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Title: Q. U. R. Title Record # 46709
Author: Anthony Boucher
Date: 1943-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Quinby's Usuform Robots
Language: English
User Rating: None. Including variants and translations: 6.00 (1 vote) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Other Titles

Variant Titles
Year Title
1943 Q. U. R. [as by H. H. Holmes]

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
6
Finalist Pass 1
Q.U.R. 260
No Award 22
24 nominations with 15.08 final points.
2019 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
Astounding Science-Fiction, March 1943 1943-03-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
132
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
mag William Timmins Checkmark
Astounding Science-Fiction, April 1943 1943-04-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
-/9?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).
64
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  
Adventures in Time and Space 1946-00-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Random House  
$2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xv+
997
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth George Salter Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 1946-08-26 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Random House  
$2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xv+
997
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth George Salter Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 1953-00-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Random House     xv+
824
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space 1957-00-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Modern Library (Modern Library Giant #31) G31
$2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
997
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Salter Checkmark
Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space 1957-00-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Random House  
C$3.45?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD
997
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Compleat Werewolf and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1969-00-00 Anthony Boucher Simon & Schuster 0-671-20382-7
$6.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Stanislaw Zagorski Checkmark
The Compleat Werewolf 1970-00-00 Anthony Boucher W. H. Allen 0-491-00395-1
£1.75?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Compleat Werewolf 1971-10-07 Anthony Boucher Sphere Books 0-7221-1806-6
£0.35?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
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 Checkmark
The Compleat Werewolf and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1972-00-00 Anthony Boucher Ace Books 11622
$0.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
252
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
Adventures in Time and Space 1975-08-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Ballantine Books 0-345-25374-4
$4.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
[xvii]+
997
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 Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 1978-03-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-27747-3
$6.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xv+
997
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 Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 1978-12-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-28925-0
$9.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
997
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  
Adventures in Time and Space 1979-12-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-27747-3
$9.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
997
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 Checkmark
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 5, 1943 1981-03-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books (DAW Collectors #426) 0-87997-604-7 / UE1604
$2.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
380
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 One Plus One Studio Checkmark
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 5, 1943 1981-03-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-604-7 / UE1604
C$2.95?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD
380
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 One Plus One Studio Checkmark
Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Third Series 1984-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers 0-517-43522-5   633
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Romas Checkmark
The Compleat Werewolf and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1990-01-00 Anthony Boucher Carroll & Graf 0-88184-557-4
$3.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
256
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  
Adventures in Time and Space 1990-08-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Random House / SFBC 17325
$14.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
1004
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gary D. Lang Checkmark
The Compleat Boucher 1999-01-00 Anthony Boucher NESFA Press 1-886778-02-7
$25.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
viii+
531
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jane Dennis Checkmark
The Compleat Boucher 1999-11-00 Anthony Boucher NESFA Press / SFBC 06518
$12.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
531
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jane Dennis Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 2001-11-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Science Fiction Book Club 0-7394-2214-6 / 05417
$17.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xxiv+
1004
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gary D. Lang  
The Compleat Boucher: The Complete Short Science Fiction and Fantasy of Anthony Boucher 2013-00-00 Anthony Boucher NESFA Press 978-1-61037-303-6
$29.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
521
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Compleat Werewolf and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction 2019-03-26 Anthony Boucher MysteriousPress.com / Open Road 978-1-5040-5736-3
$11.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Compleat Werewolf and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction date unknown Anthony Boucher Carroll & Graf (Masters of Horror) 0-88184-557-4
$4.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
256
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
The Compleat Werewolf and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction date unknown Anthony Boucher Simon & Schuster 0-671-20382-7
$6.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Stanislaw Zagorski Checkmark
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