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Title: I'm Scared Title Record # 41297
Author: Jack Finney
Date: 1951-09-15
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: A retired man investigate odd occurrences in central New York, believing there is a large-scale conspiracy at work.
User Rating: 5.25 (4 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), time travel (1), New York City (1), detective (1), urban legend (1) Add Tags

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Translations
Year Language Title
1957ⓘTranslated by Sybren Polet
 Dutch Ik ben bang
1962 Swedish Jag är rädd
1984ⓘTranslated by Vesna Mahečić
 Croatian Plašim se...
1988ⓘTranslated by Jérôme Verain, revised in 2023 Le Bélial' pub by Pierre-Paul Durastanti.
 French J'ai peur
2017ⓘTranslated by Gilson Cesar Cardoso De Sousa
 Portuguese Estou com medo

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Collier's, September 15, 1951 1951-09-15 ed. Editors of Collier's        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
 mag  
Tomorrow, the Stars 1952-02-07 ed. Robert A. Heinlein Doubleday  
$2.95?$: US dollar
 249
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Richard Powers Checkmark
Tomorrow, the Stars 1953-08-00 ed. Robert A. Heinlein Signet 1044
$0.25?$: US dollar
 x+
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.
 anth Stanley Meltzoff Checkmark
The Third Level 1957-00-00 Jack Finney Rinehart  
$3.00?$: US dollar
 256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Ben Feder Checkmark
The Third Level 1957-12-00 Jack Finney Rinehart / SFBC  
$1.00?$: US dollar
 188
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Ben Feder Checkmark
The Clock of Time 1958-00-00 Jack Finney Eyre & Spottiswoode  
13/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
 189
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Third Level 1959-03-00 Jack Finney Dell D274
$0.35?$: US dollar
 192
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
The Clock of Time 1960-01-00 Jack Finney The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 42
5/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
 189
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
The Clock of Time 1961-00-00 Jack Finney Panther 1193
2/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
 156
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  
Tomorrow, the Stars 1967-06-00 ed. Robert A. Heinlein Berkley Medallion S1426
$0.75?$: US dollar
 224
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
Tomorrow, the Stars 1969-01-00 ed. Robert A. Heinlein Berkley Medallion S1426
$0.75?$: US dollar
 224
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
Tomorrow, the Stars 1969-07-00 ed. Robert A. Heinlein Berkley Medallion S1426
$0.75?$: US dollar
 224
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
Tomorrow, the Stars 1970-01-00 ed. Robert A. Heinlein Berkley Medallion S1426
$0.75?$: US dollar
 224
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  
Tomorrow, the Stars 1970-07-00 ed. Robert A. Heinlein Berkley Medallion S1426
$0.75?$: US dollar
 224
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  
Tomorrow, the Stars 1970-11-00 ed. Robert A. Heinlein Berkley Medallion S1426
$0.75?$: US dollar
 224
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
Tomorrow, the Stars 1971-02-00 ed. Robert A. Heinlein Berkley Medallion 0-425-01426-6
$0.75?$: US dollar
 224
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  
Tomorrow, the Stars 1971-03-00 ed. Robert A. Heinlein Berkley Medallion 0-425-01426-6
$0.75?$: US dollar
 224
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
Tomorrow, the Stars 1972-05-00 ed. Robert A. Heinlein Berkley Medallion 0-425-01426-6
$0.75?$: US dollar
 224
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
Tomorrow, the Stars 1976-12-00 ed. Robert A. Heinlein Berkley Medallion 0-425-03432-1
$1.50?$: US dollar
 224
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
Tomorrow, the Stars 1979-00-00 ed. Robert A. Heinlein Berkley Medallion 0-425-04304-5
$1.95?$: US dollar
 224
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 Carl Lundgren Checkmark
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction 1980-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Priam Books / Arbor House 0-87795-266-3
$8.95?$: US dollar
 xii+
754
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 Antler & Baldwin, Inc. Checkmark
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction 1980-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Arbor House 0-87795-246-9
$19.95?$: US dollar
 xii+
754
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Antler & Baldwin, Inc. Checkmark
Tomorrow, the Stars 1981-09-00 ed. Robert A. Heinlein Berkley Books 0-425-05357-1
$2.25?$: US dollar
 242
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 Carl Lundgren Checkmark
Tomorrow, the Stars 1983-03-00 ed. Robert A. Heinlein Berkley Books 0-425-06429-8
$2.50?$: US dollar
 xi+
242
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 Carl Lundgren Checkmark
Tomorrow, the Stars 1984-00-00 ed. Robert A. Heinlein Berkley Books 0-425-07572-9
$2.75?$: US dollar
 xi+
242
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 Carl Lundgren  
The Great SF Stories #13 (1951) 1985-07-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books (DAW Collectors #636) 0-88677-058-0 / UE2058
$3.50?$: US dollar
 xii+
337
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 Cesare Reggiani Checkmark
About Time 1986-08-00 Jack Finney Fireside Books / Simon & Schuster 0-671-62887-9
$7.95?$: US dollar
 219
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 Lawrence Ratzkin Checkmark
Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century 1987-11-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Avenel Books 0-517-64124-0
$8.98?$: US dollar
 x+
726
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Romas Checkmark
About Time 1995-02-00 Jack Finney Fireside Books / Simon & Schuster 0-671-62887-9
$9.95?$: US dollar
 219
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 Lawrence Ratzkin  
About Time 1999-06-00 Jack Finney Scribner Paperback Fiction 0-684-84866-X
$11.00?$: US dollar
 219
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 Paul Smith Checkmark
The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century 2005-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Harry Turtledove Del Rey / Ballantine 978-0-345-48190-0    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth David Stevenson Checkmark
The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century 2005-01-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Harry Turtledove Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-46094-4
$17.95?$: US dollar
 xiii+
425+
[3]
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
About Time 2008-10-00 Jack Finney Paw Prints 978-1-4395-0185-6
$22.95?$: US dollar
  
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now 2009-00-00 ed. Peter Straub The Library of America (The Library of America #197) 978-1-59853-048-3
$35.00?$: US dollar
 xv+
713
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Fredrik Broden , Renee Rhyner Checkmark
The Clock of Time 2012-11-30 Jack Finney Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-09319-5
£2.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
About Time 2013-11-12 Jack Finney Touchstone / Simon & Schuster 978-1-4391-4448-0
$11.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
About Time date unknown Jack Finney Scribner Paperback Fiction 0-684-84866-X
$13.95?$: US dollar
 219
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  
The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century date unknown ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Harry Turtledove Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-46094-4
$17.95?$: US dollar
 xii+
[1]+
425+
[9]
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 David Stevenson Checkmark
The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century date unknown ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Harry Turtledove Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-46094-4
$17.95?$: US dollar
 xiii+
425
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 David Stevenson  
Tomorrow, the Stars date unknown ed. Robert A. Heinlein Berkley Medallion 0-425-03894-7
$1.95?$: US dollar
 224
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
Tomorrow, the Stars date unknown ed. Robert A. Heinlein Berkley Medallion 0-425-01426-6
$0.95?$: US dollar
 224
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
Tomorrow, the Stars date unknown ed. Robert A. Heinlein Berkley Medallion 0-425-02931-X
$1.25?$: US dollar
 224
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
Tomorrow, the Stars date unknown ed. Robert A. Heinlein Berkley Medallion 0-425-03894-7
$1.95?$: US dollar
 224
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  
Tomorrow, the Stars date unknown ed. Robert A. Heinlein Berkley Medallion 0-425-01426-6 / S1426
$0.75?$: US dollar
 224
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
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