Title: Watchbird Title Record # 46236
Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1953-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
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Year Language Title 1957ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand French L'oiseau-gardien 1958 German Und Friede auf Erden 1959ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand Italian Uccello da guardia 1972ⓘTranslated by Marcel Battin French L'oiseau-gardien 1973ⓘTranslated by Roberta Rambelli Italian Uccello da guardia 1983ⓘTranslated by Michael Görden German Wachvogel 1986ⓘTranslated by Mihai Bădescu Romanian Pasăre de pază?Pasare de paza 1998ⓘTranslated by Roberto Marini Italian Uccello da guardia

Year Language Title 1954ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator Italian L'uccello elettronico (Part 1 of 3) 1954ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator Italian L'uccello elettronico (Part 2 of 3) 1954ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator Italian L'uccello elettronico (Part 3 of 3)

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Galaxy Science Fiction, February 1953	1953-02-00	ed. H. L. Gold	Galaxy Publishing Corporation		$0.35?$: US dollar	164	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	Mel Hunter
Shadow of Tomorrow	1953-07-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Permabooks	P236	$0.35?$: US dollar	379	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
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], v3 #6	1953-08-00	ed. H. L. Gold	Thorpe and Porter		1/6?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).	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	Mel Hunter
Shadow of Tomorrow	1953-08-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Permabooks	P236	C$0.39?C$: Canadian dollar	379	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
I Romanzi di Urania #49	1954-07-10	ed. Giorgio Monicelli	Mondadori	49	Lit 130?Lit: Italian lira	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	Curt Caesar
I Romanzi di Urania #50	1954-07-20	ed. Giorgio Monicelli	Mondadori	50	Lit 130?Lit: Italian lira	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	Curt Caesar
I Romanzi di Urania #51	1954-07-30	ed. Giorgio Monicelli	Mondadori	51	Lit 130?Lit: Italian lira	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	Curt Caesar
Untouched by Human Hands	1955-00-00	Robert Sheckley	Michael Joseph (Novels of Tomorrow)		12/-?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).	253	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Galaxie (1ère série), #39 February 1957	1957-02-00	ed. Editors of Galaxie (1ère série)?Editors of Galaxie (1ere serie)	Editions Nuit et Jour		F100.00?F: French frank	148	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
Galaxis Science Fiction, #5	1958-07-00	ed. Lothar Heinecke	Moewig		DM 1.50?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	128	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.	mag	Kirberger
Galaxy #11	1959-04-00	ed. R. Valente	Casa Editrice La Tribuna	11	Lit 150?Lit: Italian lira	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	G. Crepax
Notions: Unlimited	1960-06-00	Robert Sheckley	Bantam Books	A2003	$0.35?$: US dollar	170	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
Untouched by Human Hands	1967-04-00	Robert Sheckley	Four Square Books	1804	3/6?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).	125	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
Notions: Unlimited	1968-11-00	Robert Sheckley	Bantam Books	F3850	$0.50?$: US dollar	170	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
Notions: Unlimited	1968-11-00	Robert Sheckley	Bantam Books	F3850	C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar	170	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
Les univers de Robert Sheckley	1972-05-03	Robert Sheckley	OPTA (Club du Livre d'Anticipation #37)			xxxviii+ 418	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
La decima vittima	1973-03-20	Robert Sheckley	Mondadori (Oscar #448)	10748	Lit 750?Lit: Italian lira	238	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	Ferruccio Bocca
The Status Civilization and Notions: Unlimited	1979-11-00	Robert Sheckley	Ace Books (Ace Double)	0-441-78537-9	$2.25?$: US dollar	469	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	David Bergen
Fütterungszeiten unbekannt?Fuetterungszeiten unbekannt	1983-10-00	Robert Sheckley	Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Bestseller #22062)	3-404-22062-5	DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	216	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	Peter Coene
Histoires mécaniques	1985-04-00	ed. Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein	Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3820)	2-253-03659-5		413	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	Manchu
Povestiri ciberrobotice	1986-00-00	ed. Mihai Bădescu?Mihai Badescu , Florin Manolescu, Alexandru Mironov	Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică?Editura Stiintifica si Enciclopedica Editura Shtiintsifica shi Enciclopedica		Lei 15?Lei: Romanian leu	422	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	Marina Nicolaev Ungureanu
Watchbird	1990-07-00	Robert Sheckley	Pulphouse Publishing			35	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap	Frank Kelly Freas
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley	1991-09-00	Robert Sheckley	Pulphouse Publishing		$150.00?$: US dollar	331+ 380+ 360+ 275+ 344	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book Two	1991-09-00	Robert Sheckley	Pulphouse Publishing			380	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book Two	1992-07-00	Robert Sheckley	Pulphouse Publishing	1-56146-421-X	$12.95?$: US dollar	380	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
Cyber-Killers	1997-06-00	ed. Ric Alexander	Millennium / Orion	0-7528-0783-8	£16.99?£: UK pound	viii+ 408	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Cyber-Killers	1997-06-00	ed. Ric Alexander	Millennium / Orion	0-7528-0980-6	£9.99?£: UK pound	vii+ 408	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
Cyber-Killers	1998-05-00	ed. Ric Alexander	Orion	0-7528-1633-0	£6.99?£: UK pound	ix+ 540	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
La macchina che uccide	1998-12-15	ed. Ric Alexander	Mondadori (Millemondi (quarterly) #18)		Lit 9,900?Lit: Italian lira	352	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	Franco Brambilla
Watchbird	2009-08-02	Robert Sheckley	Project Gutenberg	29579			ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	chap
Short Science Fiction Collection 36	2010-05-16	ed. LibriVox	LibriVox		$0.00?$: US dollar		digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	anth	NASA, ESA, & the Hubble SM4 ERO Team
"The Perfect Woman" and Other Stories	2011-06-09	Robert Sheckley	Armchair Fiction (Armchair Fiction Masters of Science Fiction #3)	978-1-61287-040-3	$16.95?$: US dollar	320	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	Ed Valigursky
StarShipSofa, No 216	2011-12-15	ed. Tony C. Smith	StarShipSofa		$0.00?$: US dollar		digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	mag
Store of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley	2012-05-01	Robert Sheckley	New York Review of Books (NYRB Classics)	978-1-59017-494-4	$17.95?$: US dollar	xi+ 396	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	Keith Carter
Watchbird	2012-11-03	Robert Sheckley	LibriVox		$0.00?$: US dollar		digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	chap
Notions: Unlimited	2014-11-27	Robert Sheckley	Gateway / Orion	978-1-4732-0762-2	£2.99?£: UK pound		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Untouched by Human Hands	2021-06-03	Robert Sheckley	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics Science Fiction)	978-0-14-199460-4	£8.99?£: UK pound		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Untouched by Human Hands	2021-06-03	Robert Sheckley	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics Science Fiction)	978-0-241-47302-3	£8.99?£: UK pound	208	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
Masters of Science Fiction: Robert Sheckley	2022-02-00	Robert Sheckley	Centipede Press (Masters of Science Fiction (Centipede Press))	978-1-61347-311-5	$65.00?$: US dollar	727	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jim Keegan , Ruth Keegan

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Reviews

• Review by James Blish [as by William Atheling, Jr.] (1953) in The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction, (1964) , reprinted in:
•     [as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1967)
•     [as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1969)
•     [as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1974)
•     [as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1974)