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Title: The Wait Title Record # 57930
Author: Kit Reed
Date: 1958-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Year Title
1967 To Be Taken in a Strange Country
Year Language Title
1961 French L'attente
1969 Italian Esser Portata In Un Paese Straniero
1974 German Das Warten

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, April 1958 1958-04-00 ed. Anthony Boucher Mercury Press, Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
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 Kelly Freas Checkmark
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Eighth Series 1959-01-00 ed. Anthony Boucher Doubleday  
$3.75?$: US dollar
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Arthur Renshaw  
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Eighth Series 1959-03-00 ed. Anthony Boucher Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.20?$: US dollar
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Arthur Renshaw Checkmark
Fiction, #93 1961-08-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
OPTA  
F1.60?F: French frank
148
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 Jean-Claude Forest Checkmark
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Eighth Series 1963-00-00 ed. Anthony Boucher Ace Books F-217
$0.40?$: US dollar
224
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 Ed Emshwiller Checkmark
Venture Science Fiction [UK], October 1965 1965-10-00 ed. uncredited Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
3/-?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).
116
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 Checkmark
Mister Da V. and Other Stories 1967-00-00 Kit Reed Faber and Faber  
21/-?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).
222
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Apeman, Spaceman: Anthropological Science Fiction 1968-06-00 ed. Harry Harrison, Leon E. Stover Doubleday  
$5.95?$: US dollar
355
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Donald Crews , Ann Crews Checkmark
Apeman, Spaceman 1968-10-00 ed. Harry Harrison, Leon E. Stover Rapp & Whiting  
35/-?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).
355
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lawrence Edwards  
Urania #517 1969-06-29 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Mondadori 517
Lit 250?Lit: Italian lira
166
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
Apeman, Spaceman 1970-03-00 ed. Harry Harrison, Leon E. Stover Berkley Medallion 0-425-01819-9 / N1819
$0.95?$: US dollar
384
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
Apeman, Spaceman 1972-11-00 ed. Harry Harrison, Leon E. Stover Penguin Books 0-14-003485-4
£0.45?£: UK pound
376
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 David Pelham Checkmark
Mister Da V. and Other Stories 1973-07-00 Kit Reed Berkley Medallion 0-425-02380-X
$0.75?$: 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 Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
Anthropofiction 1974-05-00 ed. Harry Harrison, Leon E. Stover Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Orbit #21) 3-436-01676-4
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
312
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 Eddie Jones Checkmark
Apeman, Spaceman 1979-00-00 ed. Harry Harrison, Leon E. Stover Penguin Books 0-14-003485-4
£1.25?£: UK pound
376
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 Adrian Chesterman Checkmark
Cults!: An Anthology of Secret Societies, Sects, and the Supernatural 1983-09-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Beaufort Books 0-8253-0159-9
$17.95?$: US dollar
358
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Nightmares in Dixie: Thirteen Horror Tales from the American South 1987-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh August House 0-87483-034-6
$19.95?$: US dollar
260
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Nightmares in Dixie: Thirteen Horror Tales from the American South 1987-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh August House 0-87483-035-4
$8.95?$: US dollar
260
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  
Weird Women, Wired Women 1998-04-00 Kit Reed Wesleyan University Press 0-8195-2255-4
$16.95?$: US dollar
xvii+
214
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 Joseph Reed  
Weird Women, Wired Women 1998-04-00 Kit Reed Wesleyan University Press 0-8195-2254-6
$40.00?$: US dollar
xvii+
272
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Joseph Reed  
The Story Until Now: A Great Big Book of Stories 2013-03-15 Kit Reed Wesleyan University Press 978-0-8195-7349-0   xv+
442
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Joseph Reed  
The Story Until Now: A Great Big Book of Stories 2013-03-15 Kit Reed Wesleyan University Press 978-0-8195-7350-6
$27.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Joseph Reed  
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