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Title: Derm Fool Title Record # 44956
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Date: 1940-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Written in the fall of 1939, according to Paul Williams' story notes in The Ultimate Egoist.
Synopsis: A taxidermist has contracted a disease which sheds his skin, piece by piece, every twenty-four hours.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1940 "Derm Fool"
Year Language Title
1968Translated by Miguel Giménez Sales
Spanish Taxidermia Loca
1974Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Kleine Schlange im Gras
1978 French
Pas de quoi perdre la tête?Pas de quoi perdre la tete

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Unknown Fantasy Fiction, March 1940 1940-03-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. 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 M. Isip Checkmark
Crossroads in Time 1953-11-00 ed. Groff Conklin Permabooks P254
$0.35?$: US dollar
312
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Starshine 1966-12-00 Theodore Sturgeon Pyramid Books X1543
$0.60?$: US dollar
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.
coll Jack Gaughan Checkmark
Encrucijadas del Tiempo 1968-00-00 ed. Groff Conklin Editorial Molino (Biblioteca Oro Anticipación) 590   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.
anth Noiquet  
Starshine 1968-03-00 Theodore Sturgeon Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (2)) 0-575-00064-3
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).
158
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Starshine 1969-03-00 Theodore Sturgeon Pyramid Books X-1977
$0.60?$: US dollar
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.
coll Jack Gaughan Checkmark
Starshine 1969-05-00 Theodore Sturgeon The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 145
8/6?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).
158
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Terry James Checkmark
Starshine 1971-02-00 Theodore Sturgeon Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers 0-552-08662-2
£0.25?£: UK pound
160
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 Harry Willock/Ink Studio Checkmark
Starshine 1972-03-00 Theodore Sturgeon Pyramid Books T2658
$0.75?$: US dollar
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.
coll Checkmark
Starshine 1972-03-00 Theodore Sturgeon Pyramid Books T2658
C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar
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.
coll Checkmark
Licht von den Sternen 1974-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #0192) 3-442-23192-2
DM 4.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
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 F. Jürgen Rogner Checkmark
Starshine 1977-11-00 Theodore Sturgeon Jove / HBJ 0-515-04459-8
$1.50?$: US dollar
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.
coll Don Ivan Punchatz Checkmark
Starshine 1977-11-00 Theodore Sturgeon Jove / HBJ 0-515-04459-8
C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar
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.
coll Don Ivan Punchatz Checkmark
Fantômes et sortilèges 1978-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon
Librairie des Champs-Élysées?Librairie des Champs-Elysees
(
Le Masque - Fantastique (2ème série)?Le Masque - Fantastique (2eme serie)
#4)
2-7024-0680-7   252
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 Tibor Csernus Checkmark
Starshine 1978-08-00 Theodore Sturgeon Sphere 0-7221-8216-3
£0.85?£: UK pound
172
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 Peter Elson Checkmark
Laughing Space 1982-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, J. O. Jeppson Robson Books 0-86051-181-2   xvi+
521
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Deborah Taylor Checkmark
Laughing Space 1982-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, J. O. Jeppson Robson Books 0-86051-181-2
£7.95?£: UK pound
xvi+
521
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Deborah Taylor Checkmark
Laughing Space 1982-03-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, J. O. Jeppson Houghton Mifflin 0-395-30519-5
$17.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
521
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Laughing Space 1985-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, J. O. Jeppson Robson Books 0-86051-323-8
£3.95?£: UK pound
xvi+
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.
anth Deborah Taylor Checkmark
The Ultimate Egoist 1995-02-00 Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books 1-55643-182-1
$25.00?$: US dollar
xvi+
387
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jacek Yerka Checkmark
The Ultimate Egoist 1998-11-00 Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books 1-55643-299-2
$18.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
387
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 Jacek Yerka Checkmark
The Ultimate Egoist 2010-11-09 Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books 978-1-55643-658-1
$35.00?$: US dollar
408
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Ultimate Egoist 2013-09-30 Theodore Sturgeon Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10995-7
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Ultimate Egoist date unknown Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books 1-55643-299-2
$18.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
387
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 Jacek Yerka  
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