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Title: Sleight of Wit Title Record # 55511
Author: Gordon R. Dickson
Date: 1961-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1966Translated by P. Groen
Dutch Kunstgreep
1969Translated by Hubert Straßl
German Die ultimate Waffe
1998Translated by В. Казанцев (V. Kazantsev)
Russian
Самое мощное оружие?Samoye moshchnoye oruzhiye
[as by
Джон Гордон?Dzhon Gordon
John Gordon
]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, December 1961 1961-12-00 ed. John W. Campbell Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.50?$: 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 Thomas Checkmark
Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, April 1962 (UK) 1962-04-00 ed. John W. Campbell Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
2/6?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).
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 Checkmark
Analog 1 1963-02-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Doubleday  
$3.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xviii+
219
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Hiram Ash Checkmark
Analog 1 1963-02-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Doubleday / SFBC (Doubleday Science Fiction)  
$1.20?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xviii+
219
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Hiram Ash Checkmark
Analog 1 1964-07-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Paperback Library 52-293
$0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
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.
anth Checkmark
Analog Anthology 1965-09-27 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Dennis Dobson (Dobson Science Fiction)  
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).
799
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Richard Weaver (artist)  
Science-fictionverhalen 5 1966-00-00 ed. uncredited Het Spectrum (Prisma #1208) 1208
ƒ1.75?ƒ: Dutch guilder. ISO code: NLG in 1810s-1999
155
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 Waldemar Post Checkmark
Analog Anthology 1966-06-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)     799
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Analog One 1967-00-00 ed. John W. Campbell Panther 2256
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).
169
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
Analog One 1969-00-00 ed. John W. Campbell Panther 2256
5/-?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).
169
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
Vorsicht — Mensch! und andere Stories 1969-08-01 Gordon R. Dickson Moewig (Terra Nova #78) TN078
DM 0.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
65
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".
coll Karl Stephan Checkmark
Analog 1 1971-07-00 ed. John W. Campbell Paperback Library 64-645
$0.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
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.
anth Davis Meltzer Checkmark
Analog 1 1971-07-00 ed. John W. Campbell Paperback Library 64-645
C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD
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.
anth Davis Meltzer Checkmark
Mindspan 1986-07-00 Gordon R. Dickson Baen Books (Baen Science Fiction Books) 0-671-65580-9
$2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
276
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 James Warhola Checkmark
Mindspan 1986-07-00 Gordon R. Dickson Baen Books 0-671-65580-9
C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD
276
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 James Warhola Checkmark
Mindspan 1993-03-00 Gordon R. Dickson Baen Books 0-671-65580-9
$4.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
276
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 James Warhola Checkmark
Самое мощное оружие?Samoye moshnoye oruzhiye
1998-00-00 5-7632-0748-3   442
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Checkmark
The Human Edge 2003-12-00 Gordon R. Dickson Baen Books 0-7434-7174-1
$6.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
406
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 David Mattingly Checkmark
Science-fictionverhalen 5 2011-04-00 ed. uncredited Het Spectrum (Vantoen.nu #1208) 978-90-315-0309-4
€14.99?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR
155
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 Waldemar Post  
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