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Title: The Illusionists Title Record # 56120
Author: James H. Schmitz
Date: 1951-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Series: Agents of Vega
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1951 Space Fear
Year Language Title
1970Translated by Bruno Martin
French Les illusionnistes
1977Translated by Dolf Strasser
German Die Illusionisten

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, March 1951 1951-03-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.35?$: 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 Orban Checkmark
Astounding Science Fiction, July 1952 (UK) 1952-07-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
1/-?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).
64
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag  
Agent of Vega 1960-04-00 James H. Schmitz Gnome Press  
$3.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
191
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll W. I. Van der Poel Checkmark
Agent of Vega 1962-06-00 James H. Schmitz Permabooks M-4242
$0.35?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
185
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 John Woolhiser Checkmark
Agent of Vega 1964-00-00 James H. Schmitz Mayflower-Dell 0045
3/6?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).
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 Checkmark
Agent de Véga 1970-03-17 James H. Schmitz OPTA (OPTA - Galaxie Bis #14)  
F6.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999
252
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
Gérard Aublé?Gerard Auble
 
Agent of Vega 1972-00-00 James H. Schmitz Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap 0-448-05403-5
$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
186
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
Science-Fiction-Stories 68 1977-08-00 ed. Walter Spiegl Ullstein (Ullstein 2000 #131 (3351)) 3-548-03351-2
DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
125
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 Peter Jones Checkmark
Agent of Vega 1982-08-00 James H. Schmitz Ace Books 0-441-01075-X
$2.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
186
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 Boris Vallejo Checkmark
Agent of Vega 1983-04-00 James H. Schmitz Ace Books 0-441-01076-8
$2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
186
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 Boris Vallejo Checkmark
Agent of Vega & Other Stories 2001-11-00 James H. Schmitz Baen Books 0-671-31847-0
$7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
567
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 Eggleton Checkmark
The Honorverse Disk 2002-10-00 uncredited Baen Books (Baen CD-ROM Library #1)  
$0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.
omni Checkmark
The Honorverse Disk 2002-10-00 uncredited Baen Books (Baen CD-ROM Library #1)  
$0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.
omni Checkmark
The Wind Rider's Oath Disk 2004-05-00 uncredited Baen Books (Baen CD-ROM Library #6)  
$0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.
omni Checkmark
Agent of Vega & Other Stories date unknown James H. Schmitz Baen Books (Baen Free Library)  
$0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
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