Title: R Is for Rocket

Title: R Is for Rocket Title Record # 64877
Author: Ray Bradbury
Date: 1943-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Year	Title
1943	King of the Gray Spaces

Year	Language	Title
1974^ⓘTranslated by Petre Solomon	Romanian	R de la Rachetă^?R de la Racheta
1977^ⓘTranslated by Wiebe Buddingh	Dutch	De r van raket
1978^ⓘTranslated by Noberto de Paula Lima	Portuguese	F de foguete

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Famous Fantastic Mysteries, December 1943	1943-12-00	ed. Mary Gnaedinger	All-Fiction Field, Inc.		$0.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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	Lawrence
Super Science Stories (Canadian), August 1944	1944-08-00	ed. Alden H. Norton	Popular Publications, Inc.; Toronto, Canada		C$0.15^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	84	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	Leo Morey
The Science Fiction Galaxy	1950-02-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Permabooks	P67	$0.35^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 242	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Richard Powers
Every Boy's Book of Science Fiction	1951-02-00	ed. Donald A. Wollheim	Frederick Fell (Fell's Science-Fiction Library)		$2.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	254	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
R Is for Rocket	1962-10-00	Ray Bradbury	Doubleday		$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	233	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Joe Mugnaini
R Is for Rocket	1962-11-00	Ray Bradbury	Doubleday		$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	233	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Joe Mugnaini
R Is for Rocket	1962-12-00	Ray Bradbury	Doubleday		$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	233	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Joe Mugnaini
R Is for Rocket	1963-05-00	Ray Bradbury	Doubleday		$^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	233	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Joe Mugnaini
R Is for Rocket	1964-09-00	Ray Bradbury	Doubleday		$^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	233	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Joe Mugnaini
R Is for Rocket	1965-03-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	F2915	$0.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	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 Lehr
R Is for Rocket	1965-05-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	F2915	$0.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	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 Lehr
R Is for Rocket	1966-09-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Pathfinder	FP164	$0.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	[5]+ 184	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 Lehr
R Is for Rocket	1967-01-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Pathfinder	FP164	$0.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	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 Lehr
R Is for Rocket	1968-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Hart-Davis		21/-^?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).	233	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
R Is for Rocket	1968-10-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Pathfinder	FP4078	$0.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	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 Lehr
R Is for Rocket	1969-01-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Pathfinder	HP4398	$0.60^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	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 Lehr
R Is for Rocket	1970-08-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Pathfinder	SP5748	$0.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	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 Lehr
R Is for Rocket	1972-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Pan Books	0-330-23166-9	£0.25^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	220	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	Ian Miller
R Is for Rocket	1972-01-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Pathfinder	SP5748	$0.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	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 Lehr
R Is for Rocket	1972-09-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Pathfinder	SP5748	$0.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	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 Lehr
R Is for Rocket	1973-08-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Pathfinder	SP5748	$0.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	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 Lehr
Aici sînt tigri	1974-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Editura Albatros (Fantastic Club)			254	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	Jacques Wyrs
R Is for Rocket	1974-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Hart-Davis, MacGibbon	0-246-97355-2	£2.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	233	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
R Is for Rocket	1974-03-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Pathfinder	NP7988	$0.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	[8]+ 184	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 Lehr
R Is for Rocket	1975-02-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	Q2704	$1.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	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 Lehr
R Is for Rocket	1976-02-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books		$^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	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 Lehr
R Is for Rocket	1976-09-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	0-553-10367-9	$1.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	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 Lehr
De r van raket	1977-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Born (Nova SF #6)	90-283-0540-8	ƒ10.90^?ƒ: Dutch guilder. ISO code: NLG in 1810s-1999	192	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	Peter Jones
F de foguete	1978-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Hemus			210	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
R Is for Rocket	1978-03-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	0-553-11931-1	$1.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	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	Ian Miller
R Is for Rocket	1980-06-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	0-553-14303-4	$1.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	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	Ian Miller
R Is for Rocket	1981-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	0-553-14303-4	$1.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	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
R Is for Rocket	1981-06-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	0-553-20548-X	$2.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	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
R Is for Rocket	1983-01-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	0-553-23410-2	$2.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	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	Eddie Jones
De r van raket	1984-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Het Spectrum (Prisma #2285)	90-274-1428-9		156	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	Hans Pieko
R Is for Rocket	1984-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	0-553-25040-X	$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	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	Eddie Jones
R Is for Rocket	1985-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Spectra	0-553-25040-X	$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	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	Eddie Jones
Space 9	1985-00-00	ed. Richard Davis	Hutchinson	0-09-158850-2	£5.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	95	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Alan Daniels
R Is for Rocket	1988-01-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	0-553-27434-1	C$3.95^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	184	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	Eddie Jones
Classic Stories 1: Selections from The Golden Apples of the Sun and R Is for Rocket	1990-05-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Spectra (The Grand Master Editions)	0-553-28637-4	$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 342	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	Barclay Shaw
Classic Stories 1: Selections from The Golden Apples of the Sun and R Is for Rocket	1995-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Spectra (The Grand Master Editions)	0-553-28637-4	$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	342	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	Barclay Shaw
The Golden Apples of the Sun and Other Stories	1997-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Avon Books	0-380-73039-1	$10.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	338	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	Tim O'Brien
A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories	2005-07-00	Ray Bradbury	Harper Perennial	0-06-078569-1	$13.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	338	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
R Is for Rocket	2005-10-00	Ray Bradbury	PS Publishing	1-904619-77-0	£25.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xiii+ 227	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Joe Mugnaini
R Is for Rocket	2005-10-00	Ray Bradbury	PS Publishing	1-904619-78-9	£75.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xiii+ 227	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Joe Mugnaini
R Is for Rocket	2005-10-00	Ray Bradbury	PS Publishing	1-904619-79-7	£295.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xiii+ 227	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Joe Mugnaini
The Golden Apples of the Sun and Other Stories	2008-06-26	Ray Bradbury	Paw Prints	978-1-4395-0054-5	$21.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Golden Apples of the Sun and Other Stories	2010-00-00	Ray Bradbury	Tantor Media	978-1-4001-9821-4			digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	coll
The Martian Chronicles / The Illustrated Man / The Golden Apples of the Sun	2011-01-00	Ray Bradbury	Barnes & Noble Books (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)	978-1-4351-2906-1	$20.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	885	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Vaggelis
The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: A Critical Edition: Volume I: 1938-1943	2011-04-00	Ray Bradbury	Kent State University Press	978-1-60635-071-3	$65.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xlvi+ 498	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
R Is for Rocket	2013-12-05	Ray Bradbury	Harper Voyager (UK)	978-0-00-753986-4	£4.99^?£: 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 Golden Apples of the Sun and Other Stories	2017-08-22	Ray Bradbury	William Morrow / HarperCollins	978-0-06-283417-1	$10.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Tim O'Brien
R Is for Rocket / S Is for Space	2019-00-00	Ray Bradbury	PS Publishing	978-1-78636-353-4	£59.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	432	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Tomislav Tikulin , Tomislav Tikulin
Classic Stories 1: Selections from The Golden Apples of the Sun and R Is for Rocket	date unknown	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Spectra	0-553-28637-4	$7.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	348	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	Barclay Shaw
Classic Stories 1: Selections from The Golden Apples of the Sun and R Is for Rocket	date unknown	Ray Bradbury	Bantam Spectra (The Grand Master Editions)	0-553-28637-4	$6.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	348	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	Barclay Shaw
The Golden Apples of the Sun and Other Stories	date unknown	Ray Bradbury	Avon	0-380-73039-1	$12.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	338	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	Tim O'Brien

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