Title: The Builder

Title: The Builder Title Record # 58176
Author: Philip K. Dick
Date: 1953-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Synopsis: A man is obsessed with building a giant boat in his backyard, despite the scorn of his neighbor and wife and one of his sons.

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Year	Language	Title
1963^ⓘTranslated by Heinz Zwack	German	Vor dem großen Regen^?Vor dem grossen Regen
1965	German	Der Erbauer
1968^ⓘTranslated by Henk Bouwman	Dutch	De doe-het-zelver
1972^ⓘTranslated by Bruno Martin.	French	Le constructeur
1976^ⓘTranslated by Gunnar Gällmo	Swedish	Byggaren
1981^ⓘTranslated by Thomas Ziegler	German	Der Baumeister
1994^ⓘTranslated by Vittorio Curtoni	Italian	La barca
1999^ⓘTranslated by Walter Grossbein	German	Der Erbauer
2014^ⓘTranslated by Magdalena Gawlik and/or Jan Karłowski, Anna Kejna, Tomasz Oljasz, Zofia Uhrynowska-Hanasz, Ewa Witecka, and Arkadiusz Nakoniecznik (OCLC/WorldCat)	Polish	Budowniczy

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Amazing Stories, December 1953-January 1954	1953-12-00	ed. Howard Browne	Ziff-Davis Publishing Company		$0.35^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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	Mel Hunter
Amazing Stories, Volume 1 Number 3	1954-04-00	ed. Howard Browne	Strato Publications		1/6^?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).	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	Mel Hunter
A Handful of Darkness	1955-00-00	Philip K. Dick	Rich & Cowan		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).	224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Peter Rudland
Eine Handvoll Dunkelheit	1963-10-25	Philip K. Dick	Moewig (Terra Sonderband #76)	TSB76	DM 1.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	95	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	Johnny Bruck
Science-Fiction-Cocktail	1965-06-01	ed. uncredited	Pabel (Utopia Zukunftsroman #437)	UZ437	DM 0.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	62	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
A Handful of Darkness	1966-00-00	Philip K. Dick	Panther	2108	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).	186	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
Amazing Stories, June 1967	1967-06-00	ed. Joseph Ross	Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc.		$0.50^?$: 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	Johnny Bruck
Een handvol duisternis	1968-00-00	Philip K. Dick	Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1100)	1100	ƒ2.50^?ƒ: Dutch guilder. ISO code: NLG in 1810s-1999	189	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	Dick Bruna
Een handvol duisternis	1969-00-00	Philip K. Dick	Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1100)	1100	ƒ2.75^?ƒ: Dutch guilder. ISO code: NLG in 1810s-1999	189	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	Dick Bruna
Fiction, #224	1972-08-00	ed. Alain Dorémieux^?Alain Doremieux	OPTA		F4.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	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	Siudmak
En handfull mörker	1976-00-00	Philip K. Dick	Delta (Stockholm) (Science Fiction ABC #4)	91-7228-118-9		288	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
Philip K. Dick omnibus	1977-00-00	Philip K. Dick	Bruna (Bruna SF #68)	90-229-9068-0		340	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	Karel Thole
A Handful of Darkness	1978-06-00	Philip K. Dick	Gregg Press	0-8398-2413-0	$11.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xviii+ 224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
A Handful of Darkness	1980-01-00	Philip K. Dick	Panther / Granada	0-586-04804-9	£0.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	186	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	Colin Hay
Eine Handvoll Dunkelheit	1981-09-00	Philip K. Dick	Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction #3543)	3-8118-3543-2	DM 8.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	464	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	Eric Ladd , Carl Lundgren
L'homme doré^?L'homme dore	1982-02-15	Philip K. Dick	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1291)	2-277-21291-1		286	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	Carl Lundgren
L'homme doré	1982-05-19	Philip K. Dick	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1291)	2-277-21291-1		286	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	Carl Lundgren
Beyond Lies the Wub	1987-05-00	Philip K. Dick	Underwood-Miller	0-88733-053-3	$125.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxii+ 404	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Beyond Lies the Wub	1987-05-00	Philip K. Dick	Underwood-Miller	0-88733-052-5	$160.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxii+ 404	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
A Handful of Darkness	1988-11-00	Philip K. Dick	Grafton Books	0-586-04804-9	£2.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	237	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 Foss
Beyond Lies the Wub	1988-11-00	Philip K. Dick	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (6))	0-575-04407-1	£12.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	[12]+ 404	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford	1990-04-00	Philip K. Dick	Citadel Twilight	0-8065-1153-2	$12.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxii+ 404	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	Kevin Kelly
Beyond Lies the Wub	1990-05-00	Philip K. Dick	Grafton	0-586-20764-3	£5.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	510	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	Chris Moore
Le presenze invisibili. Volume primo	1994-06-00	Philip K. Dick	Interno Giallo / Mondadori (IperFICTION)	88-04-38520-0	Lit 32,000^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	490	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Giovanni Mulazzani
Nouvelles 1947-1952	1994-10-00	Philip K. Dick	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présences^?Presences )	2-207-24065-7		756	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Elrik , Frank Ronan
More Amazing Stories	1998-02-00	ed. Kim Mohan	Tor	0-312-86473-6	$24.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	320	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Bob Eggleton
Kolonie	1999-00-00	Philip K. Dick	Haffmans	3-251-20287-1	DM 36.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	283	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Nikolaus Heidelbach
Beyond Lies the Wub	1999-08-12	Philip K. Dick	Millennium / Victor Gollancz	1-85798-879-5	£7.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	[6]+ 404	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	Chris Moore
More Amazing Stories	2000-12-00	ed. Kim Mohan	Tor	0-312-87437-5	$14.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	320	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	Bob Eggleton
The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford	2002-07-00	Philip K. Dick	Citadel Press	0-8065-1153-2	$14.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	404	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	Kevin Kelly
Paycheck and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick	2003-09-00	Philip K. Dick	Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing	0-8065-2630-0	$14.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	[18]+ 404	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 Bachem
Und jenseits — das Wobb	2008-01-00	Philip K. Dick	Zweitausendeins (Haffmans Verlag bei Zweitausendeins)	978-3-86150-808-3	€14.90^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	640	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Urs Jakob
L'o10ssée	2010-09-04	ed. uncredited	Gallimard (Folio SF)			296	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	Hervé Leblan^?Herve Leblan
The King of the Elves	2011-01-00	Philip K. Dick	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-340-2	$40.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	487	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bill Sienkiewicz
The King of the Elves	2011-01-00	Philip K. Dick	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-339-6	$60.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	487	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bill Sienkiewicz
Und jenseits — das Wobb	2012-08-00	Philip K. Dick	Zweitausendeins (Haffmans Verlag bei Zweitausendeins)	978-3-86150-808-3		640	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Urs Jakob
Krótki szczęśliwy żywot brązowego oksforda^?Krotki szczesliwy zywot brazowego oksforda	2014-06-04	Philip K. Dick	Dom Wydawniczy Rebis	978-83-7818-536-9	zł 59.90^?zł: Polish zloty. ISO codes: PLZ in 1950-1994, PLN since 1995	623	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Wojciech Siudmak
Beyond Lies the Wub	2014-08-28	Philip K. Dick	Gateway / Orion	978-1-4732-0666-3	£9.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The King of the Elves	2015-12-02	Philip K. Dick	Brilliance Audio	978-1-4558-1470-1	$19.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		audio CD^?Compact disc with standard audio tracks	coll
The King of the Elves	2015-12-27	Philip K. Dick	Brilliance Audio				digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	coll
Paycheck and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick	2016-07-26	Philip K. Dick	Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing	978-0-8065-3796-2	$16.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	404	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 Philip K. Dick	2022-01-22	Philip K. Dick			$3.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume 1	2023-09-14	Philip K. Dick	Gollancz	978-1-3996-1123-7	£10.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	624	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 Philip K. Dick: Volume 1	2023-09-14	Philip K. Dick	Gollancz	978-1-3996-1124-4	£10.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	624	ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
A Handful of Darkness	date unknown	Philip K. Dick	Panther / Granada	0-586-04804-9	£1.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	186	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	Colin Hay
Beyond Lies the Wub	date unknown	Philip K. Dick	Millennium / Orion	1-85798-879-5	£7.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	[6]+ 404	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	Chris Moore
Beyond Lies the Wub	date unknown	Philip K. Dick	Grafton	0-586-20764-3	£5.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	510	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	Chris Moore
Beyond Lies the Wub	date unknown	Philip K. Dick	Grafton	0-586-20764-3	£5.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	510	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	Chris Moore
Beyond Lies the Wub	date unknown	Philip K. Dick	HarperCollins (UK)	0-586-20764-3	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	510	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	Chris Moore

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