Title: Watchbird
Title Record # 46236
Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1953-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: librivox.org, starshipsofa.com
Language: English
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Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1953-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: librivox.org, starshipsofa.com
Language: English
Synopsis: A flying robot is devised to detect and prevent murder
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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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Galaxy Science Fiction, February 1953 | 1953-02-00 | ed. H. L. Gold | Galaxy Publishing Corporation | $0.35?$: US dollar |
164 | 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 | ||
Shadow of Tomorrow | 1953-07-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Permabooks | P236 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
379 | 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 | Richard Powers | |
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], v3 #6 | 1953-08-00 | ed. H. L. Gold | Thorpe and Porter | 1/6?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 | 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 | ||
Shadow of Tomorrow | 1953-08-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Permabooks | P236 | C$0.39?C$: Canadian dollar |
379 | 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 | Richard Powers | |
Untouched by Human Hands | 1955-00-00 | Robert Sheckley | Michael Joseph (Novels of Tomorrow) | 12/6?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). |
253 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Wildsmith | ||
Notions: Unlimited | 1960-06-00 | Robert Sheckley | Bantam Books | A2003 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
170 | 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 | ||
Untouched by Human Hands | 1967-04-00 | Robert Sheckley | Four Square Books | 1804 | 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). |
125 | 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 | ||
Notions: Unlimited | 1968-11-00 | Robert Sheckley | Bantam Books | F3850 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
170 | 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 | ||
Notions: Unlimited | 1968-11-00 | Robert Sheckley | Bantam Books | F3850 | C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
170 | 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 | ||
The Status Civilization and Notions: Unlimited | 1979-11-00 | Robert Sheckley | Ace Books (Ace Double) | 0-441-78537-9 | $2.25?$: US dollar |
469 | 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. |
omni | David Bergen | |
Watchbird | 1990-07-00 | Robert Sheckley | Pulphouse Publishing | 35 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
chap | Frank Kelly Freas | |||
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley | 1991-09-00 | Robert Sheckley | Pulphouse Publishing | $150.00?$: US dollar |
331+ 380+ 360+ 275+ 344 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | |||
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book Two | 1991-09-00 | Robert Sheckley | Pulphouse Publishing | 380 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book Two | 1992-07-00 | Robert Sheckley | Pulphouse Publishing | 1-56146-421-X | $12.95?$: US dollar |
380 | 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 | ||
Cyber-Killers | 1997-06-00 | ed. Ric Alexander | Millennium / Orion | 0-7528-0980-6 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
vii+ 408 |
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 | ||
Cyber-Killers | 1997-06-00 | ed. Ric Alexander | Millennium / Orion | 0-7528-0783-8 | £16.99?£: UK pound |
viii+ 408 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
Cyber-Killers | 1998-05-00 | ed. Ric Alexander | Orion | 0-7528-1633-0 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
ix+ 540 |
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 | ||
Watchbird | 2009-08-02 | Robert Sheckley | Project Gutenberg | 29579 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
chap | ||||
Short Science Fiction Collection 36 | 2010-05-16 | ed. LibriVox | LibriVox | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
anth | NASA, ESA, & the Hubble SM4 ERO Team | |||
"The Perfect Woman" and Other Stories | 2011-06-09 | Robert Sheckley | Armchair Fiction (Armchair Fiction Masters of Science Fiction #3) | 978-1-61287-040-3 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
320 | 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 | Ed Valigursky | |
StarShipSofa, No 216 | 2011-12-15 | ed. Tony C. Smith | StarShipSofa | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
mag | ||||
Store of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley | 2012-05-01 | Robert Sheckley | New York Review of Books (NYRB Classics) | 978-1-59017-494-4 | $17.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 396 |
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 | Keith Carter | |
Watchbird | 2012-11-03 | Robert Sheckley | LibriVox | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
chap | ||||
Notions: Unlimited | 2014-11-27 | Robert Sheckley | Gateway / Orion | 978-1-4732-0762-2 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
Untouched by Human Hands | 2021-06-03 | Robert Sheckley | Penguin Books (Penguin Classics Science Fiction) | 978-0-14-199460-4 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
Untouched by Human Hands | 2021-06-03 | Robert Sheckley | Penguin Books (Penguin Classics Science Fiction) | 978-0-241-47302-3 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
208 | 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 | ||
Masters of Science Fiction: Robert Sheckley | 2022-02-00 | Robert Sheckley | Centipede Press (Masters of Science Fiction (Centipede Press)) | 978-1-61347-311-5 | $65.00?$: US dollar |
727 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Jim Keegan , Ruth Keegan |
Reviews
- Review by James Blish [as by William Atheling, Jr.] (1953) in The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction, (1964) , reprinted in:
- [as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1967)
- [as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1969)
- [as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1974)
- [as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1974)