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Title: Pawley's Peepholes Title Record # 59861
Author: John Wyndham
Date: 1951-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Revised from 'Operation Peep' in 'Suspense Magazine', Summer 1951.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1951First published under this title in 'Suspense Magazine', Summer 1951.
Operation Peep
1954 A New Kind of Pink Elephant
Year Language Title
1954 French Touristes des temps futurs
1958Translated by Manuel Boliba
Spanish Los observatorios de Pawley
1959Translated by Elizabeth Gille
French Les lunettes de Pawley
1960Translated by Tony Westermayr
German
Heute Fremdenführung?Heute Fremdenfuehrung
1964Translated by B. C. Janzen
Dutch Pawley's panorama's
1966Translated by Р. Померанцева (R. Pomerantseva)
Russian [as by
Джон Уиндэм?Dzhon Uindem
John Wyndham
]
1976Translated by Hans van Assumburg
Dutch Pawley`s pretpark
1981Translated by Laura Serra
Italian Barney's Cars
1985Translated by Fernanda Pinto Rodrigues
Portuguese
Buracos de observação de Pawley?Buracos de observacao de Pawley
1987Translated by George W. Barlow
French Indiscrets passe-temps de Pawley

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Science-Fantasy, Winter 1951 1951-00-00 ed. John Carnell Nova Publications Ltd.  
2/-?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).
100
A5?14.8 cm by 21 cm or 5.8" by 8.3" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
mag R. M. Bull  
Beyond the End of Time 1952-01-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Permabooks P145
$0.35?$: US dollar
407
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
Escales dans l'infini 1954-03-00 ed. Georges H. Gallet Hachette (Le Rayon Fantastique #26)     253
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 René Caillé Checkmark
Argosy (UK), August 1954 1954-08-00 ed. Editors of Argosy (UK) The Amalgamated 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).
144
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  
The Seeds of Time 1956-00-00 John Wyndham Michael Joseph  
12/6?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).
253
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Richard Barton  
Semillas del tiempo 1958-00-00 John Wyndham E.D.H.A.S.A. (Nebulae #51) 51   270
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 Llobera  
Le temps cassé 1959-00-00 John Wyndham
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#34)
    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.
coll  
The Seeds of Time 1959-00-00 John Wyndham Penguin Books 1385
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).
222
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 Checkmark
The Seeds of Time 1960-00-00 John Wyndham Penguin Books 1385
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).
222
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 Checkmark
Die Kobaltblume 1960-12-00 John Wyndham Goldmann (Goldmanns Zukunftsromane #14) Z 14
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
184
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Eyke Volkmer  
Die Kobaltblume 1960-12-00 John Wyndham Goldmann (Goldmanns Zukunftsromane #14) Z 14
DM 4.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
184
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 Eyke Volkmer  
The Seeds of Time 1961-00-00 John Wyndham Horwitz H1385
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).
220
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 Seeds of Time 1961-00-00 John Wyndham Penguin Books 1385
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).
222
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 Checkmark
The Seeds of Time 1962-00-00 John Wyndham Penguin Books 1385
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).
222
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 Griffiths Checkmark
Die Kobaltblume 1962-08-00 John Wyndham Goldmann (Goldmanns Weltraum Taschenbücher #08) 08
DM 2.20?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
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 Eyke Volkmer Checkmark
The Seeds of Time 1963-00-00 John Wyndham Penguin Books 1385
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).
222
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 Griffiths Checkmark
Science fiction verhalen 4 1964-00-00 John Wyndham Het Spectrum (Prisma #1022) 1022
ƒ1.75?ƒ: Dutch guilder
214
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 Checkmark
The Seeds of Time 1964-00-00 John Wyndham Penguin Books 1385
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).
222
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 Griffiths Checkmark
1966-00-00
Джон Уиндэм?Dzhon Uindem
John Wyndham
( #8)     320
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Marsmenschen 1966-00-00 ed. Klaus Walther Das Neue Berlin  
M 8.20?M: East German mark
381
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Peter Nagengast  
The Seeds of Time 1966-00-00 John Wyndham Penguin Books 1385
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).
222
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 Checkmark
The Starlit Corridor 1967-00-00 ed. Roger Mansfield Pergamon Press Ltd.  
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).
xi+
145
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Starlit Corridor 1967-00-00 ed. Roger Mansfield Pergamon Press Ltd. 0-08-303370-X   xii+
145
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 Checkmark
The Starlit Corridor 1967-00-00 ed. Roger Mansfield Pergamon Press Ltd.  
$4.00?$: US dollar
xi+
145
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Starlit Corridor 1967-00-00 ed. Roger Mansfield Pergamon Press Ltd.  
$2.00?$: US dollar
145
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 Time Curve 1968-00-00 ed. Roger Elwood, Sam Moskowitz Tower Books 43-986
$0.60?$: US dollar
189
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
The Seeds of Time 1969-00-00 John Wyndham Penguin Books 0-14-001385-7
£0.20?£: UK pound
222
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 Harry Willock Checkmark
The Seeds of Time 1972-00-00 John Wyndham Penguin Books 0-14-001385-7
£0.30?£: UK pound
222
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 Harry Willock Checkmark
The Best of John Wyndham 1973-00-00 John Wyndham Sphere 0-7221-9369-6
£0.40?£: UK pound
318
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 Patrick Woodroffe Checkmark
The Seeds of Time 1973-00-00 John Wyndham Michael Joseph 0-7181-0362-9
£2.00?£: UK pound
253
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Seeds of Time 1973-00-00 John Wyndham Penguin Books 0-14-001385-7
£0.30?£: UK pound
222
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 Harry Willock Checkmark
Le temps cassé 1973-02-26 John Wyndham
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#34)
    222
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 Seeds of Time 1974-06-00 John Wyndham Penguin Books 0-14-001385-7
£0.40?£: UK pound
222
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 Best of John Wyndham 1974-11-00 John Wyndham Sphere 0-7221-9369-6
£0.40?£: UK pound
318
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 Patrick Woodroffe  
Science-fiction verhalen 1975-00-00 John Wyndham Het Spectrum (Prisma #1695) 90-274-0822-X   215
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 Bart van Erkel Checkmark
The Seeds of Time 1975-00-00 John Wyndham Penguin Books 0-14-001385-7
£0.60?£: UK pound
222
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 Harry Willock Checkmark
The Man from Beyond and Other Stories 1975-03-00 John Wyndham Michael Joseph 0-7181-1320-9
£3.50?£: UK pound
283
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
De Trojaanse straal 1976-00-00 John Wyndham Centripress (Centripress SF)     204
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 Checkmark
The Best of John Wyndham 1951-1960 1977-00-00 John Wyndham Sphere Books 0-7221-9374-2
£0.65?£: UK pound
159
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 Checkmark
The Seeds of Time 1977-00-00 John Wyndham Penguin Books 0-14-001385-7
£0.70?£: UK pound
222
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 Harry Willock Checkmark
Space 3 1977-03-00 ed. Richard Davis Abelard-Schuman 0-200-72447-9   152
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
John Wyndham Omnibus 2 1978-00-00 John Wyndham Centripress (Centripress SF) 90-305-0177-4   469
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.
omni Checkmark
Tales Out of Time 1979-00-00 ed. Barbara Ireson Faber and Faber 0-571-11410-5
£4.95?£: UK pound
212
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Seeds of Time 1981-00-00 John Wyndham Penguin Books 0-14-001385-7
£1.75?£: UK pound
222
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 Lord Checkmark
Urania #871 1981-01-18 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Mondadori 871
Lit 1,200?Lit: Italian lira
192
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  
Tales Out of Time 1981-04-00 ed. Barbara Ireson Philomel Books 0-399-20786-4
$9.95?$: US dollar
247
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ron Himler Checkmark
As sementes do tempo 1985-00-00 John Wyndham Caminho (
Caminho ficção científica?Caminho ficcao cientifica
#17)
    191
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 Henrique Cayatte  
Le livre d'or de la Science-Fiction : John Wyndham 1987-02-27 John Wyndham Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5249) 2-266-01919-8   5249
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 Marcel Laverdet Checkmark
The Seeds of Time 1988-00-00 John Wyndham Penguin Books 0-14-001385-7   222
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 Mark Salwowski  
Su e giù per il tempospazio 1994-02-00 John Wyndham Mondadori (Classici Urania #203)  
Lit 6,000?Lit: Italian lira
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 David Schleinkofer  
Su e giù per il tempospazio 1994-09-00 John Wyndham Mondadori (I Libri di Urania #19) 88-04-38133-7
Lit 8,000?Lit: Italian lira
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 David Schleinkofer Checkmark
The Seeds of Time 2000-00-00 John Wyndham Penguin Books 0-14-001385-7
£5.99?£: UK pound
222
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 Mark Salwowski  
The Seeds of Time 2000-00-00 John Wyndham Penguin Books 0-14-001385-7   222
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 Spencer Wilson  
The Seeds of Time 2014-09-04 John Wyndham Penguin Books 978-0-241-97216-8
£8.99?£: UK pound
224
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 Brian Cronin  
The Seeds of Time 2014-09-04 John Wyndham Penguin Books 978-0-241-97107-9
£6.49?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Brian Cronin Checkmark
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