Title: BAXBR/DAXBR
Title Record # 69093
Author: Evelyn E. Smith
Date: 1954-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Evelyn E. Smith
Date: 1954-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A crossword writer accidentally sees the word "daxbr" in a stranger's letter on a train. He tries to politely ignore it, but keeps thinking how well it would fit into a crossword. Eventually he talks to the stranger, who explains what the word means and how it will affect his plans.
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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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| Time to Come: Science-Fiction Stories of Tomorrow | 1954-04-00 | ed. August Derleth | Farrar, Straus and Young | $3.50?$: US dollar |
311 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth |  |
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| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1956 | 1956-09-00 | ed. Anthony Boucher | 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 | Kelly Freas | |
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| Journeys in Science Fiction | 1961-00-00 | ed. Richard L. Loughlin, Lilian M. Popp | Globe Book Company | $3.52?$: US dollar |
655+ [1] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Journeys in Science Fiction | 1961-00-00 | ed. Richard L. Loughlin, Lilian M. Popp | Globe Book Company | $3.76?$: US dollar |
655+ [1] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories | 1961-03-00 | ed. Edmund Crispin | Faber and Faber | 15/-?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). |
224 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | John Griffiths | |
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| Out of This World 3 | 1962-05-00 | ed. Mably Owen, Amabel Williams-Ellis | Blackie & Son | 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). |
175 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Harry Green | ||
| Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories | 1962-07-00 | ed. Edmund Crispin | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | 63 | 5/6?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). |
224 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | John Griffiths | |
| Urania #343 | 1964-08-02 | ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini | Mondadori | 343 | Lit 200?Lit: Italian lira |
128 | 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 | Karel Thole | |
| Best SF Four | 1965-00-00 | ed. Edmund Crispin | Faber and Faber (Faber Paper Covered Editions) | 6/6?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). |
224 | 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 | |
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| Time to Come | 1969-05-00 | ed. August Derleth | Pyramid Books | T-2012 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
x+ 224 |
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 | Jack Gaughan | |
| Out of This World | 1971-00-00 | Mably Owen, Amabel Williams-Ellis | Blackie | 0-216-88408-X | £1.25?£: UK pound |
175+ 187 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Geoffrey Bargery | |
| Sirius, #33 | 1979-03-05 |
ed.
Borivoj Jurković?Borivoj Jurkovic Borivoj Jurkovich |
Vjesnik | Din 15?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar |
148 | 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. |
mag | Tim White | |
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| Contatto con l'inumano | 1990-07-00 | ed. Giuseppe Lippi | Mondadori (Classici Urania #160) | Lit 6,000?Lit: Italian lira |
142 | 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 | Oscar Chichoni |