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Title: When We Went to See the End of the World Title Record # 40790
Author: Robert Silverberg
Date: 1972-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: escapepod.org
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1973ⓘTranslated by Hilia Brinis
 Italian Quando andammo a vedere la fine del mondo
1974ⓘTranslated by Jan Koesen
 Dutch Toen we gingen kijken naar het einde van de wereld
1974ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm.
 German Die Reise zum Ende der Welt
1975ⓘTranslated by Michel Deutsch
 French Destination fin du monde
1977ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr.
 German Als wir das Ende der Welt sahen
1978ⓘTranslated by David Otto Kröner
 Dutch Toen we naar het einde van de wereld gingen kijken
1980ⓘTranslated by René Mahlow
 German Reise ans Ende der Welt
1982ⓘTranslated by Eva Malsch
 German Als wir aufbrachen, um das Ende der Welt zu sehen
1984ⓘTranslated by Aleksandar B. Nedeljković and Ksenija Jovanović
 Serbian
Kada smo izašli da gledamo kraj sveta?Kada smo izasli da gledamo kraj sveta
Kada smo izashli da gledamo kraj sveta
1985ⓘTranslated by Michel Deutsch
 French
Quand nous sommes allés voir la fin du monde?Quand nous sommes alles voir la fin du monde
2002 French Quand on est allé voir la fin du monde
2003ⓘ
  • Title reads Kak my yezdili smotret' konets sveta, "When We Went to See the End of the World".
  • Translated by Владимир Баканов (Vladimir Bakanov).
Russian
Как мы ездили смотреть конец света?Kak my yezdili smotret' konets sveta
[as by
Роберт Силверберг?Robert Silverberg
]

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
14 1973 Locus Best Short Fiction
3 1973 Hugo Best Short Story
Nomination 1973 Nebula Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Universe 2 1972-00-00 ed. Terry Carr Ace Books 0-441-84601-7 / 84601
$0.95?$: US dollar
 255
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.
 anth Dean Ellis Checkmark
Unfamiliar Territory 1973-00-00 Robert Silverberg Charles Scribner's Sons 0-684-13432-2
$5.95?$: US dollar
 212
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection 1973-07-00 ed. Lester del Rey E. P. Dutton 0-525-06491-5
$6.95?$: US dollar
 251
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Larry Ratzkin Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 1973-07-00 ed. Terry Carr Ballantine Books 0-345-03312-4
$1.25?$: US dollar
 xi+
370
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.
 anth Chris Foss Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 1973-07-00 ed. Terry Carr Ballantine Books 0-345-03312-4
C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar
 xi+
370
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.
 anth Chris Foss Checkmark
Nebula Award Stories 8 1973-11-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Gollancz 0-575-01754-6
£2.50?£: UK pound
 287
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Nebula Award Stories Eight 1973-11-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Harper & Row 0-06-010151-2
$6.95?$: US dollar
 xx+
248
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Luba Litwak Checkmark
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection 1974-00-00 ed. Lester del Rey Kaye & Ward 0-7182-1082-4   251
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Nebula Award Stories 8 1975-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-04080-3
£0.60?£: UK pound
 271
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.
 anth Anthony Roberts Checkmark
Nebula Award Stories 8 1975-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-04080-3
£0.95?£: UK pound
 271
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.
 anth Anthony Roberts  
Unfamiliar Territory 1975-01-00 Robert Silverberg Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) 0-575-01919-0
£2.50?£: UK pound
 212
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Nebula Award Stories 8 1975-09-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Berkley Medallion 0-425-02951-4 / Z2951
$1.25?$: US dollar
 xvii+
236
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.
 anth Richard Powers Checkmark
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection 1975-12-00 ed. Lester del Rey Ace Books 05476
$1.25?$: US dollar
 253
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.
 anth Checkmark
The Late Great Future 1976-00-00 ed. John Dillon, Gregory Fitz Gerald Fawcett Crest 0-449-23040-6
$1.75?$: US dollar
 288
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.
 anth Oscar Liebman Checkmark
Universe 2 1976-00-00 ed. Terry Carr Dennis Dobson 0-234-77122-4
£3.50?£: UK pound
 255
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 1976-05-00 ed. Terry Carr Ballantine Books 0-345-24969-0
$1.95?$: US dollar
 xi+
370
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.
 anth Checkmark
Earth Is the Strangest Planet: Ten Stories of Science Fiction 1977-00-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Thomas Nelson 0-8407-6528-2
$6.95?$: US dollar
 189
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Mike Mariano Checkmark
Future Pastimes 1977-00-00 ed. Scott Edelstein Aurora Publishers 0-87695-181-7
$6.95?$: US dollar
 viii+
325
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Unfamiliar Territory 1977-00-00 Robert Silverberg Coronet Books 0-340-21978-5
£0.90?£: UK pound
 204
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
The Best of Robert Silverberg, Volume Two 1978-06-00 Robert Silverberg Gregg Press 0-8398-2439-4
$15.00?$: US dollar
 323
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Unfamiliar Territory 1978-12-00 Robert Silverberg Berkley Books 0-425-03882-3
$1.95?$: US dollar
 xii+
207
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 Paul Alexander Checkmark
Unfamiliar Territory 1981-00-00 Robert Silverberg Coronet Books 0-340-21978-5
£1.10?£: UK pound
 204
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 Tony Roberts (artist) Checkmark
Beyond the Safe Zone: Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg 1986-04-00 Robert Silverberg Donald I. Fine 0-917657-60-8
$19.95?$: US dollar
 472
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Loretta Trezzo Checkmark
Beyond the Safe Zone 1987-06-00 Robert Silverberg Warner Books 0-446-30173-6
$3.95?$: US dollar
 x+
565
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 Don Dixon Checkmark
Beyond the Safe Zone 1989-04-00 Robert Silverberg Warner Books 0-446-30173-6
$3.95?$: US dollar
 x+
565
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 Don Dixon Checkmark
Beyond the Safe Zone 1994-00-00 Robert Silverberg HarperCollins (The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg #3) 0-586-21371-6
£6.99?£: UK pound
 605
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 Fred Gambino Checkmark
Earth Is the Strangest Planet 2000-12-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Cosmos Books 1-58715-242-8
$15.00?$: US dollar
 189
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.
 anth  
Escape Pod, EP086 2006-12-28 ed. Steve Eley Escape Artists, Inc.  
$0.00?$: US dollar
  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 mag Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Three: Something Wild Is Loose: 1969-72 2008-03-24 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-143-9
$35.00?$: US dollar
 408
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Three: Something Wild Is Loose: 1969-72 2008-03-24 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-143-9
$65.00?$: US dollar
 408
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts 2008-12-19 ed. Heather Masri Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press 978-0-312-45015-1
$170.39?$: US dollar
 xix+
1242
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.
 anth
René Magritte?Rene Magritte
 Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF 2010-05-27 ed. Mike Ashley Robinson 978-1-84901-495-3
£7.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Joe Roberts Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF 2010-06-00 ed. Mike Ashley Robinson 978-1-84901-305-5
£7.99?£: UK pound
 xii+
500
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.
 anth Joe Roberts  
The End of the World: Stories of the Apocalypse 2010-07-08 ed. Martin H. Greenberg Skyhorse Publishing 978-1-60239-967-9
$12.95?$: US dollar
 vi+
328
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.
 anth Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of the End of the World 2010-07-27 ed. Mike Ashley Running Press 978-0-7624-3991-1
$13.95?$: US dollar
 xii+
500
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.
 anth  
Something Wild Is Loose: 1969-72 2011-01-17 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-387-7
$2.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Dangerous Dimensions 2011-03-15 Robert Silverberg Wonder Publishing Group 978-1-61013-085-1
$4.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Alex Martinez  
Dangerous Dimensions 2011-06-27 Robert Silverberg Wonder Publishing Group 978-1-61013-087-5
$16.95?$: US dollar
 234
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 Alex Martinez  
Something Wild Is Loose 2011-09-29 Robert Silverberg Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10666-6
£2.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Three: Something Wild Is Loose: 1969-72 2012-06-30 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-509-3
$18.95?$: US dollar
 410
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  
When We Went to See the End of the World 2012-09-27 Robert Silverberg Robinson  
$0.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 chap  
Galaxy's Edge, Issue 2, May 2013 2013-05-00 ed. Mike Resnick Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-135-3
$3.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 mag Checkmark
Galaxy's Edge, Issue 2: May 2013 2013-05-00 ed. Mike Resnick Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-134-6
$5.99?$: US dollar
 144
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.
 mag Julie Dillon Checkmark
Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts 2015-00-00 ed. Heather Masri Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press 978-1-4576-7446-4
$45.00?$: US dollar
 xix+
796
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.
 anth
René Magritte?Rene Magritte
  
Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse 2015-02-24 ed. John Joseph Adams Titan Books 978-1-78329-150-2
$14.95?$: US dollar
 521
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.
 anth  
Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse 2015-02-24 ed. John Joseph Adams Titan Books 978-1-78329-152-6
$7.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth  
Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse 2015-02-27 ed. John Joseph Adams Titan Books 978-1-78329-150-2
£8.99?£: UK pound
 508
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.
 anth  
Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse 2016-06-00 ed. John Joseph Adams Titan Books 978-1-78329-151-9
$8.99?$: US dollar
 683
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.
 anth Checkmark
This Way to the End Times: Classic Tales of the Apocalypse 2016-10-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Three Rooms Press 978-1-941110-47-8
$19.95?$: US dollar
 xvii+
452
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.
 anth A. V. Flores Checkmark
This Way to the End Times: Classic Tales of the Apocalypse 2016-10-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Three Rooms Press 978-1-941110-48-5
$4.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth A. V. Flores  
Time Travel Tales 2016-11-28 ed. Zach Chapman Chappy Fiction 978-0-692-80775-0
$12.99?$: US dollar
 297
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.
 anth Dan McCarthy Checkmark
Time Travel Tales 2016-11-28 ed. Zach Chapman Chappy Fiction  
$3.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Dan McCarthy Checkmark
Unfamiliar Territory date unknown Robert Silverberg Coronet Books 0-340-21978-5
£1.10?£: UK pound
 204
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 Tony Roberts (artist) Checkmark
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