Title: Command Performance

Title: Command Performance Title Record # 63117
Author: Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Date: 1952-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Synopsis: A woman finds herself linked mentally with a strange man and resents the intrusion.

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Year	Title
1961	Command Performance [as by Walter M. Miller]
1965	Anybody Else Like Me?
1968	Anybody Else Like Me? [as by Walter M. Miller]

Year	Language	Title
1954^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited hand	Italian	Azione a comando
1955^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator.	French	Légitime défense^?Legitime defense
1962^ⓘTranslated by Peter Naujack	German	In fremder Gewalt
1970^ⓘTranslated by Avarossy Éva	Hungarian	Ki hall engem? [as by Walter M. Miller]
1976^ⓘTranslated by Hans Kemming	Dutch	Uitvoering op bevel [as by Walter M. Miller]
1986^ⓘTranslated by Jasenka Planinc	Croatian	Po tuđoj zapovijedi^?Po tudoj zapovijedi
1986^ⓘTranslated by Malte Heim	German	Gibt es noch jemanden wie mich?
1989^ⓘTranslated by Delio Zinoni	Italian	C'è qualcun altro come me?

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1952	1952-11-00	ed. H. L. Gold	Galaxy Publishing Corporation		$0.35^?$: 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	Jack Coggins
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], v3 #3	1953-03-00	ed. H. L. Gold	Thorpe and Porter		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).	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	Jack Coggins
The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953	1953-09-00	ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty	Frederick Fell (Fell's Science-Fiction Library)		$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	279	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Second Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction	1954-04-00	ed. H. L. Gold	Crown Publishers		$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	vi+ [2]+ 504	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Mel Hunter
I Romanzi di Urania #44	1954-05-20	ed. Giorgio Monicelli	Mondadori	44	Lit 130^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	128	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	Curt Caesar
The Best Science Fiction Stories: Fourth Series	1955-00-00	ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty	Grayson & Grayson		9/6^?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).	239	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Mudge-Marriott
Galaxie (1ère série), #15 February 1955	1955-02-00	ed. Editors of Galaxie (1ère série)^?Editors of Galaxie (1ere serie)	Éditions Nuit et Jour^?Editions Nuit et Jour		F100^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	148	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	Vidmer
Penguin Science Fiction	1961-10-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	Penguin Books	1638	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).	236	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	Brian Keogh
Penguin Science Fiction	1961-12-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	Penguin Books	1638	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).	236	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	Brian Keogh
Penguin Science Fiction	1962-00-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	Penguin Books	1638	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).	236	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	Brian Keogh
Roboter	1962-00-00	ed. Peter Naujack	Diogenes		DM 20.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	383	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Penguin Science Fiction	1963-00-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	Penguin Books	1638	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).	236	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	Brian Keogh
Penguin Science Fiction	1965-00-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	Penguin Books	1638	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).	236	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	Oscar Dominguez
The View from the Stars	1965-00-00	Walter M. Miller, Jr.	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (2))		16/-^?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	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The View from the Stars	1965-01-00	Walter M. Miller, Jr.	Ballantine Books	U2212	$0.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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	Richard Powers
The View from the Stars	1965-01-00	Walter M. Miller, Jr.	Ballantine Books	U2212	C$0.50^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	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	Richard Powers
Penguin Science Fiction	1966-00-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	Penguin Books	1638	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).	236	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	Oscar Dominguez
The View from the Stars	1968-00-00	Walter M. Miller	Panther	23852	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).	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.	coll
A pokolba tartó vonat	1970-00-00	ed. Ferenczné Árkos Ilona^?Ferenczne Arkos Ilona	Gondolat		Ft 23^?Ft: Hungarian forint. ISO code: HUF	327	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	Kolozsváry György^?Kolozsvary Gyorgy
Die besten Science Fiction Geschichten	1970-00-00	ed. Peter Naujack	Diogenes		DM 12.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	382	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The View from the Stars	1973-02-00	Walter M. Miller	Panther	0-586-02385-2	£0.35^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	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.	coll	Chris Foss
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus	1973-06-00	ed. Brian Aldiss	Penguin Books	0-14-003145-6	£0.60^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	616	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 Pelham
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus	1974-00-00	ed. Brian Aldiss	Penguin Books	0-14-003145-6	£0.60^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	616	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 Pelham
Fontein science fiction	1976-00-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	De Fontein (Fontein SF)	90-261-0125-2		176	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	Karel Thole
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus	1976-00-00	ed. Brian Aldiss	Penguin Books	0-14-003145-6	£1.25^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	616	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 Pelham
Galaxie (2ème série), #156	1977-06-00	ed. Michel Demuth	OPTA		F7.50^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	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	Thierry Leroux
The Science Fiction Stories of Walter M. Miller, Jr.	1978-12-00	Walter M. Miller, Jr.	Gregg Press	0-8398-2496-3	$13.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxv+ 373	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Die besten Science Fiction Geschichten	1979-00-00	ed. Peter Naujack	Diogenes (Diogenes Sonderband)	3-257-00905-4		362	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Peter Neugebauer
The Wall Around the World and Other Science Fiction Stories	1979-00-00	ed. Susan Morris	Cambridge University Press	0-521-21628-1		134	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
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus	1980-00-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	Penguin Books	0-14-003145-6	£1.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	616	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	Tom Stimpson
The Best of Walter M. Miller, Jr.	1980-05-00	Walter M. Miller, Jr.	Pocket Books	0-671-83304-9	$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	vii+ 472	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	Mara McAfee
The Best of Walter M. Miller, Jr.	1980-10-00	Walter M. Miller, Jr.	Pocket Books / SFBC	2065	$6.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	469	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Larry Kresek
Conditionally Human and Other Stories	1982-07-00	Walter M. Miller, Jr.	Corgi	0-552-11991-1	£1.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	228	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	Peter Jones
Die besten Science Fiction Geschichten des Golden Age	1983-00-00	ed. Peter Naujack	Diogenes (detebe #21048)	3-257-21048-5	DM 9.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	353	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
Histoires de surhommes	1984-03-00	ed. Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis^?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein^?Gerard Klein	Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3786)	2-253-03411-8		382	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	Philippe Adamov
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus	1985-00-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	Penguin Books	0-14-003145-6	£3.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	616	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
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus	1986-00-00	ed. Brian Aldiss	Penguin Books	0-14-003145-6		616	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
The Great SF Stories #14 (1952)	1986-01-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #660)	0-88677-106-4 / UE2106	$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	352	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	Tony Roberts (artist)
The Great SF Stories #14 (1952)	1986-01-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books	0-88677-106-4 / UE2106	C$3.95^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	352	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	Tony Roberts (artist)
Sirius, #118	1986-04-05	ed. Milivoj Pašiček^?Milivoj Pasicek Milivoj Pashichek	Vjesnik		Din 150^?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar. ISO codes: YUF in 1945-1966, YUD in 1966-1989, YUN in 1990-1992, YUR in July 1992-September 1993, YUO in October-December 1993, YUG in early January 1994, YUM in 1994-2003, CSD in 2003-2006, RSD since 2006	132	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.	mag	Zoran Škrlin-Hrle
Bedingt menschlich	1986-05-00	Walter M. Miller, Jr.	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4307)	3-453-31305-4	DM 9.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	575	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	Karel Thole
Visioni dal futuro	1989-09-00	Walter M. Miller, Jr.	Mondadori (Classici Urania #150)	150	Lit 5,000^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	208	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	Oscar Chichoni
The Wall Around the World and Other Science Fiction Stories	1990-00-00	ed. Susan Morris	Cambridge University Press	0-521-21628-1		viii+ 134	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
The Best of Walter M. Miller, Jr.	2000-07-00	Walter M. Miller, Jr.	Gollancz (SF Collectors' Editions)	0-575-07119-2	£9.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	472	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
Dark Benediction	2007-04-00	Walter M. Miller, Jr.	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #69)	978-0-575-07977-9	£7.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	472	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	Dominic Harman
Dark Benediction	2013-05-23	Walter M. Miller, Jr.	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks)	978-1-4732-0065-4	£4.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Dominic Harman
Dark Benediction	2015-00-00	Walter M. Miller, Jr.	Gateway / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4732-0065-4	£4.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Dominic Harman
Dark Benediction	2015-08-13	Walter M. Miller, Jr.	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4732-1194-0	£9.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xv+ 472	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	Dominic Harman
The Best of Walter M. Miller, Jr.	2021-05-27	Walter M. Miller, Jr.	Blackstone Publishing	979-8-228-05047-1			audio CD^?Compact disc with standard audio tracks	coll
The Best of Walter M. Miller, Jr.	2021-05-27	Walter M. Miller, Jr.	Blackstone Publishing	979-8-228-05049-5			audio MP3 CD^?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks	coll
Dark Benediction	date unknown	Walter M. Miller, Jr.	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #69)	978-0-575-07977-9	£8.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	472	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	Dominic Harman

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