Title: No Fire Burns
Title Record # 56773
Author: Avram Davidson
Date: 1959-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Avram Davidson
Date: 1959-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Borderline genre, given the presentation of psychology as a science.
Synopsis: A professor of psychology is commissioned by the head of a large corporation to develop tests to identify any employees with psychopathological tendencies.
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Publications
Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Playboy, July 1959 | 1959-07-00 | ed. Editors of Playboy | $0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued |
mag | |||||
The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F | 1960-09-00 | ed. Judith Merril | Simon & Schuster | $3.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
320 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | H. Lawrence Hoffman | ![]() |
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The Year's Best S-F: 5th Annual Edition | 1961-01-00 | ed. Judith Merril | Dell | F118 | $0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
320 | 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 | ![]() |
The Year's Best S-F: 5th Annual Edition | 1961-05-00 | ed. Judith Merril | Dell | F118 | $0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
320 | 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 | ![]() |
The Best of Sci-Fi 5 | 1966-10-00 | ed. Judith Merril | Mayflower-Dell | 0531 | 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). |
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 | ![]() |
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The Best of Sci-Fi 5 | 1967-00-00 | ed. Judith Merril | Mayflower-Dell | 0531 | 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). |
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 | ![]() |
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The Playboy Book of Crime and Suspense | 1967-00-00 | ed. Editors of Playboy | Souvenir Press |
ix+ 406 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ![]() |
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The Best of Sci-Fi 5 | 1969-00-00 | ed. Judith Merril | Mayflower | 0-583-10265-4 | 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). |
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 | David Davies (artist) | ![]() |