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Title: The Ifth of Oofth Title Record # 45955
Author: Walter Tevis
Date: 1957-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1957 The Ifth of Oofth [as by Walter S. Tevis, Jr.]
Year Language Title
1958 French L'ixe de l'I grec [as by Walter S. Tevis, Jr.]
1958Translated by Isabella Spelta
Italian La seezza della quasitą [as by Walter S. Tevis]
1976 French
L'œil de Farnsworth?L'oeil de Farnsworth
[as by Walter Tevis, Jr.]
1982Translated by Michel Lederer
French Le cric du crac
1987Translated by Paula Reis.
Portuguese O seśra do deśra
1991Translated by Antonio Cecchi
Italian Ifth of Oofth

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, April 1957 1957-04-00 ed. H. L. Gold Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.35?$: US dollar
148
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 Jack Coggins Checkmark
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 51 1957-06-00 ed. H. L. Gold Strato Publications  
2/-?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 Jack Coggins Checkmark
The Sixth Galaxy Reader 1962-00-00 ed. H. L. Gold Doubleday (Doubleday Science Fiction)  
$3.95?$: US dollar
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Roger Zimmerman  
The Sixth Galaxy Reader 1962-10-00 ed. H. L. Gold Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.20?$: US dollar
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Roger Zimmerman Checkmark
Science Fact/Fiction 1974-00-00 ed. Edmund J. Farrell, Thomas E. Gage, John Pfordresher, Raymond J. Rodrigues Scott, Foresman and Company (The Man in Literature Program) 0-673-03407-0   xv+
394
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 Jack Youngerman Checkmark
Far from Home 1981-01-00 Walter Tevis Doubleday 0-385-17036-X
$9.95?$: US dollar
181
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paul Bacon Checkmark
Far from Home 1983-04-00 Walter Tevis Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) 0-575-03235-9
£6.95?£: UK pound
181
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Far from Home 1984-09-21 Walter Tevis Corgi 0-552-12404-4
£1.75?£: UK pound
171
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 Chris Moore Checkmark
Far from Home 2014-09-28 Walter Tevis RosettaBooks 978-0-7953-4287-5
$8.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Steps of the Sun & Far from Home 2016-03-24 Walter Tevis Gollancz 978-1-4732-1313-5
£9.99?£: UK pound
439
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  
Far from Home 2016-05-19 Walter Tevis Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-1316-6
£3.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
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