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Title: The Word Processor

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Title: The Word Processor Title Record # 84744
Author: Stephen King
Date: 1983-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A frustrated man receives an unusual word processor.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1983 The Word Processor of the Gods
1983First published as "The Word Processor" in Playboy, January 1983.
Word Processor of the Gods
Year Language Title
1986Translated by Sonja Lovasić
Croatian
Čudesni procesor?Cudesni procesor
Chudesni procesor
1987Translated by Margot Bakker
Dutch Duistere Krachten
1987Translated by Louisa Ibañez.
Portuguese O processador de palavras dos deuses
1987Translated by Alexandra von Reinhardt
German
Der Textcomputer der Götter?Der Textcomputer der Goetter
1987Translated by Michèle Pressé and Serge Quadruppani.
French Machine divine à traitement de texte
1991Translated by Tapio Tamminen
Finnish Jumalten tekstinkäsittelylaite
1996Translated by Joachim Körber
German Der Textcomputer der Götter

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Playboy, January 1983 1983-01-00 ed. Editors of Playboy Playboy  
$4.00?$: US dollar
280
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
mag Checkmark
Skeleton Crew 1985-06-00 Stephen King Macdonald 0-356-10816-3
£9.95?£: UK pound
512
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Skeleton Crew 1985-06-21 Stephen King G. P. Putnam's Sons 0-399-13039-X
$18.95?$: US dollar
512
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Don Brautigam Checkmark
Stephen King's Skeleton Crew 1985-10-00 Stephen King Scream/Press 0-910489-12-2
$75.00?$: US dollar
545
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll J. K. Potter  
Skeleton Crew 1986-06-00 Stephen King Signet / New American Library 0-451-14293-4
$4.95?$: US dollar
573
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 Don Brautigam Checkmark
Tales from the Darkside: Volume One 1988-10-00 ed. Tom Allen (1938-1988), Mitchell Galin Berkley Books 0-425-11095-8
$3.50?$: US dollar
248
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
Skeleton Crew 1991-05-00 Stephen King Futura 0-7088-2916-3
£4.99?£: UK pound
612
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 Playboy Book of Science Fiction 1998-05-00 ed. Alice K. Turner HarperPrism 0-06-105288-4
$23.00?$: US dollar
469
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Carl D. Galian Checkmark
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction 1998-09-00 ed. Alice K. Turner HarperPrism / SFBC 18288
$12.50?$: US dollar
469
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Carl D. Galian  
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction 1999-02-00 ed. Alice K. Turner HarperPrism 0-06-107342-3
$16.00?$: US dollar
469
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 Carl D. Galian Checkmark
Skeleton Crew / Different Seasons 2001-07-05 Stephen King Little, Brown UK 0-316-85890-0
£9.99?£: UK pound
612+
560
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Checkmark
Skeleton Crew 2006-05-00 Stephen King Hodder Paperbacks 0-340-89908-5
£6.99?£: UK pound
612
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 Larry Rostant  
Skeleton Crew 2007-11-01 Stephen King Hodder Paperbacks 978-0-340-95262-7
£8.99?£: UK pound
784
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  
Skeleton Crew 2008-06-26 Stephen King Hodder Paperbacks 978-0-340-95205-4
£6.99?£: UK pound
784
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  
Skeleton Crew 2008-07-10 Stephen King Paw Prints 978-1-4395-1327-9
$16.99?$: US dollar
 
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Skeleton Crew 2015-10-00 Stephen King PS Publishing 978-1-84863-283-7
£59.99?£: UK pound
xxvi+
534
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Pete Von Sholly Checkmark
Skeleton Crew 2016-07-05 Stephen King Simon & Schuster Audio 978-1-5082-1840-1
$29.99?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Checkmark
Skeleton Crew 2016-12-06 Stephen King Scribner 978-1-5011-4350-2
$18.00?$: US dollar
672
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  
Skeleton Crew 2017-05-30 Stephen King Pocket Books 978-1-5011-5678-6
$9.99?$: US dollar
xxi+
760
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  
Skeleton Crew 2017-08-01 Stephen King Turtleback Books 978-0-606-40756-4
$20.85?$: US dollar
784
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Skeleton Crew date unknown Stephen King Signet / New American Library 0-451-16861-5
$7.99?$: US dollar
573
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  
Skeleton Crew date unknown Stephen King Putnam 0-399-13039-X None 512
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Don Brautigam Checkmark
Skeleton Crew date unknown Stephen King Signet / New American Library 0-451-14293-4
$4.95?$: US dollar
573
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 Don Brautigam Checkmark
Skeleton Crew date unknown Stephen King Signet / Penguin 0-451-16861-5
$5.99?$: US dollar
573
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 Don Brautigam Checkmark
Skeleton Crew date unknown Stephen King Signet / Penguin 0-451-16861-5
$5.99?$: US dollar
573
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 Don Brautigam Checkmark
Skeleton Crew date unknown Stephen King Signet / Penguin 0-451-16861-5
$5.95?$: US dollar
573
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 Don Brautigam Checkmark
Skeleton Crew date unknown Stephen King Scribner 978-1-5011-4350-2
$18.00?$: US dollar
xxiv+
643
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 Will Staehle Checkmark
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