Title: The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag Title Record # 67629
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Date: 1942-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
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Language: English User Rating: 8.67 (3 votes) Including variants and translations: 8.25 (8 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Year Title 1942 The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag [as by John Riverside]

Year Language Title 1965ⓘTranslated by Luigi Cozzi Italian Il mestiere dell'avvoltoio 1969ⓘTranslated by Felix Visser Dutch Het curieuze beroep van Jonathan Hoag 1971ⓘTranslated by Wulf H. Bergner German Die Söhne des Vogels 1973ⓘTranslated by Bo Hedekrans Swedish Speglad skräck 1975ⓘTranslated by Felix Visser as by F. Visser Dutch Het onaangename beroep van Jonathan Hoag 1981ⓘTranslated by Jean-Pierre Pugi French L'étrange profession de Mr. Jonathan Hoag [as by Robert Heinlein] 2003ⓘTranslated by Vittorio Curtoni Italian Il mestiere dell'avvoltoio

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
2	2018 Retro Hugo	Best Novella
Nominations Below Cutoff	2019 Retro Hugo	Best Novella

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Unknown Worlds, October 1942	1942-10-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.25?$: US dollar	130	bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.	mag
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	1959-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Gnome Press		$3.50?$: US dollar	256	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Walter Van der Poel
6 x H	1961-08-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Pyramid Books	G642	$0.35?$: US dollar	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.	coll	Robert J. Engle
6 x H	1963-09-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Pyramid Books	F910	$0.40?$: US dollar	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.	coll	Jack Gaughan
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	1964-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Burns & MacEachern		C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar	256	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	1964-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Dennis Dobson		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).	256	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Phillippe May
6 x H	1965-03-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Pyramid Books		$?$: US dollar	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.	coll
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	1965-08-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Dennis Dobson / SFBC (UK)		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).	256	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	1966-11-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Penguin Books	2510	4/-?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).	221	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	Alan Aldridge
6 x H	1969-06-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Pyramid Books	X-2023	$0.60?$: US dollar	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.	coll	Jack Gaughan
6 x H	1971-05-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Pyramid Books	T2471	$0.75?$: US dollar	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.	coll	Bill Skurski
6 x H	1972-10-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Pyramid Books	0-515-02822-3	$0.95?$: US dollar	219	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	Bill Skurski
6 x H	1972-10-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Pyramid Books	0-515-02822-3	C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar	219	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	Bill Skurski
The Best of Robert Heinlein	1973-10-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Sphere	0-7221-4462-8	£0.40?£: UK pound	348	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	Patrick Woodroffe
The Best of Robert Heinlein	1973-10-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Sidgwick & Jackson	0-283-97982-8	£?£: UK pound	348	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
6 x H	1974-01-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Pyramid Books	N2822	$0.95?$: US dollar	219	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	Bill Skurski
6 x H	1975-02-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Pyramid Books	V3635	$1.25?$: US dollar	219	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	Bill Skurski
6 x H	1975-02-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Pyramid Books	V3635	C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar	219	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	Bill Skurski
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	1976-02-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Berkley Medallion	0-425-03052-0	$1.50?$: US dollar	214	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	Paul Lehr
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	1976-07-00	Robert A. Heinlein	New English Library	0-450-02886-0	£0.70?£: UK pound	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.	coll	Tim White
The Best of Robert Heinlein 1939-1942	1977-05-00	Robert Heinlein	Sphere	0-7221-4469-5	£0.65?£: UK pound	216	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	Patrick Woodroffe
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	1978-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Berkley Medallion	0-425-03717-7	$1.75?$: US dollar	214	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	Paul Lehr
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	1980-04-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Berkley Medallion	0-425-04332-0	$1.95?$: US dollar	214	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	Carl Lundgren
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	1980-11-00	Robert A. Heinlein	New English Library	0-450-04798-9	£1.25?£: UK pound	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.	coll	Peter Gudynas
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	1980-12-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Berkley Books	0-425-05052-1	$2.25?$: US dollar	214	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	Carl Lundgren
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	1983-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Berkley Books	0-425-06583-9	$2.75?$: US dollar	214	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 Best of Robert Heinlein	1983-12-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Amereon House			344	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	1987-09-00	Robert A. Heinlein	New English Library	0-450-04798-9	£2.50?£: UK pound	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.	coll
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	1989-03-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Ace Books	0-441-85457-5	$3.95?$: US dollar	214	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	James Warhola
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	1989-12-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Ace Books	0-441-85457-5	$3.95?$: US dollar	214	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	James Warhola
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	1997-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Fantasy)			256	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein	1999-11-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Tor	0-312-87245-3	$27.95?$: US dollar	352	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Peter Gudynas
The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein	1999-11-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Tor / SFBC	06746	$13.98?$: US dollar	352	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Peter Gudynas
The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein	2002-05-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Tor	0-312-87557-6	$16.95?$: US dollar	352	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
New Worlds to Conquer	2010-11-00	Robert A. Heinlein	The Virginia Edition (The Virginia Edition #34)	978-1-897350-46-1		v+ 533	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	2012-05-12	Robert A. Heinlein	Spectrum Literary Agency		$4.75?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	chap
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Berkley Medallion	0-425-03052-0	$1.50?$: US dollar	214	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 Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Berkley Medallion	0-425-03052-0	$1.50?$: US dollar	214	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	Paul Lehr

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