Title: The Ethical Equations

Title: The Ethical Equations Title Record # 7586
Author: Murray Leinster
Date: 1945-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Year	Language	Title
1952	Italian	Pericolo dallo spazio
1977^ⓘTranslated by Krunoslav Poljak	Croatian	Etička ravnoteža^?Eticka ravnoteza
1980^ⓘTranslated by Rosemarie Hundertmarck	German	Die Ethischen Gleichungen
1990^ⓘTranslated by Antonella Pieretti	Italian	Le Equazioni Etiche
1992^ⓘTranslated by Н. Галь / N. Gal'.	Russian	Этические уравнения^?Eticheskiye uravneniya [as by Мюррей Лейнстер^?Myurrey Leynster Murray Leinster ]

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
2	1996 Retro Hugo	Best Short Story

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Astounding Science Fiction, June 1945	1945-06-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	180	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	Timmins
A Treasury of Science Fiction	1948-03-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Crown Publishers		$3.00^?$: US dollar	ix+ 517	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
A Treasury of Science Fiction	1948-11-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Crown Publishers			ix+ 517	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
A Treasury of Science Fiction	1951-03-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Crown Publishers		$3.00^?$: US dollar	517	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Scienza Fantastica #3	1952-06-00	ed. Vittorio Kramer, Lionello Torossi	Editrice Krator	3	Lit 130^?Lit: Italian lira	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	N. Benedettucci
A Treasury of Science Fiction	1957-07-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Berkley Books	G-63	$0.35^?$: US dollar	186	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	Richard Powers
A Treasury of Science Fiction	1958-01-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Berkley Books	G-63	$0.35^?$: US dollar	186	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	Richard Powers
Giants Unleashed	1965-00-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Grosset & Dunlap		$2.95^?$: US dollar	viii+ 248	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
A Treasury of Science Fiction	1965-01-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Berkley Medallion	F1047	$0.50^?$: US dollar	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.	anth
Giants Unleashed	1966-04-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap	T111	$0.50^?$: US dollar	viii+ 248	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	Louis S. Glanzman
Minds Unleashed	1970-10-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap	5361	$0.95^?$: US dollar	248	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 Murray Leinster	1976-12-00	Murray Leinster	Corgi	0-552-10333-0	£0.60^?£: UK pound	174	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
Sirius, #10	1977-04-05	ed. Borivoj Jurković^?Borivoj Jurkovic Borivoj Jurkovich	Vjesnik		Din 10^?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar	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	Vicente Segrelles
The Best of Murray Leinster	1978-04-00	Murray Leinster	Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction)	0-345-25800-2	C$1.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	xvi+ 368	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	H. R. Van Dongen
The Best of Murray Leinster	1978-04-00	Murray Leinster	Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction)	0-345-25800-2	$1.95^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 368	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	H. R. Van Dongen
A Treasury of Science Fiction	1980-03-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers	0-517-30618-2	$5.98^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 517	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Eddie Jones
Die besten Stories von Murray Leinster	1980-05-00	Murray Leinster	Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6704)	3-8118-6704-0	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	398	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 Layzell
Lo strano caso di John Kingman	1990-09-00	Murray Leinster	Mondadori (Classici Urania #162)		Lit 6,000^?Lit: Italian lira	380	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
Саргассы в космосе^?Sargassy v kosmose	1992-00-00	Владимир Маркович^?Vladimir Markovich	Общество книголюбов^?Obshchestvo knigolyubov	5-7707-1320-8		592	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster	1998-08-00	Murray Leinster	NESFA Press	0-915368-67-6	$25.00^?$: US dollar	464	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Hannibal King
First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster	1999-02-00	Murray Leinster	NESFA Press / SFBC	02544	$12.50^?$: US dollar	464	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Hannibal King
Первый контакт^?Pervyj kontakt	2006-02-00	Мюррей Лейнстер^?Myurrey Leynster Murray Leinster	Эксмо^?Eksmo ( Шедевры фантастики (Эксмо)^?Shedevry fantastiki (Eksmo) )	5-699-15625-9		1024	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Криса Мура^?Krisa Mura
The Second Murray Leinster Megapack	2012-08-01	Murray Leinster	Wildside Press (Megapack)	978-1-4344-4830-9		736	ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster	2020-03-10	Murray Leinster	Gateway / Orion	978-1-4732-2737-8	£4.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Minds Unleashed	date unknown	ed. Groff Conklin	Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap	0-448-12130-1	$1.25^?$: US dollar	248	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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