Title: The Flat-Eyed Monster

Title: The Flat-Eyed Monster Title Record # 45864
Author: William Tenn
Date: 1955-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English

Synopsis: A professor is kidnapped by aliens with a one-way matter transfer beam. The alien abhor the flat-eyed monster who doesn't even communicate. They don't know that even when the professor can't send thoughts, he receives them very well and understands what the aliens are saying to themselves. And soon the flat-eyed monster is on loose and rampaging through a peaceful city.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1956	French	Le monstre aux yeux plats
1959^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator	Italian	Il mostro dagli occhi piatti
1966^ⓘTranslated by Walter Ernsting	German	Das flachäugige Monster
1972^ⓘTranslated by Gretl Friedmann	German	Das flachäugige Ungeheuer

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Galaxy Science Fiction, August 1955	1955-08-00	ed. H. L. Gold	Galaxy Publishing Corporation		$0.35^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	148	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	Kirberger
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 32	1955-11-00	ed. H. L. Gold	Strato Publications		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).	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	Kirberger
Galaxie (1ère série), #27 February 1956	1956-02-00	ed. Editors of Galaxie (1ère série)^?Editors of Galaxie (1ere serie)	Éditions Nuit et Jour^?Editions Nuit et Jour		F100^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	148	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
The Human Angle	1956-08-00	William Tenn	Ballantine Books	H159	$2.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	152	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Human Angle	1956-08-00	William Tenn	Ballantine Books	159	$0.35^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	152	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	Richard Powers
Galaxy #10	1959-03-00	ed. R. Valente	Editrice Due Mondi (Italy)	10	Lit 150^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	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	Wenzel
The Human Angle	1964-04-00	William Tenn	Ballantine Books	U2190	$0.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	152+ [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.	coll	Richard Powers
The Human Angle	1964-04-00	William Tenn	Ballantine Books	U2190	C$0.50^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	152	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	Richard Powers
Galaxy 6	1966-08-00	ed. Walter Ernsting	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3077)	3077	DM 2.40^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	158	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	Atelier Heinrichs & Bachmann
The Human Angle	1968-06-00	William Tenn	Ballantine Books	U6135	$0.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	152	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
Der menschliche Standpunkt	1972-10-00	William Tenn	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3313)	3313	DM 2.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	158	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	Atelier Frank & Zaugg
Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1	2001-02-00	William Tenn	NESFA Press	1-886778-19-1	$29.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	vii+ 618	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	H. R. Van Dongen
Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1	2001-07-00	William Tenn	NESFA Press	1-886778-19-1	$29.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	vii+ 618	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	H. R. Van Dongen
Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1	2002-09-00	William Tenn	NESFA Press / SFBC	52644	$14.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	618	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	H. R. Van Dongen
The Human Angle	2013-02-00	William Tenn	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-12924-5	£2.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Worst Contact	2016-01-05	ed. Hank Davis	Baen Books	978-1-4767-8098-6	$14.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	362	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	Stephen Hickman

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