Title: Of Polymuf Stock
Title Record # 94886
Author: John Christopher
Date: 1971-10-28
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: The Sword of the Spirits
Language: English
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Author: John Christopher
Date: 1971-10-28
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: The Sword of the Spirits
Language: English
Note: First published in Young Winter's Tales 2, ed. M. R. Hodgkin, London: Macmillan, 1971.
Synopsis: In a postapocalyptic future where mutants serve in a lower caste, the grandson of a prominent family is struck with an inferiority complex after he finds out his mother had been a mutant, which spurs him on a path to acquire wealth and power. But when he finds a long-hidden dead man and his hoard of treasure, he comes to realize that wealth, power, and status are illusions, and that mutants and normals are all just humans living their transient lives.
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Current Tags: moral lesson (1), Prejudice (1), inferiority (1), poastapocalyptic (1), mutants (1), greed (1), heritage (1), palace intrigue (1), hoard (1), caste (1), sword and sorcery (1), first person point of view (1) Add Tags
Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Winter's Tales 2 | 1971-10-28 | ed. M. R. Hodgkin | Macmillan UK | 0-333-12868-0 | £1.50?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
192 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Fantasy Tales | 1977-00-00 | ed. Barbara Ireson | Faber and Faber | 0-571-10922-5 | £3.50?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
218 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Errol Le Cain | |
| Fantasy Tales | 1978-00-00 | ed. Barbara Ireson | Faber and Faber | 0-571-10922-5 | £3.50?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
218 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Errol Le Cain |  |
| The April Witch and Other Strange Tales | 1978-07-00 | ed. Barbara Ireson | Charles Scribner's Sons | 0-684-15341-6 | $8.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
x+ 238 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Fantasy Tales | 1981-00-00 | ed. Barbara Ireson | Beaver Books | 0-600-20056-6 | £1.10?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
190 | 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 | Robin Lawrie | |
| Science Fiction Stories | 1988-10-00 | ed. Edward Blishen | Kingfisher | 0-86272-322-1 | £6.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
253 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Graham Potts | |
| Science Fiction Stories | 1991-07-00 | ed. Edward Blishen | Kingfisher | 0-86272-803-7 | £3.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
253 | 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 | ||
| Science Fiction Stories | 1993-00-00 | ed. Edward Blishen | Kingfisher (US) | 0-7534-5677-X | $6.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
253 | 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 | Paul Young | |
| Science Fiction Stories | 1993-03-00 | ed. Edward Blishen | Kingfisher (US) (Story Library) | 1-85697-889-3 | $6.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
254 | 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 | Angus McKie | |
| The Puffin Book of Science Fiction | 1993-04-00 | ed. Nicholas Fisk | Viking UK | 0-670-83966-3 | £8.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
153+ [1] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | George Smith | |
| The Puffin Book of Science Fiction | 1994-05-00 | ed. Nicholas Fisk | Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) | 0-14-034797-6 | £3.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
153+ [1] |
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 | Peter Gudynas | |
| Science Fiction Stories | 1997-04-00 | ed. Edward Blishen | Kingfisher | 0-86272-803-7 | £5.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
253 | 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 | Angus McKie | |
| Out of This World: Science Fiction Stories | 2008-09-00 | ed. Edward Blishen | Kingfisher | 978-0-7534-1633-4 | £6.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
271 | 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 | Blacksheep | |
| Science Fiction Stories | date unknown | ed. Edward Blishen | Kingfisher (US) | 1-85697-889-3 | $6.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
253 | 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 | Angus McKie | |
| Science Fiction Stories | date unknown | ed. Edward Blishen | Kingfisher | 0-86272-803-7 | £3.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
253 | 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 | Angus McKie | |
| Science Fiction Stories | date unknown | ed. Edward Blishen | Kingfisher (Story Library) | 0-86272-803-7 | £3.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
253 | 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 | Graham Potts | |
| Science Fiction Stories | date unknown | ed. Edward Blishen | Kingfisher (US) | 0-7534-5677-X | $6.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
253 | 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 | Paul Young | |
| The Puffin Book of Science Fiction | date unknown | ed. Nicholas Fisk | Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) | 0-14-034797-6 | £4.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
153+ [1] |
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 | Peter Gudynas |