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Title: The Fairy Chessmen Title Record # 98315
Authors: Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
Date: 1946-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations Serializations
Year Title
1951Only novella length, but published separately in book form as "Chessboard Planet".
The Fairy Chessmen [as by Lewis Padgett]
1956 Chessboard Planet [as by Lewis Padgett]
1963 The Far Reality [as by Lewis Padgett]
1983 Chessboard Planet
Year Language Title
1957Translated by an unknown translator
French L'homme venu du futur [as by Lewis Padgett]
1958 Italian La scacchiera sterminata [as by Lewis Padgett]
1959Translated by Jesco von Puttkamer, credited as 'Pu'.
German
Gefährliches Schachspiel?Gefaehrliches Schachspiel
[as by Lewis Padgett]
1973 German Stress [as by Lewis Padgett]
1976Translated by Michel Deutsch.
French
L'échiquier fabuleux?L'echiquier fabuleux
[as by Lewis Padgett]
1990 Italian L'altra Realtà [as by Henry Kuttner]
Year Title
1946 The Fairy Chessmen (Part 1 of 2) [as by Lewis Padgett]
1946 The Fairy Chessmen (Part 2 of 2) [as by Lewis Padgett]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Astounding Science Fiction, January 1946 1946-01-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
180
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 Timmins Checkmark
Astounding Science Fiction, February 1946 1946-02-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
180
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 Timmins Checkmark
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and the Fairy Chessmen 1951-00-00 Lewis Padgett Gnome Press  
$2.75?$: US dollar
254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Harry Harrison Checkmark
Chessboard Planet 1956-00-00 Lewis Padgett Galaxy Publishing Corp. (Galaxy Science Fiction Novel #26) 26
$0.35?$: US dollar
124
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".
chap Ed Emshwiller Checkmark
L'homme venu du futur 1957-04-00 Lewis Padgett Deux-Rives (Lumière Interdite)     252
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.
chap  
I Romanzi del Cosmo #8 1958-01-00 ed. Tom Arno Ponzoni 8
Lit 150?Lit: Italian lira
160
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 Luigi Garonzi Checkmark
Gefährliches Schachspiel?Gefaehrliches Schachspiel
1959-09-15 Lewis Padgett Pabel (
Utopia Großband?Utopia Grossband
#108)
UGB108
DM 1.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
94
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".
chap H. Albrecht Checkmark
The Far Reality 1963-00-00 Lewis Padgett Consul Books 1266
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).
154
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.
chap Checkmark
Science-Fiction-Stories 22 1973-03-00 ed. Walter Spiegl Ullstein (Ullstein 2000 #39 (2943)) 3-548-02943-4
DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
144
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 Kenneth Smith Checkmark
L'échiquier fabuleux 1976-06-15 Lewis Padgett J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #689)     190
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.
chap Chris Foss Checkmark
Chessboard Planet and Other Stories 1983-00-00 Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore Hamlyn Paperbacks (Hamlyn Science Fiction) 0-09-933270-1
£1.75?£: UK pound
187
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
Urania #1132 1990-07-29 ed. Giuseppe Lippi Mondadori 1132
Lit 4,500?Lit: Italian lira
144
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 Vicente Segrelles Checkmark
L'échiquier fabuleux 1992-09-21 Lewis Padgett J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #689) 2-277-11689-0   190
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.
chap Oliviero Berni  
Chessboard Planet 2024-03-16 Lewis Padgett Faded Page 20240315
C$0.00?C$: Canadian dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap Ed Emshwiller Checkmark
The Far Reality date unknown Lewis Padgett Consul Books 1266
4/-?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).
154
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.
chap Checkmark
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and the Fairy Chessmen date unknown Lewis Padgett First Edition Library     254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Harry Harrison Checkmark
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