Death's Deputy

Death's Deputy
Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author L. Ron Hubbard
Cover artist Lou Goldstone
Country United States
Language English
Genre Fantasy novel
Publisher Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date
1948
Media type Print (Hardcover, paperback)
Pages 167
OCLC 1132496

Death's Deputy is a fantasy novel by author L. Ron Hubbard.[1][2]

Death's Deputy 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.[3]

Plot introduction

An air force pilot is unnaturally accident-prone and seemingly cannot be killed.

Publication history

  • 1940, US, Unknown[3]
  • 1948, US, Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. OCLC 1132496, hardcover, first book publication
  • 1951, France, Hachette Livre, hardcover, as Le Bras de la mort
  • 1954, Italy, Urania 37, hardcover, as L'uomo che no poteva morire
  • 1971, US, Leisure Books OCLC 2907011, paperback

References

  1. Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 269.
  2. Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 232. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
  3. 1 2 "Unknown Vol. 2, No. 6, February 1940". Vinylzart.com.


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