Title: Kindness
Title Record # 47571
Author: Lester del Rey
Date: 1944-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Lester del Rey
Date: 1944-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
User Rating: 6.67 (3 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), social fiction (1), social commentary (1) Add Tags
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Awards
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Nominations Below Cutoff ⓘ10 nominations with 3.28 final points
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2020 Retro Hugo | Best Short Story |
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, October 1944 | 1944-10-00 | ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. | Street & Smith Publications, Inc. | $0.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
180 | 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 | Timmins | ||
| Astounding Science-Fiction, February 1945 | 1945-02-00 | ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. | Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd | -/9?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). |
64 | 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 | |||
| The Year After Tomorrow: An Anthology of Science Fiction Stories | 1954-00-00 | ed. Carl Carmer, Lester del Rey, Cecile Matschat | John C. Winston Co. | $3.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
339 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Mel Hunter | ||
| Robots and Changelings | 1957-00-00 | Lester del Rey | Ballantine Books | 246 | $0.35?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
175 | 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 | Richard Powers (artist) | |
| Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction | 1965-00-00 | ed. Sam Moskowitz | World Publishing Co. | $6.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
518 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Robot e folletti | 1966-12-30 | Lester del Rey | Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #34) | Lit 1,500?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
175 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Rocco Borella | ||
| Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction | 1967-10-00 | ed. Sam Moskowitz | World Publishing Co. | $6.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
518 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| The Vortex Blasters and Other Stories | 1968-00-00 | ed. Sam Moskowitz | Macfadden-Bartell | 60-325 | $0.60?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
144 | 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 | ||
| The Vortex Blasters and Other Stories | 1968-00-00 | ed. Sam Moskowitz | Macfadden-Bartell | 60-325 | C$0.60?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
144 | 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 | ||
| Après demain, la Terre... | 1971-09-00 |
ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux |
Casterman | 354 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||||
| Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction | 1974-00-00 | ed. Sam Moskowitz | Hyperion Press (Classics of Science Fiction) | 0-88355-126-8 | 518 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction | 1974-00-00 | ed. Sam Moskowitz | Hyperion Press | 0-88355-155-1 | $4.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
518 | 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 | ||
| Histoires de mutants | 1974-04-19 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3766) | 2-253-00063-9 | 417 | 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 | Pierre Faucheux | ||
| Histoires de mutants | 1974-06-14 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3766) | 2-253-00063-9 | 417 | 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 | Pierre Faucheux | ||
| Histoires de mutants | 1975-00-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3766) | 2-253-00063-9 | 417 | 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 | Pierre Faucheux | ||
| Histoires de mutants | 1975-01-31 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3766) | 2-253-00063-9 | 417 | 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 | Pierre Faucheux | ||
| Histoires de mutants | 1976-00-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3766) | 2-253-00063-9 | 417 | 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 | Pierre Faucheux | ||
| Histoires de mutants | 1978-00-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3766) | 2-253-00063-9 | 417 | 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 | Pierre Faucheux | ||
| Sirius, #31 | 1979-01-05 |
ed.
Borivoj Jurković?Borivoj Jurkovic Borivoj Jurkovich |
Vjesnik | Din 15?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar. ISO codes: YUF in 1945-1966, YUD in 1966-1989, YUN in 1990-1992, YUR in July 1992-September 1993, YUO in October-December 1993, YUG in early January 1994, YUM in 1994-2003, CSD in 2003-2006, RSD since 2006 |
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 | Frank Kelly Freas | ||
| The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 6, 1944 | 1981-12-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #461) | 0-87997-670-5 / UE1670 | $2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
368 | 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 | Oliviero Berni | |
| The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 6, 1944 | 1981-12-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | 0-87997-670-5 | C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
368 | 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 | Oliviero Berni | |
| The Last Man on Earth | 1982-08-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Fawcett Crest / Ballantine | 0-449-24531-4 | $2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
352 | 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 | Wayne Barlowe | |
| The Last Man on Earth | 1982-08-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Fawcett Crest / Ballantine | 0-449-24531-4 | C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
352 | 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 | Wayne Barlowe | |
| The Last Man on Earth | 1983-03-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Fawcett Crest / Ballantine | 0-449-24531-4 | $2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
352 | 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 | Wayne Barlowe | |
| Der letzte Mensch auf Erden | 1984-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4074) | 3-453-31038-1 | DM 8.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
382 | 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 | Wayne Barlowe | |
| Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Third Series | 1984-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | 0-517-43522-5 | 633 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Romas | ||
| Histoires de mutants | 1985-06-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3766) | 2-253-00063-9 | 417 | 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 | Manchu | ||
| The Last Man on Earth | 1985-08-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Fawcett Crest / Ballantine | 0-449-20990-3 | C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
352 | 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 | Wayne Barlowe | |
| Science Fiction aus den goldenen Jahren | 1989-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4600) | 3-453-03452-X | DM 16.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
524 | 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 | John Harris | |
| Le grandi storie della fantascienza 6 | 1991-06-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Bompiani (I grandi tascabili Bompiani #184) | 88-452-1759-0 / 334342 | Lit 11,000?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
345 | 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 | Aurelia Raffo | |
Фата-Моргана 4?Fata-Morgana 4 |
1992-00-00 |
ed.
Сергей Барсов?Sergey Barsov Sergei Barsov |
Флокс?Floks (Фантастика, приключения, детектив?Fantastika, priklyuchenniya, detektiv ) |
5-87198-025-2 | 544 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth |
Борис Вальехо?Boris Val'ekho
Boris Vallejo |
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| War & Space | 2009-08-00 | Lester del Rey | NESFA Press | 978-1-886778-76-4 | $29.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
572 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | John Picacio | |
| The End of the World: Stories of the Apocalypse | 2010-07-08 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg | Skyhorse Publishing | 978-1-60239-967-9 | $12.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
vi+ 328 |
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 | ||
| Black Cat Weekly, #27 | 2022-00-00 | ed. John Betancourt | Wildside Press | $3.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
mag | ||||
| Kindness | 2022-03-07 | Lester del Rey | Wildside Press | 978-1-6676-0023-9 | $0.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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