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SHORT FICTION INDEX NEXT STORY PREVIOUS STORY	Down in the Black Gang Genre Science fiction Type Novelette Series - Farmer, in his Memoir: "The story is at least one-half autobiographical and wholly therapeutic. For me, anyway. The Bonder family (Bonder comes from the Old Norse and means the same thing as a farmer or peasant) is based on the Farmer family. We were living in a Beverly Hills apartment just like that described here." See also "Brass and Gold". DESCRIPTION: This story presents an incredible view of the universe and the role human beings play in it. It tells the story of an all-powerful group of aliens who, throughout history, have secretly manipulated the actions of human beings. Their purpose is to extract a special form of energy from human emotions. To the aliens, humans are merely "engines" in their spaceship — and their spaceship is the entire universe!   PUBLICATION HISTORY | US | FRANCE | GERMANY | SWEDEN |	14 Publications
US	Magazine Edited by Publisher Series+no. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes FIRST PUBLICATION in If Frederik Pohl New York, NY: Galaxy Publishing Corporation Volume 19, No. 3, Issue 136 magazine (18,5×13,5cm) March 1969 164 $ 0.60 Jack Gaughan Story illustrated by Jack Gaughan. Jack Gaughan Collection Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Dates Pages Price Cover art Notes in Down in the Black Gang Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday / BCE Book Club Edition (SFBC), # 3317 no ISBN hardcover (21,5×14,5cm) not dated [= 04/1971; date code 18M] not dated [= 10/1973; date code D44] 215 not priced [= $ 1.49 for members] Gary Viskupic Rewritten version. Gary Viskupic Collection Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Dates Pages Price Cover art Notes in Down in the Black Gang New York, NY: Signet Books Scarborough, Ontario: Signet Books (Canadian edition) Science Fiction, T4805 SBN 451-T4805-075 paperback (18×10,5cm) 10/1971 10/1971 (Canadian edition) 224 $ 0.75 Gene Szafran Rewritten version. Gene Szafran Anthology Edited by Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes in Worlds of If (A Retrospective Anthology) Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Oleander New York, NY: Bluejay Books Inc. - ISBN 0-312-94471-3 hardcover (23,5×16cm) 09/1986 438 $ 19.95 Alan Gutierrez Rewritten version. The story is preceded with a Memoir about If by Farmer. The ISBN of both editions have been switched on the copyright page. Alan Gutierrez Anthology Edited by Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes in Worlds of If (A Retrospective Anthology) Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Oleander New York, NY: Bluejay Books Inc. - ISBN 0-312-94472-1 trade paperback (23×16cm) 09/1986 438 $ 10.95 Alan Gutierrez Rewritten version. The story is preceded with a Memoir about If by Farmer. The ISBN of both editions have been switched on the copyright page. Alan Gutierrez Collection Edited by Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes in Up the Bright River Gary K. Wolfe Burton, MI: Subterranean Press - ISBN 978-1-59606-329-7 hardcover (23,5×16cm) 03/2011 333 $ 40.00 Bob Eggleton - Bob Eggleton
FRANCE	Title Magazine Edited by Publisher Series+no. Format Date Pages Price Translation Cover art Notes French: "Du fond de la chauffe" in Galaxie Michel Demuth Paris: Opta No. 81 magazine (19×13,5cm) February 1971 160 F 3,50 Bruno Martin Michel Desimon Story illustrated by Weevers. Michel Desimon Title Collection Edited by Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Translation Cover art Notes French: "Du fond de la chauffe" in Philip José Farmer Jacques Chambon Paris: Presses Pocket Le livre d'or de la science-fiction, no. 5066 ISBN 2-266-00844-7 paperback (18×11cm) 01/1980 411 not priced Bruno Martin Marcel Laverdet With a story introduction by the editor. Marcel Laverdet Title Collection Edited by Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Translation Cover art Notes French: "Du fond de la chauffe" in Philip José Farmer Jacques Chambon Paris: Presses Pocket Le livre d'or de la science-fiction, no. 5066 ISBN 2-266-00844-7 paperback (18×11cm) 10/1983 411 not priced Bruno Martin Marcel Laverdet With a story introduction by the editor. Marcel Laverdet Title Collection Edited by Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Translation Cover art Notes French: "Du fond de la chauffe" in Le jeu de la création Jacques Chambon Paris: Presses Pocket Le grand temple de la sience-fiction, no. 5066 ISBN 2-266-03657-2 paperback (18×11cm) 09/1990 415 not priced Bruno Martin Marcel Laverdet With a story introduction by the editor. Marcel Laverdet
GERMANY	Title Collection Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Translation Cover art Notes German: "Programmierte Ausweglosigkeit" in Prometheus München: Goldmann Science Fiction 0242 ISBN 3-442-23242-2 paperback (18×11,5cm) -/1977 158 DM 2,80 Tony Westermayr Jürgen F. Rogner Rewritten version. Jürgen F. Rogner
SWEDEN	Title Collection Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Translation Cover art Notes Swedish: "Nere i det svarta gänget" in Efter King Kongs fall Stockholm: Delta Förlags AB Science fiction ABC ISBN 91-7228-276-2 trade paperback (21,5×14cm) -/1981 248 not priced Karin Malmsjö photo of PJF - -
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