Title: Legal Rites

Title: Legal Rites Title Record # 65384
Authors: Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl
Date: 1950-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
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Language: English
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Year	Title
1950	Legal Rites [as by Isaac Asimov and James MacCreigh]

Year	Language	Title
1964	Italian	Diritti legali
1973	Italian	Fantasma Legale
1975^ⓘTranslated by Ronald Blunden	French	Bon sang ne saurait mentir [as by Isaac Asimov]
1977^ⓘTranslated by Jean Schalekamp	Dutch	Wettige riten [as by Isaac Asimov and James MacCreigh]
1977	Italian	Riti legali
1978	Italian	Fantasmi legali
1995^ⓘTranslated by Nemes Ernő	Hungarian	Törvényes rituálék^?Torvenyes ritualek Toerveenyes rituaaleek
1998^ⓘTranslated by Mihai-Dan Pavelescu	Romanian	Drepturi nescrise [as by Isaac Asimov]

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Weird Tales, September 1950	1950-09-00	ed. D. McIlwraith	Weird Tales		$0.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	100	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	Bill Wayne
Br-r-r-!	1959-00-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Avon	T-289	$0.35^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	192	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
The Unexpected	1961-02-00	ed. Leo Margulies	Pyramid Books	G590	$0.35^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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.	anth	John Schoenherr
The Unexpected	1962-11-00	ed. Leo Margulies	Pyramid Books	F-795	$0.40^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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.	anth	John Schoenherr
I Romanzi del Cosmo #140	1964-01-31	ed. Franco Urbini	Ponzoni	140	Lit 150^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	144	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	Luigi Garonzi
Weird Tales of the Supernatural	1966-00-00	ed. Kurt Singer	W. H. Allen		30/-^?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).	352	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying	1972-09-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday	0-385-03979-4	$10.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 540	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Barry Kiperman
The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying	1972-12-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday & Company / SFBC	5479	$2.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	568	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Barry Kiperman
The Edge of Never: Classic and Contemporary Tales of the Supernatural	1973-06-00	ed. Robert Hoskins	Fawcett Premier	M590	$0.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	287	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	Larry Kresek
The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying	1973-10-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday	0-385-03979-4	$10.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 540	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Barry Kiperman
Urania #629	1973-10-14	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori	629	Lit 350^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	168	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	Karel Thole
The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying Volume 2	1974-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-03936-8	£0.35^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	237	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	Chris Foss
The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying Volume 2	1974-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-03936-8	£0.35^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	237	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	Chris Foss
The Early Asimov: Book Two	1974-12-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	P2323	$1.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	304	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 Early Asimov: Book Two	1974-12-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	P2323	C$1.25^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	304	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
Weird Tales of the Supernatural	1975-00-00	ed. Kurt Singer	White Lion	0-85617-464-5	£^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	352	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Chrono-minets	1975-01-23	Isaac Asimov	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #191)			187	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	Stéphane Dumont^?Stephane Dumont , Richard Martens
Het superneutron: Vroege werken 2: 1940-1941	1977-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Bruna (Bruna SF #70)	90-229-9070-2		272	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	Karel Thole
The Early Asimov, Volume 2	1977-03-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-03936-8	£0.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	237	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
La civiltà dell'incubo	1977-09-01	Cyril M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl	Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #51)		Lit 1,600^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	202	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	Angus McKie
Incontri coi fantaspiriti	1978-10-00	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori (Omnibus)	15721-4	Lit 7,500^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	614	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Karel Thole
The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying Volume 2	1979-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther / Granada	0-586-03936-8	£0.85^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	237	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	Chris Foss
Asimov Story	1979-03-00	Isaac Asimov	Mondadori (Biblioteca di Urania #3)		Lit 3,500^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	588	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	Karel Thole
The Third Book of Unknown Tales of Horror	1980-01-00	ed. Peter Haining	Sidgwick & Jackson	0-283-98584-4	£5.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	175	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying Volume 2	1981-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther / Granada	0-586-03936-8	£1.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	237	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	Chris Foss
The Early Asimov: Book Two	1981-05-12	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23700-1		304	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
Ghosts: A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old and New	1981-10-00	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Doubleday	0-385-18506-5	$13.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xviii+ 652	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Edward Gorey
Ghosts: A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old and New	1982-05-00	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Doubleday / SFBC	5905	$6.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xviii+ 652	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Edward Gorey
Chrono-minets	1984-02-15	Isaac Asimov	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #191)	2-207-30191-5		187	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	Stéphane Dumont^?Stephane Dumont , Richard Martens
The Second Target Book of Horror	1984-11-00	ed. Kurt Singer	Target	0-426-19887-5	£1.60^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	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
A Treasury of American Horror Stories	1985-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers	0-517-48075-1	$10.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 670	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Hector Garrido
The Early Asimov: Book 2	1986-02-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-32589-3	$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	301	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 Early Asimov: Book 2	1986-02-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-32589-3	C$4.95^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	301	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	Don Dixon
The Star Bumper Horror Book 1	1986-11-00	ed. Kurt Singer	Star	0-352-31944-5	£2.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	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
Asimov Story	1987-05-27	Isaac Asimov	Mondadori (Oscar #1957)	88-04-30078-7	Lit 8,000^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	586	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	Atelier Energia
Weird Tales: 32 Unearthed Terrors	1988-07-00	ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers	0-517-66123-3	$9.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xv+ 655	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Hannes Bok
Ghosts: A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old and New	1993-00-00	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Longmeadow Press	0-681-41740-4	$17.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xviii+ 652	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
A Classic Collection of Haunting Ghost Stories	1993-10-00	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Little, Brown UK	0-316-90565-8	£15.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xvi+ 381	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
A Classic Collection of Haunting Ghost Stories	1994-10-00	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Warner Books UK	0-7515-0968-X	£5.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xvi+ 381	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	Ashley Pearce
Szuperneutron	1995-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Szukits Könyvkiadó^?Szukits Konyvkiado (A sci-fi klasszikusai #12)	963-7429-73-5	Ft 590^?Ft: Hungarian forint. ISO code: HUF	209	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	Fujkin István
Perioada Campbell	1998-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Editura Teora (Sci-Fi (Editura Teora) #27)	973-601-351-0	Lei 35,000^?Lei: Romanian leu. ISO codes: ROK in 1947-1952, ROL in 1952-2005, RON since 2005	416	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
Chrono-minets	2002-08-02	Isaac Asimov	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #191)	2-07-042167-8		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.	coll	Benjamin Carré^?Benjamin Carre
Weird Tales	2012-00-00	ed. uncredited	Pulp Classics on DVD				other^?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.	anth	Hannes Bok
The Big Book of Ghost Stories	2012-09-18	ed. Otto Penzler	Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books	978-0-307-47449-0	$25.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 833	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	Gregg Kulick
The Big Book of Ghost Stories	2012-12-04	ed. Otto Penzler	Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books	978-0-345-80600-0	$12.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Gregg Kulick
The Big Book of Ghost Stories	2020-06-10	ed. Otto Penzler	Highbridge / Recorded Books	978-1-68457-684-5			digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	anth
Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird	2023-10-00	ed. Jonathan Maberry	Weird Tales Presents / Blackstone Publishing	979-8-200-68799-2	$27.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	[10]+ 488	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Francesco Francavilla
Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird	2023-10-10	ed. Jonathan Maberry	Weird Tales Presents / Blackstone Publishing	979-8-200-68797-8	$9.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Francesco Francavilla
Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird	2023-10-10	ed. Jonathan Maberry	Blackstone Publishing	979-8-200-68789-3	$56.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		audio CD^?Compact disc with standard audio tracks	anth	Francesco Francavilla
Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird	2023-10-10	ed. Jonathan Maberry	Blackstone Publishing	979-8-200-68790-9	$46.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		audio MP3 CD^?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks	anth	Francesco Francavilla
Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird	2023-10-23	ed. Jonathan Maberry	Blackstone Publishing	979-8-200-68793-0			digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	anth	Francesco Francavilla
A Treasury of American Horror Stories	date unknown	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers	0-517-48075-1		xii+ 670	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Hector Garrido
The Early Asimov: Book Two	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	23027	$1.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	304	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 Early Asimov: Book Two	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	Q2584	$1.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	304	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

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