Title: Immortality, Inc.
Title Record # 1008
Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1959-10-00
Type: NOVEL
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Language: English
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Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1959-10-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: Magazine serial as 'Time Killer'. Abridged version published 1958 by Bouregy as 'Immortality Delivered'. (Sheckley did not approve the abridgment.) Filmed as "Freejack" (1992).
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| Finalists | 1959 Hugo | Best Novel |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immortality Delivered | 1958-00-00 | Robert Sheckley | Avalon Books | $2.75?$: US dollar |
221 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Ric Binkley | ||
| Galaxy Magazine, October 1958 | 1958-10-00 | ed. H. L. Gold | Galaxy Publishing Corporation | $0.35?$: US dollar |
148 | 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 | Dember | ||
| Galaxy Magazine, November 1958 | 1958-11-00 | ed. H. L. Gold | Galaxy Publishing Corporation | $0.35?$: US dollar |
148 | 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 | Wenzel | ||
| Galaxy Magazine, December 1958 | 1958-12-00 | ed. H. L. Gold | Galaxy Publishing Corporation | $0.35?$: US dollar |
148 | 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 | Gaughan | ||
| Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 69 | 1958-12-00 | ed. H. L. Gold | Strato Publications | 2/-?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). |
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 | Dember | ||
| Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 70 | 1959-01-00 | ed. H. L. Gold | Strato Publications | 2/-?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). |
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 | Wenzel | ||
| Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 71 | 1959-02-00 | ed. H. L. Gold | Strato Publications | 2/-?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). |
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 | Gaughan | ||
| Galaxy Magazine, February 1959 | 1959-02-00 | ed. H. L. Gold | Galaxy Publishing Corporation | $0.50?$: US dollar |
196 | 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 | Wood | ||
| Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 72 | 1959-03-00 | ed. H. L. Gold | Strato Publications | 3/6?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). |
196 | 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 | Wood | ||
| Immortality, Inc. | 1959-10-00 | Robert Sheckley | Bantam Books | A1991 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
152 | 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. |
novel | Louis S. Glanzman | |
| Immortality, Inc. | 1963-00-00 | Robert Sheckley | Gollancz | 152 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||||
| The Robert Sheckley Omnibus | 1973-10-00 | Robert Sheckley | Gollancz | 0-575-01677-9 | 320 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| The Robert Sheckley Omnibus | 1975-00-00 | Robert Sheckley | Penguin Books | 0-14-003982-1 | £0.80?£: UK pound |
392 | 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 | David Pelham | |
| Immortality, Inc. | 1978-07-00 | Robert Sheckley | Peacock Books / Penguin | 0-14-047138-3 | £0.75?£: UK pound |
183 | 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. |
novel | Peter Goodfellow | |
| Immortality, Inc. | 1978-11-00 | Robert Sheckley | Ace Books | 0-441-36880-8 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
279 | 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. |
novel | Jordi Penalva | |
| The Robert Sheckley Omnibus | 1984-00-00 | Robert Sheckley | Penguin Books | 0-14-003982-1 | £2.50?£: UK pound |
392 | 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 | Adrian Chesterman | |
| Immortality Inc. | 1991-10-00 | Robert Sheckley | Tor | 0-812-51931-0 | $4.99?$: US dollar |
250 | 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. |
novel | John Harris | |
| Immortality Inc. | 1992-04-00 | Robert Sheckley | Legend | 0-09-915741-1 | £3.99?£: UK pound |
204 | 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. |
novel | Peter Gudynas | |
| Immortality, Inc. | 1993-00-00 | Robert Sheckley | Buccaneer Books | 0-89968-363-0 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||||
| Immortality, Inc. | 1999-00-00 | Robert Sheckley | Aldo Press | 973-9307-41-8 | 250 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
| Dimensions of Sheckley | 2002-02-00 | Robert Sheckley | NESFA Press | 1-886778-29-9 | $29.00?$: US dollar |
538 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Bob Eggleton | |
| Dimensions of Sheckley | 2002-09-00 | Robert Sheckley | NESFA Press / SFBC | 52643 | $14.50?$: US dollar |
538 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Bob Eggleton | |
| Immortality Inc. | 2014-04-01 | Robert Sheckley | Open Road Integrated Media | 978-1-4804-9673-6 | $4.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
| Immortality Inc. | date unknown | Robert Sheckley | Tor | 0-812-51931-0 | $4.99?$: US dollar |
250 | 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. |
novel | John Harris |
Reviews
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1959) in Astounding Science Fiction, November 1959
- Review by Floyd C. Gale (1959) in Galaxy Magazine, December 1959
- Review by Damon Knight (1960) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1960
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1960) in Astounding/Analog Science Fact & Fiction, April 1960
- Review by Frederik Pohl (1960) in If, May 1960 , reprinted in:
- If, #4 [UK] (1960)
- Review by Leslie Flood (1963) in New Worlds Science Fiction, #132 July
- Review by Bill Johnson (1992) in Paperback Inferno, #97
- Review [French] by Pascal J. Thomas (1992) in Yellow Submarine, #95
- Review by Darrell Bain (2005) in My 100 Most Readable (and Re-Readable) Science Fiction Novels
- Review by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison (2006) in 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels , reprinted in:
- 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (2007)
- 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (unknown)
