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Title: The Snare Title Record # 45884
Author: Richard R. Smith
Date: 1956-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A group of explorers finds an alien probe on the moon. It locks down, and leaves for the alien's home planet. An AI informs them where they are heading and tells them that there is no way to reverse the course. Is there a way to get back to the moon?
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Translations
Year Language Title
1956 French Le piège [as by Richard E. Smith]
1966Translated by Clark Darlton under his legal name Walter Ernsting
German Die Menschenfalle

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, January 1956 1956-01-00 ed. H. L. Gold Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.35?$: US dollar
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 Emsh Checkmark
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 36 1956-03-00 ed. H. L. Gold Strato Publications  
2/-?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).
132
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 Jack Coggins Checkmark
Galaxie (1ère série), #29 April 1956 1956-04-00 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 Ed Emshwiller  
Galaxy 5 1966-04-00 ed. Walter Ernsting Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3068) 3068
DM 2.40?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
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 Atelier Heinrichs Checkmark
The Snare 2015-09-07 Richard R. Smith Project Gutenberg 49901
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
Incredible Science Fiction: Amazing Tales from the 1950s and Beyond, Volume 3 2023-07-23 ed. Andrew G. Gibson Andrew G. Gibson  
$5.13?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Art Painter  
Incredible Science Fiction: Amazing Tales from the 1950s and Beyond, Volume 3 2023-08-20 ed. Andrew G. Gibson Andrew G. Gibson 979-885350652-7
$11.45?$: US dollar
445
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 Art Painter  
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