Disappearing Act

Overview:

• Title: Disappearing Act
• Author: Alfred Bester
• Year: 1953
• Type: Short Fiction

Notes:

There were two stories called "Disappearing Act" published in 1953. One by Alfred Bester and the other by Richard Matheson. Unfortunately, this created considerable confusion and many sources report this as a single story written by both authors. At the moment there are three title records in ISFDB while we tease apart the two stories. Unfortunately, this involves researching the publications, one at a time, to figure out which Disappearing Act it should be linked to. Disappearing Act by Alfred Bester and Richard Matheson. (This record should not list any publications) Disappearing Act by Alfred Bester. Disappearing Act by Richard Matheson.Editors - Please note that if you are updating one of the publications to point it at the correct copy of Disappearing Act that you need to do this via the Publication [Add Title] (on the edit-publication screen) and Remove-Title functions rather than just changing the author names via Edit-Publication.

Editions/Publications:

• 1953. Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 (1953, Frederik Pohl Ballantine, Catalog ID: #55, $0.35, 196 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1953. Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 (1953, Frederik Pohl Ballantine, $2.00, 195 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1954. New Worlds, November 1954 (1954, John Carnell, 1s 6d, 128 pages, Magazine)
• 1958. Starburst (May 1958, Alfred Bester Signet, Catalog ID: #S1524, $0.35, 160 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1960. Star of Stars (1960, Frederik Pohl Doubleday, $3.50, 240 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1962. Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 (1962, Frederik Pohl Ballantine, Catalog ID: #612, $0.35, 196 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1964. Connoisseur's S.F. (1964, Tom Boardman, Jr. Penguin, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1964. Star of Stars (1964, Frederik Pohl Ballantine, Catalog ID: #U2171, $0.50, 224 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1964. Star of Stars (1964, Frederik Pohl Ballantine, Catalog ID: #U2171, $0.50, 224 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1966. Star Fourteen (1966, Frederik Pohl London: Whiting and Wheaton, 21s net, 240 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1967. The Starlit Corridor (1967, Roger Mansfield London: Pergamon, 21/-, 145 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1968. Star Fourteen (1968, Frederik Pohl Pan, ISBN-10: 0330020439, 5/-, 236 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1972. Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 (1972, Frederik Pohl Ballantine, Catalog ID: #02718, $0.95, 195 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1973. Other Dimensions (1973, Robert Silverberg Hawthorne, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1973. Starburst (March 1973, Alfred Bester Sphere, Catalog ID: #16101, £0.30, 158 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1974. Science Fact/Fiction (1974, Edmund J. Farrell, Thomas E. Gage, John Pfordresher, Raymond J. Rodrigues Foresman, ISBN-10: 0673034070, 394 pages, Trade, Anthology)
• 1974. Political Science Fiction (1974, Martin H. Greenberg, Patricia S. Warrick Prentice-Hall, Trade, Anthology)
• 1974. Other Dimensions (September 1974, Robert Silverberg Pinnacle, ISBN-10: 0523004222, $0.95, ix+178 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1976. The Light Fantastic (1976, Alfred Bester Berkley, ISBN-10: 0399116141, $7.95, 254 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1976. Starlight (1976, Alfred Bester Nelson Doubleday, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1976. Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester (1976, Alfred Bester Nelson Doubleday, Inc, 409 pages, Collection)
• 1976. The Light Fantastic (1976, Alfred Bester Putnam, $7.95, 254 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1977. Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester (July 1977, Alfred Bester Berkley Medallion, ISBN-10: 0425034518, $1.95, 452 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1979. The Light Fantastic (1979, Alfred Bester Fontana, ISBN-10: 0006152813, £0.95, 223 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1979. The End of Summer (1979, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini Ace, ISBN-10: 0441206573, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1997. Virtual Unrealities - The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester (November 1997, Alfred Bester Vintage Books, a division of Random House, ISBN-10: 0679767835, $14.00, xiii + 366 pages, Trade, Collection)

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