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Title: Sound Decision Title Record # 55755
Authors: Randall Garrett and Robert Silverberg
Date: 1956-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1963 Italian La salvezza viene dalla Terra
1966Translated by P. Groen
Dutch De juiste beslissing
1975Translated by Walter Brumm.
German Die Entscheidung
1976Translated by Nikola Popović
Croatian Pametna odluka
1979Translated by Jürgen Saupe
German Eine Entscheidung auf Knall und Fall [as by Robert Silverberg]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Astounding Science Fiction, October 1956 1956-10-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
164
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 Van Dongen Checkmark
Astounding Science Fiction, February 1957 (UK) 1957-02-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
1/9?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).
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 Van Dongen Checkmark
Prologue to Analog 1962-01-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Doubleday  
$3.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
308
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ben Robinson (cover designer)  
Prologue to Analog 1962-03-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.20?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
308
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ben Robinson (cover designer) Checkmark
Urania #309 1963-06-02 ed. Carlo Fruttero Mondadori 309
Lit 150?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999
144
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 Karel Thole Checkmark
Analog Anthology 1965-09-27 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Dennis Dobson (Dobson Science Fiction)  
30/-?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).
799
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Richard Weaver (artist)  
Science-fictionverhalen 5 1966-00-00 ed. uncredited Het Spectrum (Prisma #1208) 1208
ƒ1.75?ƒ: Dutch guilder. ISO code: NLG in 1810s-1999
155
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 Waldemar Post Checkmark
Analog Anthology 1966-06-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)     799
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Prologue to Analog 1967-00-00 ed. John W. Campbell Panther 2255
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
Prologue to Analog 1969-00-00 ed. John W. Campbell Panther 2255
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
The Days After Tomorrow 1971-05-21 ed. Hans Stefan Santesson Little, Brown  
$5.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
261
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Alan Cober Checkmark
Phantom der Freiheit 1975-01-14 ed. Kurt Luif Pabel (Terra Taschenbuch #255) TTB255
DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
143
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
The Shores of Tomorrow 1976-11-22 Robert Silverberg Thomas Nelson 0-8407-6525-8
$6.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
191
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll James E. Barry Checkmark
Sirius, #6 1976-12-05 ed.
Borivoj Jurković?Borivoj Jurkovic
Borivoj Jurkovich
Vjesnik  
Din 10?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar. ISO codes: YUF in 1945-1966, YUD in 1966-1989, YUN in 1990-1992, YUR in July 1992-September 1993, YUO in October-December 1993, YUG in early January 1994, YUM in 1994-2003, CSD in 2003-2006, RSD since 2006
148
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 Checkmark
Ufer von morgen 1979-07-00 Robert Silverberg Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #23312) 3-442-23312-7
DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
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.
coll
Jürgen F. Rogner?Juergen F. Rogner
Checkmark
Shared Tomorrows: Science Fiction in Collaboration 1979-10-00 ed. Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini St. Martin's Press 0-312-71637-0
$10.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xiv+
233
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gary La Sasso Checkmark
Science-fictionverhalen 5 2011-04-00 ed. uncredited Het Spectrum (Vantoen.nu #1208) 978-90-315-0309-4
€14.99?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR
155
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 Waldemar Post  
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