Title: Halfway to Hell
Title Record # 100016
Author: John Collier
Date: 1934-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: John Collier
Date: 1934-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: After committing suicide, a man's spirit wanders the streets until he encounters a fiend that must escort him to the underworld. However, the man is reluctant to follow, and creates diversions in order to delay the journey.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| The Devil and All | 1934-00-00 | John Collier | Nonesuch Press | 12/6?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). |
123 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Presenting Moonshine | 1941-01-00 | John Collier | The Viking Press | $2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
327 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | E. McKnight Kauffer | ||
| Presenting Moonshine | 1941-01-00 | John Collier | Macmillan of Canada | C$3.00?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
327 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Presenting Moonshine | 1941-01-00 | John Collier | Macmillan and Co. | 8/6?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). |
351 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| The Touch of Nutmeg and More Unlikely Stories | 1943-00-00 | John Collier | The Press of the Readers Club | $2.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
viii+ 247 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Green Thoughts and Other Strange Tales | 1945-00-00 | John Collier | Editions for the Armed Services | 871 | $0.00?$: 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. |
coll | ||
| Argosy, July 1951 | 1951-07-00 | ed. Dorothy M. Sutherland | The Amalgamated Press | 1/6?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 | 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 | |||
| Fancies and Goodnights | 1951-11-00 | John Collier | Doubleday | $4.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
364 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Margot Tomes | ||
| Fancies and Goodnights | 1953-04-00 | John Collier | Bantam Books (Bantam Giant) | A1106 | $0.35?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
506 | 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 | Charles Binger | |
| Presenting Moonshine | 1957-00-00 | John Collier | Rupert Hart-Davis | 13/6?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). |
192 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Fancies and Goodnights | 1957-12-00 | John Collier | Bantam Books (Bantam Fifty) | F1703 | $0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
375 | 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 | ||
| Fancies and Goodnights | 1963-00-00 | John Collier | Bantam Books (Bantam Classic) | SC91 | $0.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
418 | 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 | ||
| Fancies and Goodnights (selections) | 1965-00-00 | John Collier | Time-Life Books (Time Reading Program) | $?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xix+ 328 |
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 | Seymour Chwast | ||
| Of Demons and Darkness | 1965-00-00 | John Collier | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers | FS7126 | 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). |
xii+ 303 |
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 | ||
| De Dame op de Schimmel | 1969-00-00 | John Collier | De Arbeiderspers (Grote ABC #127) | 255 | 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 |
Ferenc Gögös?Ferenc Goegoes
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| Fancies and Goodnights | 1969-00-00 | John Collier | Bantam Books | N4614 | $0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xii+ 418 |
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 John Collier Reader | 1972-11-00 | John Collier | Alfred A. Knopf | 0-394-46186-X | $10.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xv+ 571 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| The Best of John Collier | 1975-09-00 | John Collier | Pocket Books | 0-671-80076-0 | $1.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xvii+ 492 |
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 | Ed Soyka | |
| Fancies and Goodnights (selections) | 1980-00-00 | John Collier | Time-Life Books (Time Reading Program) | $?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xix+ 328 |
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 | Seymour Chwast | ||
| Un rien de muscade | 1980-01-00 | John Collier | Néo (Le miroir obscur #4) | 2-7304-0035-4 | 263 | 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 | Claeys , Knack | ||
| Fancies and Goodnights | 1981-03-00 | John Collier | Doubleday / SFBC | 5749 | $5.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
396 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Tony Fiyalko | |
| Nightcaps and Nightmares | 1983-05-00 | ed. Peter Haining | William Kimber | 0-7183-0269-9 | £6.50?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
204 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Ionicus | |
| Fancies and Goodnights | 2003-05-00 | John Collier | New York Review of Books (NYRB Classics) | 1-59017-051-2 | $14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xi+ 418 |
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 | Neo Rauch |
Reviews
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction