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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
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 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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