Title: What's It Like Out There?

Title: What's It Like Out There? Title Record # 40794
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Date: 1952-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Year	Language	Title
1964^ⓘTranslated by Anna Maria Valenti (spelled also Annamaria Valenti)	Italian	Com'era lassù
1968^ⓘTranslated by Luce Terrier	French	Comment est-ce là-haut ?^?Comment est-ce la-haut ?
1968^ⓘTranslated by Hans-Ulrich Nichau	German	Wie ist es dort draußen?
1975^ⓘTranslated by Th. Iskra	Dutch	Hoe Is het Daar?
1977^ⓘTranslated by Sílvia Rangel	Portuguese	Que tal lá fora?
1980^ⓘTranslated by Eva Malsch	German	Wie ist es da oben?
1984^ⓘTranslated by Eurico da Fonseca.	Portuguese	Como é aquilo por lá?
1984	Swedish	Hur är det där ute?
1988^ⓘTranslated by Malte Heim	German	Wie ist es dort draußen?
1993^ⓘTranslated by И. Невструев / I. Nevstruev. Russian title means "So, What's It Like ?".	Russian	Ну, и как там?^?Nu, i kak tam? [as by Эдмонд Гамильтон^?Edmond Gamil'ton ]
2017^ⓘTranslated by Annamária Zsengellér and/or István Ifj. Veress	Hungarian	Milyen ott a Marson?

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1952	1952-12-00	ed. Samuel Mines	Standard Magazines, Inc.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	148	pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Walter Popp
Thrilling Wonder Stories (UK), Summer 1953	1953-00-00	ed. Samuel Mines	Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd		-/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).	64	pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Walter Popp
The Best from Startling Stories	1953-10-00	ed. Samuel Mines	Henry Holt		$3.50^?$: US dollar	xii+ 301	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Alex Schomburg
Startling Stories	1954-00-00	ed. Samuel Mines	Cassell & Company		12/6^?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).	xii+ 301	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Moment Without Time	1956-03-00	ed. Samuel Mines	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	19	5/6^?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).	xii+ 301	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
A Century of Science Fiction	1962-06-22	ed. Damon Knight	Simon & Schuster		$4.95^?$: US dollar	352	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	H. Lawrence Hoffman
A Century of Science Fiction	1962-07-00	ed. Damon Knight	Simon & Schuster / SFBC		$1.90^?$: US dollar	352	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	H. Lawrence Hoffman
A Century of Science Fiction	1963-02-00	ed. Damon Knight	Dell	1157	$0.75^?$: US dollar	384	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
A Century of Science Fiction	1963-11-00	ed. Damon Knight	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (3))		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).	352	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Urania #348	1964-09-06	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori	348	Lit 200^?Lit: Italian lira	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	Karel Thole
Treasury of Great Science Fiction Stories, Number 2	1965-00-00	ed. Jim Hendryx, Jr.	Popular Library, Inc.		$0.50^?$: US dollar	100	pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag
A Century of Science Fiction	1966-00-00	ed. Damon Knight	Pan Books	T19	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).	446	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
Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science Fiction	1966-11-00	ed. Terry Carr	Doubleday		$3.95^?$: US dollar	190	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science Fiction	1968-00-00	ed. Terry Carr	Funk & Wagnalls	F47	$0.95^?$: 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.	anth	Bob Korn
Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science Fiction	1968-00-00	ed. Terry Carr	Funk & Wagnalls	F47	$0.95^?$: 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.	anth	Bob Korn
La science-fiction pour ceux qui détestent la science-fiction	1968-02-28	ed. Terry Carr	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #107)		F8.50^?F: French frank	238	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
Die Superwaffe	1968-09-00	ed. Terry Carr	Goldmann (Goldmanns Weltraum Taschenbücher #095)	095	DM 2.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	151+ [1]	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	Eyke Volkmer
A Century of Science Fiction	1971-04-00	ed. Damon Knight	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4))	0-575-00817-2	£1.60^?£: UK pound	352	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
La science-fiction pour ceux qui détestent la science-fiction	1971-12-17	ed. Terry Carr	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #107)			238	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
A Century of Science Fiction	1972-00-00	ed. Damon Knight	BCA - Book Club Associates			352	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
What's It Like Out There? and Other Stories	1974-00-00	Edmond Hamilton	Ace Books	88065	$0.95^?$: US dollar	320	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
Godenschemering en Andere Verhalen	1975-00-00	Edmond Hamilton	Scala (Scala SF #4)	90-6221-031-7	ƒ8.90^?ƒ: Dutch guilder	311	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	Albert Nuetzell
Explorers of Space	1975-04-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Thomas Nelson	0-8407-6439-1	$6.95^?$: US dollar	253	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Frank Alois
Exploradores do espaço	1977-00-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Simbolo			196	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 Best of Edmond Hamilton	1977-04-00	Edmond Hamilton	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	1561	$2.98^?$: US dollar	xvii+ 334	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Don Maitz
The Best of Edmond Hamilton	1977-08-00	Edmond Hamilton	Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction)	0-345-25900-9	$1.95^?$: US dollar	xviii+ 381	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	H. R. Van Dongen
The Best of Edmond Hamilton	1977-08-00	Edmond Hamilton	Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction)	0-345-25900-9	C$1.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	xviii+ 381	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	H. R. Van Dongen
From Wells to Heinlein	1979-02-00	ed. James Gunn	Mentor / New American Library	0-451-61736-3	$2.50^?$: US dollar	535	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	Paul Stinson
From Wells to Heinlein	1979-02-00	ed. James Gunn	Mentor / New American Library of Canada	0-451-61736-3	C$2.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	535	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	Paul Stinson
10 chiavi per lo spazio	1979-04-00	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori (Omnibus)	16444-2	Lit 7,500^?Lit: Italian lira	518	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Karel Thole
Die besten Stories von Edmond Hamilton	1980-02-00	Edmond Hamilton	Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6701)	3-8118-7036-X	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	400	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	Oliviero Berni
The Future in Question	1980-02-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph Olander	Fawcett Crest	0-449-24266-8	$2.50^?$: US dollar	381	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
Wide-Angle Lens: Stories of Time and Space	1980-07-00	ed. Phyllis R. Fenner	William Morrow	0-688-22241-2	$7.95^?$: US dollar	223	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury	1981-03-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph Olander	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers	0-517-33635-9	$6.98^?$: US dollar	786	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Don Dixon
Piloten durch Zeit und Raum	1983-00-00	ed. Ronald Hahn	Ensslin & Laiblin	3-7709-0527-X	DM 18.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	255+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Vincent Di Fate
Mensagens do futuro	1984-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph Olander	Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #320)			239	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	A. Pedro
Nova Science Fiction - 4 1984	1984-00-00	ed. John-Henri Holmberg, Per W. Insulander	Laissez faire	467-4	skr 19.75^?skr: Swedish krona (crown)	120	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
The Great SF Stories #14 (1952)	1986-01-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #660)	0-88677-106-4 / UE2106	$3.50^?$: US dollar	352	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	Tony Roberts (artist)
The Great SF Stories #14 (1952)	1986-01-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books	0-88677-106-4 / UE2106	C$3.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	352	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	Tony Roberts (artist)
Le dieu monstrueux de Mamurth	1986-06-00	Edmond Hamilton	Néo (Fantastique / Science-fiction / Aventures #176)	2-7304-0387-6		202	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.	coll	Jean-Michel Nicollet
Von Huxley bis Heinlein	1988-01-00	ed. James Gunn	Heyne (Bibliothek der Science Fiction Literatur #93)	3-453-00964-9	DM 12.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	479	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	T. Yawada
Фата-Моргана 8^?Fata-Morgana 8	1993-00-00	ed. Сергей Барсов^?Sergey Barsov Sergei Barsov	Флокс^?Floks ( Фантастика, приключения, детектив^?Fantastika, priklyuchenniya, detektiv )	5-87198-045-7		479	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Борис Вальехо^?Boris Val'ekho Boris Vallejo
From Wells to Heinlein	2002-10-00	ed. James Gunn	Scarecrow Press	0-8108-4439-7	$32.50^?$: US dollar	xxii+ 511	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
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury	2006-03-07	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph Olander	Gramercy Books	0-517-33635-9	$11.99^?$: US dollar	786	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Edmond Hamilton & Leigh Brackett Day, October 16, 2010	2010-10-16	ed. Stephen Haffner	Haffner Press	978-1-893887-50-3	$10.00^?$: US dollar	71	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 Best of Edmond Hamilton	2010-11-15	Edmond Hamilton	Phoenix Pick	978-1-60450-489-7	$14.99^?$: US dollar	344	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.	coll
The Best of Edmond Hamilton	2010-11-15	Edmond Hamilton	Phoenix Pick	978-1-64973-013-8	$29.99^?$: US dollar	348	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Téridő – ugróknak: A sci-fi klasszikusai^?Terido - ugroknak: A sci-fi klasszikusai	2017-00-00	ed. Ifj. Veress István^?Ifj. Veress Istvan	Urbis Könyvkiadó	978-615-5289-21-7	Ft 2,500^?Ft: Hungarian forint	333	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
Space Pioneers	2018-11-27	ed. Hank Davis, Christopher Ruocchio	Baen Books	978-1-4814-8360-5	$7.99^?$: US dollar	506	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	Bob Eggleton
Space Pioneers	2018-11-27	ed. Hank Davis, Christopher Ruocchio	Baen Books	978-1-62579-675-2	$6.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Bob Eggleton
From Wells to Heinlein	date unknown	ed. James Gunn	Mentor / New American Library	0-451-61859-9	$2.75^?$: US dollar	535	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	Paul Stinson
From Wells to Heinlein	date unknown	ed. James Gunn	Mentor / New American Library	0-451-61859-9	$2.75^?$: US dollar	535	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	Paul Stinson
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph Olander	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers	0-517-33635-9	$6.98^?$: US dollar	786	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Don Dixon
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph Olander	Gramercy Books	0-517-33635-9	$11.99^?$: US dollar	786	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph Olander	Gramercy Books	0-517-33635-9		786	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science Fiction	date unknown	ed. Terry Carr	Funk & Wagnalls	F47	$0.95^?$: 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.	anth	Bob Korn
The Future in Question	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph Olander	Fawcett Crest	0-449-24266-8	$2.50^?$: US dollar	381	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

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