-033504-4   iii+
428
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 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 Checkmark
Katalysatoren 1977-07-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #0251) 3-442-23251-1
DM 4.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
155
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
Jürgen F. Rogner?Juergen F. Rogner
Checkmark
La civiltà dell'incubo 1977-09-01 Cyril M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #51)  
Lit 1,600?Lit: Italian lira
202
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 Angus McKie  
Critical Mass 1977-10-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Bantam Books 0-553-10948-0
$1.75?$: US dollar
xi+
179
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 Eddie Jones Checkmark
Our Best: The Best of Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth 1987-02-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Baen Books 0-671-65620-1
$2.95?$: US dollar
286
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
Isidre Monés?Isidre Mones
Checkmark
Our Best: The Best of Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth 1987-02-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Baen Books 0-671-65620-1
C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar
286
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
Isidre Monés?Isidre Mones
Checkmark
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