Title: Roller Ball Murder
Title Record # 97590
Author: William Harrison
Date: 1973-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
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Language: English
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Author: William Harrison
Date: 1973-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: instruct.uwo.ca, sciencefictionruminations.com, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: First published in the magazine Esquire, September 1973.
Synopsis: RBM is the most popular and dangerous spectator sport on TV. As the rules are tweaked to make it more dramatic, and far more deadly, the top player starts to wonder what it's all for.
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Best SF: 1973 | 1974-06-00 | ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison | Berkley Medallion | 0-425-02581-0 | $0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
255 | 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 | Paul Lehr | ![]() |
Roller Ball Murder | 1974-06-28 | William Harrison | William Morrow | 0-688-00265-X | $5.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
189 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | One Plus One Studio | ![]() |
Best SF: 1973 | 1974-07-00 | ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison | G. P. Putnam's Sons | 0-399-11301-0 | $6.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xvii+ 238 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Paul Lehr | ![]() |
Roller Ball Murder | 1975-00-00 | William Harrison | Robson Books | 0-903895-49-8 | £2.75?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
189 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ![]() |
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The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 7 | 1975-04-00 | ed. Brian Aldiss, Harry Harrison | Sphere Books | 0-7221-4361-3 | £0.55?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
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. |
anth | ![]() |
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Roller Ball Murder | 1975-07-00 | William Harrison | Warner Paperback Library | 0-446-76839-1 | $1.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
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 | ![]() |
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Roller Ball Murder | 1975-08-00 | William Harrison | Warner Paperback Library | 0-446-76839-1 | $1.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
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 | ||
Rollerball | 1975-09-24 | William Harrison | Presses de la Cité?Presses de la Cite |
183 | 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 | ||||
Roller Ball Murder | 1975-10-00 | William Harrison | Warner Paperback Library | 0-446-76839-1 | $1.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
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 | ![]() |
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Science Fiction Story Reader 5 | 1975-12-00 | ed. Wolfgang Jeschke | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3473) | 3-453-30355-5 | DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
156 | 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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Sirius, #6 | 1976-12-05 |
ed.
Borivoj Jurković?Borivoj Jurkovic Borivoj Jurkovich |
Vjesnik | Din 10?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar. ISO codes: YUF in 1945-1966, YUD in 1966-1989, YUN in 1990-1992, YUR in July 1992-September 1993, YUO in October-December 1993, YUG in early January 1994, YUM in 1994-2003, CSD in 2003-2006, RSD since 2006 |
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 | ![]() |
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Roller Ball Murder | 1978-00-00 | William Harrison | Orbit / Futura | 0-86007-865-5 | £0.75?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
189 | 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 | ![]() |
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Histoires de l'an 2000 | 1985-01-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3817) | 2-253-03625-0 | 378 | 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 | Manchu | ![]() |
Reviews
- Review by Allan Danzig (1975) in The Science Fiction Review Monthly, September 1975
- Review [French] by George W. Barlow (1976) in Fiction, #266