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Title: The Thing in the Stone Title Record # 54377
Author: Clifford D. Simak
Date: 1970-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1970 The Thing in the Stone [as by Clifford Simak]
Year Language Title
1970 Italian Caverna nel Wisconsin
1971Translated by Denise Hersant
French La chose dans la pierre
1973Translated by Jan Koesen
Dutch Het ding in de rots
1975Translated by Jannis Kumbulis
German Das Ding im Stein
1979Translated by Tony Westermayr.
German Das Wesen im Fels
1979Translated by France-Marie Watkins
French La chose dans la pierre
1980Translated by Eurico da Fonseca.
Portuguese A Coisa na Pedra
1986Translated by Mirjana Živković
Serbian Stvar u kamenu [as by Kliford Simak]
1996Translated by Jiří Engliš
Czech
Věc ve skále?Vec ne skale
2015
  • Translated by К. Сенин (K. Senin).
  • Russian title means "Who is There, Deep in the Rocks ?".
Russian
Кто там, в толще скал??Kto tam, v tolshche skal?
[as by
Клиффорд Саймак?Klifford Saymak
Clifford Simak
]

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
2 1971 Hugo Best Novella
Nomination 1971 Nebula Novella

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Worlds of If, March 1970 1970-03-00 ed. Ejler Jakobsson Universal Publishing & Distributing Corporation  
$0.60?$: 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 Mike Gilbert Checkmark
If, April 1970 (UK) 1970-04-00 ed. Ejler Jakobsson Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd.  
5/-?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).
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 Mike Gilbert  
World's Best Science Fiction: 1971 1971-00-00 ed. Terry Carr, Donald A. Wollheim Ace Books (World's Best Science Fiction #7) 0-441-91358-X / 91358
$0.95?$: US dollar
349
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 Davis Meltzer Checkmark
World's Best Science Fiction: 1971 1971-09-00 ed. Terry Carr, Donald A. Wollheim Ace Books / SFBC (World's Best Science Fiction #7) 3437   xii+
372
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
World's Best Science Fiction: 1971 1971-10-00 ed. Terry Carr, Donald A. Wollheim Gollancz 0-575-01346-X
£?£: UK pound
320
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Best of Clifford D. Simak 1975-06-00 Clifford D. Simak Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-98172-5
£3.95?£: UK pound
253
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll David Hardy Checkmark
The Best of Clifford D. Simak 1975-10-00 Clifford D. Simak Sphere Books 0-7221-7836-0
£0.60?£: UK pound
253
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
Skirmish: The Great Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak 1977-10-00 Clifford D. Simak Berkley/Putnam 0-399-12032-7
$8.95?$: US dollar
320
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Frank Riley (artist) Checkmark
Skirmish: The Great Short Fiction of Clifford D.Simak 1978-08-00 Clifford D. Simak Berkley Books 0-425-03821-1
$1.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
272
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 Frank Riley (artist) Checkmark
The Creator and Other Stories 1993-12-00 Clifford D. Simak Severn House 0-7278-4569-1
£14.99?£: UK pound
278
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Creator and Other Stories 1993-12-00 Clifford D. Simak Severn House 0-7278-9004-2
£8.99?£: UK pound
278
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 Thing in the Stone and Other Stories 2017-07-04 Clifford D. Simak Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-5040-4521-6
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Jason Gabbert  
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