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Title: The Man with English Title Record # 41174
Author: H. L. Gold
Date: 1953-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
User Rating: None. Including variants and translations: 5.00 (1 vote) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: synesthesia (1), science fiction (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1953 The Man with English [as by Horace L. Gold]
Year Language Title
1961Translated by Catherine
French Un homme à l'envers
1966 Italian L'uomo alla rovescia
1968Translated by Luce Terrier
French
La boule à l'envers?La boule a l'envers
1968Translated by Hans-Ulrich Nichau
German Der Sonderfall
1986Translated by Anita C. van de Ven
Dutch De Man met 'English' [as by Horace L. Gold]
1988Translated by Malte Heim
German Der Mann, der englischte [as by Horace L. Gold]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Star Science Fiction Stories 1953-02-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books H 16
$1.50?$: US dollar
[2]+
202+
[3]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Richard Powers Checkmark
Star Science Fiction Stories 1953-02-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books 16
$0.35?$: US dollar
[8]+
202
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 Checkmark
Star Science Fiction Stories 1953-04-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books 16
$0.35?$: US dollar
202
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 Checkmark
Star Science Fiction Stories 1954-00-00 ed. Frederik Pohl T. V. Boardman  
8/6?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).
207
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Wayne Pagram  
The Old Die Rich and Other Science Fiction Stories 1955-00-00 H. L. Gold Crown Publishers  
$3.00?$: US dollar
250
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ava Morgan Weiss Checkmark
Authentic Science Fiction, #74 November 1956 1956-11-00 ed. E. C. Tubb Hamilton & Co.  
2/-?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).
160
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.
mag E. L. Blandford  
Star of Stars 1960-10-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Doubleday  
$3.50?$: US dollar
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Eric Carle Checkmark
Fiction Spécial No 3: 17 Récits d'anticipation passionnants 1961-00-00 ed. uncredited OPTA (
Fiction Spécial?Fiction Special
#3)
 
F3.35?F: French frank
239
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".
anth Jean-Claude Forest  
Star of Stars 1961-01-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.20?$: US dollar
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Eric Carle Checkmark
Star Science Fiction Stories 1961-07-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books 521K
$0.35?$: US dollar
203
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 Checkmark
Star of Stars 1964-00-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books U2171
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
224
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 Checkmark
Star of Stars 1964-00-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books U2171
$0.50?$: US dollar
224
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 Checkmark
The Old Die Rich and Other Science Fiction Stories 1965-00-00 H. L. Gold Dennis Dobson  
18/-?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).
250
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Richard Weaver (artist) Checkmark
Star Fourteen 1966-00-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Whiting & Wheaton  
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).
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Dodici mondi 1966-07-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Edizioni dello Scorpione  
Lit 850?Lit: Italian lira
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 Ferruccio Alessandri Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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  
Star Fourteen 1968-00-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Pan Books 0-330-02043-9
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).
236
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
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 1 1972-11-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books 0-345-02717-5
$0.95?$: US dollar
196
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 John Berkey Checkmark
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 1 1972-11-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Ballantine Books 0-345-02717-5
C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar
195
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 John Berkey Checkmark
Fantasy: Shapes of Things Unknown 1974-00-00 ed. Edmund J. Farrell, Thomas E. Gage, John Pfordresher, Raymond J. Rodrigues Scott, Foresman and Company 0-673-03409-7   384
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 Joan Miro Checkmark
Strange Gifts 1975-10-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Thomas Nelson / SFBC 1393
$1.98?$: US dollar
191
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Frank Alois Checkmark
Strange Gifts: Eight Stories of Science Fiction 1975-10-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Thomas Nelson 0-8407-6460-X
$6.95?$: US dollar
206
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Frank Alois Checkmark
Fantasy: Shapes of Things Unknown 1976-00-00 ed. Edmund J. Farrell, Thomas E. Gage, John Pfordresher, Raymond J. Rodrigues Scott, Foresman and Company (Fountainhead) 0-673-10225-4   384
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 Joan Miro  
Science Fiction A to Z: A Dictionary of the Great S.F. Themes 1982-08-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Houghton Mifflin 0-395-31285-X
$22.95?$: US dollar
xvii+
651
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Yesterday's Tomorrows 1982-10-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Berkley Books 0-425-05648-1
$9.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
431
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  
De beste science fiction verhalen 1986-00-00 ed. Josh Pachter Hema / Loeb     624
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 Frank Frazetta Checkmark
Top SF 1 1986-00-00 ed. Josh Pachter Bruna 4-490-10088-4   312
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
101 Science Fiction Stories 1986-06-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, Jenny-Lynn Waugh Avenel Books 0-517-60669-0
$7.98?$: US dollar
xvii+
651
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Romas  
Top Science Fiction: Zweiter Teil 1988-00-00 ed. Josh Pachter Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4517) 3-453-02774-4
DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
364
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 Wojtek Siudmak Checkmark
The Giant Book of Science Fiction Stories 1992-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, Jenny-Lynn Waugh Magpie Books 1-85487-150-1
£3.99?£: UK pound
xvii+
651
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
Strange Gifts 2009-03-05 ed. Robert Silverberg Wildside Press 978-1-4344-5511-6
$14.99?$: US dollar
208
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 Bertrand Benoit  
101 Science Fiction Stories date unknown ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, Jenny-Lynn Waugh Avenel Books 0-517-60669-0
$7.98?$: US dollar
651
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Romas Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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