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Title: The Nail and the Oracle Title Record # 45090
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Date: 1965-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1966 Italian Il chiodo e l'oracolo
1980Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Heilsame Reparatur
1981Translated by Chantal Jayat.
French L'oracle et le clou
1985Translated by Dieter Winkler
German Der Hufnagel und das Orakel

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Playboy, October 1965 1965-10-00 ed. Editors of Playboy        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy 1966-00-00 ed. Editors of Playboy Playboy Press  
$5.95?$: US dollar
ix+
403
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Gregory , Seymour Mednick Checkmark
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy 1968-00-00 ed. Editors of Playboy Playboy Press BA0115
$0.95?$: US dollar
ix+
402
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 Jack Gregory , Seymour Mednick Checkmark
From the "S" File 1971-00-00 ed. Editors of Playboy Playboy Press 16110
$0.75?$: 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.
anth Saul Lambert Checkmark
Visions and Venturers 1978-11-00 Theodore Sturgeon Dell 0-440-12648-7
$1.75?$: US dollar
300
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 Wayne Barlowe Checkmark
Visions and Venturers 1979-09-00 Theodore Sturgeon Gollancz 0-575-02697-9
£5.50?£: UK pound
300
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Visions and Venturers 1980-06-00 Theodore Sturgeon Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 1166   300
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Seven Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction 1981-09-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest 0-449-24440-7
$2.50?$: US dollar
350
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 Jerome Podwil Checkmark
The Seven Deadly Sins and Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction 1982-00-00 Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers 0-517-38595-3   317+
350
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Checkmark
The Nail and the Oracle, Volume XI: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon 2007-07-00 Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books 978-1-55643-661-1
$35.00?$: US dollar
xxxii+
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paula Morrison Checkmark
The Nail and the Oracle 2013-04-23 Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books 978-1-58394-755-5
$18.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Nail and the Oracle 2013-09-30 Theodore Sturgeon Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-11006-9
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
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