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Title: The Rhythm of the Rats Title Record # 65386
Author: Eric Frank Russell
Date: 1950-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1963 Rhythm of the Rats
Year Language Title
1969Translated by Joachim A. Frank
German Der Rhythmus der Ratten
1969Translated by C. A. G. van den Broek (= Kees van den Broek)
Dutch Het ritme van de ratten
1978 Italian La musica dei topi
1980Translated by C. A. G. van den Broek
Dutch Ritme van de ratten

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Weird Tales, July 1950 1950-07-00 ed. D. McIlwraith Weird Tales  
$0.25?$: 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 Matt Fox Checkmark
Weird Tales, February 1951 1951-02-00 ed. uncredited Thorpe and Porter  
1/-?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).
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 Matt Fox  
Dark Tides 1962-00-00 Eric Frank Russell Dennis Dobson  
15/-?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).
183
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Dark Tides 1963-11-00 Eric Frank Russell Panther 1599
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).
128
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
Dark Tides 1964-12-00 Eric Frank Russell Panther 1599
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).
128
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
Weird Tales of the Supernatural 1966-00-00 ed. Kurt Singer W. H. Allen  
30/-?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).
352
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Weird Tales of the Supernatural 1975-00-00 ed. Kurt Singer White Lion 0-85617-464-5
£?£: UK pound
352
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Black Magic Omnibus 1976-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Robson Books 0-903895-46-3
£5.25?£: UK pound
413
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Black Magic Omnibus 1976-04-00 ed. Peter Haining Taplinger 0-8008-0809-6
$10.95?$: US dollar
413
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Black Magic I 1977-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Orbit Book / Futura Publications 0-86007-961-9
£0.80?£: UK pound
230
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
Weird Tales: Seven Decades of Terror 1997-00-00 ed. John Betancourt, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0403-1
$7.98?$: US dollar
xxi+
428
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Darker Tides: The Weird Tales of Eric Frank Russell 2006-07-00 Eric Frank Russell Midnight House 0-9740589-6-3
$45.00?$: US dollar
277
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Allen Koszowski Checkmark
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
Short Stories Collection 2017-11-21 Eric Frank Russell VintReads 978-1-387-36890-7
£3.49?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Checkmark
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