Title: A Death in the House Title Record # 41497
Author: Clifford D. Simak
Date: 1959-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English User Rating: 8.00 (2 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Year Language Title 1960 Italian Il compagno 1965 French Un mort dans la maison 1967ⓘTranslated by Thomas Schlück German Das Ding von den Sternen 1977ⓘTranslated by Nikola Popović Croatian Smrt u kući?Smrt u kuci 1981ⓘTranslated by Michel Deutsch French Une mort dans la maison 2004 Swedish Ett dödsfall i huset?Ett doedsfall i huset Ett dodsfall i huset

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Galaxy Magazine, October 1959	1959-10-00	ed. H. L. Gold	Galaxy Publishing Corporation		$0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	196	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	Wood
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 76	1959-11-00	ed. H. L. Gold	Strato Publications		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).	196	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	Emsh
Galaxy #21	1960-02-00	ed. R. Valente	Casa Editrice La Tribuna	21	Lit 150?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	G. Crepax
The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F	1960-09-00	ed. Judith Merril	Simon & Schuster		$3.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	320	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	H. Lawrence Hoffman
The Year's Best S-F: 5th Annual Edition	1961-01-00	ed. Judith Merril	Dell	F118	$0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	320	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	Richard Powers (artist)
The Year's Best S-F: 5th Annual Edition	1961-05-00	ed. Judith Merril	Dell	F118	$0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	320	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	Richard Powers (artist)
Galaxie (2ème série), #11	1965-03-00	ed. Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux	OPTA		F2.50?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	164	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	Nodel
The Best of Sci-Fi 5	1966-10-00	ed. Judith Merril	Mayflower-Dell	0531	5/-?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).	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
The Best of Sci-Fi 5	1967-00-00	ed. Judith Merril	Mayflower-Dell	0531	5/-?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).	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
Galaxy 9	1967-09-00	ed. Walter Ernsting	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3103)	3103	DM 2.40?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	159	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	Karl Stephan
SF: The Best of the Best	1967-11-00	ed. Judith Merril	Delacorte Press		$6.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	438	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
SF: The Best of the Best	1968-08-00	ed. Judith Merril	Dell	0508	$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	438	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	Adams
SF: The Best of the Best	1968-08-00	ed. Judith Merril	Dell	0508	C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	438	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	Adams
The Best of Sci-Fi 5	1969-00-00	ed. Judith Merril	Mayflower	0-583-10265-4	5/-?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).	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	David Davies (artist)
SF The Best of the Best Part One	1970-00-00	ed. Judith Merril	Mayflower	0-583-11725-2	5/-?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).	203	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	Josh Kirby
As Tomorrow Becomes Today	1974-00-00	ed. Charles Wm. Sullivan, III	Prentice-Hall	0-13-050021-6	$4.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xv+ 456	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
As Tomorrow Becomes Today	1974-00-00	ed. Charles Wm. Sullivan, III	Prentice-Hall	0-13-050039-9	$7.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xv+ 456	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Best of Clifford D. Simak	1975-06-00	Clifford D. Simak	Sidgwick & Jackson	0-283-98172-5	£3.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	253	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	David Hardy
The Best of Clifford D. Simak	1975-10-00	Clifford D. Simak	Sphere Books	0-7221-7836-0	£0.60?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	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.	coll	Eddie Jones
Sirius, #17	1977-11-05	ed. Borivoj Jurković?Borivoj Jurkovic Borivoj Jurkovich	Vjesnik		Din 10?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	Vicente Segrelles
Des souris et des robots	1981-11-00	Clifford D. Simak	J.-C. Lattès?J.-C. Lattes (Titres SF #49)			312	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	Jean-Michel Nicollet
Science Fiction A to Z: A Dictionary of the Great S.F. Themes	1982-08-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Houghton Mifflin	0-395-31285-X	$22.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xvii+ 651	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Science Fiction Jubiläums Band: 25 Jahre Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy, 1960-1985	1985-01-00	ed. Wolfgang Jeschke	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4000)	3-453-31112-4	DM 12.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	796	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	Colin Hay
Encounters	1988-02-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Headline	0-7472-3091-9	£3.50?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xii+ 399	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 Great SF Stories #21 (1959)	1990-06-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #823)	0-88677-428-4 / UE2428	$4.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	347	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	Robin Hidden
The Great SF Stories #21 (1959)	1990-06-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books	0-88677-428-4	C$5.95?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	347	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	Robin Hidden
Science Fiction, Science Fact, and You	1996-00-00	ed. Lila Lowenherz, Robert J. Lowenherz	Amsco School Publications	1-56765-028-7	$12.53?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ 395	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
Over the River and Through the Woods	1996-10-00	Clifford D. Simak	Tachyon Publications	0-9648320-2-X	$25.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 218	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Michael Dashow
Over the River and Through the Woods	1996-10-00	Clifford D. Simak	Tachyon Publications	0-9648320-2-X	$40.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 218	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Michael Dashow
Over the River and Through the Woods	1996-10-00	Clifford D. Simak	Tachyon Publications	0-9648320-2-X	$65.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 218	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Michael Dashow
Over the River and Through the Woods	1999-06-00	Clifford D. Simak	Tachyon Publications / SFBC	00282	$9.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 218	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Michael Dashow
The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction	2002-05-00	ed. Mike Ashley	Robinson	1-84119-375-5	£6.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xiii+ 498	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	Pete Rozycki
The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction	2002-05-00	ed. Mike Ashley	Carroll & Graf	0-7867-1004-7	$11.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 498	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	Pete Rozycki
Nova science fiction, nummer 4 2004	2004-00-00	ed. John-Henri Holmberg	Gafiac			160	A5?14.8 cm by 21 cm or 5.8" by 8.3" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines	mag
The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction	2013-11-28	ed. Mike Ashley	Robinson	978-1-4721-1486-0	£5.49?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Pete Rozycki
A Death in the House and Other Stories	2016-07-05	Clifford D. Simak	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-5040-3734-1	$7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Jason Gabbert
A Death in the House and Other Stories	2020-01-14	Clifford D. Simak	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-5040-6035-6	$25.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	338	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	Jason Gabbert
The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction	date unknown	ed. Mike Ashley	Robinson	1-84119-375-5	£7.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xiii+ 498	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	Pete Rozycki

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