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Title: Beyond Bedlam Title Record # 56208
Author: Wyman Guin
Date: 1951-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
Synopsis: A story about a world where everyone is schizophrenic. Everyone has a side personality. Everyone is using compulsory drugs to separate and control the personalities. Apparently going to this kind of lifestyle prevents all wars and violence. The two personalities everyone has are called hypoalter and hyperalter and the prevalent personality is switched every five days.
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Current Tags: split personality (1), near future (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), sociology (1), psychology (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations Translated Serializations
Year Language Title
1984Translated by Jacques Polanis
French Plus fort que la camisole
1986Translated by Reinhold H. Mai
German Jenseits allen Wahns
Year Language Title
1953Translated by an uncredited translator
Italian Oltre la follia (Part 1 of 2)
1953Translated by an uncredited translator
Italian Oltre la follia (Part 2 of 2)

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, August 1951 1951-08-00 ed. H. L. Gold World Editions, Inc.  
$0.35?$: 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 Emsh Checkmark
Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction 1952-02-00 ed. H. L. Gold Crown Publishers  
$3.50?$: US dollar
x+
566
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Richard Arbib Checkmark
Spectrum II 1962-09-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Gollancz  
18/-?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).
271
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Spectrum II 1963-00-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Harcourt, Brace & World  
$4.50?$: US dollar
271
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Spectrum II 1963-00-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Doubleday Canada  
$3.75?$: US dollar
 
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Spectrum II 1963-12-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)  
11/6?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).
271
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Spectrum II 1964-07-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Berkley Medallion F950
$0.50?$: US dollar
256
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
Spectrum II 1965-00-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Pan Books M75
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).
286
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
Spectrum II 1967-05-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Berkley Medallion X1451
$0.60?$: US dollar
256
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 Paul Lehr Checkmark
Living Way Out 1967-08-00 Wyman Guin Avon S298
$0.60?$: US dollar
208
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 Ronald Walotsky Checkmark
Living Way Out 1967-08-00 Wyman Guin Avon S298
C$0.60?C$: Canadian dollar
208
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 Ronald Walotsky Checkmark
Great Short Novels of Science Fiction 1970-07-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Ballantine Books 0-345-01960-1
$0.95?$: US dollar
viii+
373
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 Donna Violetti Checkmark
Great Short Novels of Science Fiction 1970-07-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Ballantine Books 0-345-01960-1
C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar
viii+
373
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 Donna Violetti Checkmark
Spectrum II 1971-00-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Pan Books 0-330-02712-3
£0.30?£: UK pound
286
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
Great Short Novels of Science Fiction 1971-12-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Ballantine Books (UK) 0-345-01960-1
£0.35?£: UK pound
viii+
373
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  
Beyond Bedlam 1973-00-00 Wyman Guin Sphere Books 0-7221-4141-6
£0.40?£: UK pound
206
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels 1980-11-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Priam Books / Arbor House 0-87795-295-7
$9.95?$: US dollar
x+
768
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  
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels 1980-12-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Arbor House 0-87795-295-7
$19.95?$: US dollar
x+
768
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Antler & Baldwin, Inc. Checkmark
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels 1981-05-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Arbor House / SFBC 5754
$6.98?$: US dollar
viii+
753
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Antler & Baldwin, Inc. Checkmark
Worlds Imagined 1989-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Avenel Books 0-517-68029-7
$8.98?$: US dollar
x+
704
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Beyond Bedlam 2016-04-23 Wyman Guin Project Gutenberg 51842
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
Escape from Doom / Beyond Bedlam 2017-01-26 ed. uncredited Armchair Fiction (Armchair Sci-Fi & Horror Double Novels #199) 978-1-61287-357-2 / D-199
$12.95?$: US dollar
240
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 Ed Emshwiller  
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