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Title: The Quality of Mercy Title Record # 72630
Author: Daniel Keyes
Date: 1960-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Synopsis: A giant, one-of-a-kind, computer called the Dispatcher determines when to freeze terminally ill people so their healthy organs and limbs can be transplanted to those it deems the best match. However, unknown to the general public, Dispatcher has begun to make mistakes, such as assigning a man who needs a right foot, a left foot instead. Anti-Dispatcher (A-D) rebels are secretly attempting to shut down or destroy Dispatcher.
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Year Language Title
1993Translated by 稲葉明雄 (Akio Inaba) & 小尾芙佐 (Fusa Obi)
Japanese
限りなき慈悲?Kagiri Naki Jihi
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Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
If, #7 [UK] 1960-11-00 ed. H. L. Gold Thorpe and Porter  
2/-?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 Mel Hunter Checkmark
If, November 1960 1960-11-00 ed. H. L. Gold Digest Productions Corporation; New York  
$0.35?$: 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 Mel Hunter Checkmark
The Frozen Planet and Other Stories 1966-02-00 ed. uncredited Macfadden-Bartell 60-229
$0.60?$: US dollar
160
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
The Frozen Planet and Other Stories 1966-02-00 ed. uncredited Macfadden-Bartell 60-229
C$0.60?C$: Canadian dollar
160
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
The Frozen Planet and Other Stories 1970-06-00 ed. uncredited Macfadden-Bartell 75-340
C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar
160
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 Faragasso Checkmark
The Frozen Planet and Other Stories 1970-06-00 ed. uncredited Macfadden-Bartell 75-340
$0.75?$: US dollar
160
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 Faragasso Checkmark
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