Title: Defense Mechanism
Title Record # 52188
Author: Katherine MacLean
Date: 1949-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Katherine MacLean
Date: 1949-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
User Rating: 7.00 (3 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), telepathy (1) Add Tags
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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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| Astounding Science Fiction, October 1949 | 1949-10-00 | ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. | Street & Smith Publications, Inc. | $0.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
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 | Alejandro |  |
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| Big Book of Science Fiction | 1950-08-00 | ed. Groff Conklin | Crown Publishers | $3.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
vii+ 545 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time | 1954-11-00 | ed. Judith Merril | Random House | $2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xv+ 294 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | H. Lawrence Hoffman | |
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| Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time | 1955-00-00 | ed. Judith Merril | Sidgwick & Jackson | 10/6?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). |
xiii+ 290 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time | 1955-03-00 | ed. Judith Merril | Random House / SFBC | $1.15?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xiii+ 271 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | H. Lawrence Hoffman | |
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| Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time | 1957-01-00 | ed. Judith Merril | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | 24 | 5/6?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). |
290 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | C. W. Bacon | |
| The Diploids | 1962-00-00 | Katherine MacLean | Avon | G1143 | $0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
192 | 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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| The Diploids | 1962-00-00 | Katherine MacLean | Avon | G1143 | C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
192 | 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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| The Diploids | 1973-00-00 | Katherine MacLean | Manor Books | 95-228 | $0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
192 | 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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| The Classic Book of Science Fiction | 1978-00-00 | ed. Groff Conklin | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | 545 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||||
| First Voyages | 1981-05-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Damon Knight, Joseph D. Olander | Avon | 0-380-77586-7 | $2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
x+ 373 |
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 | |
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| The Diploids | 1981-05-00 | Katherine MacLean | Gregg Press | 0-8398-2510-2 | $13.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
200 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| The Classic Book of Science Fiction | 1982-00-00 | ed. Groff Conklin | Bonanza Books | 0-517-35726-7 | 545 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Ray Yeldham | |
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| The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 11, 1949 | 1984-03-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #571) | 0-87997-918-6 / UE1918 | $3.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
317 | 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 | Michelangelo Miani | |
| The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 11, 1949 | 1984-03-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | 0-87997-918-6 | C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
317 | 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 | Michelangelo Miani | |
| 101 Science Fiction Stories | 1986-06-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, Jenny-Lynn Waugh | Avenel Books | 0-517-60669-0 | $7.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xvii+ 651 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Romas | |
| Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction: Sixth Series | 1988-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | 0-517-65754-6 | $8.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
624 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Romas | |
| The Giant Book of Science Fiction Stories | 1992-00-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, Jenny-Lynn Waugh | Magpie Books | 1-85487-150-1 | £3.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
xvii+ 651 |
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 | Jim Burns | |
| Le grandi storie della fantascienza 11 | 1994-01-00 | Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Bompiani (I grandi tascabili Bompiani #320) | 88-452-2176-8 | Lit 14,500?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
452 | 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 | Aurelia Raffo | |
| The Diploids | 2000-03-01 | Katherine MacLean | Wildside Press | 1-58715-128-6 | $15.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
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 | ||
| 101 Science Fiction Stories | date unknown | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, Jenny-Lynn Waugh | Avenel Books | 0-517-60669-0 | $7.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
651 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Romas | |
| The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 11, 1949 | date unknown | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books | 0-87997-918-6 | $3.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
317 | 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 | Michelangelo Miani | |