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Title: For a Breath I Tarry Title Record # 58656
Author: Roger Zelazny
Date: 1966-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1973ⓘTranslated by Warner Flamen
 Dutch Voor een ademtocht talm ik
1973ⓘTranslated by Ingrid Rothmann.
 German
Atempause für Roboter?Atempause fuer Roboter
1978ⓘTranslated by Warner Flamen
 Dutch Ik talm een ademtocht
1985ⓘTranslated by Jean Bailhache
 French Le temps d'un souffle, je m'attarde

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Finalists 1967 Hugo Best Novelette
Made First Ballot 1967 Nebula Novelette
31
ⓘ15 votes.
 2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novelette

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
New Worlds, March 1966 1966-03-00 ed. Michael Moorcock Roberts & Vinter Ltd.  
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).
 164
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 Checkmark
Fantastic, September 1966 1966-09-00 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 Frank R. Paul Checkmark
World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 1967-00-00 ed. Terry Carr, Donald A. Wollheim Ace Books (World's Best Science Fiction #3) A-10
$0.75?$: 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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds 2 1968-00-00 ed. Michael Moorcock Panther 23690
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).
 157
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
The Best SF Stories from New Worlds #2 1969-02-00 ed. Michael Moorcock Berkley Medallion X1676
$0.60?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 152
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
World's Best Science Fiction: Third Series 1970-00-00 ed. Terry Carr, Donald A. Wollheim Ace Books (World's Best Science Fiction #3) 91355
$0.95?$: 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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
Alpha One 1970-09-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Ballantine Books 0-345-02014-6
$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 vii+
278
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 John Lindner Checkmark
Alpha One 1971-12-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Ballantine Books 0-345-02014-6
£0.35?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 vii+
278
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
Alfa een: 16 sf-verhalen 1973-00-00 ed. Warner Flamen Meulenhoff (M=SF #66) 90-290-0197-6   351
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 David McCall Johnston Checkmark
Survival Printout 1973-00-00 ed. Total Effect Vintage Books 0-394-71857-7 / V-857
$1.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 ix+
332+
[3]
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
Science-Fiction-Stories 31 1973-12-00 ed. uncredited Ullstein (Ullstein 2000 #57 (3006)) 3-548-03006-8
DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
 125
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 Frank Kelly Freas Checkmark
Modern Science Fiction 1974-00-00 ed. Norman Spinrad Anchor Press / Doubleday 0-385-02263-8 / A978
$3.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xiv+
540
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
Modern Science Fiction 1974-00-00 ed. Norman Spinrad Anchor Press / Doubleday 0-385-02263-8
$3.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xiv+
540
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  
Modern Science Fiction 1976-06-00 ed. Norman Spinrad Gregg Press (The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series) 0-8398-2339-8
$25.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 x+
xiv+
540
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
De beste science fiction verhalen van Meulenhoff 1978-00-00 ed. Mark Carpentier Alting Meulenhoff (M=SF #141) 90-290-0549-1   388
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
For a Breath I Tarry 1980-07-00 Roger Zelazny Underwood-Miller 0-934438-27-7
$5.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 68
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.
 chap Stephen E. Fabian Checkmark
For a Breath I Tarry 1980-07-01 Roger Zelazny Underwood-Miller 0-934438-28-5
$25.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 68
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 chap Stephen E. Fabian Checkmark
The Last Defender of Camelot 1980-12-00 Roger Zelazny Pocket Books 0-671-41773-8
$2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 vii+
308
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 Checkmark
The Last Defender of Camelot 1980-12-00 Roger Zelazny Pocket Books 0-671-41773-8
C$2.95?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD
 308
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 Checkmark
Thought Probes: Philosophy Through Science Fiction 1981-00-00 ed. Fred D. Miller, Jr., Nicholas D. Smith Prentice-Hall 0-13-920041-X   vi+
362
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 Last Defender of Camelot 1981-04-00 Roger Zelazny Pocket Books / SFBC 5908
$2.49?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 279
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Ken Barr Checkmark
The Last Defender of Camelot 1981-12-00 Roger Zelazny Underwood-Miller 0-934438-48-X
$30.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 301
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Alicia Austin Checkmark
Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology 1983-05-00 ed. Eric S. Rabkin Oxford University Press 0-19-503271-3
$19.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 x+
529
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Yves Tanguy Checkmark
Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology 1983-05-00 ed. Eric S. Rabkin Oxford University Press 0-19-503272-1
$9.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 x+
529
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 Yves Tanguy Checkmark
Le livre d'or de la science-fiction: Roger Zelazny 1985-12-17 Roger Zelazny Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5217) 2-266-01650-4   378
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  
The Last Defender of Camelot 1986-01-00 Roger Zelazny Sphere 0-7221-9413-7
£2.50?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 246
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
A Very Large Array: New Mexico Science Fiction and Fantasy 1987-12-00 ed. Melinda M. Snodgrass University of New Mexico Press 0-8263-1013-3
$16.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 v+
264
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Marc Davis Checkmark
The Last Defender of Camelot 1988-10-00 Roger Zelazny Avon 0-380-70316-5
$3.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 308
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 James Warhola Checkmark
Thought Probes: Philosophy Through Science Fiction Literature 1988-12-00 ed. Fred D. Miller, Jr., Nicholas D. Smith Prentice-Hall 0-13-920059-2   xi+
334
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
SFantastisch weer 1994-05-00 ed. Redactie Meulenhoff *M Meulenhoff (*M) 90-290-4686-4   203
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 Nico Keulers Checkmark
The Last Defender of Camelot 2002-03-00 Roger Zelazny ibooks 0-7434-3510-9
$14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 416
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 Scott Grimando  
The Last Defender of Camelot 2003-12-00 Roger Zelazny ibooks 0-7434-7970-X
$7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 416
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 Scott Grimando Checkmark
Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts 2008-12-19 ed. Heather Masri Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press 978-0-312-45015-1
$170.39?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xix+
1242
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
René Magritte?Rene Magritte
 Checkmark
Power & Light 2009-02-00 Roger Zelazny NESFA Press 978-1-886778-77-1
$29.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 576
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Michael Whelan Checkmark
Power & Light 2009-12-00 Roger Zelazny NESFA Press 978-1-886778-77-1
$29.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 576
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Michael Whelan Checkmark
The Last Defender of Camelot 2014-03-17 Roger Zelazny ibooks 978-1-59687-107-6
$19.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 418
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Checkmark
Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts 2015-00-00 ed. Heather Masri Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press 978-1-4576-7446-4
$45.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xix+
796
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
René Magritte?Rene Magritte
  
Power & Light: Volume 2: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny 2018-05-00 Roger Zelazny NESFA Press 978-1-886778-77-1
$29.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 575
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Michael Whelan Checkmark
The Magic: (October 1961-October 1967) Ten Tales 2018-11-13 Roger Zelazny Positronic Publishing 978-1-5154-3974-5
$29.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 618
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Alpha 1 2022-05-17 ed. Robert Silverberg ReAnimus Press 978-1-005-02459-8
$3.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth John Lindner  
Alpha 1 2022-05-18 ed. Robert Silverberg ReAnimus Press 979-8-8293-5377-3
$26.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 342
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth John Lindner  
Alpha 1 2022-05-18 ed. Robert Silverberg ReAnimus Press 979-8-8293-5125-0
$16.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 342
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 John Lindner  
Robots Through the Ages 2023-07-25 ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Robert Silverberg Blackstone Publishing 979-8-212-38483-4
$15.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 486
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  
Robots Through the Ages 2023-07-25 ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Robert Silverberg Blackstone Audio  
$22.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 anth  
Robots Through the Ages 2023-07-25 ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Robert Silverberg Blackstone Publishing 978-1-6651-0965-9
$25.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 504
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Robots Through the Ages 2023-07-25 ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Robert Silverberg Blackstone Publishing 978-1-6651-0967-3
$9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Checkmark
Robots Through the Ages 2023-07-25 ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Robert Silverberg Blackstone Publishing 978-1-6651-0897-3
$31.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
  
audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks
anth  
Robots Through the Ages 2023-07-25 ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Robert Silverberg Blackstone Publishing 978-1-6651-0896-6
$46.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
  
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks
 anth  
Robots Through the Ages 2023-07-25 ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Robert Silverberg Blackstone Publishing 978-1-6651-0895-9
$111.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
  
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks
 anth  
The Best of Roger Zelazny 2023-10-26 Roger Zelazny Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-1-4732-3501-4
£12.99?£: 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 Best of Roger Zelazny 2023-10-26 Roger Zelazny Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-1-4732-3500-7
£12.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 viii+
486
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 Checkmark
The Last Defender of Camelot 2023-12-16 Roger Zelazny ibooks      
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 coll Scott Grimando Checkmark
For a Breath I Tarry 2024-03-03 Roger Zelazny Amber Ltd 978-1-5154-6228-6
$9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 48
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.
 chap  
For a Breath I Tarry 2024-03-03 Roger Zelazny Amber Ltd 978-1-5154-6227-9
$19.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 48
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 chap  
Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology date unknown ed. Eric S. Rabkin Oxford University Press 978-0-19-503272-7   x+
529
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 Yves Tanguy  
The Best of Roger Zelazny date unknown Roger Zelazny Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-1-4732-3500-7
£12.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 viii+
486
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 Checkmark
The Last Defender of Camelot date unknown Roger Zelazny Pocket Books 0-671-44377-1
$2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 308
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 Checkmark
Thought Probes: Philosophy Through Science Fiction date unknown ed. Fred D. Miller, Jr., Nicholas D. Smith Prentice-Hall 0-13-920041-X   vi+
362
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  
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