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Title: The Professor's Teddy-Bear Title Record # 56323
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Date: 1948-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A young boy's teddy bear engenders in him malevolent desires, and he envisions evil deeds he will carry out in his future life.
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Current Tags: fantasy (1), horror (1), juvenile (1), teddy bear (1), time travel (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1948 The Professor's Teddy Bear
Year Language Title
1964Translated by uncredited
Italian L'orsacchiotto del professore
1966Translated by Michel Deutsch
French Le professeur et l'ours en peluche
1973Translated by Mieke Meuldrager-Ezelin
Dutch De teddybeer van de professor
1985Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Metempsychose
1991Translated by Antonio Verdelli
Italian L'orsacchiotto Del Professore
1999Translated by Mariano Casas.
Spanish El osito felpa del profesor
2023Translated by Usch Kiausch
German
Der Teddybär des Professors?Der Teddybaer des Professors

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Weird Tales, March 1948 1948-03-00 ed. D. McIlwraith Weird Tales  
$0.20?$: US dollar
100
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 Lee Brown Coye Checkmark
E Pluribus Unicorn 1953-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon Abelard-Schuman  
$2.75?$: US dollar
276
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll A. M. Jauss Checkmark
E Pluribus Unicorn 1953-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon Nelson, Foster & Scott  
C$?C$: Canadian dollar
276
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll A. M. Jauss  
E Pluribus Unicorn 1956-11-00 Theodore Sturgeon Ballantine Books 179
$0.35?$: US dollar
211+
[1]
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
E Pluribus Unicorn 1960-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon Abelard-Schuman  
9/6?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).
275
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll A. M. Jauss  
The Unexpected 1961-02-00 ed. Leo Margulies Pyramid Books G590
$0.35?$: US dollar
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.
anth John Schoenherr Checkmark
E Pluribus Unicorn 1961-03-00 Theodore Sturgeon Panther 1183
2/6?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).
192
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 Bill Rose Checkmark
The Unexpected 1962-11-00 ed. Leo Margulies Pyramid Books F-795
$0.40?$: US dollar
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.
anth John Schoenherr Checkmark
E Pluribus Unicorn 1963-06-00 Theodore Sturgeon Panther 1183
3/6?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).
192
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 Bill Rose Checkmark
I Romanzi del Cosmo #150 1964-06-30 ed. Annico Pau Ponzoni 150
Lit 200?Lit: Italian lira
144
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 Luigi Garonzi Checkmark
Best Horror Stories 2 1965-00-00 ed. John Keir Cross Faber and Faber  
18/-?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).
270
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
E Pluribus Unicorn 1965-06-00 Theodore Sturgeon Ballantine Books U2247
$0.50?$: US dollar
211
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
E Pluribus Unicorn 1965-06-00 Theodore Sturgeon Ballantine Books U2247
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
211
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Histoires d'horreur 1966-11-15 ed. uncredited OPTA (
Fiction Spécial?Fiction Special
#10)
 
F6.00?F: French frank
239
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  
Les chefs-d'œuvre du fantastique?Les chefs-d'oeuvre du fantastique
1967-00-00 ed. Jacques Bergier, Alex Grall, Jacques Sternberg Planète (Anthologie Planète)     480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Christian Broutin  
E Pluribus Unicorn 1968-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon Panther 11838
5/-?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).
192
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
E Pluribus Unicorn 1969-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon Panther 11838
5/-?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).
192
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
E Pluribus Unicorn 1970-01-00 Theodore Sturgeon Ballantine Books 01827
$0.75?$: US dollar
x+
211
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 Robert Pepper Checkmark
Xanadu 1973-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon Meulenhoff (M=SF #65) 90-290-0157-7   327
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 Mati Klarwein Checkmark
Les enfants de Sturgeon 1977-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon
Librairie des Champs-Élysées?Librairie des Champs-Elysees
(Le Masque - Science Fiction #58)
2-7024-0604-1   251
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
E Pluribus Unicorn 1977-08-00 Theodore Sturgeon Pocket Books 0-671-81355-2
$1.50?$: US dollar
x+
211
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
E Pluribus Unicorn 1977-08-00 Theodore Sturgeon Pocket Books 0-671-81355-2
C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar
x+
211
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
E Pluribus Unicorn 1979-11-00 Theodore Sturgeon Pocket Books 0-671-83149-6
$1.95?$: US dollar
x+
211
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
E Pluribus Unicorn 1984-02-00 Theodore Sturgeon Timescape / Pocket Books 0-671-50223-9
$2.95?$: US dollar
x+
211
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
Aus vielen Ein horn 1985-01-00 Theodore Sturgeon Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #23463) 3-442-23463-8
DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
285
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
Jürgen F. Rogner?Juergen F. Rogner
Checkmark
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural 1985-05-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Doubleday / SFBC 5144
$6.98?$: US dollar
xv+
623
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Edward Gorey Checkmark
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural 1985-06-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Doubleday 0-385-18549-9
$15.95?$: US dollar
xv+
623
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Edward Gorey Checkmark
The Monster Book of Monsters 1988-05-00 ed. Michael O'Shaughnessy Xanadu 0-947761-42-X
£9.95?£: UK pound
352
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Hannes Bok Checkmark
Weird Tales: 32 Unearthed Terrors 1988-07-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers 0-517-66123-3
$9.98?$: US dollar
xv+
655
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Hannes Bok Checkmark
The Monster Book of Monsters 1988-08-00 ed. Michael O'Shaughnessy Bonanza Books 0-517-66293-0
$7.98?$: US dollar
352
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Hannes Bok Checkmark
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural 1990-10-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Dorset Press 0-88029-518-X
$8.95?$: US dollar
xv+
623
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Edward Gorey  
Urania #1155 1991-06-16 ed. Giuseppe Lippi Mondadori 1155
Lit 4,500?Lit: Italian lira
144
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 Vicente Segrelles  
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural 1991-12-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Macdonald 0-356-20221-6
£14.95?£: UK pound
xiii+
658
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 Ashley Pearce  
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural 1992-10-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Warner Books UK 0-7515-0030-5
£8.99?£: UK pound
xiii+
658
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 Ashley Pearce  
Thunder and Roses 1997-11-00 Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books 1-55643-252-6
$25.00?$: US dollar
xv+
380
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Creature dello spazio profondo 1999-03-00 ed. Giuseppe Lippi Mondadori (Millemondi (quarterly) #19)  
Lit 9,900?Lit: Italian lira
368
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 Marco Patrito  
La fuente del unicornio 1999-10-00 Theodore Sturgeon Plaza & Janés (Mundos Imaginarios #1) 84-01-54103-4   348
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 Jordi Forcada  
Thunder and Roses 1999-11-00 Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books 1-55643-328-X
$18.95?$: US dollar
xv+
380
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  
Le professeur et l'ours en peluche 2000-02-00 Theodore Sturgeon Manitoba / Les Belles Lettres (Le Cabinet Noir #42) 2-251-77145-X
F49.00?F: French frank
238
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
Rémi Hamoir?Remi Hamoir
Checkmark
Sympathy for the Devil 2010-08-01 ed. Tim Pratt Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-189-8
$15.95?$: US dollar
431
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 David Palumbo Checkmark
Sympathy for the Devil 2010-08-01 ed. Tim Pratt Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-242-0
$15.95?$: US dollar
431
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth David Palumbo  
Weird Tales 2012-00-00 ed. uncredited Pulp Classics on DVD      
other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.
anth Hannes Bok Checkmark
Thunder and Roses 2014-06-30 Theodore Sturgeon Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10998-8
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
100 Jahre Weird Tales Jubiläumsedition: 1946 bis 1954 2023-09-26 ed. Frank Festa, Hardy Kettlitz Festa     413
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Frank Kelly Freas Checkmark
E Pluribus Unicorn date unknown Theodore Sturgeon Pocket Books 0-671-83149-6
$1.95?$: US dollar
x+
211
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
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