Title: The Shambler from the Stars Title Record # 40950
Author: Robert Bloch
Date: 1935-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Cthulhu Mythos short fiction
Language: English User Rating: 5.00 (1 vote) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Year Language Title 1975ⓘTranslated by Claude Gilbert. French Le tueur stellaire 1975ⓘTranslated by Claude Boland-Maskens. French Le visiteur venu des étoiles 1975ⓘTranslated by France-Marie Watkins French Le rôdeur des étoiles?Le rodeur des etoiles 1977 Portuguese O Vagabundo das Estrelas 1991ⓘTranslated by Ute Thiemann German Das Grauen von den Sternen 1991ⓘTranslated by G. P. Sandri Italian Il divoratore giunto dalle stelle 2003ⓘTranslated by Andreas Diesel German Das Grauen von den Sternen

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Weird Tales, September 1935	1935-09-00	ed. Farnsworth Wright	Popular Fiction Publishing Co.		$0.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	132	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	M. Brundage
The Opener of the Way	1945-00-00	Robert Bloch	Arkham House		$3.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xi+ 309	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ronald Clyne
Horror-7	1963-00-00	Robert Bloch	Horwitz	PB160	4/-?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).	130	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
Horror-7	1963-02-00	Robert Bloch	Belmont Books	90-275	$0.40?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	125	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	Robert Maguire
Horror-7	1964-00-00	Robert Bloch	Four Square Books	1196	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).	125	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
Horror-7	1967-09-00	Robert Bloch	Four Square Books	1196	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).	125	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
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos	1969-11-00	ed. August Derleth	Arkham House		$7.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 407	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Lee Brown Coye
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos Vol. 2	1971-08-00	ed. August Derleth	Beagle Boxer (The Arkham Edition of H. P. Lovecraft #10)	95124	$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	277	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	Victor Valla
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 2	1973-04-00	ed. August Derleth	Ballantine Books	0-345-03227-6	$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	277	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 Holmes
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 2	1974-02-00	ed. August Derleth	Ballantine Books	0-345-23227-5	$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	277	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 Holmes
The Opener of the Way	1974-04-00	Robert Bloch	Neville Spearman	0-85978-006-6	£1.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xi+ 309	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Huit histoires de Cthulhu	1975-00-00	ed. August Derleth	Marabout ( Bibliothèque Marabout - Fantastique?Bibliotheque Marabout - Fantastique #548)			209+ [15]	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
Légendes du mythe de Cthulhu	1975-00-00	ed. August Derleth	Christian Bourgois (Dans l'épouvante)		F50.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	419	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
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 2	1975-00-00	ed. August Derleth	Panther	0-586-04216-4	£0.60?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	238	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	Bruce Pennington
Les meilleurs récits de Weird Tales: Tome II: (1933-1937)	1975-03-18	ed. Jacques Sadoul	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #580)			284	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	Margaret Brundage
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 2	1975-11-00	ed. August Derleth	Ballantine Books	0-345-24688-8	$1.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	277	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 Holmes
Légendes du mythe de Cthulhu **	1976-04-29	ed. August Derleth	France Loisirs			215	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Benjamin Baltimore
House of the Hatchet	1976-10-00	Robert Bloch	Panther	0-586-04373-X	£0.60?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	174	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	Anthony Roberts
Pesadelo Galáctico - antologia de histórias espantosas	1977-00-00	ed. uncredited	Editora Nova Críctica (Extra Colecção #1)			188	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
Histoires anglo-saxonnes de vampires	1978-04-00	ed. Jean Marigny	Librairie des Champs-Élysées?Librairie des Champs-Elysees (Histoires fantastiques)	2-7024-0743-9		324	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	Georges Raimondo
Mysteries of the Worm	1981-08-00	Robert Bloch	Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp.	0-89083-815-1	$2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	334	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	Tom Barber
Mysteries of the Worm	1981-08-00	Robert Bloch	General Paperbacks	0-7737-8034-3	C$2.95?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	334	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	Tom Barber
Les yeux de la momie	1984-01-00	Robert Bloch	Néo (Fantastique / Science-fiction / Aventures #97)	2-7304-0241-1	F29.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	175	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	Jean-Michel Nicollet
Légendes du mythe de Cthulhu	1985-01-00	ed. August Derleth	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket #2306)	2-266-01483-8		441	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
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos	1988-00-00	ed. August Derleth	Grafton	0-586-20344-3	£5.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	508	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	Tim White
Les meilleurs récits de Weird Tales	1989-01-13	ed. Jacques Sadoul	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #2556)	2-277-22556-8		509	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	Margaret Brundage
L'appel de Cthulhu	1989-10-00	ed. August Derleth	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5347)	2-266-03170-8		253	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	W. Siudmak
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos	1990-00-00	ed. uncredited	Arkham House	0-87054-159-5	$23.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 529	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Jeffrey K. Potter
L'appel de Cthulhu	1990-07-00	ed. August Derleth	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5347)	2-266-03170-8		253	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	W. Siudmak
Das zweite Buch des Horrors	1991-00-00	ed. Joachim Körber?Joachim Koerber	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #8302)	3-453-04904-7	DM 8.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	317	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	Bach
Howard Phillips Lovecraft 1	1991-09-00	Howard Phillips Lovecraft	Robert Laffont (Bouquins)	2-221-05684-1	F140.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	xxxvi+ 1174	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.	omni	Philippe Druillet
Colui che apre la via	1991-11-00	Robert Bloch	Mondadori (Omnibus)	88-04-35667-7	Lit 28,000?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	x+ 386	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
L'appel de Cthulhu	1992-12-00	ed. August Derleth	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5347)	2-266-03170-8		253	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	W. Siudmak
Mysteries of the Worm	1993-10-00	Robert Bloch	Chaosium (Cthulhu Cycle #2)	1-56882-012-7	$9.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	iii+ 263	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	Dreyfus
The Early Fears	1994-03-00	Robert Bloch	Fedogan & Bremer	1-878252-12-7	$29.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	514	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jon Arfstrom
The Early Fears	1994-03-00	Robert Bloch	Fedogan & Bremer	1-878252-13-5	$60.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	[11]+ 514	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jon Arfstrom , Jon Arfstrom
L'appel de Cthulhu	1995-06-00	ed. August Derleth	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5347)	2-266-03170-8		253	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	W. Siudmak
Les yeux de la momie	1998-05-00	Robert Bloch	Les Belles Lettres (Le Cabinet Noir #14)	2-251-77113-1	F49.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	219	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	Rémi Hamoir?Remi Hamoir
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos	1998-10-00	ed. uncredited	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-42204-X	$12.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xi+ 461	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	John Jude Palencar
L'appel de Cthulhu	2000-09-00	ed. August Derleth	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5347)	2-266-10811-5		253	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	W. Siudmak
Der Cthulhu-Mythos: 1917 - 1975	2003-02-00	ed. Frank Festa	Festa (H. P. Lovecrafts Bibliothek des Schreckens #2611)	3-935822-51-0	€20.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	270+ [2]	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Kada
Légendes du mythe de Cthulhu 1?Legendes du mythe de Cthulhu 1	2007-11-00	ed. August Derleth	Presses Pocket	978-2-266-17393-3	€5.80?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	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.	anth	Marc Simonetti
Mysteries of the Worm: Earle Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos	2009-06-00	Robert Bloch	Chaosium (Call of Cthulhu Fiction #6037)	978-1-56882-176-4	$15.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 288	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	Steven Gilberts
The Second Cthulhu Mythos Megapack	2016-10-22	ed. Shawn Garrett	Wildside Press (Megapack)	978-1-4794-2377-4	$0.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
Lovecraft Short Stories	2017-02-02	ed. Laura Bulbeck	Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy)	978-1-78664-465-7	£20.00?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	480	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Weird Tales (disc 3, part 2)	2019-00-00	ed. uncredited					unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	anth
HorrorBabble's Ultimate Weird Tales Collection, Volume 1	2019-04-05	ed. Ian Gordon	HorrorBabble		$29.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	anth
The Call of the Old Ones: An Annotated Cthulhu Mythos Collection	2023-12-02	ed. Ian Gordon	HorrorBabble		$27.85?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	anth
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos	date unknown	ed. uncredited	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-42204-X	$12.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xi+ 461	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	John Jude Palencar
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos	date unknown	ed. uncredited	Arkham House	0-87054-159-5	$24.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 529	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Jeffrey K. Potter
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos	date unknown	ed. uncredited	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-42204-X	$14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xi+ 461	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	John Jude Palencar

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Reviews

• Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction