Title: The Die-Hard

Title: The Die-Hard Title Record # 63174
Author: Alfred Bester
Date: 1958-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Synopsis: In the future, an old man laments the increasing domestication of humanity.

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Year	Language	Title
1977^ⓘTranslated by Warner Flamen	Dutch	De man die niet van ophouden wist
1978^ⓘTranslated by Uwe Anton	German	Er wollte nicht sterben
1980^ⓘTranslated by Michelangelo Spada	Italian	L'irriducibile

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Starburst	1958-05-00	Alfred Bester	Signet / New American Library	S1524	$0.35^?$: US dollar	160	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
Starburst	1965-04-00	Alfred Bester	Signet / New American Library	D2672	$0.50^?$: US dollar	160	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
Starburst	1965-04-00	Alfred Bester	Signet / New American Library of Canada	D2672	C$0.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	160	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
Starburst	1968-10-00	Alfred Bester	Sphere Books	16071	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).	158	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
Starburst	1970-12-00	Alfred Bester	Signet / New American Library of Canada	T4460	C$0.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	160	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 Pepper
Starburst	1973-03-00	Alfred Bester	Sphere Books	0-7221-1610-1	£0.30^?£: UK pound	158	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	Colin Hay
Starburst	1977-06-00	Alfred Bester	Pan Books	0-330-25111-2	£0.60^?£: UK pound	155	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	Gino D'Achille
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories	1978-03-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander	Doubleday	0-385-13044-9	$8.95^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 271	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Peter Rauch
Starburst	1980-03-00	Alfred Bester	Signet / New American Library	0-451-09132-9	$1.75^?$: US dollar	160	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 Pepper
Starburst	1980-03-00	Alfred Bester	Signet / New American Library of Canada	0-451-09132-9	C$1.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	160	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 Pepper
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories	1980-08-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander	Avon	0-380-50773-0	$2.50^?$: US dollar	xx+ 296	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
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories	1980-09-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander	Pan Books	0-330-26155-X	£1.75^?£: UK pound	302	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 Harris
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander	Avon	0-380-50773-0	$3.95^?$: US dollar	296	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
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander	Avon	0-380-50773-0	$3.95^?$: US dollar	xx+ 296	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
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander	Avon	0-380-50773-0	C$2.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	xx+ 296	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
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander	Avon	0-380-50773-0	$3.25^?$: US dollar	xx+ 296	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Starburst	date unknown	Alfred Bester	Signet / New American Library	T4460	$0.75^?$: US dollar	160	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 Pepper

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