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Title: Games Title Record # 46232
Author: Katherine MacLean
Date: 1953-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English
Note: Over the time span of 90 years young Ronny comes into contact with the scientist Dr. Revert Purcell who gets under government pressure for not sharing his potentially useful knowledge on biological warfare
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1955Translated by an uncredited translator
Italian I giuochi di Ronny
1975Translated by Simone Hilling
French Les jeux
1976Translated by Françoise Maillet
French Jeux d'enfants
1982Translated by Ralph Tegtmeier
German Spiele

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, March 1953 1953-03-00 ed. H. L. Gold Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.35?$: US dollar
164
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 Camerage Checkmark
Operation Future 1955-07-00 ed. Groff Conklin Permabooks M-4022
$0.35?$: US dollar
xi+
356
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 Robert Schulz Checkmark
I Romanzi di Urania #103 1955-11-03 ed. Giorgio Monicelli Mondadori 103
Lit 130?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 Curt Caesar Checkmark
Operation Future 1956-09-00 ed. Groff Conklin Permabooks M-4022
C$0.35?C$: Canadian dollar
xi+
356
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 Robert Schulz Checkmark
The Diploids 1962-00-00 Katherine MacLean Avon G1143
$0.50?$: US dollar
192
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 Diploids 1962-00-00 Katherine MacLean Avon G1143
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
192
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
Young Demons 1972-04-00 ed. Roger Elwood, Vic Ghidalia Avon V2434
$0.75?$: US dollar
160
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 Checkmark
Young Demons 1972-04-00 ed. Roger Elwood, Vic Ghidalia Avon V2434
C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar
160
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 Checkmark
The Diploids 1973-00-00 Katherine MacLean Manor Books 95-228
$0.95?$: US dollar
192
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
Histoires de pouvoirs 1975-04-07 ed. Jacques Goimard,
Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis
,
Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3770) 2-253-00739-0   413
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 Pierre Faucheux Checkmark
L'ouragan du temps 1976-09-20 Lloyd Biggle, Jr. OPTA (OPTA - Galaxie Bis #52)  
F10.00?F: French frank
251
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.
novel Jean-Claude Hadi  
The Diploids 1981-05-00 Katherine MacLean Gregg Press 0-8398-2510-2
$13.95?$: US dollar
200
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Neue Science-Fiction Geschichten 1982-00-00 ed. Hans Joachim Alpers, Ernst Fuchs (I) Tosa 3-85001-097-X   321+
[1]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth
Hansjörg Langenfass?Hansjoerg Langenfass
Checkmark
The Diploids 2000-03-01 Katherine MacLean Wildside Press 1-58715-128-6
$15.00?$: US dollar
196
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  
Nebula Awards Showcase 2004 2004-03-00 ed. Vonda N. McIntyre Roc / New American Library 0-451-45957-1
$14.95?$: US dollar
vi+
280
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 Ray Lundgren Checkmark
Games 2010-03-27 Katherine MacLean Project Gutenberg 31798    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
Short Science Fiction Collection 42 2010-11-28 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  
Women Resurrected: Stories from Women Science Fiction Writers of the 50's 2011-04-28 ed. Greg Fowlkes Resurrected Press 978-1-937022-06-8
$15.99?$: US dollar
404
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  
Short Science Fiction Collection 52 2015-07-01 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  
The 29th Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack 2016-01-08 Katherine MacLean Wildside Press 978-1-4794-0798-9
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Bruce Rolff  
Science Fiction Collection 2016-01-10 Katherine MacLean Katherine MacLean 978-1-5233-3341-7
$10.00?$: US dollar
92
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 Ed Emshwiller  
The 14th Science Fiction Megapack 2019-03-07 ed. John Gregory Betancourt Wildside Press 978-1-4794-4243-0
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Science Fiction by Women (1953-1957) 2022-01-00 ed. uncredited Journey Press 978-1-951320-18-8
$16.99?$: US dollar
x+
294
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 Frank Kelly Freas Checkmark
Science Fiction by Women (1953-1957) 2022-02-28 ed. uncredited Journey Press 978-1-951320-19-5
$5.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Frank Kelly Freas  
Women Wrote the Future: Vol. 1: Tales from Galaxy 2023-07-10 ed. J. LaRue Vintage Lists  
$2.22?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Women Wrote the Future: Vol. 1: Tales from Galaxy 2023-07-11 ed. J. LaRue Vintage Lists 979-839939227-1
$11.00?$: US dollar
282
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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