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Title: The Enormous Radio Title Record # 96718
Author: John Cheever
Date: 1947-05-17
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: A young couple... have just purchased a large new standalone radio for their house. While they had hoped to use their radio to listen to Mozart or other essential classical composers, they instead discover that it has the ability to tune not into radio stations, but into the rooms of other people that live in their apartment complex. -- from a review
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Translations
Year Language Title
1966Translated by Manuel van Loggem
Dutch De onwaarschijnlijk grote radio

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The New Yorker, May 17, 1947 1947-05-17 ed. Editors of the New Yorker        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow 1952-09-00 ed. Ray Bradbury Bantam Books A944
$0.35?$: US dollar
306
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 Checkmark
The Enormous Radio and Other Stories 1953-00-00 John Cheever Funk & Wagnalls  
$3.50?$: US dollar
237
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Enormous Radio and Other Stories 1958-04-00 John Cheever Berkley Books G-119
$0.35?$: US dollar
190
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 Charles Copeland (1924-1979) Checkmark
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow 1961-12-00 ed. Ray Bradbury Bantam Books H2343
$0.60?$: US dollar
xiii+
258
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 Checkmark
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow 1962-01-00 ed. Ray Bradbury Bantam Books      
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  
De verschrikkelijke buiksprekerspop 1966-00-00 ed. Manuel van Loggem Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1008) 1008
ƒ2.00?ƒ: Dutch guilder
191
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 Dick Bruna Checkmark
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow 1967-03-00 ed. Ray Bradbury Bantam Books H3358
$0.60?$: US dollar
xiii+
258
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 Checkmark
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow 1968-01-00 ed. Ray Bradbury Bantam Books     258
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  
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow 1968-09-00 ed. Ray Bradbury Bantam Books     258
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  
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow 1968-11-00 ed. Ray Bradbury Bantam Books     258
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  
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow 1970-08-00 ed. Ray Bradbury Bantam Books S5372
$0.75?$: US dollar
258
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 Checkmark
The Light Fantastic 1971-03-00 ed. Harry Harrison Charles Scribner's Sons 0-684-10228-5
$5.95?$: US dollar
216
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Light Fantastic: Science Fiction Classics from the Mainstream 1971-10-00 ed. Harry Harrison Charles Scribner's Sons (Scribner Library Emblem Editions #316) 0-684-12565-X
$2.45?$: US dollar
216
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  
The Light Fantastic 1972-05-00 ed. Harry Harrison Charles Scribner's Sons (Scribner Library Emblem Editions #316) 0-684-12565-X
$2.45?$: US dollar
216
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 Checkmark
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow 1972-08-00 ed. Ray Bradbury Bantam Pathfinder NP8162
$0.95?$: US dollar
258
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 Checkmark
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow 1974-00-00 ed. Ray Bradbury Bantam Books N8162
$0.95?$: US dollar
258
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  
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow 1976-09-00 ed. Ray Bradbury Bantam Books 0-553-10249-4
£0.60?£: UK pound
258
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 Checkmark
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow 1977-08-00 ed. Ray Bradbury Bantam Books 0-553-10249-4
$1.50?$: US dollar
258
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 Checkmark
Huivering wekken: 26 onthutsende verhalen 1982-00-00 ed. Erik Lankester Loeb (Anthologieën) 90-6213-413-0
ƒ29.50?ƒ: Dutch guilder
383
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 Kate Higgins Checkmark
The Arbor House Celebrity Book of Horror Stories 1982-07-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Arbor House 0-87795-373-2
$20.95?$: US dollar
448
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Arbor House Celebrity Book of Horror Stories 1982-07-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Priam Books / Arbor House 0-87795-400-3
$9.95?$: US dollar
448
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 Checkmark
The Stories of John Cheever 1982-07-00 John Cheever Ballantine Books 0-345-28436-4
$3.50?$: US dollar
xii+
819
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
Magical Realist Fiction: An Anthology 1984-06-00 ed. Keith Hollaman, David Young Longman 0-582-28452-X   519
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 Caspar David Friedrich  
Look Who's Talking: An Anthology of Voices in the Modern American Short Story 1986-12-00 ed. Bruce Weber Washington Square Press 0-671-61739-7
$3.95?$: US dollar
xxii+
362
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 Checkmark
American Gothic Tales 1996-12-00 ed. Joyce Carol Oates Plume / Penguin 0-452-27489-3
$14.95?$: US dollar
viii+
544
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 Albert Pinkham Ryder  
American Gothic Tales 1997-00-00 ed. Joyce Carol Oates Plume / Penguin / BCE 14636   viii+
544
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Winter 2013 2013-00-00 ed. Editors of McSweeney's McSweeney's Books 978-1-938073-63-2   200
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.
mag  
American Short Story Masterpieces 2013-02-00 ed. Clarence C. Strowbridge Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions) 978-0-486-49913-0   256
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  
American Gothic Tales date unknown ed. Joyce Carol Oates Plume / Penguin 0-452-27489-3
$14.95?$: US dollar
544
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 Albert Pinkham Ryder Checkmark
Look Who's Talking: An Anthology of Voices in the Modern American Short Story date unknown ed. Bruce Weber Washington Square Press 0-671-68723-9
$4.95?$: US dollar
xxii+
362
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  
Look Who's Talking: An Anthology of Voices in the Modern American Short Story date unknown ed. Bruce Weber Washington Square Press 0-671-68723-9
$4.95?$: US dollar
xxii+
362
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 Checkmark
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow date unknown ed. Ray Bradbury Bantam Pathfinder SP5372
$0.75?$: US dollar
258
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 Checkmark
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow date unknown ed. Ray Bradbury Bantam Pathfinder NP8162
$0.95?$: US dollar
258
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 Checkmark
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow date unknown ed. Ray Bradbury Bantam Pathfinder SP5372
$0.75?$: US dollar
258
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 Checkmark
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