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Title: The Sea Thing Title Record # 56660
Author: A. E. van Vogt
Date: 1940-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1969 Italian La cosa venuta dal mare
1970 Portuguese O monstro do mar
1973ⓘTranslated by Tommy Schinkler.
 Swedish Mardrömmen ur djupen
1974ⓘTranslated by Denis Verguin
 French La créature de la mer
1979ⓘTranslated by Ruud Bal
 Dutch Het ding uit zee
1989ⓘTranslated by Caspar Holz
 German Das Wesen aus dem Meer
1990 Italian La creatura del mare [as by Alfred E. van Vogt]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Unknown, January 1940 1940-01-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.20?$: US dollar
 164
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
 mag H. W. Scott Checkmark
Unknown Worlds [UK], Winter 1947 1947-00-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
0/9?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).
 64
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  
Out of the Unknown 1948-04-00 E. Mayne Hull, A. E. van Vogt Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.  
$2.50?$: US dollar
 141
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Roy Hunt Checkmark
Out of the Unknown 1949-00-00 E. Mayne Hull, A. E. van Vogt Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.  
$2.50?$: US dollar
 141
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Roy Hunt Checkmark
Out of the Unknown 1952-00-00 E. Mayne Hull, A. E. van Vogt Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.  
$2.50?$: US dollar
 141
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Roy Hunt  
Monsters 1965-02-00 A. E. van Vogt Paperback Library 52-515
$0.50?$: US dollar
 154
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 Checkmark
Monsters 1965-02-00 A. E. van Vogt Paperback Library 52-515
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 154
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 Checkmark
Monsters 1967-09-00 A. E. van Vogt Paperback Library 52-555
$0.50?$: US dollar
 154
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 Jerome Podwil Checkmark
Monsters 1967-09-00 A. E. van Vogt Paperback Library 52-555
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 154
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 Jerome Podwil Checkmark
Out of the Unknown 1969-00-00 E. Mayne Hull, A. E. van Vogt Powell PP 128
$0.95?$: US dollar
 222
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 Albert Nuetzell Checkmark
The Sea Thing and Other Stories 1970-06-00 E. Mayne Hull, A. E. van Vogt Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-98095-8
27/-?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).
 222
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Monsters 1970-08-00 A. E. van Vogt Paperback Library 63-406
C$0.60?C$: Canadian dollar
 154
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 Robert LoGrippo Checkmark
Monsters 1970-08-00 A. E. van Vogt Paperback Library 63-406
$0.60?$: US dollar
 154
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 Robert LoGrippo Checkmark
Out of the Unknown 1970-10-00 E. Mayne Hull, A. E. van Vogt New English Library 0-450-00615-8
£0.25?£: UK pound
 126
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 Clifton-Dey Checkmark
Monsters 1970-11-00 A. E. van Vogt Corgi 0-552-08570-7
£0.25?£: UK pound
 190
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 Checkmark
The Blal 1976-08-00 A. E. van Vogt Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. 0-89083-200-5
$1.25?$: US dollar
 224
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 D. A. Daily Checkmark
Monsters 1977-11-00 A. E. van Vogt Corgi 0-552-10605-4
£0.80?£: UK pound
 190
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  
The Blal 1978-01-00 A. E. van Vogt Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. 0-89083-315-X
$1.75?$: US dollar
 224
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 Douglas Beekman Checkmark
Sea-Cursed: Thirty Terrifying Tales of the Deep 1994-05-00 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, T. Liam McDonald Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-191-2
$9.98?$: US dollar
 xii+
545
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Lynn J. Binder Checkmark
Out of the Unknown date unknown E. Mayne Hull, A. E. van Vogt Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.  
$3.00?$: US dollar
 141
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Roy Hunt  
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