Title: Dead Knowledge
Title Record # 48065
Author: John W. Campbell, Jr.
Date: 1938-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Author: John W. Campbell, Jr.
Date: 1938-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
User Rating: 4.00 (1 vote) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1) Add Tags
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Awards
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| 5 | 2014 Retro Hugo | Best Novelette |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astounding Stories, January 1938 | 1938-01-00 | ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. | Street & Smith Publications, Inc. | $0.20?$: US dollar |
164 | 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 | H. Wesso |  |
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| Who Goes There? | 1948-00-00 | John W. Campbell, Jr. | Shasta | $3.00?$: US dollar |
230 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Hannes Bok | |
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| Who Goes There? | 1951-00-00 | John W. Campbell, Jr. | Shasta | $3.00?$: US dollar |
230+ [1] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Malcolm Smith | |
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| The Thing and Other Stories | 1952-00-00 | John W. Campbell, Jr. | Cherry Tree / Fantasy Books | 408 | 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). |
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 | Terry Maloney | |
| American Science Fiction, #16 | 1953-08-00 | ed. uncredited | Malian Press | A -/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). |
36 | 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 | Stanley Pitt | ||
| Urania #12 | 1953-10-01 | ed. Giorgio Monicelli | Mondadori | 12 | Lit 150?Lit: Italian lira |
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 | Curt Caesar | |
| Le ciel est mort | 1955-00-00 | John W. Campbell | Denoël?Denoel (Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #6) |
F450?F: French frank |
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 | |||
| The Thing | 1966-00-00 | John W. Campbell | Tandem | T75 | 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). |
220 | 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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| Le ciel est mort | 1972-01-31 | John W. Campbell | Denoël?Denoel (Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #6) |
313 | 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 | ||||
| Who Goes There? | 1976-00-00 | John W. Campbell, Jr. | Hyperion Press (Classics of Science Fiction) | 0-88355-365-1 | $12.50?$: US dollar |
230 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Who Goes There? | 1976-00-00 | John W. Campbell, Jr. | Hyperion Press (Classics of Science Fiction) | 0-88355-450-X | $3.95?$: US dollar |
230 | 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 | ||
| Who Goes There? | 1991-06-00 | John W. Campbell | Buccaneer Books | 0-89966-734-1 | $31.95?$: US dollar |
230 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Le ciel est mort | 2000-10-00 | John W. Campbell | Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #7227) | 2-253-07227-3 | F48.00?F: French frank |
478 | 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 | Manchu | |
| A New Dawn: The Complete Don A. Stuart Stories | 2003-02-00 | John W. Campbell, Jr. | NESFA Press (NESFA's Choice #22) | 1-886778-15-9 | $26.00?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 462 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | |
| A New Dawn: The Complete Don A. Stuart Stories | 2003-02-00 | John W. Campbell, Jr. | NESFA Press (NESFA's Choice #22) | 1-886778-15-9 | $26.00?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 462 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | |
| Who Goes There? | 2010-07-01 | John W. Campbell | RosettaBooks | 978-0-7953-0066-0 | $5.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| Who Goes There? | 2011-00-00 | John W. Campbell | Gollancz | 978-0-575-09103-0 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
xii+ 244 |
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 | Shutterstock | |
| Who Goes There? | 2011-12-01 | John W. Campbell | Gollancz / Orion | 978-0-575-12902-3 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Shutterstock |