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Title: A World by the Tale Title Record # 230721
Author: Randall Garrett
Date: 1963-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: The story has between 8,300 and 8,400 words.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1963 A World by the Tale [as by Seaton McKettrig]
Year Language Title
1966Translated by an unknown hand
Spanish Un mundo extraño [as by Seaton McKettrig]
1972Translated by Ursula Olmini Soergel
Italian Best seller cosmicomico

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Nominations Below Cutoff 1964 Hugo Best Short Fiction

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, October 1963 1963-10-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Condé Nast  
$0.50?$: US dollar
100
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
mag John Schoenherr Checkmark
Analog 3 1965-00-00 ed. John W. Campbell Doubleday  
$4.50?$: US dollar
xiv+
269
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lawrence Ratzkin Checkmark
Analog 3 1966-00-00 ed. John W. Campbell Dennis Dobson (Dobson Science Fiction)  
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).
xiv+
269
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Richard Weaver (artist) Checkmark
Antología de novelas de anticipación sexta selección?Antologia de novelas de anticipacion sexta selección
1966-00-00 ed. Ana Ma. Perales Acervo (Antología de novelas de anticipación #6)     431+
[5]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Analog 3 1968-00-00 ed. John W. Campbell Panther 025952
5/-?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).
219
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
A World by the Tale 1970-00-00 ed. John W. Campbell Curtis Books 07060
$0.75?$: US dollar
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 Checkmark
Il passo dell'ignoto 1972-09-00 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Mondadori (Omnibus) 10531   xii+
636
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Karel Thole  
A World by the Tale 2009-12-31 Seaton McKettrig Project Gutenberg 30816    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
The Best of Randall Garrett: 43 Novels and Short Stories 2010-01-31 Randall Garrett Halcyon Press (Halcyon Classics)  
$1.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
omni Checkmark
The Second Randall Garrett Megapack 2013-04-06 Randall Garrett Wildside Press 978-1-4344-4675-6
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
omni Checkmark
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