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Title: Nymph of Darkness Title Record # 56926
Authors: Forrest J. Ackerman and C. L. Moore
Date: 1935-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Northwest Smith
Webpages: pseudopod.org
Language: English
Note: Originally published in the printed Fan magazine "Fantasy Magazine", April 1935, and professionally published in an expurgated form in the December 1939 "Weird Tales".
Synopsis: A man rescues the daughter of a Venusian and a supernatural entity from pursuit by a cult who worship her father and wish to harness her supernatural powers.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1981 Nymph of Darkness [as by Forrest J Ackerman and C. L. Moore]
1997 Nymph of Darkness [as by Forrest J Ackerman and Catherine L. Moore]
2000 Nymph of Darkness [as by Forrest J. Ackerman and Catherine L. Moore]
2002 Nyusa, Nymph of Darkness [as by Forrest J. Ackerman and Catherine L. Moore]
Year Language Title
1979Translated by France-Marie Watkins.
French
La nymphe des ténèbres?La nymphe des tenebres
[as by Forrest J. Ackerman and Catherine L. Moore]
1982 Italian La ninfa delle tenebre [as by Catherine L. Moore]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Fantasy Magazine, April 1935 1935-04-00 ed. Julius Schwartz Conrad H. Ruppert  
$0.10?$: US dollar
32
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
fanzine Clay Ferguson, Jr.  
Weird Tales, December 1939 1939-12-00 ed. Farnsworth Wright Weird Tales  
$0.15?$: US dollar
132
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Hannes Bok Checkmark
Les meilleurs récits de Weird Tales: Tome III: (1938-1942) 1979-02-20 ed. Jacques Sadoul J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #923) 2-277-11923-7   219
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 Virgil Finlay , Hannes Bok , Margaret Brundage Checkmark
Denvention Two Program Book 1981-09-03 Phil Normand Denvention Two, Inc.     143
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.
non-fic Phil Normand Checkmark
Gosh! Wow! (Sense of Wonder) Science Fiction 1982-01-00 ed. Forrest J Ackerman Bantam Books 0-553-20187-5
$3.50?$: US dollar
xxii+
561+
[2]
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
Northwest Smith il terrestre 1982-09-00 Catherine L. Moore Editrice Nord (Fantacollana #44)     323
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Michael Whelan Checkmark
Fantasy Book, March 1984 1984-03-00 ed. Dennis Mallonee, Nick Smith Fantasy Book Enterprises  
$3.00?$: US dollar
84
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag Walter Lee Checkmark
Echoes of Valor II 1989-08-00 ed. Karl Edward Wagner Tor 0-312-93189-1
$17.95?$: US dollar
274
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Rick Berry Checkmark
Echoes of Valor II 1991-02-00 ed. Karl Edward Wagner Tor 0-812-55752-2
$3.95?$: 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.
anth Sam Rakeland  
Sense of Wonder Science Fiction 1993-00-00 ed. Forrest J Ackerman Sirius Science Fiction 0-89556-094-1
$350.00?$: US dollar
423+
[4]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Ackermanthology: 65 Astonishing, Rediscovered Sci-Fi Shorts 1997-04-00 ed. Forrest J Ackerman General Publishing Group 1-57544-056-3
$12.95?$: US dollar
xi+
304
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 Kurt Wahlner Checkmark
Ackermanthology: 65 Astonishing Rediscovered Sci-Fi Shorts, Millennium Edition 2000-09-00 ed. Forrest J. Ackerman Sense of Wonder Press 0-918736-25-0
$14.95?$: US dollar
xi+
302
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 Anton Brzezinski Checkmark
Expanded Science Fiction Worlds of Forrest J Ackerman & Friends PLUS 2002-05-00 Forrest J. Ackerman Sense of Wonder Press 0-918736-26-9
$14.95?$: US dollar
xii+
205
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 Neil Austin  
Womanthology 2003-07-00 ed. Forrest J Ackerman, Pam Keesey Sense of Wonder Press 0-918736-33-1
$19.95?$: US dollar
353
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 Margaret Brundage  
Womanthology 2003-07-00 ed. Forrest J Ackerman, Pam Keesey Sense of Wonder Press 0-918736-50-1
$34.95?$: US dollar
[2]+
353+
[6]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Margaret Brundage Checkmark
Northwest of Earth: The Complete Northwest Smith 2008-01-15 C. L. Moore Paizo Publishing (Planet Stories #6) 978-1-60125-081-0
$12.99?$: US dollar
381
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 Andrew Hou Checkmark
Northwest of Earth: The Complete Northwest Smith 2009-03-00 C. L. Moore Paizo Publishing / SFBC 978-1-60751-859-4
$14.99?$: US dollar
381
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Andrew Hou  
Les aventures de Northwest Smith 2010-10-02 Catherine L. Moore Gallimard (Folio SF #379) 978-2-07-039583-5   560
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
Hervé Leblan?Herve Leblan
Checkmark
Jirel of Joiry / Northwest of Earth / Judgment Night 2014-01-16 C. L. Moore Gollancz (SF Gateway Omnibus) 978-0-575-11932-1
£18.99?£: UK pound
xi+
656
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 Chris Moore Checkmark
Weird Tales (disc 4, part 2) 2019-00-00 ed. uncredited        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth  
Northwest of Earth 2019-03-07 C. L. Moore Gollancz / Orion (Golden Age Masterworks) 978-1-4732-2254-0
£8.99?£: UK pound
343
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 Tithi Luadthong Checkmark
Pseudopod, #871 2023-06-24 ed. Shawn Garrett, Alex Hofelich Escape Artists, Inc.  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
mag Checkmark
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