Title: The Automatic Pistol
Title Record # 41637
Author: Fritz Leiber
Date: 1940-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Fritz Leiber
Date: 1940-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Current Tags: science fiction (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1) Add Tags
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Awards
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Nominations Below Cutoff | 2016 Retro Hugo | Best Short Story |
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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Weird Tales, May 1940 | 1940-05-00 | ed. D. McIlwraith | Weird Tales | $0.15?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
132 | 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 | Hannes Bok | ![]() |
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Night's Black Agents | 1947-00-00 | Fritz Leiber, Jr. | Arkham House | $3.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
x+ 237 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Ronald Clyne | ![]() |
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The Unexpected | 1961-02-00 | ed. Leo Margulies | Pyramid Books | G590 | $0.35?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
160 | 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 | John Schoenherr | ![]() |
Tales from Nights Black Agents | 1961-06-00 | Fritz Leiber, Jr. | Ballantine Books | 508K | $0.35?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
143 | 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 | ![]() |
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The Unexpected | 1962-11-00 | ed. Leo Margulies | Pyramid Books | F-795 | $0.40?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
160 | 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 | John Schoenherr | ![]() |
Unknown Worlds | 1969-00-00 | ed. Michael C. Flanigan, Lawana Trout | Holt, Rinehart and Winston (Holt's Impact Series) | 0-03-071620-9 | $2.20?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xviii+ 157 |
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. |
anth | ||
Night's Black Agents | 1975-00-00 | Fritz Leiber, Jr. | Neville Spearman | 0-85978-013-9 | £2.25?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
x+ 237 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | David L. Fletcher | ![]() |
Night's Black Agents | 1977-06-00 | Fritz Leiber | Sphere | 0-7221-5476-3 | £0.85?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
240 | 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 | ||
Night's Black Agents | 1978-03-00 | Fritz Leiber | Berkley Books | 0-425-03669-3 | $1.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xii+ 275 |
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 | Wayne Barlowe | ![]() |
Unearth, Winter 1979 | 1979-01-00 | ed. John M. Landsberg, Jonathan Ostrowsky-Lantz | Unearth Publications | $2.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
192 | 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 | Clyde Caldwell | ||
Neri araldi della notte | 1979-04-00 | Fritz Leiber | Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #55) | Lit 2,500?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
232 | 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 | Franco Storchi | ||
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 2, 1940 | 1979-08-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #350) | 0-87997-483-4 / UE1483 | $2.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
350 | 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 | Jack Gaughan | ![]() |
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 2, 1940 | 1979-08-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | 0-87997-483-4 / UE1483 | C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
350 | 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 | Jack Gaughan | ![]() |
Night's Black Agents | 1980-05-00 | Fritz Leiber | Berkley Books | 0-425-04322-3 | $1.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
275 | 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 | Wayne Barlowe | ![]() |
Les lubies lunatiques de Fritz Leiber | 1980-07-00 | Fritz Leiber | Casterman (Autres temps, autres mondes) | 2-203-22631-5 | 250 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Patrice Larue | ||
Night's Black Agents | 1980-09-00 | Fritz Leiber | Gregg Press | 0-8398-2640-0 | $14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xv+ [7]+ 275 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ![]() |
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Die besten Stories von 1940 | 1980-12-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6711) | 3-8118-6711-3 | DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
320 | 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 | Oliviero Berni | ![]() |
Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction | 1983-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | 0-517-40147-9 |
432+ 350 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Romas | ![]() |
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Grabgeflüster?Grabgefluester |
1984-00-00 |
ed.
Michael Görden?Michael Goerden |
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Phantastische Literatur #72502) |
3-404-72502-6 | DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
184 | 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 | ![]() |
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Weird Tales: 32 Unearthed Terrors | 1988-07-00 | ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | 0-517-66123-3 | $9.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xv+ 655 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Hannes Bok | ![]() |
Les lubies lunatiques | 1989-11-00 | Fritz Leiber | Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5351) | 2-266-03178-3 | 285 | 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 | W. Siudmak | ||
The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber | 1990-04-00 | Fritz Leiber | Dark Harvest | 0-913165-48-4 | $21.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
601 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | ![]() |
The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber | 1990-04-00 | Fritz Leiber | Dark Harvest | 0-913165-48-4 | $65.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
601 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | ![]() |
The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber | 1990-04-00 | Fritz Leiber | Dark Harvest | 0-913165-48-4 | 601 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | ![]() |
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Occhi d'ombra | 1991-05-00 | Fritz Leiber | Mondadori (Omnibus) | 88-04-34851-8 | Lit 25,000?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
690 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | J. K. Potter | |
Great Science Fiction Stories of 1940 | 2002-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Dorset Press | 0-7607-3251-5 | $9.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
350 | 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. |
anth | Tom McKeveny | ![]() |
Horrible Imaginings | 2004-00-00 | Fritz Leiber | Midnight House | 0-9740589-5-5 | $45.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
246 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Allen Koszowski | ![]() |
Horrible Imaginings | 2004-00-00 | Fritz Leiber | Midnight House | 0-9740589-5-5 | $45.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
246 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Allen Koszowski | ![]() |
Horrible Imaginings | 2012-09-04 | Fritz Leiber | e-reads.com | 978-1-61756-115-3 | $13.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
260 | 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 | ||
Horrible Imaginings | 2014-04-01 | Fritz Leiber | Open Road Integrated Media | 978-1-4976-1668-4 | $4.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
Horrible Imaginings | 2014-07-08 | Fritz Leiber | Open Road Integrated Media | 978-1-4976-4218-8 | $13.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
260 | 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 | ||
Masters of the Weird Tale: Fritz Leiber | 2016-06-00 | Fritz Leiber | Centipede Press (Masters of the Weird Tale) | 978-1-61347-059-6 | $275.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
904 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Tom Kidd | ![]() |
Horrible Imaginings | 2016-09-29 | Fritz Leiber | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-12401-1 | £2.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
Weird Tales (disc 4, part 2) | 2019-00-00 | ed. uncredited | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
anth |