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Title: Tiger by the Tail Title Record # 56224
Author: Alan E. Nourse
Date: 1951-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A shop lifter is using a purse with unlimited capacity to steal utensils which are made from aluminum. It turns out that an alternate universe wants to get aluminum from ours.
User Rating: 7.00 (3 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), Earth (1), aluminum (1), scientists (1), parallel universe (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1955ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand
 French La fin d'un monde
1965ⓘTranslated by Paolo Radici
 Italian La tigre per la coda
1973ⓘTranslated by Heinz Plehn (as H. P. Lehnert)
 German
Der große Irrtum?Der grosse Irrtum
1976ⓘTranslated by Fazekas László.
 Hungarian
A tigrist a farkánál?A tigrist a farkanal
A tigrist a farkaanaal
1976 French Un univers par la queue
1985ⓘTranslated by Jasenka Planinc
 Croatian Vola za rogove
2009ⓘTranslated by 仁賀克雄 (Jinka Katsuo)
 Japanese
虎の尾?とらのお
Tora no O
[as by
アラン・E・ナース?Aran E. Nōsu
Aran E. Noosu
]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1951 1951-11-00 ed. H. L. Gold Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.35?$: 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 Checkmark
Science-Fiction Adventures in Dimension 1953-03-19 ed. Groff Conklin Vanguard Press  
$2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xv+
354
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Second Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction 1954-04-00 ed. H. L. Gold Crown Publishers  
$3.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 vi+
[2]+
504
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Mel Hunter Checkmark
Adventures in Dimension 1955-00-00 ed. Groff Conklin Grayson & Grayson  
10/6?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).
 240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Galaxie (1čre série), #17 April 1955 1955-04-00 ed.
Editors of Galaxie (1čre 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  
Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories 1961-00-00 Alan E. Nourse David McKay  
$3.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 184
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Mel Hunter  
Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories 1961-10-00 Alan E. Nourse David McKay / SFBC  
$1.20?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 v+
184
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Mel Hunter Checkmark
Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories 1962-00-00 Alan E. Nourse Dennis Dobson  
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).
 184
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Mel Hunter  
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales 1963-02-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin Collier Books AS516
$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 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 Checkmark
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales 1963-02-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin Collier Books AS516
$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 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  
Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories 1963-09-00 Alan E. Nourse The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 77   v+
184
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll John Griffiths  
Beyond Infinity 1964-00-00 Alan E. Nourse Corgi GS1526
3/6?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).
 174
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 Josh Kirby Checkmark
Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories 1964-04-00 Alan E. Nourse Macfadden Books 50-199
$0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 144
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 Checkmark
Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories 1964-04-00 Alan E. Nourse Macfadden Books 50-199
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD
 144
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 Checkmark
Science Fiction Adventures in Dimension 1965-03-00 ed. Groff Conklin Berkley Medallion F1053
$0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 174
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 Paul Lehr Checkmark
L'altare a mezzanotte: 50 racconti di fantascienza 1965-07-30 ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #16)  
Lit 2,500?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999
 492
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Rocco Borella Checkmark
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales 1966-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin Collier Books 01639
$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 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 Checkmark
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales 1968-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin Collier Books 01639
$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 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 Checkmark
Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories 1968-01-00 Alan E. Nourse Macfadden Books 60-309
$0.60?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 144
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 Karol Checkmark
Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories 1968-01-00 Alan E. Nourse Macfadden Books 60-309
C$0.60?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD
 144
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 Karol Checkmark
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales 1969-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin Collier Books 01639
$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 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. ISO code: USD
 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 Checkmark
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales 1973-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin Collier Books 01639
$1.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 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. ISO code: USD
 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 Checkmark
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales 1973-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin Collier Books 01639
$1.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 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  
Brücke zur Sonne?Bruecke zur Sonne
 1973-10-16 Alan E. Nourse Pabel-Moewig (Terra Astra #114) TA114
DM 1.20?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
 65
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".
 coll Eddie Jones Checkmark
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales 1974-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin Collier Books 01639
$1.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 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 Checkmark
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales 1976-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin Collier Books 01639
$1.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 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 Checkmark
Galaktika 19: Tudományos-fantasztikus antológia?Galaktika 19: Tudomanyos-fantasztikus antologia
Galaktika 19: Tudomaanyos-fantasztikus antoloogia
 1976-00-00 ed.
Kuczka Péter?Kuczka, Peter
Kozmosz Könyvek?Kozmosz Konyvek
 IF 2531 - e - 7779
Ft 12?Ft: Hungarian forint. ISO code: HUF
  
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
Ultra-dimensions et univers inversés 1976-02-00 ed. Michel Demuth OPTA (Marginal #11)  
F12.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999
 222
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 Enki Bilal Checkmark
Ultra-dimensions et univers inversés?Ultra-dimensions et univers inverses
 1976-02-00 ed. Michel Demuth OPTA (Marginal #11)     222
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 Enki Bilal  
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales 1978-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin Collier Books 0-02-016390-8
$1.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 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 Checkmark
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales 1979-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin Collier Books 0-02-016390-8
$1.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 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 Checkmark
Sirius, #103 1985-01-05 ed.
Borivoj Jurković?Borivoj Jurkovic
Borivoj Jurkovich
 Vjesnik  
Din 100?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
 132
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
Igor Vilagoš?Igor Vilagos
Igor Vilagosh
 Checkmark
The Great SF Stories #13 (1951) 1985-07-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books (DAW Collectors #636) 0-88677-058-0 / UE2058
$3.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xii+
337
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 Cesare Reggiani Checkmark
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales 1997-08-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin Scribner Paperback Fiction 0-684-84296-3
$6.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 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  
新・幻想と怪奇?しん・げんそうとかいき
Shin Gensō to Kaiki
Shin Gensou to Kaiki
 2009-05-15 ed.
仁賀克雄?じんかかつお
Jinka Katsuo
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō
Hayakawa Shobo
はやかわしょぼう
ハヤカワショボウ
(
ハヤカワ・ポケット・ミステリ?Hayakawa Poketto Misuteri
#1824)		 978-4-15-001824-5
Ľ1,512?Ľ: Japanese yen. ISO code: JPY
 268
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
勝呂忠?すぐろただし
Suguro Tadashi
  
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales date unknown ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin Collier Books 0-02-016390-8
$5.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 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. ISO code: USD
 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. ISO code: USD
 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 Checkmark
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales date unknown ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin Collier Books 0-02-016390-8
$4.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 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 Checkmark
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