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Title: A Man Called Destiny Title Record # 8731
Author: Lan Wright
Date: 1958-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations Serializations Translated Serializations
Year Language Title
1960Translated by Helmut & Edith Bittner, credited as 'Bi'.
German Der wichtigste Mann im All
Year Title
1958 A Man Called Destiny (Part 1 of 3)
1959 A Man Called Destiny (Part 2 of 3)
1959 A Man Called Destiny (Part 3 of 3)
Year Language Title
1959 Italian L'impero dei traders (Complete Novel)

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Stepsons of Terra / A Man Called Destiny 1958-00-00 Robert Silverberg, Lan Wright Ace Books (Ace Double #D-311) D-311
$0.35?$: US dollar
128+
128
dos?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.
omni Ed Emshwiller , Ed Valigursky Checkmark
New Worlds Science Fiction, #78 December 1958 1958-12-00 ed. John Carnell Nova Publications Ltd.  
2/-?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).
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 Brian Lewis  
New Worlds Science Fiction, #79 January 1959 1959-01-00 ed. John Carnell Nova Publications Ltd.  
2/-?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 Brian Lewis Checkmark
New Worlds Science Fiction, #80 February 1959 1959-02-00 ed. John Carnell Nova Publications Ltd.  
2/-?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).
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 Edwards  
I Romanzi del Cosmo #34 1959-08-15 ed. Marco Paini Ponzoni 34
Lit 150?Lit: Italian lira
144
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 Luigi Garonzi Checkmark
Der wichtigste Mann im All 1960-07-12 Lan Wright Pabel (Utopia Großband #129) UGB129
DM 1.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
95
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".
novel Ed Valigursky Checkmark
A Man Called Destiny 1961-00-00 Lan Wright Digit Books R514
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).
159+
[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.
novel Brian Lewis Checkmark
A Man Called Destiny 1963-00-00 Lan Wright Digit Books R785
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).
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.
novel Checkmark
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