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Title: Game Title Record # 41378
Author: Donald Barthelme
Date: 1965-07-31
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: The soldiers assigned to man the launch button in a nuclear missile silo have not been relieved by the next shift for quite some time, and are becoming increasingly erratic.
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Year Language Title
1972Translated by <A href="https:///www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?115338">Thomas Schlück</a>
German Spiel
1976 French En attendant la relève

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Nomination 1966 Nebula Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The New Yorker, July 31, 1965 1965-07-31 ed. Editors of the New Yorker        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
11th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F 1966-00-00 ed. Judith Merril Delacorte Press  
$4.95?$: US dollar
384
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ziel Checkmark
11th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F 1967-09-00 ed. Judith Merril Dell 2241
$0.75?$: US dollar
384
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 Ziel Checkmark
The War Book 1969-09-00 ed. James Sallis Rupert Hart-Davis 0-246-98600-X
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).
188
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The War Book 1971-00-00 ed. James Sallis Panther 0-586-03430-7
£0.30?£: UK pound
176
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 Tybus Checkmark
Das Kriegsbuch 1972-00-00 ed. James Sallis Peter Hammer 3-87294-032-5
DM 16.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
190
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 Eddie Jones Checkmark
Das Kriegsbuch 1974-01-00 ed. James Sallis Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Orbit #34) 3-436-01820-1
DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
190
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 Eddie Jones Checkmark
Mourir au futur 1976-03-11 ed. Philippe R. Hupp 10/18 ( #1048) 2-264-00038-4   316
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 Pierre Bernard Checkmark
The World of the Short Story: A Twentieth Century Collection 1986-00-00 ed. Clifton Fadiman Houghton Mifflin 0-395-36805-7   xiii+
847
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Vintage Book of Amnesia 2000-11-00 ed. Jonathan Lethem Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books 0-375-70661-5
$14.00?$: US dollar
xvii+
414
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  
Stigmata: An Anthology of Writing and Art 2001-10-31 ed. uncredited Cocytus Press 0-9712051-0-8
$150.00?$: US dollar
viii+
327
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gustave Moreau  
The Vintage Book of Amnesia date unknown ed. Jonathan Lethem Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books 0-375-70661-5
$14.00?$: US dollar
xvii+
414
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 John Gall Checkmark
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