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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
Note: Mystery novel. A famous science fiction author is murdered. Lots of 1940's SF fandom background.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Serializations
Year Title
1942 Rocket to the Morgue [as by H. H. Holmes]
Year Title
1944 Rocket to the Morgue (Complete Novel) [as by H. H. Holmes]

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
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
Rocket to the Morgue 1942-00-00 H. H. Holmes Duell, Sloan and Pearce  
$2.00?$: US dollar
279
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Rocket to the Morgue 1942-00-00 H. H. Holmes Phantom Mystery 1
$0.25?$: US dollar
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
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
mag  
Rocket to the Morgue 1952-00-00 Anthony Boucher Dell 591
$0.25?$: US dollar
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 Checkmark
Rocket to the Morgue 1967-10-00 Anthony Boucher Pyramid Books X1681
$0.60?$: US dollar
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
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 Checkmark
Rocket to the Morgue 1988-05-00 Anthony Boucher International Polygonics Ltd. 0-930330-82-X
$4.95?$: US dollar
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 Checkmark
Rocket to the Morgue 2019-07-23 Anthony Boucher American Mystery Classics / Penzler Publishers 978-1-61316-136-4
$15.95?$: US dollar
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
264
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Rocket to the Morgue 2019-07-23 Anthony Boucher American Mystery Classics / Penzler Publishers 978-1-61316-137-1
$9.95?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel  
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