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Title: The World-Thinker Title Record # 57681
Author: Jack Vance
Date: 1945-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1978Translated by Jaime Martijn
Dutch De wereldbedenker
1983Translated by Roberta Rambelli
Italian Il pensatore di mondi
1986Translated by Reinhard Heinz.
German Der Weltersinner
1988Translated by Peter Robert
German Der Welten-Denker
1992Translated by ECL Meistermann
French Le penseur de mondes
2019Translated by E. C. L. Meistermann revised by Pierre-Paul Durastanti
French Le penseur de mondes

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Nominations Below Cutoff 1996 Retro Hugo Best Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Thrilling Wonder Stories, Summer 1945 1945-08-00 ed. Sam Merwin, Jr. Standard Magazines, Inc.  
$0.15?$: US dollar
100
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Earle Bergey Checkmark
Fantastic Story Magazine, Winter 1955 1955-01-00 ed. Alexander Samalman Best Books, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
116
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Alex Schomburg Checkmark
Lost Moons 1982-06-00 Jack Vance Underwood-Miller 0-934438-56-0
$15.95?$: US dollar
250
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ned Dameron Checkmark
Lost Moons 1982-06-00 Jack Vance Underwood-Miller 0-934438-55-2
$30.00?$: US dollar
250
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ned Dameron Checkmark
Lost Moons 1982-06-00 Jack Vance Underwood-Miller 0-934438-55-2   250
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Narrow Land 1982-07-00 Jack Vance DAW Books (DAW Collectors #490) 0-87997-747-7 / UE1747
$2.25?$: US dollar
176
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 Wayne D. Barlowe Checkmark
The Narrow Land 1982-07-00 Jack Vance DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-747-7 / UE1747
C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar
176
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 Wayne D. Barlowe Checkmark
The Narrow Land 1984-03-00 Jack Vance Coronet Books 0-340-34920-4
£1.75?£: UK pound
176
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 George Underwood Checkmark
The World-Thinker and Other Stories 2005-00-00 Jack Vance Vance Integral Edition (Vance Integral Edition #2) 0-9712375-1-4   [viii]+
381
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Wild Thyme, Green Magic 2009-06-00 Jack Vance Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-226-9
$40.00?$: US dollar
360
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Tom Kidd Checkmark
The World-Thinker and Other Stories 2011-11-24 Jack Vance Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10987-2
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The World-Thinker and Other Stories 2012-04-17 Jack Vance Spatterlight Press (Vance Digital Edition #1) 978-1-61947-000-2
$6.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Tais Teng  
Wild Thyme, Green Magic 2015-03-10 Jack Vance Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-737-0
$4.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Tom Kidd  
The World-Thinker and Other Stories 2017-10-18 Jack Vance Spatterlight Press (Signature Series #1) 978-1-61947-148-1
$15.99?$: US dollar
330
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 Howard Kistler  
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