Title: Hal Irwin's Magic Lamp

Title: Hal Irwin's Magic Lamp Title Record # 2176349
Author: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Date: 1957-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: Non-genre classification from the 2001 german publication. Wikipedia states that the version in "Bagombo Snuff Box" is different from the 1957 publication (that also was published in "Canary in a Cat House").

Synopsis: A husband tries to impress his wife with a fake magic lamp, but he misinterprets the family situation

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Year	Title
1957	Hal Irwin's Magic Lamp [as by Kurt Vonnegut]

Year	Language	Title
2001^ⓘTranslated by <a href="https:///www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?191844">Harry Rowohlt</a>	German	Hal Irwins Wunderlampe [as by Kurt Vonnegut]

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Canary in a Cat House	1961-09-00	Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.	Fawcett Gold Medal	s1153	$0.35^?$: US dollar	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	Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon
Bagombo Snuff Box	1999-08-00	Kurt Vonnegut	G. P. Putnam's Sons	0-399-14505-2	$24.95^?$: US dollar	xx+ 295	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Paul Bacon
Bagombo Snuff Box	1999-08-00	Kurt Vonnegut	G. P. Putnam's Sons	0-399-14526-5	$^?$: US dollar	xx+ 295	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Bagombo Snuff Box	1999-09-00	Kurt Vonnegut	Jonathan Cape	0-224-06051-1	£16.99^?£: UK pound	xviii+ 295	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Bagombo Snuff Box	2000-08-00	Kurt Vonnegut	Berkley Books	0-425-17446-8	$13.95^?$: US dollar	xxii+ 357	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	Kurt Vonnegut
Suche Traum, biete mich	2001-09-00	Kurt Vonnegut	Hanser	3-446-20062-2		251+ [2]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction	date unknown	Kurt Vonnegut	Vintage (UK)	978-0-09-928296-9	£8.99^?£: UK pound	xviii+ 295	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

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