Title: Fighting Philosopher
Title Record # 55849
Author: E. B. Cole
Date: 1954-04-00
Variant Title of: Fighting Philosopher (1954) (by Everett B. Cole) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: The Philosophical Corps
Language: English
Current Tags: galactic empires (1), rehabilitation (1), sociological engineering (1), social commentary (1)
Author: E. B. Cole
Date: 1954-04-00
Variant Title of: Fighting Philosopher (1954) (by Everett B. Cole) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: The Philosophical Corps
Language: English
Synopsis: An officer in the Galactic Empire military gets the chance to put into practice his plans to rehabilitate criminals who have gone rogue and prey upon technologically undeveloped planets, and use them instead to guide those civilizations towards productive inclusion in the empire.
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Current Tags: galactic empires (1), rehabilitation (1), sociological engineering (1), social commentary (1)
Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astounding Science Fiction, April 1954 | 1954-04-00 | 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 |  |
|
| Astounding Science Fiction, September 1954 (UK) | 1954-09-00 | ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. | Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd | 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). |
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 | |
|
| Intergalactic Empires | 1983-12-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Signet / New American Library | 0-451-12624-6 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
303 | 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 | Paul Alexander | |
| The Stars at War | 1986-12-00 | ed. John F. Carr, Jerry Pournelle | Baen Books | 0-671-65603-1 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
464 | 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 | Doug Beekman | |
| The Stars at War | 1986-12-00 | ed. John F. Carr, Jerry Pournelle | Baen Science Fiction Books | 0-671-65603-1 | C$4.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
464 | 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 | Doug Beekman | |
| Intergalactic Empires | 1988-07-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Robinson | 0-948164-97-2 | £2.95?£: UK pound |
303 | 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 | Jim Burns | |
| Intergalactic Empires | date unknown | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Signet / New American Library | 0-451-12624-6 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
304 | 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 | Paul Alexander | |