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Title: The Cosmic Poachers

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Title: The Cosmic Poachers Title Record # 58182
Author: Philip K. Dick
Date: 1953-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Originally titled Burglar, it was renamed for publication in Imagination.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1969Translated by C. A. G. van den Broek
Dutch Kapers in de kosmos
1970Translated by 関口幸男 (Yukio Sekiguchi)
Japanese
不法侵入者?ふほうしんにゅうしゃ
Fuhōshin Nyūsha
Fuhoushin Nyuusha
[as by ]
1976Translated by Heinz Plehn (as H. P. Lehnert)
German Gefährliche Fracht
1988Translated by Pierre-Paul Durastanti later "harmonized" by Hélène Collon.
French Les braconniers du cosmos
1994Translated by Vittorio Curtoni
Italian Pirati cosmici
1995Translated by Bela Wohl
German Die kosmischen Wilderer
2014Translated by 大森望 (Nozomi Ohmori)
Japanese
不法侵入者?Fuhō Shin'nyūsha
ふほう しんにゅうしゃ
[as by ]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Imagination, July 1953 1953-07-00 ed. William L. Hamling Greenleaf Publishing Company  
$0.35?$: 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 Malcolm Smith Checkmark
Alien Worlds 1964-09-00 ed. Roger Elwood Paperback Library 52-320
$0.50?$: US dollar
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.
anth John Schoenherr Checkmark
Alien Worlds 1964-09-00 ed. Roger Elwood Paperback Library 52-320
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
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.
anth Checkmark
Alien Worlds 1968-04-00 ed. Roger Elwood Paperback Library 53-667
$0.60?$: US dollar
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.
anth Checkmark
Alien Worlds 1968-04-00 ed. Roger Elwood Paperback Library 53-667
C$0.60?C$: Canadian dollar
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.
anth Checkmark
Second Variety 1987-05-00 Philip K. Dick Underwood-Miller 0-88733-053-3
$125.00?$: US dollar
xiii+
395
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Second Variety 1989-04-00 Philip K. Dick Gollancz 0-575-04460-8
£12.95?£: UK pound
xiv+
395
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Second Variety 1990-07-00 Philip K. Dick Grafton 0-586-20765-1
£5.99?£: UK pound
493
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 Chris Moore Checkmark
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale 1990-09-00 Philip K. Dick Citadel Twilight 0-8065-1209-1
$12.95?$: US dollar
381
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 Norris Burroughs Checkmark
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale 1995-00-00 Philip K. Dick Citadel Twilight 0-8065-1209-1
$19.95?$: US dollar
381
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 Norris Burroughs Checkmark
Second Variety 1996-00-00 Philip K. Dick Voyager / HarperCollins 0-586-20765-1
£6.99?£: UK pound
493
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 Chris Moore  
Second Variety 1999-08-00 Philip K. Dick Millennium / Orion 1-85798-880-9
£7.99?£: UK pound
xiv+
395
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 Chris Moore  
Adjustment Team 2011-10-00 Philip K. Dick Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-395-2
$40.00?$: US dollar
484
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bill Sienkiewicz Checkmark
Adjustment Team 2011-11-00 Philip K. Dick Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-394-5
$60.00?$: US dollar
484
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bill Sienkiewicz Checkmark
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale and Other Classic Stories 2012-06-00 Philip K. Dick Citadel Press 978-0-8065-3648-4
$15.95?$: US dollar
400
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  
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale and Other Classic Stories 2017-02-00 Philip K. Dick Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing Corp. 978-0-8065-3798-6
$16.00?$: US dollar
400
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  
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 2022-01-22 Philip K. Dick    
$3.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Checkmark
Second Variety date unknown Philip K. Dick Grafton 0-586-20765-1
£5.99?£: UK pound
493
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 Chris Moore Checkmark
Second Variety date unknown Philip K. Dick Millennium / Orion 1-85798-880-9
£7.99?£: UK pound
vi+
395
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 Checkmark
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