Title: The Mind Thing
Title Record # 1563
Author: Fredric Brown
Date: 1961-01-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Author: Fredric Brown
Date: 1961-01-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Synopsis: An exiled alien is expulsed to Earth, where he desperately tries to find a way to go back home. Protected by a small, turtle-like shell, he is able to take over any living being's mind and use its body to suit his means...
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Fantastic Universe, March 1960 | 1960-03-00 | ed. Hans Stefan Santesson | Great American Publications, Inc. | $0.35?$: US dollar |
100 | 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 | Emsh | ||
The Mind Thing | 1961-01-00 | Fredric Brown | Bantam Books | A2187 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
149 | 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 | ||
Urania #296 | 1962-12-02 | ed. Carlo Fruttero | Mondadori | 296 | Lit 150?Lit: Italian lira |
168 | 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 | |
La mente asesina de Androméda?La mente asesina de Andromeda |
1963-00-00 | Fredric Brown | E.D.H.A.S.A. (Nebulae #94) | 94 | 236 | 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 | |||
Der Unheimliche aus dem All | 1965-07-00 | Fredric Brown | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3050) | 3050 | DM 2.40?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
159 | 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 | Atelier Heinrichs | |
Ameaça do Infinito | 1967-00-00 | Fredric Brown | Galeria Panorama (Série Antecipação #1) | PTE 20.00 | 163 | 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 | Richard Powers | ||
Parasiten | 1972-00-00 | Fredric Brown | B. Wahlström?B. Wahlstrom (B. Wahlstroem Kalla Kårar, ryslig midnattsläsning?Kalla Kaarar, ryslig midnattslaesning #11) |
91-32-40329-1 | skr 3.95?skr: Swedish krona (crown) |
159 | 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 | ||
Millemondinverno 1973: Tre romanzi completi di Fredric Brown | 1973-11-00 | Fredric Brown | Mondadori (Millemondi #4) | Lit 900?Lit: Italian lira |
414 | 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 | Karel Thole | ||
Parasitten | 1974-00-00 | Fredric Brown | Winther (Iskolde gys #9) | 159 | 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. |
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Parasitten | 1974-00-00 | Fredric Brown | Fredhøis Forlag A/S?Fredhois Forlag A/S (Midnattsgrøsseren?Midnattsgrosseren #10) |
82-04-00289-0 | nkr 6.50?nkr: Norwegian krone |
158 | 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 | ||
L'esprit de la chose | 1978-01-05 | Frederic Brown | Presses de la Cité?Presses de la Cite (Presses de la Cité - Futurama?Presses de la Cite - Futurama #14) |
2-258-00362-8 | 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 | Denis Sire | ||
The Mind Thing | 1979-00-00 | Fredric Brown | Hamlyn Paperbacks (Hamlyn Science Fiction) | 0-600-36358-9 | £0.90?£: UK pound |
207 | 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 | George Underwood | |
Gli strani suicidi di Bartlesville | 1979-04-00 | Fredric Brown | Mondadori (Classici Urania #25) | 16205-7 | Lit 1,200?Lit: Italian lira |
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. |
novel | Karel Thole | |
Parasitten | 1983-00-00 | Fredric Brown | Fredhøis Forlag A/S?Fredhois Forlag A/S (Midnattsgrøsseren (2)?Midnattsgrosseren (2) #12) |
82-04-01359-0 | nkr 17.50?nkr: Norwegian krone |
158 | 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 | ||
L'esprit de la chose | 1988-07-00 | Fredric Brown | Néo (Fantastique / Science-fiction / Aventures #211) | 2-7304-0503-8 | 189 | 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. |
novel | Jean-Michel Nicollet | ||
L'esprit de la chose | 2000-03-00 | Fredric Brown | Manitoba / Les Belles Lettres (Le Cabinet Noir #44) | 2-251-77147-6 | F49.00?F: French frank |
217 | 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 |
Rémi Hamoir?Remi Hamoir
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Il vagabondo dello spazio | 2002-08-00 | Fredric Brown | Mondadori (Millemondi (quarterly) #35) | €5.10?€: Euro |
408 | 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 | Karel Thole | ||
Martians and Madness: The Complete SF Novels of Fredric Brown | 2002-09-00 | Fredric Brown | NESFA Press | 1-886778-17-5 | $29.00?$: US dollar |
633 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Bob Eggleton | |
Martians and Madness: The Complete SF Novels of Fredric Brown | 2005-02-00 | Fredric Brown | NESFA Press / SFBC | 1178786 | $14.49?$: US dollar |
633 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Bob Eggleton | |
The Mind Thing | 2011-09-29 | Fredric Brown | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-10263-7 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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Progetto Giove | 2017-07-05 | Giuseppe Lippi | Mondadori (Urania Millemondi #78) | €7.90?€: Euro |
406 | 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 | Franco Brambilla |
Reviews
- Review by John Carnell (1961) in New Worlds Science Fiction, #107 June
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1961) in Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, October 1961
- Review by Joseph Nicholas (1979) in Paperback Parlour, December 1979
- Review by Darrell Bain (2005) in My 100 Most Readable (and Re-Readable) Science Fiction Novels