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Title: Soldier Boy Title Record # 45722
Author: Michael Shaara
Date: 1953-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: Human colonies have been attacked and destroyed, and the fail safe bomb implanted under all colonies has been disabled beforehand. The military has decayed after centuries of peace and men are untrained and the warships are old and rare.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1956 French L'ennemi frappera ce soir...
1958Translated by Lothar Heinecke
German Der Soldat
1958 Italian «Militare»
1983 Italian Militare
1984Translated by Wolfgang E. Hohlbein and Dieter Winkler
German Sie nannten ihn Soldier Boy

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1953 1953-07-00 ed. H. L. Gold Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.35?$: US dollar
164
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 Emsh Checkmark
Science-Fiction Thinking Machines: Robots, Androids, Computers 1954-05-00 ed. Groff Conklin Vanguard Press  
$3.50?$: US dollar
xiii+
367+
[3]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Galaxie (1ère série), #36 November 1956 1956-11-00 ed.
Editors of Galaxie (1ère série)?Editors of Galaxie (1ere serie)
Editions Nuit et Jour  
F100?F: French frank
148
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 Virgil Finlay  
Galaxis Science Fiction, #3 1958-05-00 ed. Lothar Heinecke Moewig  
DM 1.50?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
128
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.
mag Emsh Checkmark
Galaxy #1 1958-06-00 ed. R. Valente Editrice Due Mondi (Italy) 1
Lit 150?Lit: Italian lira
128
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 Pederson Checkmark
Soldier Boy 1982-03-00 Michael Shaara Timescape / Pocket Books 0-671-83342-1
$2.50?$: US dollar
255
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 Boris Vallejo Checkmark
Urania #952 1983-09-04 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Mondadori 952
Lit 2,200?Lit: Italian lira
180
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  
Sternengesicht 1984-04-00 Michael Shaara Goldmann (Edition '84: Die positiven Utopien #4) 3-442-08404-0
DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
ii+
454
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 Klaus Holitzka Checkmark
Robots 1989-04-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Signet / New American Library 0-451-15926-8 / AE5926
$3.95?$: US dollar
351
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 J. K. Potter Checkmark
Robots 1989-08-24 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Robinson 1-85487-041-6
£2.99?£: UK pound
351
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
Space Infantry 1989-11-00 ed. David Drake, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Ace Books 0-441-77747-3
$3.95?$: US dollar
xii+
244
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 Walter Velez Checkmark
Friends, Robots, Countrymen 1990-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg Dercum Audio 1-55656-120-2    
audio cassette?Cassette tape
anth  
Soldier Boy 2016-01-04 Michael Shaara Project Gutenberg 50848
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
Black Infinity, Summer 2021 2021-03-13 ed. Tom English Dead Letter Press 978-1-73243-448-6
$11.95?$: US dollar
230
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.
mag Checkmark
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