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Title: Gateway to Strangeness Title Record # 57673
Author: Jack Vance
Date: 1962-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
User Rating: 7.00 (2 votes) Including variants and translations: 7.00 (3 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1962 Dust of Far Suns
1962 Sail 25
Year Language Title
1964ⓘTranslated by Adalberto Chiesa
 Italian La vela dello spazio
1965 German Raumsegler 25
1980ⓘTranslated by Jaime Martijn
 Dutch Zeil 25
1981ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr
 German Minuspunkte
1982ⓘTranslated by Loredana Longhini
 Italian Vela 25
1984ⓘTranslated by Eva Malsch
 German Segler 25
1985ⓘTranslated by Lore Strassl
 German
Raumsegler Fünfundzwanzig?Raumsegler Fuenfundzwanzig
1993ⓘTranslated by ECL Meistermann
 French Les portes de l'ailleurs
2003 Italian Nave scuola 25
2003ⓘTranslated by Fabio Feminò
 Italian Vela 25
2019ⓘTranslated by E. C. L. Meistermann revised by Pierre-Paul Durastanti
 French Les portes de l'ailleurs

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Amazing Stories, August 1962 1962-08-00 ed. Cele Goldsmith Ziff-Davis Publishing Company  
$0.35?$: 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 Alex Schomburg Checkmark
Urania #325 1964-01-12 ed. Carlo Fruttero Mondadori 325
Lit 200?Lit: Italian lira
 160
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
Future Tense 1964-06-00 Jack Vance Ballantine Books U2214
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 160
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
Future Tense 1964-06-00 Jack Vance Ballantine Books U2214
$0.50?$: US dollar
 160
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
Fort mit dem Alten ...und andere Utopia-Kurzgeschichten 1965-03-23 ed. uncredited Pabel (Utopia Zukunftsroman #427) UZ427
DM 0.70?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 61
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".
 anth R. S. Lonati Checkmark
Great Science Fiction, Fall 1967 1967-09-00 ed. uncredited Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc.  
$0.50?$: 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 Leo Summers Checkmark
Il passo dell'ignoto 1972-09-00 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Mondadori (Omnibus) 10531   xii+
636
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Karel Thole  
The Best of Jack Vance 1976-05-00 Jack Vance Pocket Books 0-671-80510-X
$1.95?$: US dollar
 x+
274
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 Charles Moll Checkmark
The Best of Jack Vance 1978-08-00 Jack Vance Taplinger 0-8008-0726-X
$9.95?$: US dollar
 x+
274
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
The Best of Jack Vance 1979-08-00 Jack Vance Pocket Books 0-671-83070-8
C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 x+
274
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 David Schleinkofer Checkmark
The Best of Jack Vance 1979-08-00 Jack Vance Pocket Books 0-671-83070-8
$2.25?$: US dollar
 xii+
274
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 David Schleinkofer Checkmark
Slaven van de Klau 1980-00-00 Jack Vance Meulenhoff (M=SF #154) 90-290-1322-2   336
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 Nico Keulers Checkmark
The Seven Deadly Sins of Science Fiction 1980-11-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest 0-449-24349-4
$2.50?$: US dollar
 317
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 Jerome Podwil Checkmark
Dust of Far Suns 1981-01-00 Jack Vance DAW Books (DAW Collectors #417) 0-87997-588-1
$1.75?$: US dollar
 160
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 Chadwick (1957-) Checkmark
Dust of Far Suns 1981-01-00 Jack Vance DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-588-1 / UE1588
C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 160
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 Chadwick (1957-) Checkmark
Das Segel im Sonnenwind 1981-02-00 Jack Vance Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #23374) 3-442-23374-7
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 221
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
The Seven Deadly Sins of Science Fiction 1981-03-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest / SFBC 5837
$2.98?$: US dollar
 ix+
269
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Larry Kresek Checkmark
The Seven Deadly Sins and Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction 1982-00-00 Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers 0-517-38595-3   317+
350
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni Checkmark
The Best of Jack Vance 1982-05-00 Jack Vance Timescape / Pocket Books 0-671-44186-8
$2.95?$: US dollar
 x+
274
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
Urania #932 1982-11-28 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Mondadori 932
Lit 1,800?Lit: Italian lira
 208
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  
Die 7 Todsünden der Science Fiction?Die 7 Todsuenden der Science Fiction
 1984-09-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6738) 3-8118-6738-5
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 255
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
Staub ferner Sonnen 1985-06-00 Jack Vance Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4202) 3-453-31176-0
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 207
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 M. Pfeiffer Checkmark
Amazing Stories: Visions of Other Worlds 1986-09-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg TSR 0-88038-302-X
$7.95?$: US dollar
 253
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
Bootcamp 3000 1992-09-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Ace Books 0-441-53168-7
$4.99?$: US dollar
 xii+
273
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 Bob Eggleton  
When the Five Moons Rise 1992-09-00 Jack Vance Underwood-Miller 0-88733-145-9
$29.95?$: US dollar
 252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
When the Five Moons Rise 1992-09-00 Jack Vance Underwood-Miller 0-88733-145-9   252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Châteaux en espace 1993-05-00 Jack Vance Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5403) 2-266-03699-8   283
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 W. Siudmak  
The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume Three 2001-06-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Tor 0-312-86877-4
$25.95?$: US dollar
 477
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 3 2002-04-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Tor 0-312-86876-6
$16.95?$: US dollar
 477
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  
L'opera dello spazio 2003-06-00 Jack Vance Mondadori (Millemondi (quarterly) #37)  
€5.10?€: Euro
 474
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 Karel Thole  
Urania #1480 2003-12-03 ed. Giuseppe Lippi Mondadori 1480
€3.55?€: Euro
 332
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 Franco Brambilla  
Gadget Stories 2005-00-00 Jack Vance Vance Integral Edition (Vance Integral Edition #3) 0-9712375-1-4   [viii]+
738
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
The Jack Vance Treasury 2007-01-00 Jack Vance Subterranean Press 1-59606-077-8
$38.00?$: US dollar
 633
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Gnemo  
The Jack Vance Treasury 2007-01-00 Jack Vance Subterranean Press / SFBC 1226398
$16.99?$: US dollar
 631
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Gnemo Checkmark
The Jack Vance Treasury 2007-01-00 Jack Vance Subterranean Press 1-59606-077-8
$125.00?$: US dollar
 631
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Gnemo  
The Jack Vance Treasury 2007-01-00 Jack Vance Subterranean Press 1-59606-077-8
$300.00?$: US dollar
 633
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Gnemo Checkmark
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction 2011-06-00 ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman Wildside Press 978-1-4344-3079-3
$49.99?$: US dollar
 991
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 Potter of Firsk and Other Stories 2011-11-24 Jack Vance Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10988-9
£2.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction 2011-12-20 ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman Wildside Press 978-1-4344-4035-8
$39.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Checkmark
The Jack Vance Treasury 2013-12-05 Jack Vance Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-647-2
$4.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Gnemo  
Nouvelles - tome 2: 1955-1982 2019-03-28 Jack Vance
Le Bélial'?Le Belial'
(Kvasar #14)		 978-2-84344-946-8
€34.00?€: Euro
 1026
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 Guillaume Sorel  
Zeil 25 en andere verhalen 2020-02-15 Jack Vance Spatterlight Press (Het verzameld werk van Jack Vance #6) 978-1-61947-236-5
€18.99?€: Euro
 458
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 Howard Kistler  
Zeil 25 en andere verhalen 2020-03-05 Jack Vance Spatterlight Press (Het verzameld werk van Jack Vance #6) 978-1-61947-172-6
€5.99?€: Euro
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Howard Kistler  
Spaceworlds: Stories of Life in the Void 2021-03-25 ed. Mike Ashley British Library Publishing (British Library Science Fiction Classics) 978-0-7123-5309-0
£9.99?£: UK pound
 336
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  
Spaceworlds: Stories of Life in the Void 2021-03-25 ed. Mike Ashley British Library Publishing (British Library Science Fiction Classics) 978-0-7123-6718-9
£2.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth  
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