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Author:	Robert Sheckley
Title:	The People Trap
Subtitle:	And Other Pitfalls, Snares, Devices And Delusions, As Well As Two Sniggles And A Contrivance
Publisher:	Dell
Country:	USA
Date:	Dec 1968
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction, Humour
Cat#:	6881
Total Editions:	3
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ppint. 17th Jan 2018		bantam doubleday dell dell imprint mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers mostly reprint collection containing two novelelettes and twelve short stories (2 original) cover art photographic, credited to photo media on back cover cover price 60¢ 208pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first dell printing---december 1968



ppint. 28th Oct 2023		victor gollancz first printing, first h/cvr edition n.b. the title is as given above: there is no separate sub-title. dedication: to arthur greenberger cover (d-j) art none, typographical cover in magenta and black upon a ''gollancz yellow'' field cover (d-j) price (? check: i've two prices noted, 18/- & 21/-, and no post-decimalisation price) 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 3rd Jun 2022		1977 pan books p/b second printing on same isbn is near-identical save for redesigned typography on a silver cartouche, as was for a while the design style for pan books science fiction & fantasy cover art by chris foss retained (signed with his f in a line-drawn box, uncredited) cover price 60p (overseas territories prices?) 224pp. (re-check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 3rd Jun 2022		the title is ''the people trap and other pitfalls, snares, devices and delusions, as well as two sniggles and a contrivance'' - - no sub-titling involved whatsoever. contents: the people trap (short story) f&sf vol.34 #6, 6/1968 the victim from space (ss) galaxy vol.13 #6, 4/1957; bre #61, 6/1957 shall we have a little talk? (novelette) galaxy vol.24 #1, 10/1965 restricted area (ss) amazing vol.27 #5, 6-7/1953 the odour of thought (ss) in ''star sf stories 2'' ed. frederik pohl (1953) without the ''u''; new worlds #25, 7/1954 the necessary thing (ss) galaxy vol.10 #3, 6/1955; bre #30, 9/1955 aaa ace detection agency redfern's labyrinth (ss) (12/1968 appears to be original to this collection) proof of the pudding (ss) galaxy vol.4 #5, 8/1952 the laxian key (ss) galaxy vol.9 #2, 11/1954; bre #25, 4/1955 aaa ace the last weapon (ss) in ''star science fiction stories'' ed. frederik pohl (1953); new worlds #26, 8/1954 fishing season (ss) thrilling wonder stories vol. xlii #3, 8/1953 dreamworld (ss) (12/1968 apparently original to this collection) diplomatic immunity (ntte) galaxy vol.6 #5, 8/1953 ghost v (ss) galaxy vol.9 #1, 10/1954; aaa ace (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 26th Feb 2016		three of these stories are in the open-ended loose series concerning the cases of the aaa ace detection agency: is there an official "45bookscat way" of recording this? (the beeb also broadcast a serial dramatisation based on a number of these stories, to which they gave the over-all title, "the laxian key"; this resurfaces on digital radio7^W radio4extra from time-to-time: worth catching - or digging up on their website for a while after each rediscovery. :smile: ) (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Robert Sheckley - The People Trap - Pan - Paperback - UK - 033002972X (1972)

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Robert Sheckley - The People Trap And Other Pitfalls, Snares, Devices And Delusions, Including Two Sniggles And A Contrivance - Victor Gollancz - Paperback - UK (1969)