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Title: Wait It Out Title Record # 45168
Author: Larry Niven
Date: 1968-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Known Space
Language: English
Note: First published in The Future Unbounded Program Book, 1968
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Current Tags: science fiction (1), Pluto (1) Add Tags

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Translations
Year Language Title
1973Translated by Bodo Baumann .
German Gestrandet auf Pluto
1985Translated by Mischa Veld
Dutch Leven op Pluto
1987Translated by Hervé Gadras
French L'interminable attente

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Future Unbounded Science Fiction Show and Convention Program Book 1968-07-04 ed. Dian Pelz Future Unbounded Science Fiction Show and Convention  
$0.00?$: US dollar
46
ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications.
anth  
Tomorrow's Worlds 1969-00-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Award Books A793N
$0.95?$: US dollar
187
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
Tomorrow's Worlds 1969-03-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Meredith Press  
$4.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
234
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
All the Myriad Ways 1971-06-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-02280-7
$0.95?$: US dollar
181
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
All the Myriad Ways 1971-06-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-02280-7
C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar
181
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
Myriaden 1973-00-00 Larry Niven
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Taschenbuch?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Taschenbuch
#21034)
3-404-00177-X
DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
158
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 Eddie Jones Checkmark
Inconstant Moon 1973-02-00 Larry Niven Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) 0-575-01586-1
£2.20?£: UK pound
251
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Inconstant Moon 1974-04-00 Larry Niven The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 1086   251
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1975-08-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-24563-6
$1.50?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1975-08-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-24563-6
C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1975-11-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-24563-6
$1.50?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
All the Myriad Ways 1975-12-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-24084-7
$1.50?$: US dollar
181
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
All the Myriad Ways 1975-12-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-24084-7
C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar
181
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1976-11-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-25836-3
$1.75?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
All the Myriad Ways 1977-02-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-27133-5
$1.50?$: US dollar
181
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
Tomorrow's Worlds 1977-02-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Award Books AD1666
$1.50?$: US dollar
187
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  
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1978-01-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-27657-4
$1.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
All the Myriad Ways 1978-11-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-28196-9
$1.75?$: US dollar
181
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1978-11-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-27657-4
$1.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
The Science Fictional Solar System 1979-10-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Harper & Row 0-06-011527-0
$11.95?$: US dollar
ix+
317
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Irving Freeman Checkmark
Tales of Known Space 1980-00-00 Larry Niven Futura 0-7088-8068-1
£1.35?£: UK pound
xiv+
238
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 Peter Jones Checkmark
The Science Fictional Solar System 1980-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-98666-2   317
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1981-01-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-29811-X
$2.50?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
All the Myriad Ways 1981-03-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-30048-3
$2.25?$: US dollar
181
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
The Science Fictional Solar System 1981-03-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 1177   317
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Abenteuer Weltraum 1981-04-00 ed. uncredited
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24017)
3-404-24017-0
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
517
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 Science Fictional Solar System 1982-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Panther 0-586-05228-3
£1.50?£: UK pound
317
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
Science Fiction Special 43 1982-02-00 uncredited Sidgwick & Jackson (Science Fiction Special #43) 0-283-98814-2
£?£: UK pound
200+
317
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
All the Myriad Ways 1983-02-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-30048-3
$2.25?$: US dollar
181
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1983-04-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31354-2
$2.75?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Tales of Known Space 1984-00-00 Larry Niven Orbit 0-7088-8068-1
£1.95?£: UK pound
xiv+
238
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 Peter Jones Checkmark
De Kortste Fantastische Verhalen 1985-00-00 ed. uncredited Tabula 90-70585-56-1   141
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 Franyo Mányoky Checkmark
Geschichten aus dem Ringwelt-Universum 1985-01-00 Larry Niven
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24064)
3-404-24064-2
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
296
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 Peter Elson Checkmark
All the Myriad Ways 1985-10-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33416-7
$2.95?$: US dollar
181
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1985-11-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33469-8
$2.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach  
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1987-10-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33469-8
$3.50?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Les conquérants 1987-12-00 Larry Niven Corps 9 - Andromède - Maison de la Fiction 2-904846-44-2
F65.00?F: French frank
146
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 Patrice Sanahujas  
Tales of Known Space 1988-00-00 Larry Niven Orbit 0-7088-8068-1
£?£: UK pound
xiv+
238
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 Peter Jones  
All the Myriad Ways 1988-10-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33416-7
C$2.95?C$: Canadian dollar
181
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1989-02-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33469-8
$3.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1991-01-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33469-8
C$6.50?C$: Canadian dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Playgrounds of the Mind 1991-10-00 Larry Niven Tor 0-312-85219-3
$22.95?$: US dollar
487
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll David Archer Checkmark
Tales of Known Space 1992-02-00 Larry Niven Orbit 0-7088-8068-1
£4.50?£: UK pound
xiv+
238
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 Fred Gambino Checkmark
Playgrounds of the Mind 1992-07-00 Larry Niven Tor 0-812-51695-8
$5.99?$: US dollar
vii+
696
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 David Archer Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1992-09-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33469-8
$5.99?$: US dollar
240
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 Rick Sternbach  
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1992-09-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33469-8
C$6.99?C$: Canadian dollar
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Science Fiction, Science Fact, and You 1996-00-00 ed. Lila Lowenherz, Robert J. Lowenherz Amsco School Publications 1-56765-028-7
$12.53?$: US dollar
ix+
395
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
Playgrounds of the Mind 1996-04-00 Larry Niven Tor 0-812-51695-8
$5.99?$: US dollar
viii+
696
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 David Archer Checkmark
Three Books of Known Space 1996-11-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-40448-3
$12.95?$: US dollar
xii+
574
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.
omni David Stevenson Checkmark
Der kälteste Ort?Der kaelteste Ort
2000-12-00 Larry Niven
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction
#24281)
3-404-24281-5 / 24281
DM 14.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
348
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 Romas Kukalis Checkmark
Playgrounds of the Mind 2003-08-00 Larry Niven Tor 0-812-51695-8
$7.99?$: US dollar
vii+
696
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 David Archer Checkmark
All the Myriad Ways 2011-05-27 Larry Niven Spectrum Literary Agency  
$4.99?$: US dollar
181
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Born of the Sun: Adventures in Our Solar System 2020-08-06 ed. Mike Ashley British Library Publishing (British Library Science Fiction Classics) 978-0-7123-5356-4
£8.99?£: UK pound
320
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 Chesley Bonestell  
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven date unknown Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-25836-3
$1.75?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach  
Three Books of Known Space date unknown Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-40448-3
$15.95?$: US dollar
xii+
574
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.
omni David Stevenson  
Three Books of Known Space date unknown Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-40448-3
$16.95?$: US dollar
xii+
574
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.
omni David Stevenson Checkmark
Tomorrow's Worlds date unknown ed. Robert Silverberg Hawthorn Books     xiii+
234
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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