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Title: A Gentle Dying

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Title: A Gentle Dying Title Record # 59208
Authors: C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
Date: 1961-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: On his deathbed, an elderly author who had championed the innocence and natural goodness of children is visited by a group of boys and girls.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1962Translated by Michele Silvestri
Italian Morte di un brav'uomo [as by Cyril M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl]
1965Translated by Pierre Billon
French Une mort douce
1977Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Sanftes Sterben
1977 Italian Morte di un brav'uomo [as by Cyril M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Magazine, June 1961 1961-06-00 ed. H. L. Gold Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.50?$: US dollar
196
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 Wenzel Checkmark
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 86 1961-06-00 ed. H. L. Gold Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
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).
196
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 Wenzel Checkmark
The Wonder Effect 1962-09-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books F638
$0.50?$: US dollar
159
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
The Wonder Effect 1962-11-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books F638
$0.50?$: US dollar
159
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
Galaxy #55 1962-12-00 ed. Luigi Vitali Casa Editrice La Tribuna 55
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 L. Galluppi Checkmark
L'ère des gladiateurs 1965-00-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl OPTA (OPTA - Galaxie Bis #1)  
F5.00?F: French frank
224
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.
novel Checkmark
The Wonder Effect 1967-00-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (2))  
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).
160
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Wonder Effect 1969-07-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books 01662
$0.75?$: US dollar
159
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
The Wonder Effect 1969-07-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books 01662
$0.75?$: US dollar
159
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
The Wonder Effect 1974-09-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Panther 0-586-03997-X
£0.40?£: UK pound
176
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 Anthony Roberts Checkmark
Katalysatoren 1977-07-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #0251) 3-442-23251-1
DM 4.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
155
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
La civiltà dell'incubo 1977-09-01 Cyril M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #51)  
Lit 1,600?Lit: Italian lira
202
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 Angus McKie  
Critical Mass 1977-10-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Bantam Books 0-553-10948-0
$1.75?$: US dollar
xi+
179
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 Eddie Jones Checkmark
Yesterday's Tomorrows 1982-10-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Berkley Books 0-425-05648-1
$9.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
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  
Our Best: The Best of Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth 1987-02-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Baen Books 0-671-65620-1
$2.95?$: US dollar
286
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
Isidre Monés?Isidre Mones
Checkmark
Our Best: The Best of Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth 1987-02-00 C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl Baen Books 0-671-65620-1
C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar
286
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
Isidre Monés?Isidre Mones
Checkmark
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