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Title: Time Is the Simplest Thing Title Record # 23322
Author: Clifford D. Simak
Date: 1961-05-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations Serializations Translated Serializations
Year Language Title
1962Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Die unsichtbare Barriere
1964Translated by Francisco Cazorla Olmo
Spanish El tiempo es lo más simple
1966Translated by Jean Rosenthal
French
Le pêcheur?Le pecheur
1968Translated by Eurico da Fonseca
Portuguese Viajantes do tempo
1970Translated by Philip van Harmelen
Dutch Het roze gevaar
1994
  • Translated by Mića Milovanović
Serbian Vreme je najjednostavnija stvar [as by Kliford Simak]
2005Translated by Г. Тёмкина (G. Tyomkin)
Russian [as by
Клиффорд Саймак?Klifford Saymak
Clifford Simak
]
Year Title
1961 The Fisherman (Part 1 of 4)
1961 The Fisherman (Part 2 of 4)
1961 The Fisherman (Part 3 of 4)
1961 The Fisherman (Part 4 of 4)
Year Language Title
1962Translated by Lidia Lax
Italian Il labirinto del cosmo (Complete Novel)

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Finalists 1962 Hugo Best Novel

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 -> Fiction, April 1961 1961-04-00 ed. John W. Campbell Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.50?$: US dollar
180
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".
mag Van Dongen Checkmark
Time Is the Simplest Thing 1961-05-00 Clifford D. Simak Doubleday  
$3.95?$: US dollar
263
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Mel Hunter  
Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, May 1961 1961-05-00 ed. John W. Campbell Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.50?$: US dollar
180
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".
mag Schoenherr Checkmark
Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, June 1961 1961-06-00 ed. John W. Campbell Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.50?$: US dollar
180
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".
mag Schoenherr Checkmark
Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, July 1961 1961-07-00 ed. John W. Campbell Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.50?$: US dollar
180
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".
mag Thomas Checkmark
Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, August 1961 (UK) 1961-08-00 ed. John W. Campbell Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
2/6?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).
132
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".
mag Van Dongen Checkmark
Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, September 1961 (UK) 1961-09-00 ed. John W. Campbell Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
2/6?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).
132
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".
mag Schoenherr  
Time Is the Simplest Thing 1961-09-00 Clifford D. Simak Doubleday  
$3.95?$: US dollar
263
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Mel Hunter Checkmark
Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, October 1961 (UK) 1961-10-00 ed. John W. Campbell Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
2/6?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).
132
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".
mag Schoenherr Checkmark
Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, November 1961 (UK) 1961-11-00 ed. John W. Campbell Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
2/6?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).
128
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".
mag Thomas Checkmark
Time Is the Simplest Thing 1961-11-00 Clifford D. Simak Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.20?$: US dollar
263
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Mel Hunter Checkmark
Time Is the Simplest Thing 1962-04-00 Clifford D. Simak Gollancz  
16/-?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).
263
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Time Is the Simplest Thing 1962-08-00 Clifford D. Simak Crest Book d547
$0.50?$: US dollar
192
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.
novel Richard Powers Checkmark
Time Is the Simplest Thing 1963-04-00 Clifford D. Simak The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 72
5/9?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).
263
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel John Griffiths  
Time Is the Simplest Thing 1964-00-00 Clifford D. Simak Crest Book d752
$0.50?$: US dollar
192
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.
novel Richard Powers Checkmark
Time Is the Simplest Thing 1964-00-00 Clifford D. Simak Pan Books X340
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).
206
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.
novel Checkmark
Time Is the Simplest Thing 1974-08-00 Clifford D. Simak Leisure Books 198NK
$0.95?$: US dollar
192
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.
novel Dave Noyes Checkmark
Time Is the Simplest Thing 1977-02-00 Clifford D. Simak Magnum 0-413-36950-1
£0.70?£: UK pound
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.
novel Chris Moore Checkmark
Time Is the Simplest Thing 1977-07-00 Clifford D. Simak Leisure Books 0-8439-0480-1
$1.50?$: US dollar
192
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.
novel Doug Beekman Checkmark
Time Is the Simplest Thing 1980-00-00 Clifford D. Simak Magnum 0-417-05630-3
£1.10?£: UK pound
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.
novel Chris Moore Checkmark
Time Is the Simplest Thing 1986-12-00 Clifford D. Simak Methuen 0-413-42420-0
£1.95?£: UK pound
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.
novel Chris Moore Checkmark
Time Is the Simplest Thing 1993-06-00 Clifford D. Simak Collier / Macmillan (Collier Nucleus Science Fiction Classic) 0-02-082075-5
$9.00?$: US dollar
263
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.
novel Peter Scanlon  
Time Is the Simplest Thing 2011-09-29 Clifford D. Simak Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-12238-3
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel  
Time Is the Simplest Thing / Way Station / A Choice of Gods 2013-11-28 Clifford D. Simak Gollancz (SF Gateway Omnibus) 978-0-575-12232-1
£18.99?£: UK pound
496
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.
omni Chris Moore  
Time Is the Simplest Thing / Way Station / A Choice of Gods 2013-12-12 Clifford D. Simak Gateway / Orion (SF Gateway Omnibus) 978-1-4732-0195-8
£9.49?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
omni Chris Moore  
Time Is the Simplest Thing 2015-07-21 Clifford D. Simak Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-5040-1325-3
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel Jason Gabbert  
Time Is the Simplest Thing 2017-07-04 Clifford D. Simak Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-5040-4572-8
$13.99?$: US dollar
250
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.
novel Jason Gabbert  
The Works of Clifford D. Simak Volume Four 2018-12-18 Clifford D. Simak Open Road Integrated Media (The Works of Clifford D. Simak (Open Road) #4) 978-1-5040-5766-0
$22.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
omni  
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