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Title: The Man Who Made Friends with Electricity Title Record # 74494
Author: Fritz Leiber
Date: 1962-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1963 Swedish Mannen som blev vän med elektriciteten
1964ⓘTranslated by Michèle Santoire
 French Amitié à haute tension
1967ⓘTranslated by Wulf H. Bergner
 German Gefährliche Freundschaft
1970ⓘTranslated by L. Jęczmyk [Lech Jęczmyk (1936)]
 Polish
Człowiek, który zaprzyjaźnił się z elektrycznością?Czlowiek, ktory zaprzyjaznil sie z elektrycznoscia
1976ⓘTranslated by Ivain de Léon and Pon Ruiter
 Dutch De man die vriendschap sloot met elektriciteit
1976ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr
 German Faszinierende Elektrizität
1980ⓘTranslated by Alain Dorémieux
 French
L'homme qui aimait l'électricité?L'homme qui aimait l'electricite
1981ⓘTranslated by Nevenka Furjan
 Croatian
Čovjek koji se sprijateljio s elektricitetom?Covjek koji se sprijateljio s elektricitetom
Chovjek koji se sprijateljio s elektricitetom
1991 Italian L'uomo che divenne amico con l'elettricità
1994 Italian L'uomo che aveva fatto amicizia con l'elettricità

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Shadows with Eyes 1962-03-00 Fritz Leiber Ballantine Books 577
$0.35?$: US dollar
 128
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.
 coll Checkmark
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1962 1962-03-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Mercury Press, Inc.  
$0.40?$: 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 Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [UK], July 1962 1962-07-00 ed. uncredited Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
2/6?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).
 116
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  
The 8th Annual of the Year's Best S-F 1963-12-00 ed. Judith Merril Simon & Schuster  
$4.50?$: US dollar
 382
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Lawrence Ratzkin Checkmark
8th Annual Edition: the Year's Best S-F 1964-06-00 ed. Judith Merril Dell 9774
$0.75?$: US dollar
 382
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
8th Annual Edition: the Year's Best S-F 1964-06-00 ed. Judith Merril Dell 9774
C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar
 382
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
The Best of Sci-Fi No. 4 1965-08-00 ed. Judith Merril Mayflower-Dell 0544
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).
 382
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
The Best of Sci-Fi No. 4 1967-00-00 ed. Judith Merril Mayflower-Dell 0544
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).
 382
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
The Secret Songs 1968-09-00 Fritz Leiber Hart-Davis 0-246-97437-0
25/-?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).
 229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Ken Reilly Checkmark
The Best of Fritz Leiber 1974-05-00 Fritz Leiber Sphere Books 0-7221-5474-7
£0.60?£: UK pound
 368
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.
 coll Tony Roberts (artist) Checkmark
The Best of Fritz Leiber 1974-06-00 Fritz Leiber Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 6203
$2.49?$: US dollar
 xv+
301
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Larry Kresek Checkmark
The Best of Fritz Leiber 1974-11-00 Fritz Leiber Ballantine Books (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-24256-4
$1.75?$: US dollar
 xviii+
329
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.
 coll Dean Ellis Checkmark
The Best of Fritz Leiber 1974-11-00 Fritz Leiber Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-98168-7
£3.50?£: UK pound
 368
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Tony Roberts (artist) Checkmark
The Best of Fritz Leiber 1974-11-00 Fritz Leiber Ballantine Books 0-345-24256-4
C$1.75?C$: Canadian dollar
 xviii+
329
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.
 coll Dean Ellis Checkmark
The Secret Songs 1975-09-00 Fritz Leiber Panther 0-586-04215-6
£0.60?£: UK pound
 205
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.
 coll Anthony Roberts Checkmark
The Best of Fritz Leiber 1977-06-00 Fritz Leiber Sphere Books 0-7221-5474-7
£0.60?£: UK pound
 368
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.
 coll  
The Best of Fritz Leiber 1979-09-00 Fritz Leiber Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-28351-1
$2.25?$: US dollar
 xviii+
329
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.
 coll Michael Herring Checkmark
The Best of Fritz Leiber 1979-09-00 Fritz Leiber Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-28351-1
C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar
 xviii+
329
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.
 coll Michael Herring Checkmark
The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber 1990-04-00 Fritz Leiber Dark Harvest 0-913165-48-4
$21.95?$: US dollar
 601
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber 1990-04-00 Fritz Leiber Dark Harvest 0-913165-48-4
$65.00?$: US dollar
 601
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber 1990-04-00 Fritz Leiber Dark Harvest 0-913165-48-4   601
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Great SF Stories #24 (1962) 1992-01-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books (DAW Collectors #871) 0-88677-495-0 / UE2495
$5.50?$: US dollar
 348
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 Angus McKie Checkmark
100 Fiendish Little Frightmares 1997-10-00 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0144-X
$7.98?$: US dollar
 596
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Lucy Corvino  
The Black Gondolier & Other Stories 2000-00-00 Fritz Leiber Midnight House 0-9675157-8-5
$40.00?$: US dollar
 306
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Allen Koszowski Checkmark
The Black Gondolier & Other Stories 2003-00-00 Fritz Leiber e-reads.com 0-7592-5279-3
$19.95?$: US dollar
 vii+
289
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.
 coll Checkmark
The Third Science Fiction Megapack: 26 Modern and Classic Science Fiction Tales 2012-02-07 ed. John Gregory Betancourt Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4344-4952-8
$0.99?$: US dollar
 935
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Andrew Doran Checkmark
The Black Gondolier and Other Stories 2012-07-12 Fritz Leiber Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-12398-4
£2.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The Black Gondolier and Other Stories 2014-04-01 Fritz Leiber Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4976-1293-8
$4.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The Black Gondolier and Other Stories 2014-07-08 Fritz Leiber Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4976-4216-4
$14.99?$: US dollar
 300
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.
 coll  
Masters of the Weird Tale: Fritz Leiber 2016-06-00 Fritz Leiber Centipede Press (Masters of the Weird Tale) 978-1-61347-059-6
$275.00?$: US dollar
 904
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Tom Kidd Checkmark
The Best of Fritz Leiber date unknown Fritz Leiber GuildAmerica Books / SFBC 06203   xv+
301
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Pat Morrissey Checkmark
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