Title: Oddy and Id
Title Record # 52224
Author: Alfred Bester
Date: 1950-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Alfred Bester
Date: 1950-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A professor believes that one of his students is statistically prone to being lucky all the time, and teams up with other scholars to attempt to harness this talent for the good of humanity.
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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, August 1950 | 1950-08-00 | ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. | Street & Smith Publications, Inc. | $0.25?$: 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 | Miller | ||
The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 | 1951-08-05 | ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty | Frederick Fell (Fell's Science-Fiction Library) | $2.95?$: US dollar |
351 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 | 1951-09-00 | ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty | Frederick Fell (Fell's Science-Fiction Library) | $2.95?$: US dollar |
351 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
Frontiers in Space: Selections from The Best Science Fiction Stories | 1955-05-00 | ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty | Bantam Books | 1328 | $0.25?$: US dollar |
166 | 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 | ||
Starburst | 1958-05-00 | Alfred Bester | Signet / New American Library | S1524 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
160 | 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 | Richard Powers | |
Starburst | 1965-04-00 | Alfred Bester | Signet / New American Library | D2672 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
160 | 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 | Richard Powers | |
Starburst | 1965-04-00 | Alfred Bester | Signet / New American Library of Canada | D2672 | C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
160 | 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 | Richard Powers | |
Starburst | 1968-10-00 | Alfred Bester | Sphere Books | 16071 | 5/-?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). |
158 | 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 | ||
Starburst | 1970-12-00 | Alfred Bester | Signet / New American Library of Canada | T4460 | C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar |
160 | 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 | Bob Pepper | |
Starburst | 1973-03-00 | Alfred Bester | Sphere Books | 0-7221-1610-1 | £0.30?£: UK pound |
158 | 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 | Colin Hay | |
Strange Gifts | 1975-10-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Thomas Nelson / SFBC | 1393 | $1.98?$: US dollar |
191 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Frank Alois | |
Strange Gifts: Eight Stories of Science Fiction | 1975-10-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Thomas Nelson | 0-8407-6460-X | $6.95?$: US dollar |
206 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Frank Alois | |
Star Light, Star Bright | 1976-07-00 | Alfred Bester | Berkley/Putnam | 0-399-11816-0 | $7.95?$: US dollar |
248 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Richard Powers | |
Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester | 1976-12-00 | Alfred Bester | Nelson Doubleday / SFBC | 3140 | $3.98?$: US dollar |
409 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Jack Woolhiser | |
Verrukkelijk Fahrenheit | 1977-00-00 | Alfred Bester | Meulenhoff (M=SF #123) | 90-290-0516-5 | 349 | 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 Lehr | ||
Starburst | 1977-06-00 | Alfred Bester | Pan Books | 0-330-25111-2 | £0.60?£: UK pound |
155 | 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 | Gino D'Achille | |
Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester | 1977-07-00 | Alfred Bester | Berkley Medallion | 0-425-03451-8 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
452 | 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 | Richard Powers | |
Star Light, Star Bright | 1978-02-00 | Alfred Bester | Gollancz | 0-575-02320-1 | £4.50?£: UK pound |
248 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
Hände weg von Zeitmaschinen | 1978-09-00 | Alfred Bester | Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy #705) | 3-426-00705-3 | DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
176 | 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 | George Jones | |
Star Light, Star Bright | 1979-00-00 | Alfred Bester | Fontana | 0-00-615406-9 | £0.95?£: UK pound |
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 | Tim White | |
Starburst | 1980-03-00 | Alfred Bester | Signet / New American Library | 0-451-09132-9 | $1.75?$: US dollar |
160 | 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 | Bob Pepper | |
Starburst | 1980-03-00 | Alfred Bester | Signet / New American Library of Canada | 0-451-09132-9 | C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
160 | 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 | Bob Pepper | |
Hände weg von Zeitmaschinen | 1981-06-00 | Alfred Bester | Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy #5705) | 3-426-05705-0 | DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
175+ [1] |
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 | George Jones | |
The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) | 1984-09-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #594) | 0-87997-953-4 / UE1953 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
319 | 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 | Dino Marsan | |
The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) | 1984-09-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada (DAW Collectors #594) | 0-87997-953-4 / UE1953 | C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
319 | 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 | Dino Marsan | |
Oh, luminosa y brillante estrella | 1985-00-00 | Alfred Bester | Teorema (Visión Arcadia) | 84-7604-042-3 | 281 | 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 | Tim White | ||
Le livre d'or de la science-fiction: Alfred Bester | 1986-04-28 | Alfred Bester | Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5234) | 2-266-01736-5 | 312 | 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 | Marcel Laverdet | ||
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 |
624 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Romas | |
Aller Glanz der Sterne | 1991-00-00 | Alfred Bester | Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #278) | 3-518-38455-4 | DM 12.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
184 | 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 | ||
Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester | 1997-11-00 | Alfred Bester | Vintage Books | 0-679-76783-5 | $14.00?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 366 |
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 | Evan Gaffney | |
Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester | 1997-11-00 | Alfred Bester | Topeka Bindery | 1-4177-1932-X | $17.92?$: US dollar |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester | 1998-08-00 | Alfred Bester | Vintage Books / SFBC | 1-56865-805-2 / 17770 | $10.98?$: US dollar |
366 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
Irrealidades Virtuais, 1º volume | 1999-05-00 | Alfred Bester | Publicações Europa-América?Publicacoes Europa-America (Livros de Bolso, série Ficção Científica #241) |
972-1-04623-X | 138 | 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 | Estúdios PEA | ||
Irrealidades virtuales | 2003-03-00 | Alfred Bester | Minotauro | 84-450-7307-9 | 420 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
Strange Gifts | 2009-03-05 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Wildside Press | 978-1-4344-5511-6 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
208 | 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 | Bertrand Benoit | |
Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester | 2013-05-30 | Alfred Bester | Byron Preiss Visual Publications | 0-679-76783-5 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Evan Gaffney | ||
Starburst | date unknown | Alfred Bester | Signet / New American Library | T4460 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
160 | 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 | Bob Pepper | |
Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester | date unknown | Alfred Bester | Berkley Medallion | 0-425-03451-8 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
452 | 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 | Richard Powers | |
Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester | date unknown | Alfred Bester | Vintage Books | 0-679-76783-5 | $14.00?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 366 |
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 | Evan Gaffney | |
Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester | date unknown | Alfred Bester | Vintage Books | 978-0-679-76783-1 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 366 |
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 | Evan Gaffney |
Reviews
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction