Title: What You Need

Title: What You Need Title Record # 45648
Authors: Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
Date: 1945-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations

Year	Title
1945	What You Need [as by Lewis Padgett]
1945	What You Need [as by Henry Kuttner]

Year	Language	Title
1970^ⓘTranslated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch	German	Was Sie brauchen ... [as by Henry Kuttner]
1979^ⓘTranslated by Arturo Casals.	Spanish	Lo que necesita [as by Henry Kuttner]
1979^ⓘTranslated by Frank Straschitz	French	Ce qu'il vous faut [as by Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore]
1987^ⓘTranslated by Helmut Degner.	German	Alles, was wir brauchen [as by Lewis Padgett]

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
4	1996 Retro Hugo	Best Short Story

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Astounding Science Fiction, October 1945	1945-10-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	180	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	Timmins
A Gnome There Was and Other Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy	1950-00-00	Lewis Padgett	Simon & Schuster		$2.50^?$: US dollar	276	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Edd Cartier , K Chester
Omnibus of Science Fiction	1952-11-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Crown Publishers		$3.50^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 562	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Omnibus of Science Fiction	1953-00-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Crown Publishers / SFBC		$1.90^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 562	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Omnibus of Science Fiction	1953-04-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Crown Publishers			xiv+ 562	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Line to Tomorrow	1954-08-00	Lewis Padgett	Bantam Books	1251	$0.25^?$: US dollar	184	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	Mitchell Hooks
The Best of Kuttner 2	1966-05-00	Henry Kuttner	Mayflower-Dell	0547	5/-^?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).	288	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	Jacks
The Best of Kuttner 2	1970-00-00	Henry Kuttner	Mayflower				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	Josh Kirby
Gespräch aus der Zukunft und andere Stories^?Gespraech aus der Zukunft und andere Stories	1970-09-25	Henry Kuttner	Moewig (Terra Nova #143)	TN143	DM 1.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	66	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".	coll	Karl Stephan
The Best of Henry Kuttner	1975-02-00	Henry Kuttner	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	6457	$2.49^?$: US dollar	xii+ 338	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Larry Kresek
The Best of Henry Kuttner	1975-04-00	Henry Kuttner	Ballantine Books (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction)	0-345-24415-X	$1.95^?$: US dollar	xv+ 398	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
The Best of Henry Kuttner	1975-04-00	Henry Kuttner	Ballantine Books	0-345-24415-X	C$1.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	xv+ 398	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
Lo mejor de Henry Kuttner II	1979-00-00	Henry Kuttner	Edhasa (Nebulae (2ª época) #39)	84-350-0272-1		224	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
Le livre d'or de la Science-Fiction: Henry Kuttner et Catherine L. Moore	1979-10-31	Henry Kuttner, Catherine L. Moore	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5061)	2-266-00794-7		381	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	Marcel Laverdet
Omnibus of Science Fiction	1980-00-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers	0-517-32097-5	$^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 561	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Eddie Jones
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 7, 1945	1982-07-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #489)	0-87997-746-9 / UE1746	$3.50^?$: US dollar	368	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	Bernal
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 7, 1945	1982-07-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	0-87997-746-9	C$3.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	368	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	Bernal
The Omnibus of Science Fiction	1984-00-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Chatham River Press	0-517-45370-3	$1.98^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 561	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	Eddie Jones
The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Fourth Series	1984-12-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers	0-517-44735-5	$6.98^?$: US dollar	632	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Fernandez
The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories	1985-00-00	ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Richard Matheson, Charles G. Waugh	MJF Books	1-56731-065-6		550	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories	1985-07-00	ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Richard Matheson, Charles G. Waugh	Avon Books	0-380-89601-X	$8.95^?$: US dollar	550	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
Magische Schatten	1987-00-00	ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Richard Matheson, Charles G. Waugh	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #6927)	3-453-00367-5	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	319	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	Otto (I)
Two-Handed Engine	2005-07-00	Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore	Centipede Press	0-9712051-3-2	$225.00^?$: US dollar	914	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Richard Powers
Two-Handed Engine: The Selected Stories of Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore	2006-05-00	Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore	Centipede Press / SFBC	0-7394-6810-3 / 1210833	$14.99^?$: US dollar	913	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Richard Powers
The Last Mimzy	2007-03-00	Henry Kuttner	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-49755-4	$13.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 338	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
Fury / Mutant / The Best of Henry Kuttner	2013-12-19	Henry Kuttner	Gollancz (SF Gateway Omnibus)	978-0-575-12886-6	£18.99^?£: UK pound	xi+ 624	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.	omni	Guy Warley
Fury / Mutant / The Best of Henry Kuttner	2013-12-19	Henry Kuttner	Gateway / Orion (SF Gateway Omnibus)	978-1-4732-0199-6	£9.49^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
The Best of Henry Kuttner	2014-08-17	Henry Kuttner	Diversion Books	978-1-62681-321-2			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll

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