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Title: What Is Life? Title Record # 92822
Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1976-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: This story was first published in ''Playboy'' (December 1976).
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1979Translated by Beata Della Frattina
Italian Che Cos'e' La Vita?
1980Translated by Maud Perrin
French Qu'est-ce que la vie ?
1981Translated by Michael Görden (likely)
German Was ist Leben?

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Nomination 1977 World Fantasy Best Short Fiction

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Playboy, December 1976 1976-12-00 ed. Editors of Playboy        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
The Robot Who Looked Like Me 1978-10-00 Robert Sheckley Sphere 0-7221-7758-5
£0.85?£: UK pound
189
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 Peter Goodfellow Checkmark
Urania #768 1979-01-28 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Mondadori 768
Lit 900?Lit: Italian lira
156
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 Karel Thole  
Endstation Zukunft 1981-07-00 Robert Sheckley
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24020)
3-404-24020-0
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
236
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 Carl Lundgren Checkmark
Endstation Zukunft 1982-03-00 Robert Sheckley
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24020)
3-404-24020-0
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
236
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 Carl Lundgren Checkmark
The Robot Who Looked Like Me 1982-07-00 Robert Sheckley Bantam Books 0-553-13031-5
$2.50?$: US dollar
179
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 Thompson Checkmark
Endstation Zukunft 1983-08-00 Robert Sheckley
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24020)
3-404-24020-0
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
236
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 Carl Lundgren Checkmark
Le robot qui me ressemblait 1987-05-15 Robert Sheckley J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #2193) 2-277-22193-7   215
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 Tiziano Cremonini Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley 1991-09-00 Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing  
$150.00?$: US dollar
331+
380+
360+
275+
344
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book Five 1991-09-00 Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing     344
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book Five 1992-07-00 Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing 1-56146-424-4
$12.95?$: US dollar
344
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 Masque of Mañana 2005-08-00 Robert Sheckley NESFA Press 1-886778-60-4
$29.00?$: US dollar
569
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Masque of Mañana 2005-12-00 Robert Sheckley NESFA Press / SFBC 1202183
$14.50?$: US dollar
569
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Masque of Mañana 2008-08-00 Robert Sheckley NESFA Press 1-886778-60-4
$29.00?$: US dollar
569
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Masters of Science Fiction: Robert Sheckley 2022-02-00 Robert Sheckley Centipede Press (Masters of Science Fiction (Centipede Press)) 978-1-61347-311-5
$65.00?$: US dollar
727
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jim Keegan , Ruth Keegan Checkmark
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