Title: Sinister Barrier Title Record # 1206
Author: Eric Frank Russell
Date: 1939-03-00
Type: NOVEL
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Translations	Serializations	Translated Serializations
Year Language Title 1952ⓘTranslated by Renée Rosenthal and Jean Rosenthal. French Guerre aux invisibles 1953ⓘTranslated by Josef Tichy (the 1957 edition publishes an abridged version of the translation) German Die Todesschranke 1972ⓘTranslated by Otto Kühn (a pseudonym used by several persons) German Gedanken-Vampire 1978ⓘTranslated by Roberta Rambelli Italian Schiavi degli invisibili 1982ⓘTranslated by Patrizio Dalloro (Giorgio Monicelli) Italian Schiavi degli invisibili	Year Title 1939 Sinister Barrier (Complete Novel)	Year Language Title 1953ⓘTranslated by Patrizio Dalloro [Giorgio Monicelli] Italian Schiavi degli invisibili (Complete Novel)

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Unknown, March 1939	1939-03-00	ed. uncredited	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.20?$: US dollar	164	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	H. W. Scott
Sinister Barrier	1943-00-00	Eric Frank Russell	World's Work		5/-?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).	135	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Sinister Barrier	1948-00-00	Eric Frank Russell	Fantasy Press		$3.00?$: US dollar	253	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	A. J. Donnell
Sinister Barrier	1950-00-00	Eric Frank Russell	World Editions, Inc. (Galaxy Science Fiction Novel #1)	1	$0.25?$: US dollar	158	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".	novel	David Stone
Sinister Barrier	1952-00-00	Eric Frank Russell	Cherry Tree / Fantasy Books	407	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).	190	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.	novel	Terry Maloney
Sinister Barrier	1964-05-00	Eric Frank Russell	Paperback Library	52-287	$0.50?$: US dollar	176	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.	novel	Jack Gaughan
Sinister Barrier	1966-12-00	Eric Frank Russell	Paperback Library	52-384	$0.50?$: US dollar	176	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.	novel
Sinister Barrier	1966-12-00	Eric Frank Russell	Paperback Library	52-384	C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar	176	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.	novel
Sinister Barrier	1967-08-00	Eric Frank Russell	Dennis Dobson		21/-?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).	254	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Sinister Barrier	1979-00-00	Eric Frank Russell	Dennis Dobson	0-234-77989-6	£5.95?£: UK pound	254	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Richard Weaver (artist)
Sinister Barrier	1986-01-00	Eric Frank Russell	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-32760-8	$2.95?$: US dollar	viii+ 230	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.	novel	Ralph McQuarrie
Sinister Barrier	1986-02-00	Eric Frank Russell	Methuen	0-413-58870-X	£2.50?£: UK pound	201+ [4]	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.	novel	Terry Oakes
Entities: The Selected Novels of Eric Frank Russell	2001-09-00	Eric Frank Russell	NESFA Press	1-886778-33-7	$29.00?$: US dollar	691	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Bob Eggleton

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Reviews

• Review by Peter Phillips (1948) in Fantasy Review, December 1948-January 1949
• Review by uncredited (1948) in The Arkham Sampler, Autumn 1948 , reprinted in:
•     The Arkham Sampler: A Facsimile Edition (2010)
• Review by Frederik Pohl (1949) in Super Science Stories, January 1949
• Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1949) in Astounding Science Fiction, September 1949
• Review by Sam Moskowitz (1950) in Fantastic Novels Magazine, May 1950
• Review by The Editors (1951) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1951
• Review by Joseph H. Crawford, Jr. and James J. Donahue and Donald M. Grant (1953) in '333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel , reprinted in:
•     '333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel (1953)
• Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1964) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, November 1964
• Review by Robert Silverberg (1965) in Amazing Stories, April 1965
• Review by uncredited (1967) in Speculation, #16
• Review by Colin Denbigh (1968) in Vector 48
• Review [French] by Pierre Merlin (1971) in Fiction, #210
• Review by Baird Searles (1986) in oIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1986
• Review by David Langford [as by Dave Langford] (1986) in White Dwarf, April 1986
• Review by Ken Lake (1986) in Paperback Inferno, #60
• Review by Terry Jeeves (1986) in Out of the Woodwork!, No. 1