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Title: Chance Encounter Title Record # 71699
Author: A. Bertram Chandler
Date: 1959-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: John Grimes
Language: English
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Year Language Title
1987Translated by Uwe Anton
German
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Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
New Worlds Science Fiction, #81 March 1959 1959-03-00 ed. John Carnell Nova Publications Ltd.  
2/-?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
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 Brian Lewis Checkmark
Up to the Sky in Ships / In and Out of Quandry 1982-09-00 A. Bertram Chandler, Lee Hoffman NESFA Press 0-915368-16-1
$13.00?$: US dollar
94+
63
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Kelly Freas Checkmark
Starships 1983-05-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest / Ballantine 0-449-20126-0
$3.50?$: US dollar
342
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Starships 1983-05-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest / Ballantine 0-449-20126-0
C$4.25?C$: Canadian dollar
342
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Sternenschiffe (2) 1987-04-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Ullstein (Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy #31145) 3-548-31145-8
DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
168
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 Stuart Hughes (artist) Checkmark
Starships 1995-03-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest / Ballantine 0-449-00748-0
$19.00?$: US dollar
342
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 Rick Sternbach  
John Grimes: Reserve Commodore 2004-01-00 A. Bertram Chandler Science Fiction Book Club 0-7394-3965-0 / 1156095
$14.99?$: US dollar
519
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Alan Pollack Checkmark
Catch the Star Winds 2007-12-00 A. Bertram Chandler Baen Books  
$4.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Ride the Star Winds 2012-04-00 A. Bertram Chandler Baen Books 978-1-4516-3812-7
$12.00?$: US dollar
869
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.
omni Alan Pollack Checkmark
Ride the Star Winds 2012-04-00 A. Bertram Chandler Baen Books 978-1-61824-850-3
$6.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
omni Alan Pollack Checkmark
Ride the Star Winds 2013-06-00 A. Bertram Chandler Baen Books 978-1-4516-3902-5
$7.99?$: US dollar
1111
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.
omni Alan Pollack Checkmark
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