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Title: The Terrible Answer

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Title: The Terrible Answer Title Record # 97383
Author: Paul Gallico
Date: 1950-06-17
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1976Translated by Anne Uhde
German Die furchtbare Antwort
1977Translated by Pierre Rocheron
French La terrible réponse

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Saturday Evening Post, June 17, 1950 1950-06-17 ed. Editors of The Saturday Evening Post    
$0.15?$: US dollar
172
tabloid?11" by 16" magazine, usually newsprint, e.g. British Science Fiction Monthly.
mag  
The Saturday Evening Post Fantasy Stories 1951-10-00 ed. Barthold Fles Avon 389
$0.25?$: US dollar
126
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 William Randall Checkmark
The Lucifer Society: Macabre Tales by Great Modern Writers 1972-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Taplinger 0-8008-5042-4
$6.50?$: US dollar
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Lucifer Society: Macabre Tales by Great Modern Writers 1972-06-00 ed. Peter Haining W. H. Allen 0-491-00881-3
£2.50?£: UK pound
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Lucifer Society: Macabre Tales by Great Modern Writers 1973-08-00 ed. Peter Haining Signet / New American Library Y5568
$1.25?$: US dollar
xx+
256
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 Don Ivan Punchatz Checkmark
Luzifer läßt grüßen: Teuflische Geschichten 1976-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Wunderlich 3-8052-0269-5
DM 29.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
335
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Détours dans les ténèbres 1977-02-00 ed. Peter Haining Casterman 2-203-22620-X   230
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Luzifer läßt grüßen: Teuflische Geschichten 1979-07-00 ed. Peter Haining dtv (dtv phantastica #1856) 3-423-01856-9
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
278
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 Celestino Piatti Checkmark
Masters of the Macabre: The Best of the 20th Century 1993-04-00 ed. Peter Haining Robert Hale 0-7090-5068-2
£7.99?£: UK pound
256
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  
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