Title: Rocket to the Morgue
Title Record # 110624
Author: Anthony Boucher
Date: 1942-00-00
Type: NOVEL [non-genre]
Series: Sister Ursula
Series Number: 2
Language: English
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Author: Anthony Boucher
Date: 1942-00-00
Type: NOVEL [non-genre]
Series: Sister Ursula
Series Number: 2
Language: English
Note: Mystery novel. A famous science fiction author is murdered. Lots of 1940's SF fandom background.
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Awards
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| Nominations Below Cutoff | 2018 Retro 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 |
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| Rocket to the Morgue | 1942-00-00 | H. H. Holmes | Duell, Sloan and Pearce | $2.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
279 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| Rocket to the Morgue | 1942-00-00 | H. H. Holmes | Phantom Mystery | 1 | $0.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
180 | 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 | Shayn | |
| Two Complete Detective Books, March 1944 | 1944-03-00 | ed. Editors of Two Complete Detective Books | Real Adventures | $0.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
176 | pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75 |
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| Rocket to the Morgue | 1952-00-00 | Anthony Boucher | Dell | 591 | $0.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
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. |
novel | Robert Stanley |  |
| Rocket to the Morgue | 1967-10-00 | Anthony Boucher | Pyramid Books | X1681 | $0.60?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
173 | 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 | Len Goldberg | |
| Rocket to the Morgue | 1975-01-00 | Anthony Boucher | Pyramid Books | 0-515-03567-X | $0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
173 | 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. |
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| Rocket to the Morgue | 1988-05-00 | Anthony Boucher | International Polygonics Ltd. | 0-930330-82-X | $4.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
173 | 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 | Nicky Zann | |
| Rocket to the Morgue | 2019-07-23 | Anthony Boucher | American Mystery Classics / Penzler Publishers | 978-1-61316-136-4 | $15.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
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. |
novel | Andy Ross | |
| Rocket to the Morgue | 2019-07-23 | Anthony Boucher | American Mystery Classics / Penzler Publishers | 978-1-61316-135-7 | $25.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
264 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| Rocket to the Morgue | 2019-07-23 | Anthony Boucher | American Mystery Classics / Penzler Publishers | 978-1-61316-137-1 | $9.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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Reviews
- Review by John W. Campbell, Jr. (1943) in Astounding Science-Fiction, January 1943
- Review by Julius Unger (1943) in Science Fiction Stories, April 1943
- Review by Francis T. Laney (1945) in The Acolyte, #11, Summer 1945, (1945)
- Review by Spider Robinson (1977) in Galaxy, May 1977
- Review by Baird Searles (1989) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1989
- Review by Jack Williamson (2003) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 2003 , reprinted in:
- Super-Science Fiction (2012)