Title: Shape
Title Record # 40949
Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1953-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: escapepod.org
Language: English
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Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1953-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: escapepod.org
Language: English
Note: Word count: 5798 words (based on the text available at escapepod.org)
Synopsis: A race of shape shifting aliens is going to invade earth. The invading expedition has only to smuggle a small device near a nuclear reactor, and the hordes of invaders are able to teleport to earth. There have been several earlier expeditions and they have all failed.
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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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Untouched by Human Hands | 1954-03-00 | Robert Sheckley | Ballantine Books | 73 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
169 | 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 | Jack Coggins | |
Untouched by Human Hands | 1954-03-00 | Robert Sheckley | Ballantine Books | H-73 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
169+ [1] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
Argosy (UK), May 1955 | 1955-05-00 | ed. Editors of Argosy (UK) | The Amalgamated Press | 1/6?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). |
144 | 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 | |||
Untouched by Human Hands | 1960-11-00 | Robert Sheckley | Ballantine Books | 437K | $0.35?$: US dollar |
169 | 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 | Blanchard | |
Untouched by Human Hands | 1967-12-00 | Robert Sheckley | Ballantine Bal-Hi | U2855 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
169+ [1] |
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 | ||
Gates to Tomorrow: An Introduction to Science Fiction | 1973-04-00 | ed. Ernestine Donaldy, Andre Norton | Atheneum | 0-689-30321-1 | $6.50?$: US dollar |
264 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Jack Gaughan | |
Alpha 7 | 1977-07-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Berkley Medallion | 0-425-03530-1 | $1.50?$: US dollar |
x+ 240 |
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 | Randy Weidner | |
Untouched by Human Hands | 1979-03-00 | Robert Sheckley | Ace Books | 0-441-84680-7 | $1.75?$: US dollar |
214 | 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 | Olivia | |
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction | 1980-04-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Priam Books / Arbor House | 0-87795-266-3 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
xii+ 754 |
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 | Antler & Baldwin, Inc. | |
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction | 1980-04-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Arbor House | 0-87795-246-9 | $19.95?$: US dollar |
xii+ 754 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Antler & Baldwin, Inc. | |
Is That What People Do? | 1984-08-00 | Robert Sheckley | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | 0-03-063707-4 | $19.95?$: US dollar |
402 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | David Gambale | |
Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century | 1987-11-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Avenel Books | 0-517-64124-0 | $8.98?$: US dollar |
x+ 726 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Romas | |
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book One | 1991-09-00 | Robert Sheckley | Pulphouse Publishing | 331 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley | 1991-09-00 | Robert Sheckley | Pulphouse Publishing | $150.00?$: US dollar |
331+ 380+ 360+ 275+ 344 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | |||
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book One | 1992-07-00 | Robert Sheckley | Pulphouse Publishing | 1-56146-420-1 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
331 | 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 | ||
The Masque of Mañana | 2005-08-00 | Robert Sheckley | NESFA Press | 1-886778-60-4 | $29.00?$: US dollar |
569 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | |
The Masque of Mañana | 2005-12-00 | Robert Sheckley | NESFA Press / SFBC | 1202183 | $14.50?$: US dollar |
569 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | |
The Monsters and Other Science Fiction Tales | 2008-04-00 | Robert Sheckley | Wildside Press | 978-1-4344-7005-8 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
138 | 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 | ||
The Masque of Mañana | 2008-08-00 | Robert Sheckley | NESFA Press | 1-886778-60-4 | $29.00?$: US dollar |
569 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | |
Store of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley | 2012-05-01 | Robert Sheckley | New York Review of Books (NYRB Classics) | 978-1-59017-494-4 | $17.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 396 |
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 | Keith Carter |