ISFDB banner

Title: Piracy Preferred

You are not logged in. If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed.

Title: Piracy Preferred Title Record # 78162
Author: John W. Campbell, Jr.
Date: 1930-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Series: Arcot, Morey and Wade
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English
Note: Amazing Stories, June 1930, illustrated by H. W. Wesso. 20,638 words, according to the text (first section of "The Black Star Passes") at Project Gutenberg
Synopsis: Available on page 52, Bleiler (Gernsback).
User Rating: This title has no votes. VOTE
Current Tags: air pirate (1), great flying ships (1), suspended animation (1), invisibility (1), Librivox (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1930 Piracy Preferred [as by John W. Campbell]
Year Language Title
1956 German Der Luftpirat
1969 Italian Il pirata
1975Translated by Walter Brumm
German Der Pirat
1976Translated by Otis De Blanco
Italian «Pirateria» Privilegiate

Publications

Not displaying translations • Display all variants and translationsDo not display variants or translations

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Amazing Stories, June 1930 1930-06-00 ed. T. O'Conor Sloane, Ph.D. Experimenter Publications, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
100
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
mag Leo Morey Checkmark
The Black Star Passes 1953-00-00 John W. Campbell, Jr. Fantasy Press  
$3.00?$: US dollar
254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ric Binkley Checkmark
The Black Star Passes 1965-00-00 John W. Campbell Ace Books F-346
$0.40?$: US dollar
223
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 Jerome Podwil Checkmark
The Black Star Passes 1972-08-00 John W. Campbell Ace Books 06701
$0.75?$: US dollar
251
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
The Black Star Passes 2006-00-00 John W. Campbell, Jr. Wildside Press 1-55742-931-6
$13.95?$: US dollar
176
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  
The Black Star Passes 2006-06-00 John W. Campbell, Jr. Wildside Press 1-55742-942-1
$29.95?$: US dollar
180
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Black Star Passes 2007-02-27 John W. Campbell, Jr. Project Gutenberg 20707
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Jerome Podwil Checkmark
The Black Star Passes 2007-10-00 John Wood Campbell BiblioBazaar 1-4346-6281-0
$22.99?$: US dollar
242
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  
The Black Star Passes 2008-08-00 John W. Campbell Cosmos Books / Wildside Press 978-0-8439-5921-5
$6.99?$: US dollar
223
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 Chris Harvey  
The Black Star Passes 2011-09-00 John W. Campbell, Jr. LibriVox  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll  
The Black Star Passes 2011-09-00 John W. Campbell Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10190-6
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
John W. Campbell, Jr.: Science Fiction Genius 2013-01-31 John W. Campbell, Jr. Absolutely Amazing Ebooks  
$1.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Black Star Passes 2013-07-00 John W. Campbell CreateSpace 978-1-4909-1731-3
$6.99?$: US dollar
174
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  
The Black Star Passes 2018-09-19 John W. Campbell Armchair Fiction (Science Fiction Classics (Armchair Fiction) #C-82) 978-1-61287-438-8
$12.95?$: US dollar
208
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 Ric Binkley  
The Black Star Passes 2018-09-26 John W. Campbell, Jr. Fiction House Press 978-1-947964-73-0
$19.95?$: US dollar
254
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 Ric Binkley  
The Black Star Passes 2018-09-27 John W. Campbell Wildside Press 978-1-4794-3242-4
$11.99?$: US dollar
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.
coll  
View all covers for Piracy Preferred (logged in users can change User Preferences to always display covers on this page)
Copyright © 1995-2022 Al von Ruff and the ISFDB team
ISFDB Engine - Version 4.00 (2006-04-24)