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Father
Genre Science fiction
Type Novella
Series Father John Carmody (2)
DESCRIPTION:
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: "Father John Carmody, the plump, bustling, humorous, shrewd interplanetary priest. In this story he has to face a new and terrible problem, in which error on his part can mean death, physical and spiritual, to all the passengers and crew of a spaceship ... and possibly to the Galaxy itself. For no other planet offers such subtle and tempting dangers as Abatos, nor does any other world acknowledge such a ruler as that awe-inspiring being known as Father, who may be a superman, a charlatan — or a god."
 
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46 Publications
 
US

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FIRST PUBLICATION
in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Anthony Boucher
New York, NY: Fantasy House, Inc.
Volume 9, No. 1, Whole No. 50
magazine (19,5×14cm)
July 1955
132
$ 0.35
Nicholas Solovioff
With a short introduction by the editor. The cover illustrates Farmer's story.


Nicholas Solovioff
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in Strange Relations
New York, NY: Ballantine Books
391 K
no ISBN
paperback (18×11cm)
06/1960
06/1960 [Canadian printing]
190
$ 0.35
Bob Blanchard
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Bob Blanchard
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in Strange Relations
New York, NY: Avon / Equinox Books
#20578 / SF Rediscovery #1
ISBN 0-380-00095-4
trade paperback (20,5×13,5cm)
11/1974 (1st)
undated [= 01/1975] (2nd)
189
$ 1.95
Vincent Calabrese
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Vincent Calabrese
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Cover art
Notes
in Strange Relations
New York, NY: Avon Books
-
ISBN 0-380-41418-X
paperback (17,5×11cm)
12/1978 (3rd)
207
$ 1.75
David Palladini
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David Palladini
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
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Price
Cover art
Notes
in Father to the Stars
New York, NY: Pinnacle / Tor Books
Jim Baen Presents
ISBN 0-523-48504-2
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
07/1981 (1st)
319
$ 2.75
Janny Wurtz
Illustrated by Rick DeMarco.

Janny Wurtz
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in Father to the Stars
New York, NY: Pinnacle / Tor Books
Jim Baen Presents
ISBN 0-523-48562-X
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
05/1982 (2nd)
319
$ 2.75
Janny Wurtz
Illustrated by Rick DeMarco.

Janny Wurtz
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in Father to the Stars
New York, NY: Tor Books
-
ISBN 0-812-53771-8
paperback (17×10,5cm)
08/1988 (3rd)
319
$ 3.95
Janny Wurtz
Illustrated by Rick DeMarco.

Janny Wurtz
Omnibue
Publisher
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Price
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Notes
iin Strange Relations
Riverdale, NY: Baen Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 1-4165-0934-9
trade paperback (23,5×15,5cm)
02/2006
476
$ 13.00
Clyde Caldwell
The collection Strange Relations is included in this omnibus.

Clyde Caldwell
Omnibus
Publisher
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Cover art
Notes
in Strange Relations
Riverdale, NY: Baen Books
ISBN 1-4165-0934-9
ebook
02/2006
(476)
$ 5.00
Clyde Caldwell
The collection Strange Relations is included in the omnibus with the same title.

Clyde Caldwell
Omnibue
Publisher
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Date
Pages
Price
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Notes
in Strange Relations
Riverdale, NY: Baen Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 978-1-4165-5526-1
paperback (17×10,5cm)
02/2008
709
$ 7.99
Clyde Caldwell
The collection Strange Relations is included in this omnibus.

Clyde Caldwell
Omnibue
Publisher
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Date
Pages
Price
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Notes
in Strange Relations
Riverdale, NY: Baen Books
Book Club Edition, # 1342248
ISBN 978-1-61793-375-2
hardcover (21,5×14,5cm)
10/2011
476
not priced [= $ 12.99 for members]
Clyde Caldwell
The collection Strange Relations is included in this omnibus.

Clyde Caldwell
UK
Collection
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Notes
in Strange Relations
London: Gollancz
Gollancz SF
no ISBN
hardcover (19×13cm)
03/1964
189
15/-
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-
-
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in Strange Relations
London: Panther Books
Science Fiction, # 2092
no ISBN
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1966
189
3/6
uncredited [= unknown]
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-
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in Strange Relations
St Albans, Herts: Granada / Panther Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-02092-6
paperback (18×11cm)
11/1973 (2nd)
189
£ 0.35
uncredited [= unknown]
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-
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in Strange Relations
St Albans, Herts: Granada / Panther Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-02092-6
paperback (18×11cm)
11/1982 (3rd)
189
£ 1.25
George Underwood
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George Underwood
Collection
Publisher
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Notes
in Strange Relations
London: Granada / Panther Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-02092-6
paperback (18×11cm)
-/1985 (4th)
189
£ 1.95
Mark Salwowski
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Mark Salwowski
ARGENTINA
Title
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Notes
Spanish: "Padre"
in Relaciones extrañas
Buenos Aires: Andrómeda
Más Allá Ciencia-Ficción
no ISBN
paperback (17,5×13cm)
-/1976
284
not priced
Matilde Horne
Oscar Díaz
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Oscar Díaz
Title
Collection
Publisher
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Date
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Notes
Spanish: "Padre"
in Relaciones extrañas
Buenos Aires: Adiax
Fénix (24)
no ISBN
paperback (18×11cm)
08/1980
287
not priced
Matilde Horne
Oscar Díaz
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Oscar Díaz
Title
Collection
Publisher
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Bookno.
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Date
Pages
Price
Translation
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Notes
Spanish: "Padre"
in Relaciones extrañas
Buenos Aires: Hyspamérica
Biblioteca de Ciencia Ficciön 34
ISBN ?
trade paperback (19,5×12cm)
11/1986
192
not priced
Matilde Horne
uncredited [= Tomás C. Gilsanz]
See also the edition from Orbis in Spain.

Tomás C. Gilsanz
CZECH REPUBLIC
Title
Magazine
Edited by
Publisher
Series+no.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
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Notes
Czech: "Otec"
in Ikarie
Vlado Ríša
Prague: Mladá fronta
Nr. 2/2000
magazine (29,5×21cm)
-/2000
64
Kč 25,-
Jiří Engliš
Vladimír Gajdoš
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Vladimír Gajdoš
FRANCE
Title
Magazine
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Series+no.
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Date
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Price
Translation
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Notes
French: "La planète du dieu"
in Fiction
Alain Dorémieux
Paris: Opta
Volume 4, No. 33
magazine (19×13,5cm)
August 1956
128
FF 100
Bruno Martin
Philippe Curval
Part 1. With an introduction by the editor.

Philippe Curval
Title
Magazine
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Date
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Translation
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French: "La planète du dieu"
in Fiction
Alain Dorémieux
Paris: Opta
Volume 4, No. 34
magazine (19×13,5cm)
September 1956
128
FF 100
Bruno Martin
uncredited
Part 2. With a résumé of the first part.

-
Title
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French: "Le père"
in Des rapports étranges
Paris: J'ai Lu
Science-Fiction, No. 712
no ISBN
paperback (16,5×11cm)
11/1976
250
not priced
Michel Deutsch
Christopher Foss
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Christopher Foss
Title
Anthology
Edited by
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French: "Le père"
in Histoires divines
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis & Gérard Klein
Paris: Le livre de poche
La Grande anthologie de la science-fiction, No. 3782
ISBN 2-253-03152-6
paperback (16,5×11cm)
06/1983
480
not priced
Michel Deutsch
Philippe Adamov
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Philippe Adamov
Title
Collection
Publisher
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Date
Pages
Price
Translation
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Notes
French: "Le père"
in Des rapports étranges
Paris: J'ai Lu
Science-Fiction, No. 712
ISBN 2-277-11712-9
paperback (16,5×11cm)
06/1985
250
not priced
Michel Deutsch
Boris Vallejo
-

Boris Vallejo
Title
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
French: "Le père"
in Des rapports étranges
Paris: J'ai Lu
Science-Fiction, No. 712
ISBN 2-277-11712-9
paperback (16,5×11cm)
12/1990
250
not priced
Michel Deutsch
Boris Vallejo
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Boris Vallejo
Title
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
French: "Le père"
in Des rapports étranges
Paris: J'ai Lu
Science-Fiction, No. 712
ISBN 2-277-11712-9
paperback (16,5×11cm)
11/1993
250
not priced
Michel Deutsch
Boris Vallejo
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Boris Vallejo
Title
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
French: "Père"
in La Nuit de la lumière
Rennes: Terre de Brume
Poussière d'étoiles
ISBN 2-84362-285-9
trade paperback (24×14cm)
04/2006
407
€ 21,00
Michel Deutsch; revised by Minos Hubert
Éric Scala
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Éric Scala
Title
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
French: "Père"
in La Nuit de la lumière
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science-Fiction, No. 31110
ISBN 978-2-253-12190-9
paperback (18×11cm)
09/2008
541
€ 6,95
Michel Deutsch; revised by Minos Hubert
Jackie Paternoster
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Jackie Paternoster
Title
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
French: "Père"
in La Nuit de la lumière
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
No. 31110
ISBN 978-2-253-12190-9
paperback (18×11cm)
02/2017 (2nd)
541
€ 8,30
Michel Deutsch; revised by Minos Hubert
'Studio LGF'
-

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GERMANY
Title
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Date
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Price
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Notes
German: "Vater"
in Pater der Sterne
München: Knaur
Science Fiction, Band 5767
ISBN 3-426-05767-0
paperback (18×11,5cm)
10/1983
302
DM 5,80
Rainer Schmidt
Tom Kidd
-

Tom Kidd
ITALY
Title
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
Italian: "Padre"
in Relazioni aliene
Rome: Fanucci
Futuro, biblioteca di fantascienza, 3
no ISBN
trade paperback (21×15cm)
11/1973
256
L 2.500
Alfredo Pollini
Massimo Jacoponi
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Massimo Jacoponi
Title
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
Italian: "Il padre del pianeta"
in Notte di luce
Milan: Nord
Cosmo, Classici della Fantascienza (22)
no ISBN (later ISBN 88-429-0319-1)
hardcover (19,5×12,5cm)
05/1976
x + 323
L 3.500
Riccardo Valla
uncredited [= Cesare Reggiani]
-

Cesare Reggiani
Title
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
Italian: "Il padre del pianeta"
in Notte di luce
Milan: Nord
Cosmo, Classici della Fantascienza (22)
no ISBN (later ISBN 88-429-0319-1)
hardcover (19,5×12,5cm)
02/1982 (2nd)
x + 323
-
Riccardo Valla
uncredited [= Cesare Reggiani]
-

Cesare Reggiani
Title
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
Italian: "Il padre del pianeta"
in Notte di luce
Milan: Nord
Cosmo, Classici della Fantascienza, 22
ISBN 88-429-0319-1
trade paperback (19,5×12,5cm)
02/1995
x + 323
L 22.000
Riccardo Valla
Peter A. Jones
-

Peter A. Jones
Title
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
Italian: "Il padre del pianeta"
in Notte di luce
Milan: Mondadori
Urania Collezione 052
no ISBN
paperback (18×12,5cm)
05/2007
482
€ 4,90
Riccardo Valla
Franco Brambilla
-

Franco Brambilla
JAPAN
Title
Latin
Collection
Latin
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
Japanese: "父"
"Chichi"
in 奇 妙な関係
in Kimyo na Kankei
Tokyo: Sogen
SF Bunko # 670-01
ISBN 4-488-67001-6
paperback (15x10,5cm)
05/1981
316
¥ 360
Ohtaki Keisuke
Iwasaki Masashi
-

Iwasaki Masashi
NETHERLANDS
Title
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
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Date
Pages
Price
Translation
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Dutch: "Vader"
in Vreemde verwanten
Amsterdam: Meulenhoff
Science Fiction, M=SF 30
no ISBN
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1970
253
ƒ 3,50
E.A. van Leent-Sieburgh
Reindert van Briemen
-

Reindert van Briemen
PORTUGAL
Title
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
Portuguese: "Pai"
in Relações estranhas
Lisbon: Circulo de Leitores
Colecção Romances de Ficção Científica (#12)
no ISBN
hardcover (21×14cm)
06/1989
258
-
Eduardo Saló
Rochinha Diogo
-

Rochinha Diogo
RUSSIA
Title
Latin
Omnibus
Latin
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
Russian: "Отец"
"Otets"
in Миры Филипа Фармера - T. 19
in Miry Filipa Farmera - T. 19
Riga & Moscow: Polaris
-
ISBN 5-88132-322-X
hardcover [no dustjacket] (20,5×13,5cm)
07/1997
398
not priced
A. Sverchkov
V. Kovalev
-

V. Kovalev
SPAIN
Title
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
Spanish: "Padre"
in Extraños parientes
Barcelona: Vértice
Galaxia Ciencia Ficción 18
no ISBN
paperback (18×11cm)
-/1964
223
Ps 500
Fernando Sesén
Pujolar
-

Pujolar
Title
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
Catalan: "Pare"
in Relacions estranyes
Barcelona: Alella
Pleniluni 2001-4
ISBN 84-85752-13-9
paperback (18×12cm)
07/1985
228
Ps 580
Antoni Ibarz & Joaquim Martí
Peret
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Peret
Title
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
Catalan: "Pare"
in Relacions estranyes
Barcelona: Alella
Pleniluni Ciencia ficció 2001-4
ISBN 84-85752-13-9
paperback (18×12cm)
07/1985
228
Ps 580
Antoni Ibarz & Joaquim Martí
Herikberto
Possibly a second, undated, printing of the book.

Herikberto
Title
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
Spanish: "Padre"
in Relaciones extrañas
Barcelona: Orbis
Biblioteca de Ciencia Ficciön 34
ISBN 84-7634-391-4
trade paperback (19,5×12cm)
11/1985
192
not priced
Matilde Horne
uncredited [= Tomás C. Gilsanz]
See also the edition from Hypamérica in Argentina.

Tomás C. Gilsanz
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