Title: Dance of the Dead Title Record # 58474
Author: Richard Matheson
Date: 1955-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English User Rating: 6.88 (8 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Year Language Title 1961ⓘTranslated by Bruno Martin French Danse macabre 1964ⓘTranslated by Juan A. Ramió Spanish El baile de la muerte 1966ⓘTranslated by Hilia Brinis Italian Danza di morte 1984 German Totentanz 1984ⓘTranslated by Giuseppe Lippi Italian Danza macabra 1993ⓘTranslated by Н. [А.] Савиных / N. [A.] Savinikh. Russian Пляска мертвецов?Plyaska mertvetsov [as by Ричард Матесон?Richard Mateson Richard Matheson ] 2000ⓘTranslated by Hélène Collon. French Danse macabre

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3	1955-01-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Ballantine Books	H-96	$2.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	186	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Richard Powers (artist)
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3	1955-01-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Ballantine Books	96	$0.35?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	[6]+ 186	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)
Star of Stars	1960-10-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Doubleday		$3.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	240	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Eric Carle
Fiction Spécial No 3: 17 Récits d'anticipation passionnants	1961-00-00	ed. uncredited	OPTA ( Fiction Spécial?Fiction Special #3)		F3.35?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	239	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".	anth	Jean-Claude Forest
Star of Stars	1961-01-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Doubleday / SFBC		$1.20?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	240	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Eric Carle
Shock!	1961-06-00	Richard Matheson	Dell	B195	$0.35?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	191	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)
Shock!	1961-06-00	Richard Matheson	Dell	B195	C$0.35?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	191	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)
Shock!	1961-11-00	Richard Matheson	Dell	B195	$0.35?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	191	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)
Shock!	1962-00-00	Richard Matheson	Corgi	1180	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.	coll	Josh Kirby
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3	1962-12-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Ballantine Books	F675	$0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	186	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)
Historias de ciencia ficción	1964-00-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Vértice (Galaxia #14)			224	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	Alberto Pujolar
Star of Stars	1964-00-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Ballantine Books	U2171	C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	224	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)
Star of Stars	1964-00-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Ballantine Books	U2171	$0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	224	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)
Star Fourteen	1966-00-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Whiting & Wheaton		21/-?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).	240	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Dodici mondi	1966-07-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Edizioni dello Scorpione		Lit 850?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	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.	anth	Ferruccio Alessandri
Shock!	1966-09-00	Richard Matheson	Dell	7828	$0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	191	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 Ryan
Star Fourteen	1968-00-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Pan Books	0-330-02043-9	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).	236	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
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3	1972-11-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Ballantine Books	0-345-02719-1	$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	186	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 Berkey
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3	1972-11-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Ballantine Books	0-345-02719-1	C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	186	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 Berkey
Les mondes macabres de Richard Matheson	1974-03-00	Richard Matheson	Casterman (Autres temps, autres mondes)			314	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	J. Palmans
Les mondes macabres	1978-00-00	Richard Matheson	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #7024)	2-253-02038-9		350	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
Shock!	1978-00-00	Richard Matheson	Sphere	0-7221-5893-9	£0.85?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	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.	coll
Shock I: Thirteen Tales to Thrill and Terrify	1979-05-00	Richard Matheson	Berkley Books	0-425-04095-X	$1.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	216	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	Murray Tinkelman
Histoires de survivants	1983-10-00	ed. Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein	Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3776)	2-253-02579-8		412	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	Philippe Adamov
Totentanz	1984-00-00	ed. Michael Görden?Michael Goerden	Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Phantastische Literatur #72503)	3-404-72503-4	DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	189	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	Achim Bock
Shock 1	1984-07-23	Richard Matheson	Mondadori (Oscar #1775)	24806-2	Lit 4,500?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	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	Paolo Tassinari , Pierpaolo Vetta
Masters of Darkness	1986-08-00	ed. Dennis Etchison	Tor	0-812-51762-8	$3.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 338	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	J. K. Potter
Masters of Darkness	1986-08-00	ed. Dennis Etchison	Tor	0-812-51763-6	C$4.95?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	xii+ 338	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	J. K. Potter
Richard Matheson: Collected Stories	1989-09-00	Richard Matheson	Dream/Press	0-910489-10-6	$125.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxii+ 889	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Richard Matheson: Collected Stories	1989-09-00	Richard Matheson	Dream/Press	0-910489-10-6	$25.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxii+ 899	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	William Stout
Richard Matheson: Collected Stories	1989-09-00	Richard Matheson	Dream/Press	0-910489-10-6	$?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxii+ 889	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Фата-Моргана 8?Fata-Morgana 8	1993-00-00	ed. Сергей Барсов?Sergey Barsov Sergei Barsov	Флокс?Floks ( Фантастика, приключения, детектив?Fantastika, priklyuchenniya, detektiv )	5-87198-045-7		479	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Борис Вальехо?Boris Val'ekho Boris Vallejo
I Am Legend	1995-07-00	Richard Matheson	Tor	0-812-52300-8	$4.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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	Jim Thiesen
I Am Legend	1997-10-00	Richard Matheson	Orb	0-312-86504-X	$12.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	317	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	The Chopping Block, Inc.
La poupée à tout faire?La poupee a tout faire	2000-03-00	Richard Matheson	Flammarion (Imagine)	2-08-067741-1	F85.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	315	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	Sofiane Tilikete
Shock prima parte	2000-10-00	Richard Matheson	Mondadori (Millemondi (quarterly) #27)		Lit 9,900?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	346	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	Jacopo Bruno
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet	2002-01-00	Richard Matheson	Tor	0-765-30411-2	$24.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	335	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ravenwood
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet	2002-01-00	Richard Matheson	Tor	0-312-87827-3	$14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	335	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	Ravenwood
Nouvelles: Tome II - 1953-1959	2003-10-03	Richard Matheson	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Fantastique #6759)	2-290-32969-X		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.	coll	Jean Lecointre
Don't Turn Out the Light	2005-03-00	ed. Stephen Jones	PS Publishing	1-904619-27-4	£60.00?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	279	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Les Edwards
Don't Turn Out the Light	2005-03-00	ed. Stephen Jones	PS Publishing	1-904619-26-6	£25.00?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	279	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Les Edwards
Richard Matheson: Collected Stories Volume Two	2005-04-00	Richard Matheson	Edge Books	1-887368-79-5	$16.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	453	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	Harry O. Morris
I Am Legend / Hell House	2006-09-00	Richard Matheson	Quality Paperback Book Club	978-1-58288-233-8	$14.49?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	317+ [301]	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
I Am Legend	2007-11-00	Richard Matheson	Tor	0-765-35715-1	$7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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
I Am Legend	2007-11-00	Richard Matheson	Tor	0-765-31874-1	$14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	317	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
I Am Legend	2011-00-00	Richard Matheson	Tor	978-0-7653-5715-1	$7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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
The Best of Richard Matheson	2017-10-10	Richard Matheson	Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics)	978-0-14-313017-8	$17.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xviii+ 408	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	Daniel Danger
The Best of Richard Matheson	2017-10-10	Richard Matheson	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics)	978-1-101-99366-8	$11.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Daniel Danger
I Am Legend	2019-11-12	Richard Matheson	Tor	978-1-250-24275-4	$14.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	444	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jim Thiesen
I Am Legend	date unknown	Richard Matheson	Orb	0-312-86504-X	$15.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	317	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	The Chopping Block, Inc.
I Am Legend	date unknown	Richard Matheson	Tor	978-0-7653-5715-1	$7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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
I Am Legend	date unknown	Richard Matheson	Orb	0-312-86504-X	$13.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	317	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	The Chopping Block, Inc.
The Best of Richard Matheson	date unknown	Richard Matheson	Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics)	978-0-14-313017-8	$18.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xviii+ 407	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	Daniel Danger

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Reviews

• Review by Robert Morrish [as by Bob Morrish] (1993) in Night of the Living Dead: A 25th Anniversary Tribute