Title: Frictional Losses Title Record # 47944
Author: John W. Campbell, Jr.
Date: 1936-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English User Rating: 6.00 (1 vote) Including variants and translations: 5.50 (2 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Other Titles

Variant Titles	Translations	Translated Serializations
Year Title 1936 Frictional Losses [as by Don A. Stuart] 1936 Frictional Losses [as by John W. Campbell]	Year Language Title 1955ⓘTranslated by Alain Glatigny French Points de friction [as by John W. Campbell] 1977ⓘTranslated by Alfredo Pollini Italian Perdita d'attrito [as by John W. Campbell]	Year Language Title 1954ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator Italian Civiltà in cammino (Part 1 of 4) 1954ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator Italian Civiltà in cammino (Part 2 of 4) 1954ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator Italian Civiltà in cammino (Part 3 of 4) 1954ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator Italian Civiltà in cammino (Part 4 of 4)

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Astounding Stories, July 1936	1936-07-00	ed. F. Orlin Tremaine	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.20?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	164	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	Howard V. Brown
Who Goes There?	1948-00-00	John W. Campbell, Jr.	Shasta		$3.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	230	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Hannes Bok
Who Goes There?	1951-00-00	John W. Campbell, Jr.	Shasta		$3.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	230+ [1]	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Malcolm Smith
The Thing and Other Stories	1952-00-00	John W. Campbell, Jr.	Cherry Tree / Fantasy Books	408	1/6?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).	190	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	Terry Maloney
American Science Fiction, #17	1953-09-00	ed. uncredited	Malian Press		A -/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).	36	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	Stanley Pitt
I Romanzi di Urania #37	1954-03-10	ed. Giorgio Monicelli	Mondadori	37	Lit 130?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	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
I Romanzi di Urania #38	1954-03-20	ed. Giorgio Monicelli	Mondadori	38	Lit 130?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	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
I Romanzi di Urania #39	1954-03-30	ed. Giorgio Monicelli	Mondadori	39	Lit 130?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	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
I Romanzi di Urania #40	1954-04-10	ed. Giorgio Monicelli	Mondadori	40	Lit 130?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	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
Le ciel est mort	1955-00-00	John W. Campbell	Denoël?Denoel ( Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #6)		F450?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	256	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
The Thing	1966-00-00	John W. Campbell	Tandem	T75	3/6?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).	220	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
Le ciel est mort	1972-01-31	John W. Campbell	Denoël?Denoel ( Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #6)			313	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
Who Goes There?	1976-00-00	John W. Campbell, Jr.	Hyperion Press (Classics of Science Fiction)	0-88355-365-1	$12.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	230	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Who Goes There?	1976-00-00	John W. Campbell, Jr.	Hyperion Press (Classics of Science Fiction)	0-88355-450-X	$3.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	230	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
La "cosa" da un altro mondo: serie completa, 1	1977-02-00	ed. Gianfranco de Turris, Sebastiano Fusco	Fanucci Editore (Orizzonti #11/1)		Lit 5,000?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	283	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Karel Thole
Who Goes There?	1991-06-00	John W. Campbell	Buccaneer Books	0-89966-734-1	$31.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	230	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Le ciel est mort	2000-10-00	John W. Campbell	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #7227)	2-253-07227-3	F48.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	478	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	Manchu
A New Dawn: The Complete Don A. Stuart Stories	2003-02-00	John W. Campbell, Jr.	NESFA Press (NESFA's Choice #22)	1-886778-15-9	$26.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xvi+ 462	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
A New Dawn: The Complete Don A. Stuart Stories	2003-02-00	John W. Campbell, Jr.	NESFA Press (NESFA's Choice #22)	1-886778-15-9	$26.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xvi+ 462	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
Who Goes There?	2011-00-00	John W. Campbell	Gollancz	978-0-575-09103-0	£7.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xii+ 244	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	Shutterstock
Who Goes There?	2011-12-01	John W. Campbell	Gollancz / Orion	978-0-575-12902-3	£4.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Shutterstock

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Reviews

• Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1998) in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years (Reviews: pages 266-522, M-Z)