Title: Dark Interlude

Title: Dark Interlude Title Record # 64753
Authors: Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds
Date: 1951-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Synopsis: A visitor from the future comes to observe what life was like in 20th century earth. He ends up in a rural area, falls in love with a beautiful local girl, and life seems to be pretty good. Until a horrible fact about his heritage is revealed.

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Year	Title
1951	Dark Interlude [as by Frederic Brown and Mack Reynolds]

Year	Language	Title
1953^ⓘTranslated by Giorgio Monicelli	Italian	Ucciso dagli antenati
1954	French	Sombre intermède [as by Frederic Brown and Mack Reynolds]
1957^ⓘTranslated by Manuel van Loggem	Dutch	Donker tussenspel [as by Frederic Brown and Mack Reynolds]
1958^ⓘTranslated by Jesco von Puttkamer	German	Vorurteile
1963^ⓘTranslated by B. A. Egger	German	Dunkles Zwischenspiel
1963^ⓘTranslated by Jean Sendy	French	Sombre interlude
1966^ⓘTranslated by Manuel van Loggem	Dutch	Donker tussenspel
1975^ⓘTranslated by Michel Deutsch	French	Sombre interlude
1977^ⓘTranslated by Tótfalusi István	Hungarian	Sötét közjáték^?Sotet kozjatek Soeteet koezjaateek
1981^ⓘTranslated by Gavrilo Vučković	Croatian	Mračna međuigra^?Mrachna meduigra Mracna meduigra [as by Frederick Brown and Mack Reynolds]
1983^ⓘTranslated by Giorgio Monicelli	Italian	Ucciso dagli antenati
1989^ⓘ Translated by Gavrilo Vučković The story was taken from Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction	Serbian	Mračni intermeco^?Mracni intermeco Mrachni intermeco [as by Fredrik Braun and Mek Rejnolds]

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1951	1951-01-00	ed. H. L. Gold	World Editions, Inc.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	164	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	John Bunch
Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction	1952-02-00	ed. H. L. Gold	Crown Publishers		$3.50^?$: US dollar	x+ 566	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Richard Arbib
The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952	1952-08-19	ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty	Frederick Fell (Fell's Science-Fiction Library)		$2.95^?$: US dollar	284	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction	1953-00-00	ed. H. L. Gold	Grayson & Grayson			vi+ 255	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
American Science Fiction, #22	1954-02-00	ed. uncredited	Malian Press		A -/9^?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).	36	ph^?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications.	mag	Stanley Pitt
Frontiers in Space: Selections from The Best Science Fiction Stories	1955-05-00	ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty	Bantam Books	1328	$0.25^?$: US dollar	166	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
Nightmares and Geezenstacks	1961-07-00	Fredric Brown	Bantam Books	J2296	$0.40^?$: US dollar	137	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	Hieronymus Bosch
Nightmares and Geezenstacks	1962-00-00	Fredric Brown	Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers	SS1167	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).	137	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	Hieronymus Bosch
Human and Other Beings	1963-00-00	ed. Allen DeGraeff	Collier Books	01951	$0.95^?$: US dollar	319	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
Human and Other Beings	1963-06-00	ed. Allen DeGraeff	Collier Books	AS567	$0.95^?$: US dollar	319	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
The Old Masters	1970-09-00	ed. Brian Davis	New English Library	0-450-00597-6	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).	128	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	Jan Parker
The Diversifier, #25 March 1978	1978-03-00	ed. C. C. Clingan, Joey Froelich, Ralph Stephen Harding, Jon Inouye, Robert Metcalf	C. C. Clingan		$2.50^?$: US dollar	76	octavo^?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	fanzine	Stephen Fabian
Nightmares and Geezenstacks	1979-03-00	Fredric Brown	Bantam Books	0-553-12456-0	$1.75^?$: US dollar	182	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	Hieronymus Bosch
Science Fiction of the Fifties	1979-09-00	ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander	Avon	0-380-46409-8	$4.95^?$: US dollar	xxiii+ 438	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	Stanislaw Fernandes
Shared Tomorrows: Science Fiction in Collaboration	1979-10-00	ed. Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	St. Martin's Press	0-312-71637-0	$10.95^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 233	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Gary La Sasso
Science Fiction of the Fifties	1980-02-00	ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander	Avon / SFBC	3671	$3.98^?$: US dollar	xxii+ 393	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Gary Viskupic
The Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown	1982-09-00	Fredric Brown	New English Library	0-450-05501-9	£1.75^?£: UK pound	447	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	Tim White
And the Gods Laughed	1987-10-00	Fredric Brown	Phantasia Press	0-932096-47-6	$19.00^?$: US dollar	xxii+ 431	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Frank Kelly Freas
And the Gods Laughed	1987-10-00	Fredric Brown	Phantasia Press	0-932096-47-6	$50.00^?$: US dollar	xxii+ 431+ [3]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Frank Kelly Freas
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown	2001-02-00	Fredric Brown	NESFA Press	1-886778-18-3	$29.00^?$: US dollar	693	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown	2001-10-00	Fredric Brown	NESFA Press / SFBC	01122	$14.50^?$: US dollar	693	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown	2002-07-00	Fredric Brown	NESFA Press	1-886778-18-3	$29.00^?$: US dollar	693	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown	2011-06-00	Fredric Brown	NESFA Press	978-1-886778-18-4	$29.00^?$: US dollar	693	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton

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