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Title: Business as Usual, During Alterations

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Title: Business as Usual, During Alterations Title Record # 55690
Author: Ralph Williams
Date: 1958-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
User Rating: 7.50 (2 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1970Translated by José Maria Aroca
Spanish El duplicador de materia
1977Translated by Nikola Popović
Croatian
Uobičajeni posao s manjim izmjenama?Uobicajeni posao s manjim izmjenama
Uobichajeni posao s manjim izmjenama

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Astounding Science Fiction, July 1958 1958-07-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.35?$: 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 Freas Checkmark
Prologue to Analog 1962-01-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Doubleday  
$3.95?$: US dollar
308
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ben Robinson (cover designer)  
Prologue to Analog 1962-03-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.20?$: US dollar
308
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ben Robinson (cover designer) Checkmark
Analog Anthology 1965-09-27 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Dennis Dobson  
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  
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  
Prologue to Analog 1967-00-00 ed. John W. Campbell Panther 2255
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).
236
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
One Hundred Years of Science Fiction 1968-00-00 ed. Damon Knight Simon & Schuster  
$6.50?$: US dollar
384
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Carl Smith Checkmark
Prologue to Analog 1969-00-00 ed. John W. Campbell Panther 2255
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).
236
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
One Hundred Years of Science Fiction 1969-06-00 ed. Damon Knight Gollancz 0-575-00329-4
£1.60?£: UK pound
368
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Antología de novelas de anticipación X?Antologia de novelas de anticipacion X
1970-00-00 ed. Damon Knight Acervo (Antología de novelas de anticipación #10)     403
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  
One Hundred Years of Science Fiction 1970-05-00 ed. Damon Knight Gollancz 0-575-00329-4
£1.60?£: UK pound
368
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
One Hundred Years of Science Fiction, Book Two 1972-03-00 ed. Damon Knight Pan Books 0-330-02983-5
£0.30?£: UK pound
x+
179
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
Tomorrow, Inc.: SF Stories About Big Business 1976-01-01 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander Taplinger 0-8008-7746-2
$9.95?$: US dollar
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Tomorrow, Inc. 1977-03-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander Robson Books 0-903895-97-8
£3.75?£: UK pound
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
One Hundred Years of Science Fiction Book Two 1977-08-00 ed. Damon Knight Pan Books 0-330-02983-5
£0.70?£: UK pound
x+
179
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 Bob Layzell Checkmark
Sirius, #16 1977-10-05 ed.
Borivoj Jurković?Borivoj Jurkovic
Borivoj Jurkovich
Vjesnik  
Din 10?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar
148
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 Jad Checkmark
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