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Title: I Suppose You Are Wondering Why We Are Here

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Title: I Suppose You Are Wondering Why We Are Here Title Record # 1230142
Author: Ray Bradbury
Date: 1984-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
User Rating: 6.00 (1 vote) Including variants and translations: 7.00 (2 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: alcohol (1), ghosts (1), fantasy (1), boredom (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1988 I Suppose You Are Wondering Why We Are Here?
Year Language Title
1989Translated by Alain Dorémieux
French Tu te demandes sans doute ce qu'on fait ici ?
2003Translated by Andrea Terzi
Italian Suppongo tu ti stia chiedendo perché siamo qui

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Omni, October 1984 1984-10-00 ed. Ellen Datlow, Gurney Williams, III Omni Publications International Ltd. 0149-8711
$2.50?$: US dollar
192
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
mag Hal Siegel , Michel Tcherevkoff Checkmark
The Toynbee Convector 1988-00-00 Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf / BOMC 0-394-54703-9   viii+
275
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Wendell Minor Checkmark
The Toynbee Convector 1988-00-00 Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf / BCE     275
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Wendell Minor Checkmark
The Toynbee Convector 1988-06-00 Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf 0-394-54703-9
$17.95?$: US dollar
viii+
275
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Wendell Minor Checkmark
The Toynbee Convector 1988-06-00 Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf 0-394-57109-6
$150.00?$: US dollar
278
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Wendell Minor  
The Toynbee Convector 1989-00-00 Ray Bradbury Grafton 0-586-20578-0
£2.99?£: UK pound
277
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Steve Crisp Checkmark
The Toynbee Convector 1989-03-00 Ray Bradbury Grafton 0-246-13430-5
£12.95?£: UK pound
277
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Wendell Minor Checkmark
The Toynbee Convector 1989-06-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Spectra 0-553-27957-2
$3.95?$: US dollar
225
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Kevin Johnson Checkmark
A l'ouest d'octobre 1989-12-00 Ray Bradbury
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#500)
2-207-30500-7   334
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Marie-Christine Forest  
The Toynbee Convector 1990-03-00 Ray Bradbury Grafton 0-586-20578-0
£3.50?£: UK pound
277
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Steve Crisp Checkmark
A l'ouest d'octobre 1994-03-00 Ray Bradbury
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#500)
2-207-30500-7   334
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Marie-Christine Forest  
À l'ouest d'octobre?A l'ouest d'octobre
1999-05-00 Ray Bradbury
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#500)
2-207-24932-8   334
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Vincent Froissard  
Viaggiatore del tempo. Racconti 2003-01-00 Ray Bradbury Mondadori (Piccola Biblioteca Oscar #299) 88-04-50801-9
€8.00?€: Euro
306
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
The Toynbee Convector 2019-07-30 Ray Bradbury Simon & Schuster 978-1-982105-15-0
$16.00?$: US dollar
[x]+
259
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Zakoo/Getty Images Checkmark
The Toynbee Convector 2019-07-30 Ray Bradbury Simon & Schuster 978-1-982105-19-8
$11.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
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