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Title: The Big Bounce

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Title: The Big Bounce Title Record # 46004
Author: Walter Tevis
Date: 1958-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: librivox.org, starshipsofa.com
Language: English
Synopsis: A ball is made that, when dropped, keeps bouncing higher and higher.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1958 The Big Bounce [as by Walter S. Tevis]
Year Language Title
1958 French La balle choisit la liberté [as by Walter S. Tevis]
1960Translated by an uncredited translator
Italian Re-si-lien-za [as by Walter S. Tevis]
1972Translated by Beata Della Frattina
Italian Il Grande Rimbalzo [as by Walter S. Tevis]
1974Translated by Françoise Maillet
French Le rebondissement final
1979 Portuguese O grande salto
1982Translated by Michel Lederer
French Le grand bond
1987Translated by Paula Reis.
Portuguese O grande salto
1991Translated by Antonio Cecchi
Italian Il Grande Balzo

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Where Do We Go from Here? 1971-04-16 ed. Isaac Asimov Doubleday 0-385-02935-7
$6.95?$: US dollar
xii+
441
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Peter Rauch Checkmark
Where Do We Go from Here? 1971-08-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Doubleday / SFBC 3410
$2.49?$: US dollar
x+
441
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Peter Rauch Checkmark
Where Do We Go from Here? 1972-10-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest P1749
$1.25?$: 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 Checkmark
Where Do We Go from Here? 1972-10-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest P1749
C$1.25?C$: Canadian 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 Checkmark
Where Do We Go from Here? 1980-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest 0-449-22849-5
$1.75?$: 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  
Far from Home 1981-01-00 Walter Tevis Doubleday 0-385-17036-X
$9.95?$: US dollar
181
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paul Bacon Checkmark
Far from Home 1983-04-00 Walter Tevis Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) 0-575-03235-9
£6.95?£: UK pound
181
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Far from Home 1984-09-21 Walter Tevis Corgi 0-552-12404-4
£1.75?£: UK pound
171
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 Chris Moore Checkmark
StarShipSofa, No 190 2011-05-24 ed. Tony C. Smith StarShipSofa  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio player?Player with a pre-loaded digital file of the audiobook
mag Checkmark
Far from Home 2014-09-28 Walter Tevis RosettaBooks 978-0-7953-4287-5
$8.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Steps of the Sun & Far from Home 2016-03-24 Walter Tevis Gollancz 978-1-4732-1313-5
£9.99?£: UK pound
439
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  
Far from Home 2016-05-19 Walter Tevis Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-1316-6
£3.99?£: 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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