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Title: Pen Pal Title Record # 56207
Author: Milton Lesser
Date: 1951-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: An old spinster -- about thirty and almost getting too old to marry -- is intrigued by corresponding advertisement. She is so fascinated by it that she isn't satisfied by just writing a letter but drives to meet the man who wrote the ad.
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1954Translated by an uncredited translator
Italian Stella cadente

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1951 1951-07-00 ed. H. L. Gold World Editions, 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 Willer Checkmark
Invaders of Earth 1952-03-00 ed. Groff Conklin Vanguard Press  
$2.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
333
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
I Romanzi di Urania #39 1954-03-30 ed. Giorgio Monicelli Mondadori 39
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 Checkmark
Invaders of Earth 1955-07-00 ed. Groff Conklin Pocket Books 1074
$0.25?$: US dollar
xiv+
257+
[1]
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 Morton Roberts Checkmark
Invaders of Earth 1956-06-00 ed. Groff Conklin Pocket Books 1074
C$0.25?C$: Canadian dollar
xiv+
257+
[1]
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 Morton Roberts Checkmark
The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Science Fiction Stories 2012-05-23 ed. John Gregory Betancourt Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4344-4881-1
$0.99?$: US dollar
713
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Diversepixel Checkmark
"A" As in Android and Other Tales 2013-01-30 Milton Lesser Armchair Fiction (Armchair Fiction Masters of Science Fiction #8) 978-1-61287-128-8
$16.95?$: 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 Leo Morey  
Pen Pal 2016-02-23 Milton Lesser Project Gutenberg 51286
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
Fantastic Stories Present the Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack #1 2016-03-21 ed. Warren Lapine Positronic Publishing 978-1-5154-0560-3
$14.99?$: US dollar
522
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 Krarrier  
Fantastic Stories Present the Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack #1 2016-03-25 ed. Warren Lapine Positronic Publishing 978-1-5154-0524-5
$1.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Krarrier  
Fantastic Stories Present the Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack #1 2018-04-03 ed. Warren Lapine Positronic Publishing 978-1-5154-2108-5
$24.99?$: US dollar
522
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Krarrier  
Incredible Science Fiction: Amazing Tales from the 1950s and Beyond, Volume 3 2023-07-23 ed. Andrew G. Gibson Andrew G. Gibson  
$5.13?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Art Painter  
Incredible Science Fiction: Amazing Tales from the 1950s and Beyond, Volume 3 2023-08-20 ed. Andrew G. Gibson Andrew G. Gibson 979-8-8535-0652-7
$11.45?$: US dollar
445
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 Art Painter  
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