Title: A Catastrophe

Title: A Catastrophe Title Record # 63075
Author: H. G. Wells
Date: 1895-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: First published in the New Budget. Locus attributes it to an August 1895 edition. Other sources, including the Complete Short Story Omnibus, attribute it to the 04 April 1895 edition.

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Year	Language	Title
1905^ⓘTranslated by uncredited.	Italian	Una catastrofe
1930^ⓘTranslated by Lena Neumann	German	Eine Katastrophe [as by Herbert George Wells]
1959^ⓘTranslated by Lydia Belinfante	Dutch	Een catastrofe

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Thirty Strange Stories	1897-00-00	H. G. Wells	Edward Arnold			vi+ 504	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Plattner Story and Others	1897-03-00	H. G. Wells	Methuen		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).	vii+ 301	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Thirty Strange Stories	1898-00-00	H. G. Wells	Harper & Brothers			vi+ 504	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Plattner Story and Others	1900-07-00	H. G. Wells	Tauchnitz (Collection of British Authors #3436)			294	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
Tales of Life and Adventure	1924-00-00	H. G. Wells	W. Collins Sons	33	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).	279	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
In the Days of the Comet and Seventeen Short Stories	1925-00-00	H. G. Wells	T. Fisher Unwin (The Works of H. G. Wells #10)			xiv+ 652	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
In the Days of the Comet and Seventeen Short Stories	1925-00-00	H. G. Wells	Charles Scribner's Sons (The Works of H. G. Wells #10)			xiv+ 652	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1927-00-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn		7/6^?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).	1148	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1927-00-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn			1148	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1927-10-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn			1148	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1929-00-00	H. G. Wells	The Literary Guild				unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1929-00-00	H. G. Wells	Doubleday, Doran		$5.00^?$: US dollar	vi+ 1015	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1937-00-00	H. G. Wells	Doubleday, Doran			vi+ 1015	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1938-00-00	H. G. Wells	Garden City Publishing Co.			vi+ 1015	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Time Machine: An Invention and Other Stories	1946-09-21	H. G. Wells	Penguin Books (Wells' Eightieth Birthday)	573	1/-^?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).	284	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 Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1948-00-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn		17/6^?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).	vi+ 1038	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Tales of Life and Adventure	1954-00-00	H. G. Wells	Collins			254	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1957-00-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn		13/6^?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).	vi+ 1038	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Tales of Life and Adventure	1965-00-00	H. G. Wells	Collins			254	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1965-00-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn			1038	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1966-09-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn		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).	vii+ 1038	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1974-00-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn	0-510-40301-8	$12.50^?$: US dollar	vi+ 1038	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Thirty Strange Stories	1974-00-00	H. G. Wells	Causeway Books	0-88356-028-3		504	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1987-00-00	H. G. Wells	St. Martin's Press	0-312-15855-6	$19.95^?$: US dollar	vi+ 1038	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Thirty Strange Stories	1998-03-00	H. G. Wells	Carroll & Graf	0-7867-0488-8	$12.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 406	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
The Red Room and Other Stories	1998-05-00	H. G. Wells	Phoenix (Phoenix Short Stories)	0-7538-0453-0	£3.99^?£: UK pound	viii+ 243	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	Janie Coath
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1998-08-00	H. G. Wells	J. M. Dent	0-460-87964-2	£30.00^?£: UK pound	xii+ 883	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories	2007-05-31	H. G. Wells	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics)	978-0-14-193711-3	£7.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Kate Gibb
The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories	2007-12-18	H. G. Wells	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics)	978-0-14-144198-6	£9.99^?£: UK pound	xxxii+ 432	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	Kate Gibb
Complete Short Story Omnibus	2011-04-00	H. G. Wells	Gollancz	978-0-575-09524-3	£25.00^?£: UK pound	959	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Plattner Story and Others	2013-04-28	H. G. Wells	Forgotten Books (Classic Reprint)	978-1-4400-5974-2	$10.18^?$: US dollar	350	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
The Plattner Story and Others	2013-06-20	H. G. Wells	Project Gutenberg	42989	$0.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Thirty Strange Stories	2019-06-17	H. G. Wells	Project Gutenberg	59774	$0.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Tales of Life and Adventure	2024-03-12	H. G. Wells	Faded Page	20240313	C$0.00^?C$: Canadian dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Tales of Life and Adventure	date unknown	H. G. Wells	Collins / BCE			254	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Plattner Story and Others	date unknown	H. G. Wells	Barnes & Noble Books / Google Books				ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	date unknown	H. G. Wells	Odhams Press			375	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll

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