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Author: Richard Matheson
Year: 1958
Type: SHORTFICTION
Storylen: shortstory
Language: English
ISFDB Record Number: 72804
Synopsis: A man moves into a quiet suburban neighborhood and immediately sets out to disrupt it.
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Variant Titles:
- De Vertegenwoordiger [Dutch] (1971) - Richard Matheson
- Le distributeur [French] (1981) - Richard Matheson
- Il dispensatore [Italian] (1984) - Richard Matheson
Publications:
- Playboy, March 1958, (Mar 1958, ed. Editors of Playboy, magazine)
- Shock!, (Jun 1961, Richard Matheson, publ. Dell, #B195, $0.35, 191pp, pb, coll) Cover: Richard Powers - [VERIFIED]
- Shock!, (Nov 1961, Richard Matheson, publ. Dell, #B195, $0.35, 191pp, pb, coll) Cover: Richard Powers - [VERIFIED]
- Shock!, (1962, Richard Matheson, publ. Corgi, #1180, 2/6, 160pp, pb, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- Shock!, (Sep 1966, Richard Matheson, publ. Dell, #7828, $0.50, 191pp, pb, coll) Cover: Tom Ryan
- Stalen Jongens, Felle Knapen, (1971, Richard Matheson, publ. Bruna (Zwarte Beertjes #1385), 90-229-1385-6, ƒ2.95, 190pp, pb, coll) Cover: Dick Bruna - [VERIFIED]
- AHP: Stories to be Read with the Door Locked, (1975, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, publ. Random House, 0-394-49839-9, viii+365pp, hc, anth)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to be Read with the Door Locked, (Oct 1975, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, publ. Random House / BCE, #1387, xii+368pp, hc, anth) - [VERIFIED]
- AHP: Stories to be Read with the Door Locked (Volume I), (1977, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, publ. Dell, #0138, $1.25, 219pp, pb, anth)
- Shock!, (1978, Richard Matheson, publ. Sphere, 0-7221-5893-9, £0.85, 188pp, pb, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- Shock I: Thirteen Tales to Thrill and Terrify, (May 1979, Richard Matheson, publ. Berkley Books, 0-425-04095-X, $1.95, 216pp, pb, coll) Cover: Murray Tinkelman - [VERIFIED]
- Le livre d'or de la Science-Fiction : Richard Matheson, (May 1981, Richard Matheson, publ. Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5110), 2-266-01031-X, 340pp, pb, coll) Cover: Marcel Laverdet - [VERIFIED]
- Shock 1, (Jul 1984, Richard Matheson, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Oscar #1775), #24806-2, 4,500 Lit, 220pp, pb, coll) Cover: Paolo Tassinari , Pierpaolo Vetta
- Richard Matheson: Collected Stories, (Sep 1989, Richard Matheson, publ. Dream Press, 0-910489-10-6, $125, xxii+889pp, hc, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- Richard Matheson: Collected Stories, (Sep 1989, Richard Matheson, publ. Dream Press, 0-910489-10-6, $25.00, xxii+899pp, tp, coll) Cover: William Stout - [VERIFIED]
- Richard Matheson: Collected Stories, (Sep 1989, Richard Matheson, publ. Dream Press, 0-910489-10-6, $, xxii+889pp, hc, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- The Incredible Shrinking Man, (Apr 1995, Richard Matheson, publ. Tor, 0-812-52299-0, $4.99, 373pp, pb, coll) Cover: Donato Giancola - [VERIFIED]
- My Favorite Horror Story, (Oct 2000, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Mike Baker, publ. DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1166), 0-88677-914-6, $6.99, xvi+303pp, pb, anth) Cover: Koeveks - [VERIFIED]
- Shock - Prima Parte -, (Oct 2000, Richard Matheson, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Millemondi (quarterly) #27), 9,900 Lit, 346pp, tp, coll) Cover: Jacopo Bruno
- The Incredible Shrinking Man, (Feb 2001, Richard Matheson, publ. Tor, 0-312-85664-4, $14.95, 351pp, tp, coll) Cover: Donato
- Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, (Jan 2002, Richard Matheson, publ. Tor, 0-312-87827-3, $14.95, 335pp, tp, coll) Cover: Ravenwood
- Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, (Jan 2002, Richard Matheson, publ. Tor, 0-765-30411-2, $24.95, 335pp, hc, coll) Cover: Ravenwood
- My Favorite Horror Story, (May 2004, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Mike Baker, publ. ibooks, 0-7434-8740-0, $12.95, 367pp, tp, anth) Cover: John Howe
- Richard Matheson: Collected Stories Volume Two, (Apr 2005, Richard Matheson, publ. Gauntlet Press, 1-887368-79-5, $16.95, 453pp, tp, coll) Cover: Harry O. Morris
- My Favorite Horror Story, (Nov 2007, ed. Mike Baker, Martin H. Greenberg, publ. ibooks, 1-59687-199-7, $12.95, 384pp, tp, anth)
- The Incredible Shrinking Man, (date unknown, Richard Matheson, publ. Tor, 0-312-85664-4, $14.95, 351pp, tp, coll) Cover: Donato