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Title: How It Happened Title Record # 81304
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1979-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1984ⓘTranslated either by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Rosemarie%20Hundertmarck&amp;type=Name&amp;mode=exact">Rosemarie Hundertmarck</a> or <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Bodo%20Baumann&amp;type=Name&amp;mode=exact">Bodo Baumann</a>: it's not specifically stated for this shortfiction piece
 German
Hört, wie es geschah?Hoert, wie es geschah
1984ⓘTranslated by Giuseppe Lippi
 Italian Al Principio
1985ⓘTranslated by Monique Lebailly
 French Au prix du papyrus
1994ⓘTranslated by Mihai-Dan Pavelescu
 Romanian
Cum s-a īntīmplat?Cum s-a intimplat
Cum s-a intamplat
1996ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand
 Romanian
Cum s-a īntāmplat?Cum s-a intamplat

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Asimov's SF Adventure Magazine, Spring 1979 1979-00-00 ed. George H. Scithers Davis Publications  
$1.75?$: US dollar
 120
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
 mag Paul Alexander Checkmark
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Anthology, Volume 3 1980-00-00 ed. George H. Scithers Davis Publications  
$2.50?$: US dollar
 288
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".
 anth  
Isaac Asimov's Adventures of Science Fiction 1980-06-00 ed. George Scithers The Dial Press  
$9.95?$: US dollar
 284
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1983-03-18 Isaac Asimov Doubleday 0-385-18099-3
$15.95?$: US dollar
 xiii+
269
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Kiyoshi Kanai Checkmark
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1983-10-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday / SFBC 2883
$3.98?$: US dollar
 269
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Kiyoshi Kanai Checkmark
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1984-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-05743-9
£1.95?£: UK pound
 330
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1984-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-05743-9
£1.95?£: UK pound
 330
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 Chris Foss  
The Winds of Change ... and Other Stories 1984-01-00 Isaac Asimov Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31188-4
$2.95?$: US dollar
 ix+
277
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 Don Dixon Checkmark
The Winds of Change ... and Other Stories 1984-01-00 Isaac Asimov Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31188-4
C$3.75?C$: Canadian dollar
 ix+
277
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 Don Dixon Checkmark
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1985-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-05743-9
£2.50?£: UK pound
 330
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov 1986-08-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday 0-385-19782-9
$17.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
320
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Robert Aulicino Checkmark
Science Fiction Masterpieces 1986-10-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Galahad Books 0-88365-713-9
$9.98?$: US dollar
 633
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Isaac Asimov's Choice 1986-10-23 ed. uncredited Robert Hale 0-7090-2764-8
£10.95?£: UK pound
 255
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
LDSF-3: Latter-Day Science Fiction 1987-00-00 ed. Benjamin Urrutia Parables 0-96114960-0-2   187
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 Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov 1988-00-00 Isaac Asimov Grafton 0-586-07498-8
£3.50?£: UK pound
 xiv+
320
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 Chris Foss  
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov 1988-02-00 Isaac Asimov Signet / New American Library 0-451-15196-8 / AE5196
$3.95?$: US dollar
 379
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 Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov 1988-02-00 Isaac Asimov Signet / New American Library of Canada 0-451-15196-8 / AE5196
C$4.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 379
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 Checkmark
The Winds of Change ... and Other Stories 1989-00-00 Isaac Asimov Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31188-4
$4.95?$: US dollar
 ix+
277
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 Don Dixon  
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1990-00-00 Isaac Asimov Grafton 0-586-05743-9
£3.50?£: UK pound
 330
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 Chris Foss  
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov date unknown Isaac Asimov Grafton 0-586-07498-8
£3.50?£: UK pound
 xiv+
320
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
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