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Title: Throwback Title Record # 56138
Author: L. Sprague de Camp
Date: 1949-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Current Tags: science fiction (1), genetic engineering (1), hominids (1), sports (1) Add Tags

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Translations
Year Language Title
1964Translated by Hilja Brinis
Italian Gigantantropus
1974 German
Fünfhundert-Kilo-Kerle?Fuenfhundert-Kilo-Kerle
1980Translated by Werner Fuchs
German
Rückfall?Rueckfall
[as by Lyon Sprague de Camp]

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, March 1949 1949-03-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.25?$: 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 Alejandro Checkmark
Astounding Science Fiction, January 1950 (UK) 1950-01-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
-/9?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).
68
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 Alejandro Checkmark
A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales 1963-00-00 L. Sprague de Camp Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.90?$: US dollar
359
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Gilda Kuhlman Checkmark
A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales 1963-00-00 L. Sprague de Camp Doubleday  
$4.50?$: US dollar
359
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Gilda Kuhlman Checkmark
Urania #334 1964-05-17 ed. Carlo Fruttero Mondadori 334
Lit 200?Lit: Italian lira
176
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 Karel Thole Checkmark
Apeman, Spaceman: Anthropological Science Fiction 1968-06-00 ed. Harry Harrison, Leon E. Stover Doubleday  
$5.95?$: US dollar
355
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Donald Crews , Ann Crews Checkmark
Apeman, Spaceman 1968-10-00 ed. Harry Harrison, Leon E. Stover Rapp & Whiting  
35/-?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).
355
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lawrence Edwards  
A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales 1969-00-00 L. Sprague de Camp Curtis Books 123-09018-095
$0.95?$: US dollar
319
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 Johnny Bruck Checkmark
Apeman, Spaceman 1970-03-00 ed. Harry Harrison, Leon E. Stover Berkley Medallion 0-425-01819-9 / N1819
$0.95?$: US dollar
384
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
Apeman, Spaceman 1972-11-00 ed. Harry Harrison, Leon E. Stover Penguin Books 0-14-003485-4
£0.45?£: UK pound
376
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 David Pelham Checkmark
A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales 1974-00-00 L. Sprague de Camp Remploy 0-7066-0570-5
£2.20?£: UK pound
xv+
319
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales 1974-00-00 L. Sprague de Camp Remploy 0-7066-0570-5
£2.20?£: UK pound
xv+
319
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Anthropofiction 1974-05-00 ed. Harry Harrison, Leon E. Stover Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Orbit #21) 3-436-01676-4
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
312
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 Eddie Jones Checkmark
Apeman, Spaceman 1979-00-00 ed. Harry Harrison, Leon E. Stover Penguin Books 0-14-003485-4
£1.25?£: UK pound
376
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 Adrian Chesterman Checkmark
Ein Yankee bei Aristoteles 1980-04-00 Lyon Sprague de Camp Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3719) 3-453-30622-8
DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
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 Karel Thole Checkmark
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