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Title: The Guided Man

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Title: The Guided Man Title Record # 57950
Author: L. Sprague de Camp
Date: 1952-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
User Rating: 5.00 (1 vote) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), mind control (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1980Translated by Irmhild Hübner
German ... Kontrolle ist besser [as by Lyon Sprague de Camp]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Startling Stories, October 1952 1952-10-00 ed. Samuel Mines Better Publications, Inc.; Kokomo, IN  
$0.25?$: US dollar
148
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Jack Coggins Checkmark
A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales 1963-00-00 L. Sprague de Camp Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.90?$: US dollar
359
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Gilda Kuhlman Checkmark
A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales 1963-00-00 L. Sprague de Camp Doubleday  
$4.50?$: US dollar
359
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Gilda Kuhlman Checkmark
A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales 1969-00-00 L. Sprague de Camp Curtis Books 123-09018-095
$0.95?$: US dollar
319
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 Johnny Bruck Checkmark
Science Fiction Yearbook, Number 3 1969-00-00 ed. Helen Tono Popular Library, Inc.  
$0.50?$: US dollar
100
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Virgil Finlay Checkmark
A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales 1974-00-00 L. Sprague de Camp Remploy 0-7066-0570-5
£2.20?£: UK pound
xv+
319
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales 1974-00-00 L. Sprague de Camp Remploy 0-7066-0570-5
£2.20?£: UK pound
xv+
319
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Best of L. Sprague de Camp 1978-02-00 L. Sprague de Camp Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 2164
$2.98?$: US dollar
xv+
301
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Richard V. Corben Checkmark
The Best of L. Sprague de Camp 1978-05-00 L. Sprague de Camp Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-25474-0
$1.95?$: US dollar
xvii+
362
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 Darrell Sweet Checkmark
The Best of L. Sprague de Camp 1978-05-00 L. Sprague de Camp Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-25474-0
C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar
xvii+
362
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 Darrell Sweet Checkmark
Ein Yankee bei Aristoteles 1980-04-00 Lyon Sprague de Camp Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3719) 3-453-30622-8
DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
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 Karel Thole Checkmark
The Best of L. Sprague de Camp 1986-05-00 L. Sprague de Camp Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-32930-9
$3.50?$: US dollar
xvii+
362
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 Darrell Sweet Checkmark
The Best of L. Sprague de Camp 2014-12-12 L. Sprague de Camp Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-249-7
$6.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Best of L. Sprague de Camp 2014-12-16 L. Sprague de Camp Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-248-0
$14.99?$: US dollar
341
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  
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