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Title: Dead-End Doctor Title Record # 45888
Author: Robert Bloch
Date: 1956-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: The last psychiatrist/neurosurgeon doesn't have any patients. All problems of mind are treated by glandular adjustments and there is no need for psychological treatment. Most mundane work is done by robots, but when they malfunction, the protagonist's skills come into play.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1956 French Vivre avec son temps
1966Translated by Clark Darlton under his legal name Walter Ernsting
German Der letzte Psychiater

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, February 1956 1956-02-00 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 Emsh Checkmark
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 37 1956-04-00 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 Emsh Checkmark
Galaxie (1ère série), #32 July 1956 1956-07-00 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 Mixi-Bérel  
Atoms and Evil 1962-08-00 Robert Bloch Fawcett Gold Medal s1231
$0.35?$: US dollar
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.
coll Checkmark
Atoms and Evil 1963-00-00 Robert Bloch Frederick Muller Ltd GM638
2/6?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).
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.
coll  
Galaxy 6 1966-08-00 ed. Walter Ernsting Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3077) 3077
DM 2.40?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
158
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 Atelier Heinrichs & Bachmann Checkmark
Atoms and Evil 1976-01-00 Robert Bloch Robert Hale 0-7091-5086-5
£2.80?£: UK pound
160
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Atoms and Evil 1977-00-00 Robert Bloch Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers 0-552-10486-8
£0.65?£: UK pound
172
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
L'homme qui criait au loup 1985-07-00 Robert Bloch Néo (Fantastique / Science-fiction / Aventures #147) 2-7304-0329-9   196
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 Jean-Michel Nicollet  
Final Reckonings 1987-00-00 Robert Bloch Underwood-Miller 0-88733-055-X
$80.00?$: US dollar
371
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Complete Stories of Robert Bloch, Volume 1: Final Reckonings 1990-03-00 Robert Bloch Citadel Twilight 0-8065-1144-3
$12.95?$: US dollar
371
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 Kevin Kelly  
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