Title: The Words of Guru
Title Record # 189590
Author: C. M. Kornbluth
Date: 1941-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: C. M. Kornbluth
Date: 1941-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Stirring Science Stories, June 1941 | 1941-06-00 | ed. Donald A. Wollheim | Albing Publications | $0.15?$: US dollar |
128 | 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 | Hannes Bok |  |
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| Uncanny Tales, May 1942 | 1942-05-00 | ed. Melvin R. Colby | Adam Publishing Company | C$0.15?C$: Canadian dollar |
96 | 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 | G. M. Rae | ||
| Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 5, 1947 | 1947-11-00 | ed. Donald A. Wollheim | Avon Book Co. | $0.35?$: US dollar |
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 | |
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| Children of Wonder: 21 Remarkable and Fantastic Tales | 1953-03-19 | ed. William Tenn | Simon & Schuster | $2.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 337 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Paul Bacon | |
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| Children of Wonder: 21 Remarkable and Fantastic Tales | 1953-07-00 | ed. William Tenn | Simon & Schuster / SFBC | 336 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Paul Bacon | |
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| Outsiders: Children of Wonder | 1954-06-00 | ed. William Tenn | Permabooks | P291 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
355 | 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 | Richard Powers | |
| Verbinding met morgen | 1957-00-00 | ed. Manuel van Loggem | De Bezige Bij (Schrik in Plastic #4) | 198 | 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 | Pim van Boxsel | |
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| Verbinding met morgen | 1957-00-00 | ed. Manuel van Loggem | De Bezige Bij (Schrik in Plastic #4) | 198 | 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 | Pim van Boxsel | |
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| A Mile Beyond the Moon | 1958-00-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | Doubleday | C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
239 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Remy Charlip | ||
| A Mile Beyond the Moon | 1958-00-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | Doubleday | $2.95?$: US dollar |
239 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Remy Charlip | |
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| A Mile Beyond the Moon | 1959-02-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | Doubleday / SFBC | $1.20?$: US dollar |
239 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Remy Charlip | |
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| A Mile Beyond the Moon | 1962-01-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | Macfadden Books | 40-100 | $0.40?$: US dollar |
175 | 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 | |
| A Mile Beyond the Moon | 1966-05-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | Macfadden Books | 50-288 | C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
175 | 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 | |
| A Mile Beyond the Moon | 1966-05-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | Macfadden Books | 50-288 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
175 | 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 | |
| A Mile Beyond the Moon | 1972-12-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | Manor Books | 75-483 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
175 | 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 | |
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| Die Worte des Guru | 1974-00-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #0194) | 3-442-23194-9 | DM 4.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
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 | F. Jürgen Rogner | |
| The Golden Road | 1974-01-00 | ed. Damon Knight | Simon & Schuster | 0-671-21554-X | $8.95?$: US dollar |
447 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Joel Avirom | |
| The Golden Road | 1974-11-00 | ed. Damon Knight | Gollancz | 0-575-01900-X | £3.00?£: UK pound |
342 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| A Mile Beyond the Moon | 1976-00-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | Manor Books | 12395 | $1.25?$: US dollar |
175 | 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 | |
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| The 4th Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories | 1976-02-00 | ed. Michel Parry | Mayflower | 0-583-12703-7 | £0.50?£: UK pound |
192 | 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 | Les Edwards | |
| The Best of C. M. Kornbluth | 1976-10-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | Nelson Doubleday / SFBC | 3006 | $2.49?$: US dollar |
312 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Gary Viskupic | |
| The Best of C. M. Kornbluth | 1977-01-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | Ballantine Books (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) | 0-345-25461-9 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 338 |
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 | Dean Ellis | |
| The Best of C. M. Kornbluth | 1977-01-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | Ballantine Books (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) | 0-345-25461-9 | C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
xiv+ 338 |
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 | Dean Ellis | |
| The Best Horror Stories | 1977-09-00 | ed. uncredited | Hamlyn | 0-600-38244-3 | £2.95?£: UK pound |
751 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| The Best of C. M. Kornbluth | 1977-11-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | Taplinger | 0-8008-0723-5 | $9.95?$: US dollar |
312 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Rus Anderson | |
| Van Edgar Allan Poe tot Roald Dahl: De vijftig beste griezel-verhalen | 1980-00-00 | ed. Erik Lankester | Publiboek / Baart | 90-6513-012-8 | 514 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Kate Higgins | |
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| The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 3, 1941 | 1980-03-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #377) | 0-87997-523-7 / UE1523 | $2.25?$: US dollar |
352 | 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 | Jack Gaughan | |
| The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 3, 1941 | 1980-03-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | 0-87997-523-7 | C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
352 | 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 | Jack Gaughan | |
| Die besten Stories von 1941 | 1981-02-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov | Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6713) | 3-8118-6713-X | DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
334 | 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 | Carl Lundgren | |
| Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: 2nd Series | 1983-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | 0-517-41367-1 | 723 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| The Fantasy Hall of Fame | 1983-10-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Arbor House | 0-87795-521-2 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
431 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | E. T. Steadman | |
| Der Gedankenwurm | 1987-00-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #195) | 3-518-37934-8 | DM 10.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
206 | 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 | Tom Breuer | |
| Urania #1056 | 1987-08-30 | ed. Gianni Montanari | Mondadori | 1056 | Lit 3,500?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 | |
| The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats | 1988-06-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Robinson | 0-948164-71-9 | £4.95?£: UK pound |
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 | Christos Achilleos | |
| The Best Horror Stories (abridged) | 1990-04-00 | ed. uncredited | Mallard Press | 0-7924-5250-X | $7.98?$: US dollar |
398 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Rivals of Weird Tales | 1990-05-00 | ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | 0-517-69331-3 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
xx+ 486 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | John Rosato | |
| Devil Worshipers | 1990-05-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #817) | 0-88677-420-9 | $4.50?$: US dollar |
348 | 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 | Jim Warren | |
| The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats | 1990-07-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Robinson | 0-948164-71-9 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
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 | Christos Achilleos | |
| The Best Horror Stories (abridged) | 1990-09-00 | ed. uncredited | Ivy Leaf | 0-86363-002-2 | £3.99?£: UK pound |
398 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| His Share of Glory: The Complete Short Science Fiction of C. M. Kornbluth | 1997-02-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | NESFA Press | 0-915368-60-9 | $27.00?$: US dollar |
xx+ 670 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Richard Powers | |
| His Share of Glory: The Complete Short Science Fiction of C. M. Kornbluth | 1997-07-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | NESFA Press | 0-915368-60-9 | $27.00?$: US dollar |
xx+ 670 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Richard Powers | |
| His Share of Glory: The Complete Short Science Fiction of C. M. Kornbluth | 1997-08-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | NESFA Press / SFBC | 17419 | $14.98?$: US dollar |
xx+ 670 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Richard Powers | |
| Children of the Night | 1999-11-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg | Cumberland House Publishing | 1-58182-037-2 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
224 | 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 | ||
| Great Fantasy | 2004-00-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | W. H. Smith | 1-84529-106-9 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
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 | Julek Heller | |
| His Share of Glory: The Complete Short Science Fiction of C. M. Kornbluth | 2009-12-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | NESFA Press | 978-0-915368-60-0 | $29.00?$: US dollar |
xx+ 670 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Richard Powers | |
| The Century's Best Horror Fiction 1901-1950 | 2012-01-31 | ed. John Pelan | Cemetery Dance Publications | 978-1-58767-080-0 | $75.00?$: US dollar |
706 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Alan M. Clark | |
| The 34th Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack | 2016-03-05 | C. M. Kornbluth | Wildside Press | 978-1-4794-2040-7 | $0.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| The Best of C. M. Kornbluth | 2017-12-17 | C. M. Kornbluth | Faded Page | 20171227 | C$0.00?C$: Canadian dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Gary Viskupic | |
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| The Fantasy Hall of Fame | date unknown | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Arbor House | 0-87795-521-2 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
431 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | E. T. Steadman | |