Title: The Vacation

Title: The Vacation Title Record # 58446
Author: Ray Bradbury
Date: 1963-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Year	Language	Title
1965^ⓘTranslated by Mário Braga and Maria Isabel Morna Braga	Portuguese	As férias
1965^ⓘTranslated by Jean-Pierre Harrison	French	Vacance
1970^ⓘTranslated by Sandro Sandrelli	Italian	Vacanza
1974^ⓘTranslated by Göncz Árpád	Hungarian	A vakáció
1983	Portuguese	As Férias
1985^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Peter%20Naujack&type=Name&mode=exact">Peter Naujack</a>	German	Die großen Ferien
2008^ⓘTranslated by Jean-Pierre Harrison revised by Julie Pejos for the Folio publication	French	Vacances

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Playboy, December 1963	1963-12-00	ed. Editors of Playboy			$1.25^?$: US dollar		quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
The Machineries of Joy	1964-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Hart-Davis		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).	239	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Joe Mugnaini
The Machineries of Joy	1964-02-00	Ray Bradbury	Simon & Schuster		$4.50^?$: US dollar	255	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Isadore Seltzer
Les machines à bonheur	1965-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #84-85)		F9.90^?F: French frank	313	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
As máquinas da alegria	1965-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #93)			171	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	Lima de Freitas
The Machineries of Joy	1965-07-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	H2988	$0.60^?$: US dollar	213	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
The Machineries of Joy	1965-07-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	H2988	C$0.60^?C$: Canadian dollar	213	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
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy	1966-00-00	ed. Editors of Playboy	Playboy Press		$5.95^?$: US dollar	ix+ 403	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Jack Gregory , Seymour Mednick
The Machineries of Joy	1966-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers	GN7489	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).	213	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
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy	1968-00-00	ed. Editors of Playboy	Playboy Press	BA0115	$0.95^?$: US dollar	ix+ 402	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	Jack Gregory , Seymour Mednick
Machineries of Joy	1969-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers	0-552-08275-9	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).	213	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	Bruce Pennington
The Machineries of Joy	1969-06-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	S5258	$0.75^?$: US dollar	213	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
Le macchine della felicità	1970-04-00	Ray Bradbury	Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #39)		Lit 2,200^?Lit: Italian lira	286	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	Gian Mario Scuratti
The Machineries of Joy	1970-07-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	S5258	$0.75^?$: US dollar	213	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
Les machines à bonheur	1970-09-09	Ray Bradbury	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #84/85)			313	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
Kaleidoszkóp	1974-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Kozmosz Könyvek^?Kozmosz Konyvek ( Kozmosz Fantasztikus Könyvek^?Kozmosz Fantasztikus Konyvek #27)	IF1872-e-7476		336	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	Korga György^?Korga Gyoergy
The Machineries of Joy	1976-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	Q2324	$1.25^?$: US dollar	213	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
The Machineries of Joy	1976-09-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	0-553-02834-0	$1.50^?$: US dollar	245	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
The Machineries of Joy	1977-06-00	Ray Bradbury	Panther / Granada	0-586-04361-6	£0.60^?£: UK pound	213	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	Peter Goodfellow
Les machines à bonheur	1980-05-30	Ray Bradbury	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #84)			317	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	Stéphane Dumont^?Stephane Dumont
The Stories of Ray Bradbury	1980-10-31	Ray Bradbury	Alfred A. Knopf	0-394-51335-5	$17.95^?$: US dollar	xx+ 884	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	R. D. Scudellari
The Stories of Ray Bradbury	1980-12-00	Ray Bradbury	Alfred A. Knopf	0-394-51335-5	$17.95^?$: US dollar	xx+ 884	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	R. D. Scudellari
The Stories of Ray Bradbury	1981-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Granada	0-246-11540-8	£12.50^?£: UK pound	xx+ 884	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Stories of Ray Bradbury	1981-02-00	Ray Bradbury	Alfred A. Knopf	0-394-51335-5	$17.95^?$: US dollar	xx+ 884	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	R. D. Scudellari
The Machineries of Joy	1983-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Granada	0-586-04361-6	£1.50^?£: UK pound	213	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	Peter Goodfellow
As Máquinas do Prazer	1983-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Francisco Alves (Mestres do horror e da fantasia #11)			290	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
The Stories of Ray Bradbury Volume 2	1983-01-27	Ray Bradbury	Granada	0-586-05749-8	£2.95^?£: UK pound	683	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
The Machineries of Joy	1983-02-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	0-553-23120-0	$2.75^?$: US dollar	245	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	Tito Salomoni
The Stories of Ray Bradbury Volume 2	1985-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Granada	0-586-05749-8	£3.95^?£: UK pound	683	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
Die Mechanismen der Freude	1985-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Diogenes (detebe #21242)	3-257-21242-9	DM 9.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	316	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	Tomi Ungerer
Magical Wishes	1986-11-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Signet / New American Library	0-451-14575-5	$3.50^?$: US dollar	350	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	Kinuko Kraft
The Machineries of Joy	1988-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Granada	0-586-04361-6	£2.95^?£: UK pound	213	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	Peter Goodfellow
Les machines à bonheur	1988-04-00	Ray Bradbury	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #84)	2-207-30084-6		317	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	Marie-Christine Forest
Die goldenen Äpfel der Sonne	1990-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Volk und Welt	3-353-00675-3		398	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	Hans-Joachim Petzak
The Stories of Ray Bradbury	1990-10-00	Ray Bradbury	Alfred A. Knopf	0-394-51335-5	$29.95^?$: US dollar	912	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	R. D. Scudellari
Un coup de tonnerre	1992-04-00	Ray Bradbury	Gallimard (Folio junior #664)	2-07-056730-3		195	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	Henri Galeron
Un coup de tonnerre	1993-07-00	Ray Bradbury	Gallimard (Folio junior #664)	2-07-056730-3		195	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	Henri Galeron
A Magic Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic	1998-01-00	ed. Margaret Weis	Aspect / Warner Books	0-446-67284-X	$13.99^?$: US dollar	viii+ 421	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	Keith Birdsong
A Magic Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic	1998-03-00	ed. Margaret Weis	Aspect / Warner Books / SFBC	20073	$10.98^?$: US dollar	422	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Keith Birdsong
Les machines à bonheur^?Les machines a bonheur	2000-01-00	Ray Bradbury	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #84)	2-207-25066-0		317	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 Froissard
The Machineries of Joy	2000-12-00	Ray Bradbury	Earthlight	0-671-03771-4	£5.99^?£: UK pound	255	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	Trevor Scobie
Un coup de tonnerre	2004-11-00	Ray Bradbury	Gallimard (Folio junior #664)	2-07-051364-5		195	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	C. Broutin
Les machines à bonheur^?Les machines a bonheur	2008-06-02	Ray Bradbury	Denoël^?Denoel (Folio SF #312)	978-2-07-034842-8		465	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	Matthias Haddad
Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 1	2008-12-00	Ray Bradbury	HarperVoyager	978-0-00-728047-6	£16.99^?£: UK pound	xx+ 956	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Stories of Ray Bradbury	2010-04-06	Ray Bradbury	Alfred A. Knopf (Everyman's Library #326)	978-0-307-26905-8	$32.00^?$: US dollar	xliii+ 1059	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 1	2012-06-28	Ray Bradbury	Harper Voyager (UK)	978-0-00-749768-3	£1.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Machineries of Joy	date unknown	Ray Bradbury	Grafton	0-586-04361-6	£4.99^?£: UK pound	255	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	Steve Crisp
The Machineries of Joy	date unknown	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	S5258	$0.75^?$: US dollar	213	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
The Machineries of Joy	date unknown	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	S5258	$0.75^?$: US dollar	213	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
The Machineries of Joy	date unknown	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	N8304	$0.95^?$: US dollar	213	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
The Machineries of Joy	date unknown	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	H2988	$0.60^?$: US dollar	213	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
The Machineries of Joy	date unknown	Ray Bradbury	Grafton	0-586-04361-6	£4.99^?£: UK pound	255	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	Steve Crisp
The Machineries of Joy	date unknown	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	0-553-24695-X	$2.95^?$: US dollar	245	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	Tito Salomoni
The Machineries of Joy	date unknown	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	H2988	$0.60^?$: US dollar	213	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
The Machineries of Joy	date unknown	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	S5258	$0.75^?$: US dollar	213	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

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