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Title: A Matter of Fact Title Record # 64145
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Date: 1892-01-24
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Galactic Central
Language: English
Note: First published in the Jan.24, 1892 edition of The People.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1954Translated by Hans Reisiger
German Eine Tatsache
1983Translated by Gisbert Haefs
German Eine Tatsache

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Many Inventions 1893-00-00 Rudyard Kipling Macmillan and Co.     IX+
365+
6
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Worlds Beyond, January 1951 1951-01-00 ed. Damon Knight Hillman Periodicals, Inc.  
$0.25?$: 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 H. R. Van Dongen Checkmark
Panik: Gruselgeschichten aus England und Amerika von R. L. Stevenson bis Ernest Hemingway 1961-00-00 ed. Mary Hottinger Diogenes  
DM 19.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
449+
[3]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Flora  
Phantoms and Fantasies: 20 Tales 1965-00-00 Rudyard Kipling Doubleday  
$3.95?$: US dollar
[10]+
302
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Burt Silverman Checkmark
Die besten klassischen und modernen Gruselgeschichten von Poe bis Hemingway 1968-00-00 ed. Mary Hottinger Diogenes  
DM 12.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
452+
[3]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Flora  
Die besten klassischen und modernen Gruselgeschichten von Poe bis Hemingway 1976-00-00 ed. Mary Hottinger Diogenes (Diogenes Sonderband) 3-257-00902-X   452+
[3]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Flora Checkmark
Omni, October 1982 1982-10-00 ed. Ellen Datlow, Dick Teresi Omni Publications International Ltd. 0149-8711
$2.50?$: US dollar
204
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
mag Dickran Palulian Checkmark
Der Rabe, #3 1983-05-00 ed. Gerd Haffmans Haffmans 3-251-10003-3   260
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.
mag Friedrich Karl Waechter Checkmark
Mysterious Sea Stories 1985-01-00 ed. William Pattrick W. H. Allen 0-491-03114-9
£9.95?£: UK pound
247
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Mysterious Sea Stories 1985-07-00 ed. William Pattrick Salem House 0-88162-046-7
$14.95?$: US dollar
247
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Mysterious Sea Stories 1986-01-00 ed. William Pattrick Star 0-352-31728-0
£1.95?£: UK pound
247
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  
Mysterious Sea Stories 1987-09-00 ed. William Pattrick Dell 0-440-16088-X
$3.50?$: US dollar
246
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
John Brunner Presents Kipling's Science Fiction 1992-10-00 Rudyard Kipling Tor 0-312-85355-6
$17.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
178
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll David R. Deitrick Checkmark
Terror by Gaslight: An Anthology of Rare Tales of Terror 1992-10-00 ed. Hugh Lamb Constable & Co. Ltd. 0-09-471720-6
£13.99?£: UK pound
282
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Christopher Brown  
The Science Fiction Stories of Rudyard Kipling 1994-05-00 Rudyard Kipling Citadel Twilight 0-8065-1508-2
$9.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
178
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 Kevin Kelly Checkmark
Kipling's Science Fiction 1998-06-00 Rudyard Kipling G. K. Hall & Co. (G.K. Hall Large Print Science Fiction Series) 0-7838-0169-6
$25.95?$: US dollar
248
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Kevin Kelly  
Strange Tales 2006-00-00 Rudyard Kipling Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 978-1-84022-532-7   xiii+
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 T. Heine Checkmark
Jim Baen's Universe, October 2006 2006-10-00 ed. Eric Flint Baen Books 1932093003
$6.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
mag Checkmark
The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical Tales 2007-02-00 Rudyard Kipling Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #50) 0-575-07791-3
£7.99?£: UK pound
xii+
785
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 Jim Baen's Universe 2006 Disk 2007-07-00 uncredited Baen Books (Baen CD-ROM Library #13)  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.
omni Checkmark
Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy 2008-01-01 Rudyard Kipling Pegasus Books 978-1-933648-78-1
$17.95?$: US dollar
800
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  
Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy 2008-11-17 Rudyard Kipling Pegasus Books 978-1-60598-030-0
$19.95?$: US dollar
800
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  
Cetus Insolitus: Sea Serpents, Giant Cephalopods, and Other Marine Monsters in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy 2008-12-00 ed. Chad Arment Coachwhip Publications 978-1-930585-66-9
$14.95?$: US dollar
391
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  
Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy 2009-04-00 Rudyard Kipling Pegasus Books / SFBC 62-1254
$10.99?$: US dollar
800
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  
Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy 2010-00-00 Rudyard Kipling Fall River Press 978-1-4351-2005-1   viii+
785
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical Tales 2010-11-11 Rudyard Kipling Gollancz 978-0-575-08601-2
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Strange Tales 2012-05-01 Rudyard Kipling Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 978-1-84870-508-1
£1.98?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy 2014-05-01 Rudyard Kipling Pegasus Books 978-1-60598-664-7
$19.95?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Horror on the High Seas 2014-12-00 ed. David A. Sutton Shadow Publishing 978-0-9572962-1-3
£6.99?£: UK pound
195
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 Jim Pitts Checkmark
Pirates & Ghosts Short Stories 2017-10-15 ed. uncredited Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78664-556-2
£20.00?£: UK pound
480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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