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Title: The Leader Title Record # 55578
Author: Murray Leinster
Date: 1960-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: An allegorical take on Hitler's frightening charisma, the story details a Germanic warmonger called "The Leader" who conducts experiments with ESP in order to learn how to control the minds of his followers. The story is told in exchanges of letters and telegrams, creating a distance between the events and their revelation.
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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Astounding/Analog Science Fact & Fiction, February 1960 1960-02-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.50?$: 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 John W. Campbell, Jr. Checkmark
Astounding/Analog Science Fact & Fiction, June 1960 (UK) 1960-06-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
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).
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  
14 Great Tales of ESP 1969-00-00 ed. Idella Purnell Stone Fawcett Gold Medal T2164
$0.75?$: US dollar
303+
[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.
anth Checkmark
14 Great Tales of ESP 1970-00-00 ed. Idella Purnell Stone Coronet 0-340-12731-7
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).
303
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
Space Mail, Volume II 1982-01-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest 0-449-24481-4
$2.50?$: US dollar
380
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 Alexander Checkmark
The Leader 2007-11-24 Murray Leinster Project Gutenberg 23612
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap Checkmark
Murray Leinster Resurrected 2011-03-09 Murray Leinster Resurrected Press 978-1-935774-94-5   370
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 Murray Leinster Megapack 2012-03-05 Murray Leinster Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4344-4922-1    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
omni Ancello  
Anthology of Sci-Fi V25: The Pulp Writers: Murray Leinster 2013-07-01 Murray Leinster Spastic Cat Press (Anthology of Sci-Fi #25) 978-1-4837-0244-5
$14.99?$: US dollar
382
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 First Murray Leinster Megapack ® 2015-11-12 Murray Leinster Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4794-0771-2
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
omni Ancello  
Murray Leinster Collection: Volume 1 2016-03-01 Murray Leinster Eternal Books 978-1-5303-1373-0
$25.99?$: US dollar
562
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
Henrique Alvim Corrêa?Henrique Alvim Correa
 
Murray Leinster Collection: Volume 1 2017-02-27 Murray Leinster Eternal Sun Books 978-1-5441-7664-2
$19.99?$: US dollar
562
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 Checkmark
14 Great Tales of ESP date unknown ed. Idella Purnell Stone Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-02679-5
$0.95?$: US dollar
303
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
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