Title: Quit Zoomin' Those Hands Through the Air
Title Record # 68345
Author: Jack Finney
Date: 1951-08-04
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Jack Finney
Date: 1951-08-04
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: An old man tells his grandchild of an unusual event during the Civil War, when he and a former Harvard professor traveled ninety years into the future to search for a weapon to help them win the war.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collier's, August 4, 1951 | 1951-08-04 | ed. Editors of Collier's | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
mag | ||||||
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1952 | 1952-12-00 | ed. Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas | Fantasy House, Inc. | $0.35?$: 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 | Chesley Bonestell |  |
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| Operation Future | 1955-07-00 | ed. Groff Conklin | Permabooks | M-4022 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
xi+ 356 |
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 | Robert Schulz | |
| Operation Future | 1956-09-00 | ed. Groff Conklin | Permabooks | M-4022 | C$0.35?C$: Canadian dollar |
xi+ 356 |
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 | Robert Schulz | |
| The Third Level | 1957-00-00 | Jack Finney | Rinehart | $3.00?$: US dollar |
256 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Ben Feder | |
|
| The Third Level | 1957-12-00 | Jack Finney | Rinehart / SFBC | $1.00?$: US dollar |
188 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Ben Feder | |
|
| The Clock of Time | 1958-00-00 | Jack Finney | Eyre & Spottiswoode | 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). |
189 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| The Third Level | 1959-03-00 | Jack Finney | Dell | D274 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
192 | 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 | Richard Powers | |
| The Clock of Time | 1960-01-00 | Jack Finney | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | 42 | 5/6?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). |
189 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
|
| Journeys in Science Fiction | 1961-00-00 | ed. Richard L. Loughlin, Lilian M. Popp | Globe Book Company | $3.52?$: US dollar |
655+ [1] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Journeys in Science Fiction | 1961-00-00 | ed. Richard L. Loughlin, Lilian M. Popp | Globe Book Company | $3.76?$: US dollar |
655+ [1] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| The Clock of Time | 1961-00-00 | Jack Finney | Panther | 1193 | 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). |
156 | 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 | ||
| Connoisseur's Science Fiction | 1964-00-00 | ed. Tom Boardman | Penguin Books | 2223 | 3/6?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). |
234 | 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 | |
|
| Connoisseur's Science Fiction | 1966-00-00 | ed. Tom Boardman | Penguin Books (US) | 2223 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
234 | 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 | |
|
| Connoisseur's Science Fiction | 1966-00-00 | ed. Tom Boardman | Penguin Books | 2223 | 3/6?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). |
234 | 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 | |
|
| Connoisseur's Science Fiction | 1976-02-00 | ed. Tom Boardman | Penguin Books | 0-14-002223-6 | £0.60?£: UK pound |
233+ [1] |
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 | Bob Fowke | |
| Laughing Space | 1982-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, J. O. Jeppson | Robson Books | 0-86051-181-2 |
xvi+ 521 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Deborah Taylor | |
|
| Laughing Space | 1982-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, J. O. Jeppson | Robson Books | 0-86051-181-2 | £7.95?£: UK pound |
xvi+ 521 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Deborah Taylor | |
| Laughing Space | 1982-03-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, J. O. Jeppson | Houghton Mifflin | 0-395-30519-5 | $17.95?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 521 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
|
| Laughing Space | 1985-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, J. O. Jeppson | Robson Books | 0-86051-323-8 | £3.95?£: UK pound |
xvi+ 521 |
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 | Deborah Taylor | |
| The Fantastic Civil War | 1991-06-00 | ed. Frank McSherry, Jr. | Baen Books | 0-671-72063-5 | $4.50?$: US dollar |
307 | 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 | Ken Kelly | |
| The Clock of Time | 2012-11-30 | Jack Finney | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-09319-5 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll |