Title: Dark Interlude
Title Record # 64753
Authors: Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds
Date: 1951-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Authors: Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds
Date: 1951-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A visitor from the future comes to observe what life was like in 20th century earth. He ends up in a rural area, falls in love with a beautiful local girl, and life seems to be pretty good. Until a horrible fact about his heritage is revealed.
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1951 | 1951-01-00 | ed. H. L. Gold | World Editions, Inc. | $0.25?$: 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 | John Bunch | ![]() |
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Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction | 1952-02-00 | ed. H. L. Gold | Crown Publishers | $3.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
x+ 566 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Richard Arbib | ![]() |
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The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 | 1952-08-19 | ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty | Frederick Fell (Fell's Science-Fiction Library) | $2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
284 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ![]() |
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Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction | 1953-00-00 | ed. H. L. Gold | Grayson & Grayson |
vi+ 255 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ![]() |
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Urania #4 | 1953-02-01 | ed. Giorgio Monicelli | Mondadori | 4 | Lit 150?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
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 | Curt Caesar | ![]() |
American Science Fiction, #22 | 1954-02-00 | ed. uncredited | Malian Press | A -/9?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). |
36 | 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 | Stanley Pitt | ||
Galaxie (1ère série), #12 November 1954 | 1954-11-00 |
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 |
132 | 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 | Ed Emshwiller | ||
Frontiers in Space: Selections from The Best Science Fiction Stories | 1955-05-00 | ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty | Bantam Books | 1328 | $0.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
166 | 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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Verbinding met morgen | 1957-00-00 | ed. Manuel van Loggem | De Bezige Bij (Schrik in Plastic #4) | 198 | 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 | Pim van Boxsel | ![]() |
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Verbinding met morgen | 1957-00-00 | ed. Manuel van Loggem | De Bezige Bij (Schrik in Plastic #4) | 198 | 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 | Pim van Boxsel | ![]() |
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Utopia-Science-Fiction-Magazin, #18 | 1958-11-17 | ed. Bert Koeppen | Pabel | USFM18 | DM 1.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
96 | 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 | Ed Valigursky | ![]() |
Nightmares and Geezenstacks | 1961-07-00 | Fredric Brown | Bantam Books | J2296 | $0.40?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
137 | 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 | Hieronymus Bosch | ![]() |
Nightmares and Geezenstacks | 1962-00-00 | Fredric Brown | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers | SS1167 | 2/6?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). |
137 | 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 | Hieronymus Bosch | ![]() |
Albträume?Albtraeume |
1963-00-00 | Fredric Brown | Hunna | 126 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
Fantômes et farfafouilles | 1963-00-00 | Fredric Brown | Denoël?Denoel (Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #65) |
F6.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999 |
220 | 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 | |||
Human and Other Beings | 1963-00-00 | ed. Allen DeGraeff | Collier Books | 01951 | $0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
319 | 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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Human and Other Beings | 1963-06-00 | ed. Allen DeGraeff | Collier Books | AS567 | $0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
319 | 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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Alpträume?Alptraeume |
1965-05-00 | Fredric Brown | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3046) | 3046 | DM 2.40?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
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 | Atelier Heinrichs | ![]() |
De verschrikkelijke buiksprekerspop | 1966-00-00 | ed. Manuel van Loggem | Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1008) | 1008 | ƒ2.00?ƒ: Dutch guilder. ISO code: NLG in 1810s-1999 |
191 | 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 | Dick Bruna | ![]() |
Fantômes et farfafouilles?Fantomes et farfafouilles |
1969-12-15 | Fredric Brown | Denoël?Denoel (Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #65) |
F8.50?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999 |
220 | 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 | |||
The Old Masters | 1970-09-00 | ed. Brian Davis | New English Library | 0-450-00597-6 / 2759 | 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). |
128 | 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 | Jan Parker | ![]() |
Alpträume?Alptraeume |
1972-00-00 | Fredric Brown | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3046) | 3046 | DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
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 | Atelier Heinrichs | ![]() |
Fantômes et farfafouilles | 1972-01-15 | Fredric Brown | Denoël?Denoel (Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #65) |
220 | 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 | ||||
Histoires de voyages dans le temps | 1975-00-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3772) | 2-253-00769-2 | 442 | 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 | Pierre Faucheux | ![]() |
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Les vents de Gath | 1975-02-14 | E. C. Tubb | OPTA (OPTA - Galaxie Bis #40) | F9.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999 |
252 | 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. |
novel | Enki Bilal | ||
Histoires de voyages dans le temps | 1976-00-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3772) | 2-253-00769-2 | 442 | 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 | Pierre Faucheux | ![]() |
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Fantômes et farfafouilles | 1976-12-23 | Fredric Brown | Denoël?Denoel (Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #65) |
220 | 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 |
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
|
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Galaktika 26: Tudományos-fantasztikus antológia?Galaktika 26: Tudomanyos-fantasztikus antologia Galaktika 26: Tudomaanyos-fantasztikus antoloogia |
1977-00-00 |
ed.
Kuczka Péter?Kuczka, Peter |
Kozmosz Könyvek?Kozmosz Konyvek |
IF 2879 - e - 7779 | Ft 12?Ft: Hungarian forint. ISO code: HUF |
127 | 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 | Szabó Zoltán | ![]() |
Histoires de voyages dans le temps | 1978-00-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3772) | 2-253-00769-2 | 442 | 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 | Pierre Faucheux | ||
The Diversifier, #25 March 1978 | 1978-03-00 | ed. C. C. Clingan, Joey Froelich, Ralph Stephen Harding, Jon Inouye, Robert Metcalf | C. C. Clingan | $2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
76 | octavo?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued |
fanzine | Stephen Fabian | ![]() |
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Nightmares and Geezenstacks | 1979-03-00 | Fredric Brown | Bantam Books | 0-553-12456-0 | $1.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
182 | 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 | Hieronymus Bosch | ![]() |
Science Fiction of the Fifties | 1979-09-00 | ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander | Avon | 0-380-46409-8 | $4.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xxiii+ 438 |
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 | Stanislaw Fernandes | ![]() |
Shared Tomorrows: Science Fiction in Collaboration | 1979-10-00 | ed. Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini | St. Martin's Press | 0-312-71637-0 | $10.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xiv+ 233 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Gary La Sasso | ![]() |
Science Fiction of the Fifties | 1980-02-00 | ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander | Avon / SFBC | 3671 | $3.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xxii+ 393 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Gary Viskupic | ![]() |
Sirius, #61 | 1981-07-05 |
ed.
Borivoj Jurković?Borivoj Jurkovic Borivoj Jurkovich |
Vjesnik | Din 30?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 |
148 | 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 |
Vjekoslav Ivezić?Vjekoslav Ivezic
Vjekoslav Ivezich |
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Fantômes et farfafouilles | 1981-08-20 | Fredric Brown | Denoël?Denoel (Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #65) |
220 | 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 |
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
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The Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown | 1982-09-00 | Fredric Brown | New English Library | 0-450-05501-9 | £1.75?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
447 | 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 | Tim White | ![]() |
Fantômes et farfafouilles | 1983-03-00 | Fredric Brown | Denoël?Denoel (Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #65) |
2-207-30065-X | 220 | 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 |
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
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Cosmolinea B-2 | 1983-06-00 | Fredric Brown | Mondadori (Biblioteca di Urania #12) | Lit 8,000?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
360 | 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 | Karel Thole | ||
Histoires de voyages dans le temps | 1987-01-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3772) | 2-253-00769-2 | 442 | 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 | ||
And the Gods Laughed | 1987-10-00 | Fredric Brown | Phantasia Press | 0-932096-47-6 | $19.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xxii+ 431 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Frank Kelly Freas | ![]() |
And the Gods Laughed | 1987-10-00 | Fredric Brown | Phantasia Press | 0-932096-47-6 | $50.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xxii+ 431+ [3] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Frank Kelly Freas | ![]() |
Sf galaksija | 1989-00-00 |
ed.
Zoran Živković?Zoran Zivkovic |
Prosveta (Kentaur) | 86-07-00457-3 | 303 | 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 | Chris Foss | ![]() |
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La science-fiction | 1992-10-00 | ed. Antonia Gasquez, Edith Heintzmann | Nathan | 2-09-171093-8 | 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. |
anth | |||
Fantômes et farfafouilles | 1996-10-00 | Fredric Brown | Denoël?Denoel (Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #65) |
2-207-30065-X | 220 | 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 |
Joëlle Coulombeau?Joelle Coulombeau
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From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown | 2001-02-00 | Fredric Brown | NESFA Press | 1-886778-18-3 | $29.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
693 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | ![]() |
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown | 2001-10-00 | Fredric Brown | NESFA Press / SFBC | 01122 | $14.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
693 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | ![]() |
Fantômes et farfafouilles | 2001-12-17 | Fredric Brown | Denoël?Denoel (Folio SF #79) |
2-07-041898-7 | 310 | 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 |
Benjamin Carré?Benjamin Carre
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From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown | 2002-07-00 | Fredric Brown | NESFA Press | 1-886778-18-3 | $29.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
693 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | ![]() |
Fantômes et farfafouilles | 2006-03-02 | Fredric Brown | Denoël?Denoel (Folio SF #79) |
2-07-041898-7 | 310 | 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 |
Benjamin Carré?Benjamin Carre
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Fantômes et farfafouilles?Fantomes et farfafouilles |
2009-10-26 | Fredric Brown | Denoël?Denoel (Folio SF #79) |
978-2-07-041898-5 | 310 | 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 |
Benjamin Carré?Benjamin Carre
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From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown | 2011-06-00 | Fredric Brown | NESFA Press | 978-1-886778-18-4 | $29.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
693 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | ![]() |