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Title: The Bitterest Pill

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Title: The Bitterest Pill Title Record # 95006
Author: Frederik Pohl
Date: 1959-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1959 The Richest Man in Levittown
Year Language Title
1959 French
D'amères pilules?D'ameres pilules
[as by Frederic Pohl]
1961 Italian La pillola più amara
1972ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr
 German Der reichste Mann in Levittown
1975ⓘTranslated by André-François Termath
 French
Amère pilule?Amere pilule
1979 Italian L'uomo Piu' Ricco Di Levittown
1981ⓘTranslated by Eva Malsch
 German Der reichste Mann von Levittown

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Magazine, April 1959 1959-04-00 ed. H. L. Gold Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.50?$: US dollar
 196
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 Wood Checkmark
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 73 1959-05-00 ed. H. L. Gold Strato Publications  
3/6?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).
 196
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 Wood Checkmark
Turn Left at Thursday 1961-03-00 Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books 476K
$0.35?$: US dollar
 159
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 Checkmark
The Fifth Galaxy Reader 1961-03-00 ed. H. L. Gold Doubleday (Doubleday Science Fiction)  
$3.95?$: US dollar
 260
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Arthur Renshaw Checkmark
Turn Left at Thursday 1961-07-00 Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books 476 K
$0.35?$: US dollar
 159
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  
The Fifth Galaxy Reader 1961-09-00 ed. H. L. Gold Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.20?$: US dollar
 260
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Arthur Renshaw Checkmark
The Fifth Galaxy Reader 1963-02-00 ed. H. L. Gold Pocket Books 6163
$0.35?$: US dollar
 xiii+
241
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 Checkmark
An ABC of Science Fiction 1966-00-00 ed. Tom Boardman, Jr. Four Square Books 1652
A$0.60?A$: Australian dollar
 205
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  
An ABC of Science Fiction 1966-11-00 ed. Tom Boardman, Jr. Four Square Books 1652
3/6?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).
 205
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 Barry Evans Checkmark
An ABC of Science Fiction 1968-12-00 ed. Tom Boardman, Jr. Avon V2249
$0.75?$: US dollar
 ix+
223
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 Ron Walotsky Checkmark
Turn Left at Thursday 1969-10-00 Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books 01747
$0.75?$: US dollar
 159
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 Foster Checkmark
An ABC of Science Fiction 1971-02-00 ed. Tom Boardman, Jr. Avon V2392
$0.75?$: US dollar
 223
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 Ron Walotsky Checkmark
The Best of Frederik Pohl 1975-03-00 Frederik Pohl Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 6486
$2.49?$: US dollar
 306
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll John Berkey Checkmark
The Best of Frederik Pohl 1975-06-00 Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books 0-345-24507-5
C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 xvi+
363
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
The Best of Frederik Pohl 1975-06-00 Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-24507-5
$1.95?$: US dollar
 xvi+
363
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
The Best of Frederik Pohl 1976-04-00 Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-24507-5
$1.95?$: US dollar
 xvi+
363
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
The Best of Frederik Pohl 1976-12-00 Frederik Pohl Orbit / Futura 0-86007-916-3
£0.90?£: UK pound
 xvi+
363
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 Tony Roberts Checkmark
The Best of Frederik Pohl 1977-00-00 Frederik Pohl Taplinger 0-8008-0724-3
$9.95?$: US dollar
 306
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Rus Anderson  
The Best of Frederik Pohl 1977-01-00 Frederik Pohl Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-98341-8
£4.95?£: UK pound
 xvi+
363
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll David Hardy  
Tales from the Darkside: Volume One 1988-10-00 ed. Tom Allen (1938-1988), Mitchell Galin Berkley Books 0-425-11095-8
$3.50?$: 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 Checkmark
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