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Title: Hell Is Forever Title Record # 41327
Author: Alfred Bester
Date: 1942-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
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Current Tags: fantasy (1), devil (1), Hell (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), horror (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1968Translated by Udo H. Schwager
German Des Teufels Mannen
1970Translated by Marcel Battin.
French
À chacun son enfer?A chacun son enfer
1983Translated by Udo H. Schwager
German Des Teufels Mannen
1984Translated by Jorge Antonio Sánchez Rottner.
Spanish El infierno es eterno
1993Translated by Michael Koseler.
German Die Hölle ist ewig

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
6 2018 Retro Hugo Best Novella

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Unknown Worlds, August 1942 1942-08-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
132
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
mag Checkmark
The Unknown Five 1964-01-00 ed. D. R. Bensen Pyramid Books R-962
$0.50?$: US dollar
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.
anth John Schoenherr Checkmark
Fünf Horror-Stories aus Unknown 1968-00-00 ed. Donald R. Bensen Ullstein (Ullstein Bücher #1183) 1183   167
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  
Grands classiques de la science-fiction 2ème série 1970-00-00 ed. uncredited OPTA (
Fiction Spécial?Fiction Special
#17)
 
F7.00?F: French frank
265
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".
anth Checkmark
The Fifth Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories 1976-00-00 ed. Michel Parry Mayflower 0-583-12704-5
£0.50?£: UK pound
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.
anth Les Edwards Checkmark
The Light Fantastic: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Best Volume I 1976-04-00 Alfred Bester Berkley/Putnam 0-399-11614-1
$7.95?$: US dollar
254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester 1976-12-00 Alfred Bester Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 3140
$3.98?$: US dollar
409
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Jack Woolhiser Checkmark
The Light Fantastic 1977-05-00 Alfred Bester Gollancz 0-575-02294-9
£4.25?£: UK pound
254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester 1977-07-00 Alfred Bester Berkley Medallion 0-425-03451-8
$1.95?$: US dollar
452
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.
omni Richard Powers Checkmark
The Unknown Five 1978-10-00 ed. D. R. Bensen Jove / HBJ 0-515-04833-X
$1.75?$: US dollar
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.
anth Rowena Morrill Checkmark
The Light Fantastic: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Volume 1 1979-07-00 Alfred Bester Fontana 0-00-615281-3
£0.95?£: UK pound
223
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 Tim White Checkmark
Welten der Wahrscheinlichkeit 1983-10-00 ed. Ronald M. Hahn Ullstein (Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy #31061) 3-548-31061-3
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
320
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 Egge Checkmark
La fantástica luz 1984-00-00 Alfred Bester Teorema (Visión Arcadia) 84-85958-87-X   271
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 Tim White  
Étoile Double #1 1984-04-00 ed. Robert Louit
Denoël?Denoel
(
Étoile Double?Etoile Double
#1)
2-207-34001-5
F19.00?F: French frank
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.
anth Jean Mineraud Checkmark
Unknown Worlds: Tales from Beyond 1988-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Stanley Schmidt Galahad Books 0-88365-728-7
$9.98?$: US dollar
[10]+
517
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Yemi Checkmark
Unknown Worlds: Tales from Beyond 1993-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Stanley Schmidt Bristol Park Books 0-88486-077-9
$12.95?$: US dollar
[10]+
517
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Yemi  
Die Hölle ist ewig 1993-00-00 Alfred Bester Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #293) 3-518-38657-3
DM 14.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
191
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 Michael van Ofen Checkmark
Redemolished 2000-12-00 Alfred Bester ibooks 0-7434-0725-3
$14.95?$: US dollar
521
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 Simon Danaher Checkmark
Redemolished 2004-09-00 Alfred Bester ibooks 0-7434-8679-X
$7.99?$: US dollar
559
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 Simon Danaher  
Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester date unknown Alfred Bester Berkley Medallion 0-425-03451-8
$1.95?$: US dollar
452
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.
omni Richard Powers Checkmark
Redemolished date unknown Alfred Bester ibooks 978-0-7434-0725-0
$29.95?$: US dollar
521
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 Howard Chaykin Checkmark
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