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Title: The Road to the Sea Title Record # 56744
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Date: 1951-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1951 Seeker of the Sphinx
Year Language Title
1963Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Der lange Weg
1978 Portuguese A estrada para o mar
1981Translated by George W. Barlow revised by Tom Clegg
French Le Sphinx au bord de la mer
1987Translated by Guido Zurlino and Beata Della Frattina
Italian La strada verso il mare

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Two Complete Science-Adventure Books, Spring 1951 1951-04-00 ed. Jerome Bixby Wings Publishing Co, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
148
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 Allen Anderson Checkmark
Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1952 1952-04-00 ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty Frederick Fell  
$3.50?$: US dollar
351
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Tales of Ten Worlds 1962-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Longmans (Canada)  
C$4.95?C$: Canadian dollar
245
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of Ten Worlds 1962-09-12 Arthur C. Clarke Harcourt, Brace & World  
$3.95?$: US dollar
245
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of Ten Worlds 1963-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (2))  
16/-?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).
245
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of Ten Worlds 1963-02-00 Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (2))  
16/-?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).
245
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Unter den Wolken der Venus 1963-09-00 Arthur C. Clarke Goldmann (Goldmanns Zukunftsromane #47) Z 47
DM 5.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
183
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 Eyke Volkmer Checkmark
Unter den Wolken der Venus 1963-09-00 Arthur C. Clarke Goldmann (Goldmanns Zukunftsromane #47) Z 47
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
183
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Eyke Volkmer  
Tales of Ten Worlds 1964-02-00 Arthur C. Clarke Dell 8467
$0.50?$: 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 Checkmark
Tales of Ten Worlds 1964-02-00 Arthur C. Clarke Dell 8467
C$0.50?C$: Canadian 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 Checkmark
Tales of Ten Worlds 1964-06-00 Arthur C. Clarke The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 86
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).
245
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll John Griffiths  
Tales of Ten Worlds 1965-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Pan Books X424
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).
204
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
Tales of Ten Worlds 1965-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz     245
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of Ten Worlds 1965-05-00 Arthur C. Clarke Dell 8467
$0.50?$: 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  
Tales of Ten Worlds 1967-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz     245
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Unter den Wolken der Venus 1967-09-00 Arthur C. Clarke Goldmann (Goldmanns Weltraum Taschenbücher #083) 083
DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
183
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 Eyke Volkmer Checkmark
Tales of Ten Worlds 1970-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz 0-575-00693-5   245
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of Ten Worlds 1971-05-00 Arthur C. Clarke Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers 0-552-08675-4
£0.25?£: UK pound
205
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 Solution Checkmark
Tales of Ten Worlds 1973-04-00 Arthur C. Clarke Signet / New American Library Q5452
$0.95?$: US dollar
206
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 Fernando Fernandez Checkmark
Tales of Ten Worlds 1973-04-00 Arthur C. Clarke Signet / New American Library of Canada Q5452
C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar
206
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
Tales of Ten Worlds 1975-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Corgi (Corgi SF Collector's Library) 0-552-09785-3
£0.40?£: UK pound
205
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 Patrick Woodroffe Checkmark
Histórias de dez mundos 1978-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Nova Fronteira     184
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
coll  
Unter den Wolken der Venus 1978-07-00 Arthur C. Clarke Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #23083) 3-442-23083-7
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
185
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  
Unter den Wolken der Venus 1978-12-00 Arthur C. Clarke Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #23083) 3-442-23083-7
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
185
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
Tales of Ten Worlds 1980-11-00 Arthur C. Clarke Signet / New American Library 0-451-09499-9
$1.95?$: US dollar
206
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 Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels 1980-11-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Priam Books / Arbor House 0-87795-295-7
$9.95?$: US dollar
x+
768
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 Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels 1980-12-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Arbor House 0-87795-295-7
$19.95?$: US dollar
x+
768
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Antler & Baldwin, Inc. Checkmark
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels 1981-05-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Arbor House / SFBC 5754
$6.98?$: US dollar
viii+
753
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Antler & Baldwin, Inc. Checkmark
Le livre d'or de la science-fiction: Arthur C. Clarke 1981-08-07 Arthur C. Clarke Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5118) 2-266-01056-5   309
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 Marcel Laverdet Checkmark
Tales of Ten Worlds 1981-10-00 Arthur C. Clarke Signet / New American Library 0-451-11093-5
$2.50?$: US dollar
206
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 Paul Alexander Checkmark
Tales of Ten Worlds 1981-10-00 Arthur C. Clarke Signet / New American Library of Canada 0-451-11093-5 / AE1093
C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar
206
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 Paul Alexander Checkmark
Tales of Ten Worlds 1983-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Pan Books 0-330-28067-8
£1.75?£: UK pound
205
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 Peter Goodfellow Checkmark
Unter den Wolken der Venus 1983-08-00 Arthur C. Clarke Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #23083) 3-442-23083-7
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
185
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 Michelangelo Miani Checkmark
Urania #1039 1987-01-04 ed. Gianni Montanari Mondadori 1039
Lit 3,000?Lit: Italian lira
176
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  
Tales of Ten Worlds 1987-06-00 Arthur C. Clarke Signet / New American Library 0-451-14978-5
$3.50?$: US dollar
252
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
Worlds Imagined 1989-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Avenel Books 0-517-68029-7
$8.98?$: US dollar
x+
704
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Tales from Planet Earth 1989-12-00 Arthur C. Clarke Legend 0-7126-3480-0
£12.95?£: UK pound
iii+
313
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Tales from Planet Earth 1990-06-00 Arthur C. Clarke Bantam Spectra 0-553-34883-3
$9.95?$: US dollar
x+
307
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
Tales of Ten Worlds 1990-06-00 Arthur C. Clarke VGSF / Gollancz 0-575-04713-5
£3.99?£: UK pound
245
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 Tony Roberts (artist)  
Tales from Planet Earth 1990-07-00 Arthur C. Clarke Legend 0-09-969080-2
£3.99?£: UK pound
[iii]+
313
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
Tales from Planet Earth 1990-12-00 Arthur C. Clarke Bantam Spectra / SFBC 17646
$5.98?$: US dollar
ix+
307
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Michael Whelan Checkmark
Et la lumière tue 1992-08-00 Arthur C. Clarke Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5118) 2-266-05086-9   319
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 Marcel Laverdet  
Tales of Ten Worlds 1995-08-00 Arthur C. Clarke VGSF / Gollancz 0-575-06124-3
£4.99?£: UK pound
245
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 Tony Roberts (artist)  
Tales of Ten Worlds 1998-05-00 Arthur C. Clarke Vista 0-575-60251-1
£5.99?£: UK pound
245
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 Chris Moore  
The Collected Stories 2000-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz / Orion 0-575-07065-X
£20.00?£: UK pound
x+
966
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Blacksheep Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke 2001-02-00 Arthur C. Clarke Tor 0-312-87821-4
$29.95?$: US dollar
x+
966
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Drive Communications Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke 2001-02-00 Arthur C. Clarke Tor / SFBC 35027
$14.98?$: US dollar
x+
966
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Drive Communications Checkmark
Tales from Planet Earth 2001-05-00 Arthur C. Clarke ibooks 0-7434-2379-8
$14.00?$: US dollar
ix+
307
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 Michael Whelan  
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke 2001-10-00 Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz / Orion 1-85798-323-8
£9.99?£: UK pound
x+
966
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 Blacksheep Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke 2002-01-00 Arthur C. Clarke Orb 0-312-87860-5
$17.95?$: US dollar
x+
966
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 Drive Communications Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke 2008-11-03 Arthur C. Clarke Paw Prints 978-1-4395-6906-1
$28.95?$: US dollar
966
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Drive Communications  
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke 2011-06-02 Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz / Orion 978-0-575-09877-0
£7.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll blacksheep Design Checkmark
Odyssées: l'intégrale des nouvelles 2013-11-00 Arthur C. Clarke Bragelonne 978-2-35294-684-7
€28.00?€: Euro
1116
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  
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke 2016-00-00 Arthur C. Clarke RosettaBooks 978-0-7953-4973-7    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Corinna Lupp  
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke 2016-08-16 Arthur C. Clarke Audible Studios  
$39.95?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Checkmark
Tales of Ten Worlds date unknown Arthur C. Clarke Harbrace Paperbound Library 0-15-688158-6
$1.25?$: US dollar
245
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 Hal Siegel Checkmark
Tales of Ten Worlds date unknown Arthur C. Clarke Signet / New American Library Q5452
$0.95?$: US dollar
206
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
Tales of Ten Worlds date unknown Arthur C. Clarke Signet / New American Library Y7241
$1.25?$: US dollar
206
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
Tales of Ten Worlds date unknown Arthur C. Clarke Signet / New American Library 0-451-08328-8
$1.50?$: US dollar
206
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
Tales of Ten Worlds date unknown Arthur C. Clarke Signet / New American Library 0-451-12780-3
$2.50?$: US dollar
206
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  
Tales of Ten Worlds date unknown Arthur C. Clarke Harbrace Paperbound Library 0-15-688158-6
$1.25?$: US dollar
245
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 Hal Siegel  
Tales of Ten Worlds date unknown Arthur C. Clarke Signet / New American Library Q5452
$0.95?$: US dollar
206
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 Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke date unknown Arthur C. Clarke Tor 0-312-87821-4
$29.95?$: US dollar
x+
966
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Drive Communications Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke date unknown Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz / Orion 1-85798-323-8
£14.99?£: UK pound
x+
966
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 Blacksheep Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke date unknown Arthur C. Clarke Orb 0-312-87860-5
$19.95?$: US dollar
x+
966
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 Drive Communications Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke date unknown Arthur C. Clarke Audible Studios  
$39.95?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Checkmark
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