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Title: Starting from Scratch Title Record # 46189
Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1970-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1971ⓘTranslated by Bruno Martin
 French Quand ça vous démange
1972ⓘTranslated by Hilia Brinis
 Italian La Grattatina
1973ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr
 German Ein seltsamer Traum
1973ⓘTranslated by Wulf Bergner
 German Das Problem
1974ⓘTranslated by Ben Zimet
 French Histoire de gratter
1979ⓘTranslated by Hans Lepel
 Dutch Van hetzelfde laken een pak
1979ⓘTranslated by Michelangelo Spada
 Italian Partendo Da Zero

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1970 1970-11-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.   $0.60 132
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 Gaughan Checkmark
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Nineteenth Series 1971-08-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Doubleday   $5.95 286
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Ronald Barnett , Peggy Barnett Checkmark
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Nineteenth Series 1971-09-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Doubleday / SFBC 3457 $1.49 286
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Ronald Barnett , Peggy Barnett Checkmark
Fiction, #215 1971-11-00 ed. Alain Dorémieux OPTA   F4.00 164
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 Moro Checkmark
Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? 1971-12-00 Robert Sheckley Doubleday 0-385-03495-4 $4.95 191
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Margo Herr  
Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? 1972-04-00 Robert Sheckley Doubleday / SFBC 2649 $1.49 vi+
182
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Margo Herr Checkmark
Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? 1972-06-00 Robert Sheckley Gollancz 0-575-01473-3 £1.80 191
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Urania #604 1972-10-29 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Arnoldo Mondadori Editore 604 350 Lit 168
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 Karel Thole  
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 19th Series 1973-02-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Ace Books 05458 $0.95 314
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
Der grüne Jademond 1973-05-00 Robert Sheckley Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #0167) 3-442-23167-1 DM 3.00 155
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 Morris Scott Dollens Checkmark
Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? 1973-11-00 Robert Sheckley The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 1078   191
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Ein Pegasus für Mrs. Bullitt 1973-12-00 ed. Wulf Bergner Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3369) 3-453-30246-X DM 2.80 126
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 Same to You Doubled and Other Stories 1974-03-00 Robert Sheckley Pan Books 0-330-23988-0 £0.35 172
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
Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? 1974-04-00 Robert Sheckley DAW Books (DAW Collectors #99) UQ1106 $0.95 160
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 Hans Arnold Checkmark
Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? 1974-04-00 Robert Sheckley DAW Books / New American Library of Canada UQ1106 C$0.95 160
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 Hans Arnold Checkmark
Le temps meurtrier / Et quand je vous fais ça, vous sentez quelque chose ? 1974-05-27 Robert Sheckley OPTA (Club du Livre d'Anticipation #49) 2-7201-0001-3   444
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni Checkmark
Et quand je vous fais ça, vous sentez quelque chose ? 1977-00-00 Robert Sheckley Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #7014) 2-253-01805-8   222
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
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories 1978-03-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander Doubleday 0-385-13044-9 $8.95 xvi+
271
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Peter Rauch Checkmark
Weird Worlds, #2 1979-00-00 ed. Bob Stine, Jane Stine Scholastic     40
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
 mag Walter Velez Checkmark
Dwergsterren 1979-06-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Vincent van der Linden, Joseph D. Olander Bruna (Bruna SF #100) 90-229-9100-8 ƒ8.50 240
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.
 anth Karel Thole Checkmark
Orbit, nr. 8 zomer 1979 1979-07-07 ed. Kees van Toorn Kees van Toorn   ƒ5.50 48
A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
 mag Eddie Jones Checkmark
Urania #815 1979-12-23 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Arnoldo Mondadori Editore 815 1000 Lit. 200
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 Karel Thole Checkmark
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories 1980-08-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander Avon 0-380-50773-0 $2.50 xx+
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.
 anth Checkmark
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories 1980-09-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander Pan Books 0-330-26155-X £1.75 302
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 John Harris Checkmark
Das zweite Robert Sheckley Buch 1986-12-00 Robert Sheckley
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special #24090)		 3-404-24090-1 DM 10.00 720
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 Tim White  
Das zweite Robert Sheckley Buch 1988-09-00 Robert Sheckley
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special #24090)		 3-404-24090-1 DM 10.00 720
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 Tim White Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book Four 1991-09-00 Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing     275
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley 1991-09-00 Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing   $150.00 5 Vol.
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book Four 1992-07-00 Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing 1-56146-423-6 $12.95 275
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  
100 Astounding Little Alien Stories 1996-09-00 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0142-3 $7.98 xvi+
544
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Cheryl Knippenburg Checkmark
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories date unknown ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander Avon 0-380-50773-0 $3.95 296
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.
 anth  
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories date unknown ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander Avon 0-380-50773-0 $3.95 xx+
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.
 anth  
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories date unknown ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander Avon 0-380-50773-0 C$2.75 xx+
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.
 anth  
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories date unknown ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander Avon 0-380-50773-0 $3.25 xx+
296
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
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