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Title: The Big Engine Title Record # 59693
Author: Fritz Leiber
Date: 1962-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1963 Italian Il grande motore
1966Translated by Michel Deutsch
French La grande machine

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Magazine, February 1962 1962-02-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.50?$: US dollar
196
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 Gaughan Checkmark
Galaxy #58 1963-03-00 ed. Luigi Vitali Casa Editrice La Tribuna 58
Lit 200?Lit: Italian lira
160
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 Martin (I) Checkmark
The Eighth Galaxy Reader 1965-00-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Doubleday  
$3.95?$: US dollar
x+
248
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Tom Chibbaro Checkmark
The Eighth Galaxy Reader 1965-00-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (3))  
18/-?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).
248
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Galaxie (2ème série), #25 1966-05-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
OPTA  
F2.50?F: French frank
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 Schelling  
The Eighth Galaxy Reader 1968-00-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Pan Books 0-330-02109-5
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).
237
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
Final Encounter 1970-04-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Curtis Books 07071
$0.75?$: US dollar
223
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
Deadly Moon and Other Tales 2012-01-08 Fritz Leiber Armchair Fiction (Armchair Fiction Masters of Science Fiction #6) 978-1-61287-077-9
$16.95?$: US dollar
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.
coll Alex Schomburg  
The Moon Is Green and Other Tales 2013-06-22 Fritz Leiber Armchair Fiction (Armchair Fiction Masters of Science Fiction #6) 978-1-61287-156-1
$16.95?$: US dollar
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.
coll Alex Schomburg  
The Big Engine 2016-03-25 Fritz Leiber Project Gutenberg 51549
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
The Second Fritz Leiber Megapack 2016-04-00 Fritz Leiber Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4794-2158-9
$1.03?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Svetlana Rib Checkmark
Fantastic Stories Presents the Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack #2 2016-04-12 ed. uncredited Positronic Publishing 978-1-5154-0621-1
$16.99?$: US dollar
526
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 3000ad  
Fantastic Stories Presents the Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack #2 2016-04-15 ed. uncredited Positronic Publishing 978-1-5154-0577-1
$1.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth 3000ad  
Fantastic Stories Presents the Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack #2 2018-04-03 ed. uncredited Positronic Publishing 978-1-5154-2100-9
$24.99?$: US dollar
526
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth 3000ad  
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