Title: The Butcher's Bill

Title: The Butcher's Bill Title Record # 51729
Author: David Drake
Date: 1974-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Hammer's Slammers
Language: English

Synopsis: Human planetary colonists hire a mercenary force to defend against a rebellion of religious extremists.

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Galaxy, November 1974	1974-11-00	ed. James Baen	UPD Publishing Corporation		$0.75^?$: 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	Steve Fabian
Combat SF	1975-06-00	ed. Gordon R. Dickson	Doubleday	0-385-04575-1	$6.95^?$: US dollar	ix+ 204	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Robert Aulicino
Hammer's Slammers	1979-04-00	David Drake	Ace Books	0-441-31593-3	$1.95^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 274	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	Paul Alexander
Combat SF	1981-06-00	ed. Gordon R. Dickson	Ace Books	0-441-11531-4	$2.50^?$: US dollar	[10]+ 266	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	Vincent Di Fate
Hammer's Slammers	1983-00-00	David Drake	Ace Books	0-441-31599-2	$2.75^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 274	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	Paul Alexander
Combat SF	1984-02-00	ed. Gordon R. Dickson	Ace Books	0-441-11534-9	$2.75^?$: US dollar	266	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	Vincent Di Fate
Hammer's Slammers	1984-04-00	David Drake	Ace Books	0-441-31601-8	$2.95^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 274	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	Paul Alexander
Hammer's Slammers	1984-09-00	David Drake	Ace Books	0-441-31595-X	$2.95^?$: US dollar	274	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	Paul Alexander
Hammer's Slammers	1985-02-00	David Drake	Ace Books	0-441-31595-X	$2.95^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 274	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	Paul Alexander
Hammer's Slammers	1985-05-00	David Drake	Hamlyn (Venture SF #03)	0-09-939870-2	£1.95^?£: UK pound	xi+ 274	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	Eddie Jones
Hammer's Slammers	1986-03-00	David Drake	Ace Books	0-441-31602-6	$2.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 274	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	Paul Alexander
Hammer's Slammers	1987-04-00	David Drake	Baen Science Fiction Books	0-671-65632-5	$3.50^?$: US dollar	318	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	Paul Alexander
Hammer's Slammers	1987-04-00	David Drake	Baen Science Fiction Books	0-671-65632-5	C$4.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	318	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	Paul Alexander
Hammer's Slammers	1989-09-00	David Drake	Baen Science Fiction Books	0-671-69867-2	$3.95^?$: US dollar	318	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	Paul Alexander
The Butcher's Bill	1998-11-00	David Drake	Baen	0-671-57773-5	$6.99^?$: US dollar	409	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	Charles Keegan
The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1	2006-03-00	David Drake	Night Shade Books	1-892389-70-3	$60.00^?$: US dollar	395	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	John Berkey
The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1	2006-03-00	David Drake	Night Shade Books	1-892389-69-X	$35.00^?$: US dollar	395	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	John Berkey
The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1	2006-06-00	David Drake	Night Shade Books / SFBC	1214405	$14.99^?$: US dollar	395	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	John Berkey
The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1	2009-10-06	David Drake	Baen	978-1-4391-3309-5	$12.00^?$: US dollar	528	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
Combat SF	date unknown	ed. Gordon R. Dickson	Ace Books	0-441-11531-4	$2.50^?$: US dollar	266	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	Vincent Di Fate
Hammer's Slammers	date unknown	David Drake	Ace Books	0-441-31594-1		xiv+ 274	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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