Title: The Fence

Title: The Fence Title Record # 57013
Author: Clifford D. Simak
Date: 1952-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Year	Title
1952	The Fence [as by Clifford Simak]

Year	Language	Title
1964^ⓘTranslated by Francisco Cazorla Olmo	Spanish	La valla
1966^ⓘTranslated by Roberta Rambelli	Italian	Il recinto
1972^ⓘTranslated by C. A. G. van den Broek	Dutch	De omheining
1981^ⓘTranslated by Jacques Mondoloni	French	La barrière

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Space Science Fiction, September 1952	1952-09-00	ed. Lester del Rey	Space Publications, 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	Bergey
Space Science Fiction [UK], Volume 1 No. 1	1952-12-00	ed. Lester del Rey	The Archer Press		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).	128	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	Bergey
American Science Fiction, #14	1953-06-00	ed. uncredited	Malian Press		A -/9^?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).	36	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	Stanley Pitt
Strangers in the Universe	1956-00-00	Clifford D. Simak	Simon & Schuster		$3.50^?$: US dollar	371	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Charles Skaggs (artist)
Strangers in the Universe	1957-05-00	Clifford D. Simak	Simon & Schuster / SFBC		$1.15^?$: US dollar	280	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Charles Skaggs (artist)
Strangers in the Universe	1957-09-00	Clifford D. Simak	Berkley Books	G-71	$0.35^?$: US dollar	190	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
Strangers in the Universe	1957-09-00	Clifford D. Simak	Berkley Books	G-71	C$0.35^?C$: Canadian dollar	190	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
Strangers in the Universe	1958-00-00	Clifford D. Simak	Faber and Faber		15/-^?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).	264	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Strangers in the Universe	1958-01-00	Clifford D. Simak	Berkley Books	G-71		190	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
Strangers in the Universe	1959-05-00	Clifford D. Simak	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	38	5/6^?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).	264	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	C. W. Bacon
Strangers in the Universe	1962-02-00	Clifford Simak	Panther	1332	2/6^?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).	191	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	John Richards
Strangers in the Universe	1963-10-00	Clifford D. Simak	Berkley Medallion	F835	$0.50^?$: US dollar	191	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
An ABC of Science Fiction	1966-00-00	ed. Tom Boardman, Jr.	Four Square Books	1652	A$0.60^?A$: Australian dollar	205	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
An ABC of Science Fiction	1966-11-00	ed. Tom Boardman, Jr.	Four Square Books	1652	3/6^?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).	205	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	Barry Evans
Selections from Strangers in the Universe	1968-07-00	Clifford D. Simak	Berkley Medallion	X1589	$0.60^?$: US dollar	191	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
An ABC of Science Fiction	1968-12-00	ed. Tom Boardman, Jr.	Avon	V2249	$0.75^?$: US dollar	ix+ 223	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	Ron Walotsky
An ABC of Science Fiction	1971-02-00	ed. Tom Boardman, Jr.	Avon	V2392	$0.75^?$: US dollar	223	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	Ron Walotsky
Epilog and Other Stories	2023-07-11	Clifford D. Simak	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-5040-8312-6	$26.99^?$: US dollar	352	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
Epilog and Other Stories	2023-07-11	Clifford D. Simak	Open Road Integrated Media		$9.99^?$: 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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