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Title: Bad Medicine Title Record # 45911
Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1956-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1956 Bad Medicine [as by Finn O'Donnevan]
Year Language Title
1956 French Erreur de traitement [as by Finn O'Donnevan]
1960Translated by Jean-Michel Deramat
French Les grands remèdes
1962 Italian La cura sbagliata
1974Translated by Felix Visser
Dutch Vreemde therapie
1977Translated by Roderick van Rhyn
Dutch Kwaakzalvers
1982Translated by Wolfgang Eisermann
German Das falsche Medikament
1993 German Die falsche Therapie
2020Translated by Laura Scaramussa Azevedo and Lilian Scaramussa Azevedo
Portuguese Mal remediado

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1956 1956-07-00 ed. H. L. Gold Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.35?$: US dollar
148
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 Jack Coggins Checkmark
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 42 1956-09-00 ed. H. L. Gold Strato Publications  
2/-?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).
132
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 Jack Coggins Checkmark
Galaxie (1ère série), #36 November 1956 1956-11-00 ed.
Editors of Galaxie (1ère série)?Editors of Galaxie (1ere serie)
Editions Nuit et Jour  
F100?F: French frank
148
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 Virgil Finlay  
Pilgrimage to Earth 1957-10-00 Robert Sheckley Bantam Books A1672
$0.35?$: US dollar
167
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 Checkmark
Pilgrimage to Earth 1957-10-00 Robert Sheckley Bantam Books A1672
C$0.35?C$: Canadian dollar
167
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 Checkmark
Pilgrimage to Earth 1957-11-00 Robert Sheckley Bantam Books A1672
$0.35?$: US dollar
167
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 Checkmark
Pilgrimage to Earth 1959-00-00 Robert Sheckley Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers SS746
2/6?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).
190
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 Checkmark
Pèlerinage à la Terre 1960-00-00 Robert Sheckley
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#43)
    253
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  
Galaxy #50 1962-07-00 ed. Luigi Vitali Casa Editrice La Tribuna 50
Lit 150?Lit: Italian lira
128
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 Finlay Checkmark
Pilgrimage to Earth 1964-08-00 Robert Sheckley Bantam Books F2812
$0.50?$: US dollar
167
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 Checkmark
Pilgrimage to Earth 1964-08-00 Robert Sheckley Bantam Books F2812
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
167
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 Checkmark
The Robert Sheckley Omnibus 1973-10-00 Robert Sheckley Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) 0-575-01677-9   320
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Diepvriesbruid 1974-00-00 Robert Sheckley Bruna (Bruna SF #11) 90-229-9011-7 ƒ3.75 208
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 Rinke Doornekamp Checkmark
SF: Authors' Choice 4 1974-01-00 ed. Harry Harrison Putnam 0-399-11188-3
$5.95?$: US dollar
248
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Lehr Checkmark
SF: Authors' Choice 4 1974-03-00 ed. Harry Harrison G. P. Putnam's Sons / SFBC 6090
$1.69?$: US dollar
x+
271
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Lehr Checkmark
SF: Author's Choice 4 1974-08-00 ed. Harry Harrison Berkley Medallion 0-425-02622-1
$1.25?$: US dollar
271
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 Checkmark
SF: Author's Choice 4 1974-08-00 ed. Harry Harrison Berkley Medallion 0-425-02622-1
C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar
271
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 Checkmark
The Robert Sheckley Omnibus 1975-00-00 Robert Sheckley Penguin Books 0-14-003982-1
£0.80?£: UK pound
392
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 David Pelham Checkmark
Sterren stralen overal 1977-00-00 ed. Warner Flamen Meulenhoff (M=SF #122) 90-290-0975-6   281
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 Checkmark
Pilgrimage to Earth 1978-08-00 Robert Sheckley Ace Books 0-441-66385-0
$1.75?$: US dollar
vii+
244
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 Jordi Penalva Checkmark
Pèlerinage à la Terre 1978-10-06 Robert Sheckley
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#43)
    253
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
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
 
Pilgerfahrt zur Erde 1982-04-00 Robert Sheckley Hohenheim (Edition SF im Hohenheim Verlag) 3-8147-0022-8
DM 26.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
238
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Oliviero Berni Checkmark
The Robert Sheckley Omnibus 1984-00-00 Robert Sheckley Penguin Books 0-14-003982-1
£2.50?£: UK pound
392
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 Adrian Chesterman  
Das zweite Robert Sheckley Buch 1987-01-00 Robert Sheckley
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24090)
3-404-24090-1
DM 10.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
720
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.
omni Tim White Checkmark
Das zweite Robert Sheckley Buch 1988-09-00 Robert Sheckley
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24090)
3-404-24090-1
DM 10.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
720
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.
omni Tim White Checkmark
Pèlerinage à la Terre 1989-09-00 Robert Sheckley
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#43)
2-207-50043-8
F29.00?F: French frank
253
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 Jimminy Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book Two 1991-09-00 Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing     380
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 Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book Two 1992-07-00 Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing 1-56146-421-X
$12.95?$: US dollar
380
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  
Science Fiction Stories = Science Fiction Erzählungen 1993-00-00 ed. Ulrike Becker, Claus Varrelmann dtv (dtv zweisprachig) 3-423-09308-0   219
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  
Sci Fiction, November 7, 2001 2001-11-07 ed. Ellen Datlow SciFi.com      
webzine?Used for Internet-based periodical publications which are otherwise not downloadable as an "ebook".
mag  
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 Checkmark
Bad Medicine 2005-10-01 Robert Sheckley Project Gutenberg 9055    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
Short Science Fiction Collection 28 2009-10-11 ed. LibriVox LibriVox  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth NASA  
Pilgrimage to Earth 2014-05-13 Robert Sheckley Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4976-5073-2
$3.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Bad Medicine 2014-06-15 Robert Sheckley SMK Books 978-1-63384-022-5
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
Pilgrimage to Earth 2014-10-30 Robert Sheckley Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-0761-5
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Mal remediado 2020-09-06 Robert Sheckley Literatura Descoberta  
R$4.10?R$: Brazilian real
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
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