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Title: Enough Rope Title Record # 55889
Author: Poul Anderson
Date: 1953-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Wing Alak
Language: English
Synopsis: An Interstellar League encounters an alien race which is militaristic and is trying to conquer nearby solar systems. They are located pretty far from the League's area, but some of the threatened planets are asking for help. Projections show that in just a few centuries the alien race might turn out to be a real threat. What to do - without risking lives?
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1964 Italian Corda a sufficienza
1970Translated by Bruno Martin
French Une corde pour se pendre
1973Translated by Ute Seeßlen
German
Diplomatie der Stärke?Diplomatie der Staerke

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Astounding Science Fiction, July 1953 1953-07-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
172
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 Miller Checkmark
Astounding Science Fiction, December 1953 (UK) 1953-12-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
1/6?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).
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 Miller Checkmark
4 for the Future 1959-08-00 ed. Groff Conklin Pyramid Books G434
$0.35?$: 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 Richard Powers Checkmark
4 for the Future 1961-00-00 ed. Groff Conklin Consul Books N1018
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).
174
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
4 for the Future 1962-06-00 ed. Groff Conklin Pyramid Books F743
$0.40?$: 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 John Schoenherr Checkmark
I Romanzi del Cosmo #141 1964-02-15 ed. Franco Urbini Ponzoni 141
Lit 200?Lit: Italian lira
144
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 Luigi Garonzi Checkmark
Fiction, #195 1970-03-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
OPTA  
F4.00?F: French frank
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 Siudmak  
Science-Fiction Stories 21 1973-02-00 ed. Walter Spiegl Ullstein (Ullstein 2000 #37 (2936)) 3-548-02936-1
DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
140
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
Kinship with the Stars 1991-10-00 Poul Anderson Tor 0-812-51814-4
$3.99?$: US dollar
vii+
276
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 Brian Waugh Checkmark
Kinship with the Stars 1993-11-00 Poul Anderson Severn House 0-7278-4512-8
£13.99?£: UK pound
viii+
276
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Martin Buchan Checkmark
Call Me Joe 2009-03-11 Poul Anderson NESFA Press (The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson #1) 978-1-886778-75-7
$29.00?$: US dollar
510
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Call Me Joe 2016-03-12 Poul Anderson NESFA Press 978-1-61037-318-0
$9.95?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Call Me Joe 2016-12-22 Poul Anderson Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10940-7
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Der weiße Tod?Der weisse Tod
2018-10-17 ed.
Christian Dörge (in error)?Christian Doerge (in error)
Apex (Galaxis Science Fiction #10) 978-3-7438-8396-3
€4.99?€: Euro
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Malcolm Smith  
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