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Title: The Monkey's Fingers

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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 (2 votes) Including variants and translations: 5.00 (4 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1953 The Monkey's Finger
Year Language Title
1976Translated by Beata Della Frattina
Italian Il dito della scimmia
1977Translated by Anne Villelaur
French Le doigt du singe
1977Translated by Walter Brumm
German Der Affe und die Schreibmaschine
1981Translated by Jean A. Schalekamp
Dutch De vinger van de aap
1985Translated by Vesna Mahečić
Croatian Majmunov prst
1993Translated by Carlos Gardini.
Spanish El dedo del mono
1998Translated by Mihai-Dan Pavelescu
Romanian
Degetul maimuței?Degetul maimutei
Degetul maimutsei

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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  
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