Title: The Place of the Gods Title Record # 96076
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Date: 1937-07-31
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
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Language: English
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Variant Titles	Translations
Year Title 1937ⓘFirst published as "The Place of the Gods" in The Saturday Evening Post, 31 July 1937. By the Waters of Babylon 1977ⓘThis is a Readers Digest abridgement of the original story. City of the Gods 1986 By the Waters of Babylon [as by Stephen V. Benet]	Year Language Title 1972ⓘTranslated by Manuel van Loggem Dutch Bij de wateren van Babylon 1974ⓘTranslated by Marcel Battin French Dans les eaux de Babylone 2022ⓘTranslated by Gustavo Terranova Aversa Portuguese Nas águas da Babilônia?Nas aguas da Babilonia [as by Vincent Benét]

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
The Saturday Evening Post, July 31, 1937	1937-07-31	ed. Editors of The Saturday Evening Post					unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	mag	Norman Rockwell
The Saturday Evening Post Reader of Fantasy & Science Fiction	1964-00-00	ed. The Editors of The Saturday Evening Post	Popular Library	SP331	$0.50?$: US dollar	240	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	Richard Powers
The Saturday Evening Post Reader of Fantasy and Science Fiction	1964-00-00	ed. uncredited	Souvenir Press		21/-?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).	311	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Merle James
The Saturday Evening Post Reader of Fantasy and Science Fiction	1964-00-00	ed. The Editors of The Saturday Evening Post	Popular Library	SP331	C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar	240	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	Richard Powers
The Post Reader of Fantasy and Science Fiction	1964-01-00	ed. uncredited	Doubleday		$3.95?$: US dollar	311	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Merle James
The Post Reader of Fantasy and Science Fiction	1964-01-00	ed. uncredited	Doubleday		C$4.75?C$: Canadian dollar	311	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Merle James
The Saturday Evening Post Reader of Fantasy and Science Fiction	1966-00-00	ed. uncredited	Corgi	GS7450	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).	220	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
Tomorrow's Children	1966-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Doubleday		$4.95?$: US dollar	431	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Emanuel Schongut
Tomorrow's Children	1966-10-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Doubleday		$5.70?$: US dollar	431	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Emanuel Schongut
Something Strange	1969-00-00	ed. Mary Delores Jarmon, Domenica Paterno, Marjorie B. Smiley	Macmillan			ix+ 246	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
Tomorrow's Children	1974-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Orbit	0-86007-821-3	£0.75?£: UK pound	431	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	Chris Foss
Tomorrow's Children	1976-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Compton Russell	0-85955-034-6	£?£: UK pound	431	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Tomorrow's Children	1976-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Orbit	0-86007-821-3	£0.90?£: UK pound	431	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	Chris Foss
Tomorrow's Children	1977-08-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Orbit	0-86007-821-3	£1.25?£: UK pound	431	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	Chris Foss
Fantasy Voyages: Great Science Fiction from The Saturday Evening Post	1979-00-00	ed. uncredited	The Curtis Publishing Company	0-89387-036-6	$7.95?$: US dollar	311	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Don Bender
Tomorrow's Children	1981-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Orbit	0-86007-821-3	£1.75?£: UK pound	431	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	Chris Foss

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