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Title: The Mapmakers Title Record # 45859
Author: Frederik Pohl
Date: 1955-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Synopsis: An interstellar space ship has an accident, and isn't able to find its location in hyperspace. Everything seems doomed as the ship starts to heat up and there is not enough air to flush the heat out.
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Other Titles

Translations Translated Serializations
Year Language Title
1955 French Les naufragés de la galaxie
1958Translated by Juan Felipe Hicks-Mudd
Spanish Los cartógrafos [as by Frederick Pohl]
1958Translated by Lothar Heinecke
German Die Kartographen
1958 Italian Gli astrografi
1964 German Lotsen durch den Hyperraum
Year Language Title
1978 German Die Kartographen (I. Teil) (Part 1 of 2)
1978 German Die Kartographen (II. Teil) (Part 2 of 2)

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1955 1955-07-00 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 Mel Hunter Checkmark
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 31 1955-10-00 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 Mel Hunter Checkmark
Galaxie (1ère série), #25 December 1955 1955-12-00 ed.
Editors of Galaxie (1ère série)?Editors of Galaxie (1ere serie)
Editions Nuit et Jour  
F100?F: French frank
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 Kirberger Checkmark
Alternating Currents 1956-02-00 Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books 130
$0.35?$: US dollar
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.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
Alternating Currents 1956-02-00 Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books H-130
$2.00?$: US dollar
154
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Richard Powers  
Siluetas del futuro 1958-00-00 Frederick Pohl E.D.H.A.S.A. (Nebulae #49) 49   248
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 Llobera  
Galaxis Science Fiction, #2 1958-04-00 ed. Lothar Heinecke Moewig  
DM 1.50?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
128
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.
mag Mel Hunter Checkmark
Galaxy #5 1958-10-00 ed. R. Valente Editrice Due Mondi (Italy) 5
Lit 150?Lit: Italian lira
128
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 Checkmark
Der rationierte Raum ...und andere Stories aus der Zukunft 1964-09-29 ed. uncredited Pabel (Utopia Zukunftsroman #403) UZ403
DM 0.70?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
63
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".
anth R. S. Lonati Checkmark
Alternating Currents 1966-03-00 Frederik Pohl Penguin Books 2452
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).
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.
coll Erich Hartmann Checkmark
Alternating Currents 1969-07-00 Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books 01663
$0.75?$: US dollar
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.
coll Checkmark
2001: Das deutsche Science Fiction Magazin 4/78 April 1978-04-00 ed. Karl B. Bockstahler Budo Sport  
DM 4.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
50
A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
mag Franco Storchi Checkmark
2001: Das deutsche Science Fiction Magazin 7/8 78 Juni 1978-07-00 ed. Karl B. Bockstahler Budo Sport  
DM 4.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
50
A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
mag Blair Wilkins Checkmark
Alternating Currents 1979-00-00 Frederik Pohl Penguin Books 0-14-002452-2
£0.75?£: UK pound
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.
coll Adrian Chesterman Checkmark
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories 2005-12-00 Frederik Pohl Tor (A Sci Fi Essential Book) 0-312-87527-4
$27.95?$: US dollar
463
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Digital Art / Corbis Checkmark
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories 2006-01-00 Frederik Pohl Tor / SFBC 1198278
$13.99?$: US dollar
463
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Digital Art / Corbis Checkmark
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories 2007-01-00 Frederik Pohl Orb 0-765-30145-8
$16.95?$: US dollar
463
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 Digital Art / Corbis  
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories 2007-01-23 Frederik Pohl Tor 978-1-4668-2644-1
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
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