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Title: Midnight by the Morphy Watch

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Title: Midnight by the Morphy Watch Title Record # 41156
Author: Fritz Leiber
Date: 1974-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1979Translated by Klaus Weidemann
German Gespensterschach
1980Translated by Giuseppe Lippi
Italian Mezzanotte sull'orologio di Morphy

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
9 1975 Locus Best Short Story
Finalists 1975 Hugo Best Novelette

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Worlds of If, July-August 1974 1974-07-00 ed. James Baen UPD Publishing Corporation  
$0.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
180
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 Greg Theakston Checkmark
Worlds of If, July-August 1974 [UK] 1974-07-00 ed. James Baen Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd.  
£0.30?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
180
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 Greg Theakston Checkmark
The Best from If, Volume III 1976-00-00 ed. James Baen Award Books AD1544
$1.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
220
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
Heroes and Horrors 1978-12-00 Fritz Leiber Whispers Press 0-918372-03-8
$12.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xv+
237
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Tim Kirk Checkmark
Heroes and Horrors 1978-12-00 Fritz Leiber Whispers Press 0-918372-02-X
$25.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xv+
237
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Tim Kirk Checkmark
Heroes and Horrors 1978-12-00 Fritz Leiber Whispers Press 0-918372-02-X
$?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xv+
237
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Tim Kirk Checkmark
Heroes and Horrors 1978-12-00 Fritz Leiber Whispers Press 0-918372-02-X
$12.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xv+
237
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Tim Kirk Checkmark
Science-Fiction-Stories 76 1979-05-00 ed. uncredited Ullstein (Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy #31002) 3-548-31002-8
DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
122
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
Heroes and Horrors 1980-08-00 Fritz Leiber Pocket Books 0-671-83225-5
$2.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
240
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
Heroes and Horrors 1980-08-00 Fritz Leiber Pocket Books 0-671-83225-5
C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD
240
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
Il Meglio di If, Volume 3 1980-11-00 ed. uncredited Mursia (Tascabili Mursia #38) 40038 D
Lit 3,500?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999
204
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 Checkmark
Pawn to Infinity 1982-06-00 ed. Fred Saberhagen, Joan Saberhagen Ace Books 0-441-65482-7
$2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
[8]+
258
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
The Ghost Light 1984-04-00 Fritz Leiber Berkley Books (Masterworks of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Byron Preiss)) 0-425-06812-9
$7.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
368
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 John Jude Palencar Checkmark
The Ghost Light 1984-04-00 Fritz Leiber Berkley Books (Masterworks of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Byron Preiss)) 0-425-07057-3
$50.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
368
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll John Jude Palencar Checkmark
The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber 1990-04-00 Fritz Leiber Dark Harvest 0-913165-48-4
$21.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
601
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber 1990-04-00 Fritz Leiber Dark Harvest 0-913165-48-4
$65.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
601
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber 1990-04-00 Fritz Leiber Dark Harvest 0-913165-48-4   601
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Night Fantastic 1991-04-00 ed. Karen Anderson, Poul Anderson DAW Books (DAW Collectors #848) 0-88677-484-5 / UE2484
$4.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
382
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 Peter Goodfellow Checkmark
Occhi d'ombra 1991-05-00 Fritz Leiber Mondadori (Omnibus) 88-04-34851-8
Lit 25,000?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999
690
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll J. K. Potter  
The Ghost Light 1991-12-00 Fritz Leiber Ace Books 0-441-28602-X
$4.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
367
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 John Jude Palencar Checkmark
Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories 2010-04-00 Fritz Leiber Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-264-2
$9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Claudia Noble  
Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories 2010-05-00 Fritz Leiber Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-180-5
$24.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
359
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Claudia Noble Checkmark
Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories 2011-11-29 Fritz Leiber Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-226-0
$14.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
362
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 Claudia Noble Checkmark
Masters of the Weird Tale: Fritz Leiber 2016-06-00 Fritz Leiber Centipede Press (Masters of the Weird Tale) 978-1-61347-059-6
$275.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
904
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Tom Kidd Checkmark
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