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Title: Natural State Title Record # 45750
Author: Damon Knight
Date: 1954-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
Note: Expanded as ''Masters of Evolution'' according to Tuck.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1954Translated by Arlette Rosenblum (to be verified for Galaxie).
French A l'état de nature
1959 Italian Stato di natura
1968Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Welt ohne Maschinen

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1954 1954-01-00 ed. H. L. Gold Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.35?$: US dollar
164
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Mel Hunter Checkmark
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 15 1954-06-00 ed. H. L. Gold Strato Publications  
1/6?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).
132
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Mel Hunter Checkmark
All About the Future 1955-00-00 ed. Martin Greenberg Gnome Press  
$3.50?$: US dollar
374
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ed Emshwiller Checkmark
Time Waits for Winthrop and Four Other Short Novels from Galaxy 1962-11-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Doubleday  
$3.95?$: US dollar
336
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Roger Zimmerman Checkmark
Three Novels 1967-00-00 Damon Knight Doubleday  
$3.95?$: US dollar
189
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Alan Peckolick  
Three Novels 1967-00-00 Damon Knight Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (2))  
21/-?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
Three Novels 1967-07-00 Damon Knight Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.70?$: US dollar
189
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Alan Peckolick Checkmark
Three Novels 1968-11-00 Damon Knight The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 139
8/6?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 Terry James  
Three Novels 1969-06-00 Damon Knight Berkley Medallion X1706
$0.60?$: US dollar
189
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
Hot & Cold Running Cities: An Anthology of Science Fiction 1974-00-00 ed. Georgess McHargue Holt, Rinehart and Winston 0-03-012416-6
$6.50?$: US dollar
viii+
245
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Johannes Regn Checkmark
Natural State and Other Stories 1975-11-00 Damon Knight Pan Books 0-330-24442-6
£0.60?£: UK pound
189
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 Checkmark
Rule Golden and Other Stories 1979-04-00 Damon Knight Avon 0-380-43646-9
$2.25?$: US dollar
394
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
Natural State and Other Stories 2011-09-29 Damon Knight Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-11124-0
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Rule Golden and Other Stories 2011-09-29 Damon Knight Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-11140-0
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Three Novels 2021-01-07 Damon Knight ReAnimus Press 978-1-005-06551-5
$3.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Rule Golden and Other Stories 2021-01-11 Damon Knight ReAnimus Press 978-1-005-94529-9
$4.99?$: 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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