Title: The Third Level

Title: The Third Level Title Record # 56065
Author: Jack Finney
Date: 1950-10-07
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: The online fantasy and science fiction magazine The Third Level, is titled after Finney's short story. It is published by Knox College, Illinois, a college Finney attended.

Synopsis: During the mid-1950s a man accidentally wanders onto the third level of Grand Central Station in New York City. He soon realizes that he has stumbled upon a direct passage to 1894.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1955	French	Le troisième palier^?Le troisieme palier
1960^ⓘTranslated by 森郁夫(Mori Ikuo)	Japanese	地下三階^?ちかさんがいちかさんかい Chika Sangai Chika Sankai [as by ジャック・フィニイ^?Jakku Finii ]
1965^ⓘTranslated by Paolo Radici	Italian	Il terzo livello
1973^ⓘTranslated by an unknown translator	Spanish	El tercer nivel
1975^ⓘTranslated by Gilbert Ibéry, revised in 2023 Le Bélial' pub by Pierre-Paul Durastanti.	French	Le troisième sous-sol^?Le troisieme sous-sol
1980^ⓘTranslated by Ingela Bergdahl First published in JVM #381, 1980.	Swedish	Den tredje nivån
1982^ⓘTranslated by Božidar Stančić	Croatian	Treći nivo^?Treci nivo
1998^ⓘTranslated by Antonella Pieretti	Italian	Il terzo livello

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Collier's, October 7, 1950	1950-10-07	ed. Editors of Collier's					unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	mag
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1952	1952-10-00	ed. Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas	Fantasy House, Inc.		$0.35^?$: 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	Chesley Bonestell
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Second Series	1953-03-00	ed. Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas	Little, Brown		$3.00^?$: US dollar	[x]+ 270	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Chesley Bonestell
The Third Level	1957-00-00	Jack Finney	Rinehart		$3.00^?$: US dollar	256	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ben Feder
The Third Level	1957-12-00	Jack Finney	Rinehart / SFBC		$1.00^?$: US dollar	188	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ben Feder
The Clock of Time	1958-00-00	Jack Finney	Eyre & Spottiswoode		13/6^?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).	189	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Third Level	1959-03-00	Jack Finney	Dell	D274	$0.35^?$: 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.	coll	Richard Powers
The Clock of Time	1960-01-00	Jack Finney	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	42	5/6^?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).	189	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Clock of Time	1961-00-00	Jack Finney	Panther	1193	2/6^?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).	156	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
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1963-02-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	AS516	$0.95^?$: US dollar	287	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
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1963-02-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	AS516	$0.95^?$: US dollar	287	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
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1966-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	01639	$0.95^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1968-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	01639	$0.95^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1969-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	01639	$0.95^?$: US dollar	285	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1971-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	01639	$1.25^?$: US dollar	285	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
A Science Fiction Argosy	1972-03-00	ed. Damon Knight	Simon & Schuster	0-671-21126-9	$9.95^?$: US dollar	828	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Wendell Minor
A Science Fiction Argosy	1972-05-00	ed. Damon Knight	Simon & Schuster / SFBC	2710	$3.98^?$: US dollar	xii+ 819	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Wendell Minor
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1973-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	01639	$1.25^?$: US dollar	285	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1973-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	01639	$1.25^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1973-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	01639	$1.25^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
A Science Fiction Argosy	1973-04-00	ed. Damon Knight	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4))	0-575-01520-9	£^?£: UK pound	832	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1974-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	01639	$1.50^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Science Fact/Fiction	1974-00-00	ed. Edmund J. Farrell, Thomas E. Gage, John Pfordresher, Raymond J. Rodrigues	Scott, Foresman and Company (The Man in Literature Program)	0-673-03407-0		xv+ 394	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	Jack Youngerman
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1976-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	01639	$1.50^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1978-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	0-02-016390-8	$1.95^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Weird Worlds, #1	1978-00-00	ed. Bob Stine, Jane Stine	Scholastic			40	quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
Lost Worlds, Unknown Horizons	1978-12-15	ed. Robert Silverberg	Thomas Nelson	0-8407-6601-7	$6.95^?$: US dollar	172	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Fred Hinck
Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories	1979-00-00	ed. Eric S. Rabkin	Oxford University Press	0-19-502542-3	$22.50^?$: US dollar	xvii+ 478	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1979-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	0-02-016390-8	$1.95^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories	1979-05-00	ed. Eric S. Rabkin	Oxford University Press	0-19-502541-5	$5.95^?$: US dollar	xvii+ 478	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	Hieronymus Bosch
Macabre Railway Stories	1982-07-22	ed. Ronald Holmes	W. H. Allen	0-491-02827-X	£^?£: UK pound	231	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Macabre Railway Stories	1983-00-00	ed. Ronald Holmes	Star	0-352-31293-9	£1.80^?£: UK pound	231	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
Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology	1983-05-00	ed. Eric S. Rabkin	Oxford University Press	0-19-503271-3	$19.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 529	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Yves Tanguy
Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology	1983-05-00	ed. Eric S. Rabkin	Oxford University Press	0-19-503272-1	$9.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 529	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	Yves Tanguy
Spirits, Spooks and Other Sinister Creatures	1984-00-00	ed. Helen Hoke	Franklin Watts	0-531-04769-5	£4.99^?£: UK pound	136	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction	1985-00-00	ed. Edward L. Ferman	Octopus Books	0-7064-2568-5	$9.98^?$: US dollar	792+ [8]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Steve Crisp
About Time	1986-08-00	Jack Finney	Fireside Books / Simon & Schuster	0-671-62887-9	$7.95^?$: US dollar	219	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.	coll	Lawrence Ratzkin
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder	1989-10-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	GuildAmerica Books / SFBC	14784	$7.98^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 656	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Thomas Canty
Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction	1991-00-00	ed. uncredited	Chancellor Press	1-85152-145-3		544	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Alan Baker
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder	1993-09-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Longmeadow Press	0-681-41739-0	$17.95^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 656	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Kelvin P. Oden
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder	1994-06-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	St. Martin's Press	0-312-11024-3	$25.95^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 656	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Thomas Canty
About Time	1995-02-00	Jack Finney	Fireside Books / Simon & Schuster	0-671-62887-9	$9.95^?$: US dollar	219	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.	coll	Lawrence Ratzkin
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1997-08-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Scribner Paperback Fiction	0-684-84296-3	$6.95^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Time Machines: The Greatest Time Travel Stories Ever Written	1997-12-00	ed. Bill Adler, Jr.	Carroll & Graf	0-7867-0493-4	$24.00^?$: US dollar	xii+ 382	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
About Time	1999-06-00	Jack Finney	Scribner Paperback Fiction	0-684-84866-X	$11.00^?$: US dollar	219	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.	coll	Paul Smith
The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy	2000-07-18	ed. Garyn G. Roberts	Prentice-Hall	0-13-021280-6	$47.00^?$: US dollar	xviii+ 1166	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	Frank R. Paul
The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds with Connections	2000-12-15	ed. uncredited	Holt, Rinehart and Winston (HRW Library)	0-03-056476-X		v+ 360	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	Michael Koelsch
Time Machines: The Best Time Travel Stories Ever Written	2002-08-00	ed. Bill Adler, Jr.	Carroll & Graf	0-7867-1033-0	$13.00^?$: US dollar	xii+ 382	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
The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy	2003-00-00	ed. Garyn G. Roberts	Prentice-Hall	0-13-021280-6		xviii+ 1166	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	Frank R. Paul
About Time	2008-10-00	Jack Finney	Paw Prints	978-1-4395-0185-6	$22.95^?$: US dollar		hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Clock of Time	2012-11-30	Jack Finney	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-09319-5	£2.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
About Time	2013-11-12	Jack Finney	Touchstone / Simon & Schuster	978-1-4391-4448-0	$11.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume 2	2014-07-15	ed. Gordon Van Gelder	Tachyon Publications	978-1-61696-163-3	$15.95^?$: US dollar	419	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	Thomas Canty
About Time	date unknown	Jack Finney	Scribner Paperback Fiction	0-684-84866-X	$13.95^?$: US dollar	219	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.	coll
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	0-02-016390-8	$5.95^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Scribner	0-684-84296-3	$7.95^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	0-02-016390-8	$2.95^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	0-02-016390-8	$4.95^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology	date unknown	ed. Eric S. Rabkin	Oxford University Press	978-0-19-503272-7		x+ 529	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	Yves Tanguy

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Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction