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Title: The Butcher's Bill

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Title: The Butcher's Bill Title Record # 51729
Author: David Drake
Date: 1974-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Hammer's Slammers
Language: English
Synopsis: Human planetary colonists hire a mercenary force to defend against a rebellion of religious extremists.
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Translations
Year Language Title
2021ⓘTranslated by 酒井昭伸
 Japanese
殲滅の代償?せんめつのだいしょう
Senmetsu no Daishou
Senmetsu no Daishō
[as by
デイヴィッド・ドレイク?Deividdo Doreiku
]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy, November 1974 1974-11-00 ed. James Baen UPD Publishing Corporation  
$0.75?$: 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 Steve Fabian Checkmark
Combat SF 1975-06-00 ed. Gordon R. Dickson Doubleday 0-385-04575-1
$6.95?$: US dollar
 ix+
204
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Robert Aulicino Checkmark
Hammer's Slammers 1979-04-00 David Drake Ace Books 0-441-31593-3
$1.95?$: US dollar
 xiii+
274
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 Paul Alexander Checkmark
Combat SF 1981-06-00 ed. Gordon R. Dickson Ace Books 0-441-11531-4
$2.50?$: US dollar
 [10]+
266
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 Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
Hammer's Slammers 1983-00-00 David Drake Ace Books 0-441-31599-2
$2.75?$: US dollar
 xiii+
274
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 Paul Alexander  
Combat SF 1984-02-00 ed. Gordon R. Dickson Ace Books 0-441-11534-9
$2.75?$: US dollar
 266
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 Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
Hammer's Slammers 1984-04-00 David Drake Ace Books 0-441-31601-8
$2.95?$: US dollar
 xiii+
274
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 Paul Alexander Checkmark
Hammer's Slammers 1984-09-00 David Drake Ace Books 0-441-31595-X
$2.95?$: US dollar
 274
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 Paul Alexander Checkmark
Hammer's Slammers 1985-01-00 David Drake Orbit Legend (Venture SF #18) 0-09-966280-9    
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  
Hammer's Slammers 1985-02-00 David Drake Ace Books 0-441-31595-X
$2.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
274
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 Paul Alexander Checkmark
Hammer's Slammers 1985-05-00 David Drake Hamlyn (Venture SF #03) 0-09-939870-2
£1.95?£: UK pound
 xi+
274
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 Eddie Jones Checkmark
Hammer's Slammers 1986-03-00 David Drake Ace Books 0-441-31602-6
$2.95?$: US dollar
 xii+
274
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 Paul Alexander Checkmark
Hammer's Slammers 1987-04-00 David Drake Baen Books (Baen Science Fiction Books) 0-671-65632-5
$3.50?$: US dollar
 318
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 Paul Alexander  
Hammer's Slammers 1987-04-00 David Drake Baen Books (Baen Science Fiction Books) 0-671-65632-5
C$4.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 318
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 Paul Alexander Checkmark
Hammer's Slammers 1989-09-00 David Drake Baen Books (Baen Science Fiction Books) 0-671-69867-2
$3.95?$: US dollar
 318
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 Paul Alexander  
The Butcher's Bill 1998-11-00 David Drake Baen Books 0-671-57773-5
$6.99?$: US dollar
 409
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 Charles Keegan Checkmark
The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1 2006-03-00 David Drake Night Shade Books 1-892389-69-X
$35.00?$: US dollar
 395
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll John Berkey Checkmark
The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1 2006-03-00 David Drake Night Shade Books 1-892389-70-3
$60.00?$: US dollar
 395
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll John Berkey  
The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1 2006-06-00 David Drake Night Shade Books / SFBC 1214405
$14.99?$: US dollar
 395
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll John Berkey  
The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1 2009-10-06 David Drake Baen Books 978-1-4391-3309-5
$12.00?$: US dollar
 528
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  
S-Fマガジン 2021年06月号, #745?Esu-Efu Magajin 2021-nen 06-getsu Gō, #745
S-F Magajin 2021-nen 06-getsu Gō, #745
Esu-Efu Magajin 2021-nen 06-getsu Gou, #745
S-Fマガジン 2021ねん06げつごう, #745
S-F Magajin 2021-nen 06-getsu Gou, #745
 2021-06-00 ed.
樋口恭介?Higuchi Kyōsuke
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō
Hayakawa Shobo
はやかわしょぼう
ハヤカワショボウ
      
A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
 mag  
Combat SF date unknown ed. Gordon R. Dickson Ace Books 0-441-11531-4
$2.50?$: US dollar
 266
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 Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
Hammer's Slammers date unknown David Drake Ace Books 0-441-31594-1   xiv+
274
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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