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Title: The Talking Stone Title Record # 62725
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1955-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Wendell Urth
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1956 French
La bête de pierre?La bete de pierre
1960Translated by 田中融二(Tanaka Yuhji)
Japanese
もの言う石?ものいういし
Mono Iu Ishi
Monoiu Ishi
[as by ]
1969Translated by Michel Deutsch
French La pierre parlante
1969Translated by Wulf Bergner
German Der sprechende Stein
1970Translated by Henk Bouwman
Dutch De sprekende steen

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, October 1955 1955-10-00 ed. Anthony Boucher Fantasy House, 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 Mel Hunter Checkmark
Space, Time & Crime 1964-11-00 ed. Miriam Allen deFord Paperback Library 52-502
$0.50?$: US dollar
174
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Space, Time & Crime 1964-11-00 ed. Miriam Allen deFord Paperback Library 52-502
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
174
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1968-00-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday (Doubleday Science Fiction)  
$4.50?$: US dollar
xi+
228
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll James McMullan Checkmark
Space, Time & Crime 1968-01-00 ed. Miriam Allen deFord Paperback Library 52-622
$0.50?$: US dollar
174
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 Gaughan Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1968-04-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.70?$: US dollar
xi+
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll James McMullan Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1968-08-00 Isaac Asimov Rapp & Whiting  
25/-?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).
228
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Asimov's Mysteries 1969-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-02929-X
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).
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.
coll Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1969-01-00 Isaac Asimov Dell 0307
$0.60?$: US dollar
251+
[1]
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 Berkey Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1969-01-00 Isaac Asimov Dell 0307
C$0.60?C$: Canadian dollar
251+
[1]
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 Berkey Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1969-07-00 Isaac Asimov Dell 0307
$0.60?$: US dollar
256
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 Berkey Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1970-05-00 Isaac Asimov Dell 0307
$0.75?$: US dollar
252
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 Berkey Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1971-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-02929-X
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).
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.
coll Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1972-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-02929-X
£0.30?£: UK pound
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.
coll Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1973-02-00 Isaac Asimov Dell Laurel-Leaf 0307
$0.95?$: US dollar
251
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
Asimov's Mysteries 1974-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-02929-X
£0.35?£: UK pound
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.
coll Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1974-04-00 Isaac Asimov Dell Laurel-Leaf 0307
$0.95?$: US dollar
251
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1975-08-00 Isaac Asimov Dell Laurel-Leaf 0307
$1.25?$: US dollar
251
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
Asimov's Mysteries 1976-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-02929-X
£0.50?£: UK pound
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.
coll Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1977-07-00 Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest 0-449-23223-9
$1.50?$: US dollar
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 Ann Dalton Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1977-07-00 Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest 0-449-23223-9
C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar
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 Ann Dalton Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1979-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther / Granada 0-586-02929-X
£0.85?£: UK pound
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.
coll Vicente Segrelles Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1980-00-00 Isaac Asimov Granada 0-586-02929-X
£0.95?£: UK pound
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.
coll Vicente Segrelles Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1980-02-00 Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest 0-449-24011-8
$1.95?$: US dollar
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 Ann Dalton Checkmark
The Great Science Fiction Series 1980-11-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Frederik Pohl Harper & Row 0-06-013382-1
$16.95?$: US dollar
x+
419
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jon Weiman Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1981-00-00 Isaac Asimov Granada 0-586-02929-X
£1.25?£: UK pound
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.
coll Vicente Segrelles Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1986-00-00 Isaac Asimov Grafton 0-586-02929-X
£2.50?£: UK pound
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.
coll Cesare Reggiani Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1986-06-00 Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest / Ballantine 0-449-21075-8
C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar
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 Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1986-06-00 Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest / Ballantine 0-449-21075-8
$2.95?$: US dollar
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 Checkmark
The Complete Stories, Volume 2 1992-02-00 Isaac Asimov Foundation / Doubleday 0-385-42078-1
$14.00?$: US dollar
ix+
550
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 Barclay Shaw Checkmark
The Complete Stories, Volume 2 1992-05-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday Foundation / SFBC 17907
$7.98?$: US dollar
ix+
635
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Barclay Shaw Checkmark
The Complete Stories, Volume 2 1994-01-00 Isaac Asimov HarperCollins (UK) 0-00-224150-1
£16.99?£: UK pound
550
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Complete Stories, Volume 2 unpublished Isaac Asimov Foundation / Doubleday 0-385-42079-X    
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Asimov's Mysteries date unknown Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest 0-449-24011-8
$1.75?$: US dollar
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 Ann Dalton Checkmark
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