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Title: Shell Games

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Title: Shell Games Title Record # 67151
Author: George R. R. Martin
Date: 1987-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Wild Cards
Language: English
User Rating: 5.50 (2 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1990ⓘTranslated by <a href="https:///isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?165762">Malte Heim</a>
 German Panzerspiele
1996ⓘTranslated by <a href="https://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Christian%20Jentzsch&amp;type=Name&amp;mode=exact">Christian Jentzsch</a>
 German Taschenspielertricks
2016ⓘTranslated by Pierre-Paul Durastanti & Henry-Luc Planchat
 French
Partir à point?Partir a point
2017 Portuguese O jogo da carapaça
2017ⓘTranslated by Laura Bocancios and/or Silviu Genescu
 Romanian
Jocurile țestoasei?Jocurile testoasei

Publications

Displaying all variants and translations • Do not display translations • Do not display variants or translations

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Wild Cards 1987-01-00 ed. George R. R. Martin Bantam Spectra 0-553-26190-8
$3.95?$: US dollar
 410
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 Stan Watts Checkmark
Wild Cards 1987-06-00 ed. George R. R. Martin Bantam Spectra / SFBC 10930
$6.98?$: US dollar
 408
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Walter Velez Checkmark
Wild Cards 1988-12-00 ed. George R. R. Martin Bantam Spectra 0-553-26190-8
$3.95?$: US dollar
 410
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 Stan Watts Checkmark
Wild Cards 1989-07-00 ed. George R. R. Martin Titan Books 1-85286-158-4
£3.95?£: UK pound
 410
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 Brian Bolland  
Wild Cards 1990-02-00 ed. George R. R. Martin Bantam Spectra 0-553-26190-8
$4.50?$: US dollar
 410
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 Timothy Truman Checkmark
Heyne Science Fiction Jahresband 1990 1990-03-00 ed. Wolfgang Jeschke Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4650) 3-453-03923-8
DM 12.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 607+
[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 Tony Roberts Checkmark
Asse und Joker 1996-00-00 ed. George R. R. Martin Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #5602) 3-453-10926-0
DM 12.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 316
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 Attila Boros  
GRRM: A RRetrospective 2003-09-00 George R. R. Martin Subterranean Press 1-931081-91-3
$125.00?$: US dollar
 1283
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Phil Parks Checkmark
GRRM: A RRetrospective 2003-09-00 George R. R. Martin Subterranean Press 1-931081-90-5
$40.00?$: US dollar
 1283
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Phil Parks  
Wild Cards 2003-12-00 ed. George R. R. Martin ibooks 0-7434-7520-8
$4.99?$: US dollar
 426
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 Brian Bolland Checkmark
Dreamsongs: GRRM: A RRetrospective 2006-00-00 George R. R. Martin Gollancz 978-0-575-08148-2
£14.99?£: UK pound
 1182+
[3]
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 Dominic Harman  
Dreamsongs: GRRM: A RRetrospective 2006-09-00 George R. R. Martin Gollancz / Orion 0-575-07905-3
£20.00?£: UK pound
 1185
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Dominic Harman Checkmark
Dreamsongs: GRRM: A RRetrospective 2007-10-00 George R. R. Martin Gollancz / Orion 0-575-07905-3
£14.99?£: UK pound
 1185
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 Dominic Harman  
Dreamsongs: Volume II 2007-12-00 George R. R. Martin Bantam Books 978-0-553-90434-5
$12.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Dominic Harman Checkmark
Dreamsongs: Volume II 2007-12-00 George R. R. Martin Bantam Spectra 0-553-80658-0
$27.00?$: US dollar
 741
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Dominic Harman Checkmark
Wild Cards I 2010-11-23 ed. George R. R. Martin Tor 978-0-7653-2615-7
$15.99?$: US dollar
 493
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  
Wild Cards I 2010-11-23 ed. George R. R. Martin Tor 978-1-4299-2645-4
$8.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Michael Komarck Checkmark
Wild Cards I 2011-11-08 ed. George R. R. Martin Brilliance Audio 978-1-4558-3298-9
$34.99?$: US dollar
  
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks
 anth  
Wild Cards I 2012-06-26 ed. George R. R. Martin Tor 978-0-7653-6507-1
$7.99?$: US dollar
 594
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 Michael Komarck  
Dreamsongs: Volume II 2012-10-16 George R. R. Martin Bantam Books 978-0-553-38569-4
$18.00?$: US dollar
 741
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 Dominic Harman  
GRRM: Eine RRetrospektive 2 2014-12-00 George R. R. Martin Fantasy Productions 978-3-946502-08-1
€29.50?€: Euro
 621
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Wild Cards I 2015-00-00 ed. George R. R. Martin Tor 978-0-7653-6507-1
$8.99?$: US dollar
 594
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 Michael Komarck  
Traumlieder Dritter Band 2015-06-00 George R. R. Martin Heyne 978-3-453-31672-0
€14.99?€: Euro
 825
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
Nele Schütz?Nele Schuetz
 Checkmark
Vier Asse 2016-00-00 ed. George R. R. Martin Penhaligon 978-3-7645-3153-9
€15.00?€: Euro
 765
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 Isabelle Hirtz  
Wild Cards 2016-08-16 ed. George R. R. Martin J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #11531) 978-2-290-06863-2
€9.90?€: Euro
 762
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 Michael Komarck  
GRRM: RRetrospectiva da obra 2017-00-00 George R. R. Martin LeYa Brasil 978-85-441-0622-8   1104
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Elmo Rosa Checkmark
Wild Cards I 2017-10-17 ed. George R. R. Martin Tor 978-0-7653-9488-0
$14.99?$: US dollar
 461
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Michael Komarck  
New York Fantastic 2017-11-21 ed. Paula Guran Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-931-3
$15.99?$: US dollar
 [vii]+
409
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 Checkmark
New York Fantastic 2017-11-21 ed. Paula Guran Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-636-7
$12.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth  
Wild Cards 2017-11-22 ed. George R. R. Martin Editura Nemira (Nautilus) 978-606-43-0082-9
Lei 60?Lei: Romanian leu
 664
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 Cristian Florescu , Ana Nicolau , Tudor Popa  
Wild Cards date unknown ed. George R. R. Martin Bantam Spectra 0-553-26190-8
$3.95?$: US dollar
 410
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 Stan Watts Checkmark
Dreamsongs: GRRM: A RRetrospective date unknown George R. R. Martin Gollancz / Orion 0-575-07905-3
£20.00?£: UK pound
 1185
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Dominic Harman Checkmark
Wild Cards date unknown ed. George R. R. Martin Bantam Spectra 0-553-26190-8
$4.99?$: US dollar
 410
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 Timothy Truman  
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