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Title: Legwork Title Record # 55772
Author: Eric Frank Russell
Date: 1956-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Synopsis: A telepathic alien scouts Earth for invasion. He looks more or less human from a distance, and can alter the perceptions of anyone who gets close enough to notice the difference.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1962Translated by Walter Ernsting/Clark Darlton (seems to have been in fact translated by Walter Ernsting/Clark Darlton, though the german publications credit Heinz Bingenheimer. According to this source, p. 93f., Bingenheimer passed the work on to Ernsting).
German Kleinarbeit
1967Translated by Beata Della Frattina
Italian Il vegano
1970Translated by Brigitte Kraus
German Kleinarbeit
1974Translated by Warner Flamen
Dutch Benenwerk
1975Translated by B. Eichwald-Agdler
Swedish Spionen utifrån
1975 German Der Kundschafter

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Finalists 1956 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 Science Fiction, April 1956 1956-04-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.35?$: 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 Freas Checkmark
Astounding Science Fiction, September 1956 (UK) 1956-09-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
1/9?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).
132
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 Freas Checkmark
Far Stars 1961-00-00 Eric Frank Russell Dennis Dobson  
13/6?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).
191
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Far Stars 1961-00-00 Eric Frank Russell Dennis Dobson  
15/-?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).
191
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Ferne Sterne 1962-02-00 Eric Frank Russell Goldmann (Goldmanns Zukunftsromane #28) Z 28
DM 5.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
187
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 Eyke Volkmer Checkmark
Ferne Sterne 1962-02-00 Eric Frank Russell Goldmann (Goldmanns Zukunftsromane #28) Z 28
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
188
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Eyke Volkmer Checkmark
Ferne Sterne 1964-05-00 Eric Frank Russell Goldmann (Goldmanns Weltraum Taschenbücher #033) 033
DM 2.40?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
188+
[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 Eyke Volkmer Checkmark
Far Stars 1964-06-00 Eric Frank Russell Panther 1691
2/6?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).
128
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
Far Stars 1964-06-00 Eric Frank Russell Panther 1691
A4/-?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).
127+
[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 Checkmark
5 Unearthly Visions 1965-00-00 ed. Groff Conklin Fawcett Gold Medal d1549
$0.50?$: US dollar
175
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Urania #472 1967-10-08 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Mondadori 472
Lit 250?Lit: Italian lira
168
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 Karel Thole Checkmark
5 Unearthly Visions 1967-12-00 ed. Groff Conklin Fawcett Gold Medal d1868
$0.50?$: US dollar
175
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Unirdische Visionen 1970-01-02 ed. Groff Conklin Moewig (Terra Taschenbuch #171) TTB171
DM 2.40?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
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.
anth Klostermann Checkmark
Welkom op aarde ... 1974-00-00 Eric Frank Russell Meulenhoff (M=SF #72) 90-290-0287-5   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 Chesley Bonestell Checkmark
Far Stars 1975-00-00 Eric Frank Russell Dennis Dobson 0-234-77531-9
£3.00?£: UK pound
191
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Richard Weaver (artist)  
Spionen utifrån : Tre verkligt kusliga rymdrysare 1975-00-00 ed. uncredited
B. Wahlström?B. Wahlstrom
B. Wahlstroem
(Kosmos #12)
91-32-40989-3
skr 5.95?skr: Swedish krona (crown)
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.
anth Bruce Pennington  
Science-Fiction-Stories 53 1975-10-00 Eric Frank Russell Ullstein (Ullstein 2000 #101 (3178)) 3-548-03178-1
DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
127
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 Alex Schomburg Checkmark
Questa notte attenti agli UFO 1978-05-00 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Mondadori (Omnibus) 15276-9
Lit 7,000?Lit: Italian lira
508
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Karel Thole  
Millemondi Estate 1995 1995-06-00 ed. Giuseppe Lippi Mondadori (Millemondi (quarterly) #3)  
Lit 9,000?Lit: Italian lira
382
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 Giuseppe Festino  
Entities: The Selected Novels of Eric Frank Russell 2001-09-00 Eric Frank Russell NESFA Press 1-886778-33-7
$29.00?$: US dollar
691
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Future Crimes 2021-05-19 ed. Mike Ashley British Library Publishing (British Library Science Fiction Classics) 978-0-7123-6738-7
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Future Crimes 2021-05-20 ed. Mike Ashley British Library Publishing (British Library Science Fiction Classics) 978-0-7123-5334-2
£9.99?£: UK pound
320
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  
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