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Title: The Idol of the Flies

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Title: The Idol of the Flies Title Record # 67624
Author: Jane Rice
Date: 1942-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Current Tags: science fiction (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1967Translated by Odette Ferry.
French L'idole des mouches
1974Translated by Monika Hahn
German Der Abgott der Fliegen
1978 Italian L'idolo delle mosche

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Unknown Worlds, June 1942 1942-06-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
132
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
mag Checkmark
Children of Wonder: 21 Remarkable and Fantastic Tales 1953-03-19 ed. William Tenn Simon & Schuster  
$2.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
337
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Bacon Checkmark
Children of Wonder: 21 Remarkable and Fantastic Tales 1953-07-00 ed. William Tenn Simon & Schuster / SFBC     336
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Bacon Checkmark
Outsiders: Children of Wonder 1954-06-00 ed. William Tenn Permabooks P291
$0.35?$: US dollar
355
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Stories My Mother Never Told Me 1963-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Random House  
$5.95?$: US dollar
401
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories My Mother Never Told Me 1965-03-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 8290
$0.50?$: US dollar
223
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 Fred Banbery  
Stories My Mother Never Told Me, Part II 1967-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Pan Books M250
5/-?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).
236
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  
These Will Chill You 1967-02-00 ed. Richard G. Sheehan, Lee Wright Bantam Books H3206
$0.60?$: US dollar
168
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
Mind at Bay 1969-00-00 ed. Christopher Evans (I) Panther 0-586-02902-8
5/-?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).
186
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 John Holmes  
The Unspeakable People 1969-11-00 ed. Peter Haining Leslie Frewin 0-09-100380-6
30/-?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).
246
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Unspeakable People 1974-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Ensign Books 0-7235-5213-4
£0.30?£: UK pound
238
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  
Happy Endings 1974-07-00 ed. Damon Knight Bobbs-Merrill Company 0-672-51879-1
$8.95?$: US dollar
x+
205
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Unspeakable People 1975-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Everest Books 0-903925-87-7
£0.50?£: UK pound
239
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 John Holmes  
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Stories My Mother Never Told Me 1976-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 0-440-18290-5
$1.25?$: US dollar
223
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  
Cries of Terror 1976-00-00 ed. Anthony Masters Arrow Books 0-09-912190-5
£0.50?£: UK pound
191
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
Nature's Revenge: Eerie Stories of Revolt Against the Human Race 1978-00-00 ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 0-688-41843-0
$6.95?$: US dollar
154
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jacqui Morgan Checkmark
Nature's Revenge: Eerie Stories of Revolt Against the Human Race 1978-00-00 ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 0-688-51843-5   154
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jacqui Morgan  
Witches' Brew: Horror and Supernatural Stories by Women 1984-10-00 ed. Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini Macmillan (Macmillan Midnight Library) 0-02-599230-9
$19.95?$: US dollar
viii+
323
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Nursery Crimes 1993-06-00 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-101-7
$9.98?$: US dollar
xii+
560
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth John Tierney  
The Idol of the Flies and Other Stories 2003-00-00 Jane Rice Midnight House 0-9740589-8-X
$40.00?$: US dollar
372
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Allen Koszowski  
The Century's Best Horror Fiction 1901-1950 2012-01-31 ed. John Pelan Cemetery Dance Publications 978-1-58767-080-0
$75.00?$: US dollar
706
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Alan M. Clark Checkmark
Cries of Terror 2012-10-16 ed. Anthony Masters Bloomsbury Reader 978-1-4482-1020-6
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
The Unspeakable People date unknown ed. Peter Haining Popular Library 445-1376-075
$0.75?$: US dollar
207
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
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