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Title: The Joy of Living

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Title: The Joy of Living Title Record # 63375
Author: William F. Nolan
Date: 1954-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
2017 The Joy of Living [as by William Nolan]
Year Language Title
1967Translated by Wulf H. Bergner
German Familienglück
1967Translated by Ugo Carrega
Italian La gioia di vivere
1969Translated by J. W. M. Liefrink
Dutch De vreugde van het leven

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
If, August 1954 1954-08-00 ed. James L. Quinn Quinn Publishing Company, Inc.; Buffalo, NY  
$0.35?$: US dollar
124
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 Ken Fagg Checkmark
If, Vol. 1 No. 13 [UK] 1954-11-00 ed. James L. Quinn Strato Publications  
1/6?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).
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 Ken Fagg Checkmark
Impact-20 1963-11-00 William F. Nolan Paperback Library 52-250
$0.50?$: US dollar
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.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
The Pseudo-People: Androids in Science Fiction 1965-00-00 ed. William F. Nolan Sherbourne Press  
$4.50?$: US dollar
xviii+
238
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Czeslaw Banasiewicz Checkmark
Impact-20 1966-00-00 William F. Nolan Corgi GN7357
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).
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.
coll Checkmark
Almost Human: Androids in Science Fiction 1966-00-00 ed. William F. Nolan Souvenir Press  
21/-?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).
xviii+
227
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Impact 20 1966-06-00 William F. Nolan Paperback Library 52-971
$0.50?$: US dollar
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.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
Impact 20 1966-06-00 William F. Nolan Paperback Library 52-971
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
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.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
The Pseudo-People: Androids in Science Fiction 1967-00-00 ed. William F. Nolan Mayflower-Dell 7172-8
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).
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.
anth Checkmark
Die Anderen unter uns: Von Menschen und Pseudomenschen 1967-00-00 ed. William F. Nolan Melzer  
DM 19.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
438
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Quasi umani 1967-02-00 ed. William F. Nolan Sugar  
Lit 2,000?Lit: Italian lira
324
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 Enrico Baj Checkmark
The Pseudo-People: Androids in Science Fiction 1967-08-00 ed. William F. Nolan Berkley Medallion S1437
$0.75?$: US dollar
256
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 Hoot von Zitzewitz Checkmark
Die Anderen unter uns: Von Menschen und Pseudomenschen 1968-05-00 ed. William F. Nolan Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3120) 3120
DM 2.40?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
196
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 Karl Stephan Checkmark
Impact 18: De schok van het ongewone 1969-00-00 William F. Nolan Het Spectrum (Prisma #1374) 1374 ƒ2.00 160
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.
coll Checkmark
Die Anderen unter uns: Von Menschen und Pseudomenschen 1969-00-00 ed. William F. Nolan Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3120) 3120
DM 2.40?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
196
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 Karl Stephan Checkmark
Alien Horizons 1974-08-00 William F. Nolan Pocket Books 0-671-77928-1
$0.95?$: US dollar
191
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 Vincent DiFate Checkmark
Alien Horizons 1974-08-00 William F. Nolan Pocket Books 0-671-77928-1
C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar
191
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 Vincent DiFate Checkmark
Wonderworlds 1977-03-00 William F. Nolan Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) 0-575-02248-5
£4.50?£: UK pound
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Wonderworlds 1977-11-00 William F. Nolan Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 1131   192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Pseudo People 1978-10-00 ed. William F. Nolan Charter House 0-8202-5021-X
$4.95?$: US dollar
238
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  
Wonderworlds 1979-05-00 William F. Nolan Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers 0-552-11081-7
£0.95?£: UK pound
190
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 Tony Roberts (artist) Checkmark
Impact 20 2002-00-00 William F. Nolan Gauntlet Press 1-887368-65-5   240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll William F. Nolan Checkmark
Wild Galaxy: Selected Science Fiction Stories 2005-04-00 William F. Nolan Golden Gryphon Press (Golden Gryphon #38) 1-930846-31-2
$25.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
199
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Horrific Beginnings 2017-08-07 ed. Scott Goriscak The Horror Society Press 978-1-5465-2621-6
$13.95?$: US dollar
216
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  
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