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Title: The Frayed String on the Stretched Forefinger of Time Title Record # 52507
Author: Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
Date: 1971-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A Pre-murder police force attempts to prevent the killing of a scoundrel who deserves it.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1973Translated by Otto Martin
German Die höhere Instanz
1973Translated by Bruno Martin
French Justice supérieure
1977Translated by Roderick Lennaert van Rhyn
Dutch Het tijdelijke verwisselen [as by Lloyd Biggle]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1971 1971-05-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$0.60?$: US dollar
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 Ronald Walotsky Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1972-07-00 ed. Terry Carr Ballantine Books 0-345-02671-3
$1.25?$: US dollar
ix+
340
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1972-07-00 ed. Terry Carr Ballantine Books 0-345-02671-3
C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar
ix+
340
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
Die Königin der Dämonen 1973-08-00 ed. Terry Carr
König?Koenig
(
König Taschenbücher?Koenig Taschenbuecher
#29)
3-8082-0072-3
DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
159
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 Rudolf Huber-Wilkoff Checkmark
Fiction, #237 1973-09-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
OPTA  
F5.00?F: French frank
196
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 Moro Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #1 1976-04-00 ed. Terry Carr Ballantine Books 0-345-24922-4
$1.95?$: US dollar
[ix]+
340
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
Nergens: sf-verhalen 1977-00-00 ed. Roderick Lennaert van Rhyn Meulenhoff (M=SF #119) 90-290-0835-0   333
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 Peter Ramselaar Checkmark
Vingt pas dans l'insolite 2005-02-00 ed. Roland Lacourbe L'Atalante (Insomniaques et ferroviaires) 2-84172-297-X
€23.00?€: Euro
579
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 Nicolas de La Casinière Checkmark
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