Death's Deputy
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| Death's Deputy | |
 Dust-jacket from the first edition |
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| Author | L. Ron Hubbard |
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| Cover artist | Lou Goldstone |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. |
| Publication date | 1948 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 167 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
| OCLC | 1132496 |
Death's Deputy is a fantasy novel by author L. Ron Hubbard. It was first published in book form in 1948 by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 700 copies. The novel originally appeared in the February 1940 issue of the magazine Unknown.
[edit] Plot introduction
The novel concerns a man who is unnaturally accident-prone.
[edit] Publication history
- 1940, USA, Unknown, Pub date February 1940, Magazine
- 1948, USA, Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. OCLC 1132496, Pub date 1948, Hardback, first book publication
- 1951, France, Hachette Livre, Pub date 1951, Hardback, as Le Bras de la mort
- 1954, Italy, Urania 37, Pub date 1951, Hardback, as L'uomo che no poteva morire
- 1971, USA, Leisure Books OCLC 2907011, Paperback
[edit] References
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 269.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent, 232. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
