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Author: Karel Capek
Year: 1927
Variant Title of: Továrna na absolutno (by Karel Capek ) [may list more publications, awards and reviews]
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Absolute_at_Large
ISFDB Record Number: 892
Note: The version reprinted in ''A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels'' is significantly abridged.
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Publications:
- The Absolute at Large, (1927, Karel Capek, publ. Macmillan, $2.50, vi+242pp, hc)
- The Absolute at Large, (1927, Karel Capek, publ. Macmillan, 7/6, 242pp, hc)
- The Absolute at Large, (1927, Karel Capek, publ. Macmillan and Co., 7/6, viii+293pp, hc)
- The Absolute at Large, (1930, Karel Capek, publ. Macmillan, 3/6, 242pp, hc)
- The Absolute at Large, (1944, Karel Capek, publ. George Allen & Unwin, 7/6, 168pp, hc)
- A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels, (1964, ed. Damon Knight, publ. Delacorte Press, $4.95, 379pp, hc, anth)
- A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels, (1965, ed. Damon Knight, publ. Gollancz, 21/-, 379pp, hc, anth)
- A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels, (Jan 1965, ed. Damon Knight, publ. Dell, #1158, $0.75, 447pp, pb, anth) - [VERIFIED]
- A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels, (1968, ed. Damon Knight, publ. Mayflower, #11688, 5/-, unpaginatedpp, pb, anth) - [VERIFIED]
- A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels, (1970, ed. Damon Knight, publ. Mayflower, 0-583-11163-7, 6/-, unpaginatedpp, pb, anth) Cover: Josh Kirby - [VERIFIED]
- The Absolute at Large, (1974, Karel Capek, publ. Hyperion Press (Classics of Science Fiction), 0-88355-104-7, $8.50, 242pp, hc)
- The Absolute at Large, (1974, Karel Capek, publ. Hyperion Press (Classics of Science Fiction), 0-88355-133-0, $3.50, 242pp, tp) - [VERIFIED]
- The Absolute at Large, (Oct 1975, Karel Capek, publ. Garland Publishing, 0-8240-1403-0, $11.00, viii+293pp, hc)
- The Absolute at Large, (Oct 2005, Karel Capek, publ. University of Nebraska Press (Bison Frontiers of Imagination), 0-8032-6459-3, $16.95, 242pp, tp) Cover: R. W. Boeche - [VERIFIED]
Reviews:
- Review by Joseph H. Crawford, Jr. and James J. Donahue and Donald M. Grant (1953) in '333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel
- Review by Richard Delap (1975) in Delap's F & SF Review, April 1975
- Review by Fritz Leiber (1977) in Delap's F & SF Review, June 1976, (1976) , reprinted in:
- Fantastic, June 1977, (1977)
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1991) in Science Fiction: The Early Years