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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:	Pan
Country:	UK
Date:	May 1972
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction, Humour
ISBN-10:	033002972X
Total Editions:	3
First Published:	1968
Rating:	10.0 Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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The People Trap And Other Pitfalls, Snares, Devices And Delusions, As Well As Two Sniggles And A Contrivance

published by pan books ltd, 33 tothill street, london sw1 first uk p/b 5/1972 as pan science fiction

222pp incl. 6pp titles, + 2 end pp adverts, 1p currently available titles on the pan science fiction list, 1p ditto on the pan ghost and horror list.

dedicated to arthur greenberger

unattr. wrap-around cover art by chris foss (F in box monogram)
cover price 30p, australia 95c, new zealand 35c, south africa 75c, not for sale in canada

collection contents:
the people trap (the magazine of fantasy & science fiction 6/1968)
the victim from space (galaxy ("gal") 4/1957)(gal uk #51 6/1957)
shall we have a little talk? (gal 10/1965)
restricted area (amazing 6-7/1953)
the odour of thought (star sf #2, ed. frederick pohl /1953)(new worlds #25 7/1954)
the necessary thing (gal 6/1955)(gal uk #30 9/1955)
redfern's labyrinth (original publication ("op"))
proof of the pudding (gal 8/1952)
the laxian key (gal 11/1954)(gal uk #25 4/1955)
the last weapon (star sf (#1) ed. frederick pohl 2/1953)(new worlds #26 8/1954)
fishing season (thrilling wonder 8/1953)
dreamworld (op)
diplomatic immunity (gal 8/1953)
ghost V (gal 10/1954)

first published in the yuk in h/cvr by victor gollancz ltd london 1969
first edition: dell books p/b merkia 12/1968

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Robert Sheckley - The People Trap - Dell - Paperback - USA (1968)

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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



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



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: )

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