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Title: The Cold, Cold Box

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Title: The Cold, Cold Box Title Record # 74441
Author: Howard Fast
Date: 1959-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1959Translated by Michel Deutsch
French Ad vitam aeternam
1962Translated by Gérard Colson
French L'affaire Kovac
1963Translated by Luis Echávarri
Spanish La Caja Fría, Fría
1963Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Leben ohne Ende
1964Translated by Fernando M. Sesén
Spanish La caja fría, fría

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1959 1959-07-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Mercury Press, Inc.  
$0.40?$: US dollar
132
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 Ron Cobb Checkmark
Fiction, #72 1959-11-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
OPTA  
F140?F: French frank
148
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 Lucien Lepiez  
The Edge of Tomorrow 1961-06-00 Howard Fast Bantam Books A2254
$0.35?$: US dollar
120
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 Checkmark
The Edge of Tomorrow 1962-00-00 Howard Fast Corgi SS1107
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).
125
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 Checkmark
Au seuil du futur 1962-00-00 Howard Fast Marabout (
Bibliothèque Marabout?Bibliotheque Marabout
#312)
312   185
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 Henri Lievens  
The Edge of Tomorrow 1963-00-00 Howard Fast Corgi SS1107
4/-?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).
125
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  
El filo del futuro 1963-00-00 Howard Fast Minotauro (Ciencia-Ficción (Minotauro) #19)     142
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  
Die neuen Menschen 1963-02-00 Howard Fast Goldmann (Goldmanns Zukunftsromane #40) Z 40
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
165
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Eyke Volkmer  
Die neuen Menschen 1963-02-00 Howard Fast Goldmann (Goldmanns Zukunftsromane #40) Z 40
DM 5.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
165
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 Eyke Volkmer Checkmark
Al borde del futuro 1964-00-00 Howard Fast Vértice (Galaxia #19)     220
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 Pujolar  
Venture Science Fiction [UK], February 1965 1965-02-00 ed. uncredited Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
3/-?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).
116
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  
Au seuil du futur 1966-00-00 Howard Fast Marabout (
Bibliothèque Marabout - Géant?Bibliotheque Marabout - Geant
#263)
    281
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 Henri Lievens  
Die neuen Menschen 1966-04-00 Howard Fast Goldmann (Goldmanns Weltraum Taschenbücher #066) 066
DM 2.50?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
166
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 Eyke Volkmer Checkmark
The Edge of Tomorrow 1966-08-00 Howard Fast Bantam Books F3309
$0.50?$: US dollar
120
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 Checkmark
The Edge of Tomorrow 1966-08-00 Howard Fast Bantam Books F3309
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
120
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 Checkmark
Out of This World 7 1968-00-00 ed. Mably Owen, Amabel Williams-Ellis Blackie 0-216-88812-3
16/-?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).
[6]+
214
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth David Brown Checkmark
Au seuil du futur 1972-00-00 Howard Fast Marabout (
Bibliothèque Marabout - Science Fiction?Bibliotheque Marabout - Science Fiction
#263)
    246+
[10]
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 Henri Lievens Checkmark
El filo del futuro 1973-00-00 Howard Fast Minotauro (Otros Mundos)     142
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  
Time and the Riddle: Thirty-One Zen Stories 1975-00-00 Howard Fast Ward Ritchie Press 0-378-06375-8
$12.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
490
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Eerie, Weird and Wicked 1977-00-00 ed. Helen Hoke Thomas Nelson 0-8407-6554-1
$6.95?$: US dollar
159
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Judith K. Leeds  
Eerie, Weird and Wicked 1977-04-00 ed. Helen Hoke J. M. Dent 0-460-06704-4
£3.95?£: UK pound
154
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Alex Brychta  
Time and the Riddle: Thirty-One Zen Stories 1980-04-00 Howard Fast Houghton Mifflin 0-395-29180-1
$6.95?$: US dollar
xv+
490
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  
Time and the Riddle: 31 Zen Stories 1989-12-00 Howard Fast Dell 0-440-20517-4
$4.95?$: US dollar
xi+
432
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 Checkmark
The Edge of Tomorrow 2011-12-13 Howard Fast Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4532-4261-2
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Time and the Riddle: Thirty-One Zen Stories 2011-12-27 Howard Fast Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4532-4244-5
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Eerie, Weird and Wicked date unknown ed. Helen Hoke Thomas Nelson 0-8407-6554-1
$6.95?$: US dollar
159
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Judith K. Leeds Checkmark
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