Title: The Monkey's Fingers

Title: The Monkey's Fingers Title Record # 68268
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1953-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: The copyright is 1952 by Better Publications, Inc. though it was not first published until February 1953. Thus some sources may list this as a 1952 story.

User Rating: 5.00 (1 vote) Including variants and translations: 5.00 (3 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: recursive sf (NESFA index) (1), computers (1), writing (1), Shakespeare (1), primates (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles

Translations

Year	Title
1953	The Monkey's Finger

Year	Language	Title
1976^ⓘTranslated by Beata Della Frattina	Italian	Il dito della scimmia
1977^ⓘTranslated by Anne Villelaur	French	Le doigt du singe
1977^ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm	German	Der Affe und die Schreibmaschine
1981^ⓘTranslated by Jean A. Schalekamp	Dutch	De vinger van de aap
1985^ⓘTranslated by Vesna Mahečić	Croatian	Majmunov prst
1998^ⓘTranslated by Mihai-Dan Pavelescu	Romanian	Degetul maimuței^?Degetul maimutei Degetul maimutsei

Publications

Not displaying translations • Display all variants and translations • Do not display variants or translations

Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Startling Stories, February 1953	1953-02-00	ed. Samuel Mines	Better Publications, Inc.; Kokomo, IN		$0.25^?$: US dollar	148	pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Emsh
Science Fiction Yearbook, Number 4	1970-00-00	ed. Sharon Moore	Popular Library, Inc.		$0.50^?$: US dollar	100	pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Virgil Finlay
Have You Seen These?	1974-03-01	Isaac Asimov	NESFA Press (Boskone #11)		$5.95^?$: US dollar	94	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Eddie Jones
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1975-09-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday	0-385-05077-1	$5.95^?$: US dollar	206	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Michael Flanagan
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1975-10-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday & Company / SFBC	1340	$2.49^?$: US dollar	206	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Michael Flanagan
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1976-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-04398-5	£0.60^?£: UK pound	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	Peter Jones
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1976-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Gollancz	0-575-02078-4	£3.20^?£: UK pound	206	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1977-01-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23062-7	$1.50^?$: US dollar	238	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	George Tsui
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1977-01-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23062-7	C$1.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	238	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	George Tsui
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1977-07-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-04398-5	£0.75^?£: UK pound	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	Peter Jones
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1978-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23828-8	$1.75^?$: US dollar	238	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
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1979-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-04398-5	£0.85^?£: UK pound	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	Peter Jones
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1980-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23828-8	$1.95^?$: US dollar	238	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
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1981-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Granada	0-586-04398-5	£1.25^?£: UK pound	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	Peter Jones
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1982-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Granada	0-586-04398-5		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	Peter Jones
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1984-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-04398-5	£1.95^?£: UK pound	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	Peter Jones
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1988-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Grafton	0-586-04398-5	£2.50^?£: UK pound	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	Peter Jones
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1988-02-00	Isaac Asimov	VGSF / Gollancz	0-575-04199-4	£2.95^?£: UK pound	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	John Harris
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
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
Inside the Funhouse: 17 Sf Stories About SF	1992-08-00	ed. Mike Resnick	AvoNova	0-380-76643-4	$4.99^?$: 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	Tim O'Brien
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
Buy Jupiter	2000-02-00	Isaac Asimov	Millennium	1-85798-941-4	£6.99^?£: UK pound	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	John Harris
The Complete Stories, Volume 2	unpublished	Isaac Asimov	Foundation / Doubleday	0-385-42079-X			hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23062-7	$1.50^?$: US dollar	238	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	George Tsui

View all covers for The Monkey's Fingers (logged in users can change User Preferences to always display covers on this page)

Title: The Monkey's Fingers

You are not logged in. If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed.

Other Titles

Publications