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Title: The Way It Was

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Title: The Way It Was Title Record # 57238
Author: Frederik Pohl
Date: 1977-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Introduction to story says it was originally published in the one and only issue of "Viva" magazine, but in fact the magazine published for years. https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/18/archives/circulation-low-viva-magazine-to-halt-in-january.html
Synopsis: In a collapsed economy, a man makes a living in the organ donation industry.
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Year Language Title
1986 Italian Stan ed Evanie

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Pohlstars 1984-10-00 Frederik Pohl Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31545-6
$2.95?$: US dollar
x+
257
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Pohlstars 1984-10-00 Frederik Pohl Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31545-6
C$3.75?C$: Canadian dollar
x+
257
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Pohlstars 1986-01-00 Frederik Pohl Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) 0-575-03718-0
£8.95?£: UK pound
x+
203
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Urania #1019 1986-03-30 ed. Gianni Montanari Mondadori 1019
Lit 3,000?Lit: Italian lira
160
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  
Pohlstars 1990-11-00 Frederik Pohl VGSF 0-575-04855-7
£3.50?£: UK pound
203
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 The Image Bank Checkmark
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