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Title: Fear Is a Business Title Record # 74283
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Date: 1956-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1957Translated by Bruno Martin
French La peur est une affaire
1960Translated by unknown
Japanese
恐怖屋フィリプソ?きょうふやフィリプソ
Kyōfuya Firipuso
Kyoufuya Firipuso
[as by ]
1965 Italian L'ultima arma
1969Translated by Iet Houwer
Dutch Handel in vrees

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, August 1956 1956-08-00 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 Dick Shelton Checkmark
A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1960-12-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Doubleday  
$4.50?$: US dollar
406
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mel Hunter Checkmark
A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1961-03-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.20?$: US dollar
406
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mel Hunter Checkmark
A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1962-00-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Gollancz  
21/-?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).
402
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1962-01-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Dell X12
$0.75?$: US dollar
416
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
A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1962-01-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Dell X12
C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar
416
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
A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1963-00-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Gollancz  
15/6?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).
402
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1964-00-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Corgi FS7028
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).
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 Fritz Wegner Checkmark
Encounters with Aliens: UFO's and Alien Beings in Science Fiction 1968-00-00 ed. George W. Earley Sherbourne Press  
$4.95?$: US dollar
244
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Encounters with Aliens 1978-10-00 ed. George W. Earley Charter House 0-8202-5025-2
$4.95?$: US dollar
244
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 Kean Chong Teh  
Flying Saucers 1982-05-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest 0-449-24503-9
$2.95?$: US dollar
349
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 Courtney Checkmark
Flying Saucers 1983-03-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest / Ballantine     349
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  
Flying Saucers 1987-08-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest / Ballantine 0-449-21400-1
$3.95?$: US dollar
349
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
Cults of Horror 1990-08-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh DAW Books (DAW Collectors #826) 0-88677-437-3
$4.50?$: US dollar
350
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 Jim Warren Checkmark
UFOs: The Greatest Stories 1996-06-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg MJF Books 1-56731-086-9
$8.98?$: US dollar
310
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
And Now the News ... 2003-11-00 Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books 1-55643-460-X
$35.00?$: US dollar
xiv+
377
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paula Morrison Checkmark
And Now the News ... 2010-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books 978-1-55643-460-0
$35.00?$: US dollar
xiv+
377
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paula Morrison  
And Now the News ... 2013-04-16 Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books 978-1-58394-753-1
$18.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
And Now the News ... 2013-09-30 Theodore Sturgeon Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-11003-8
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
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