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Title:
There Was an Old Woman—?There Was an Old Woman-
Title Record # 64943
Author: Robert Silverberg
Date: 1958-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
User Rating: 7.00 (1 vote) Including variants and translations: 7.00 (2 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1959 In Gratitude
1996 There Was an Old Woman
Year Language Title
1975Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Mutter ist die Beste!
1979Translated by Alain Dorémieux
French Il était une vieille femme

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Infinity Science Fiction, November 1958 1958-11-00 ed. Larry T. Shaw Royal Publications, Inc.  
$0.35?$: 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 Ed Emsh Checkmark
New Worlds Science Fiction, #79 January 1959 1959-01-00 ed. John Carnell Nova Publications Ltd.  
2/-?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 Brian Lewis Checkmark
Needle in a Timestack 1966-11-00 Robert Silverberg Ballantine Books U2330
$0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
190
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
Needle in a Timestack 1967-00-00 Robert Silverberg Sphere Books 78417
5/-?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).
190
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 Davies (artist) Checkmark
Needle in a Timestack 1967-00-00 Robert Silverberg Sphere 78433
5/-?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).
190
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
Needle in a Timestack 1970-09-00 Robert Silverberg Ballantine Books 0-345-02024-3
$0.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
190
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 Tom Adams Checkmark
Visum für den Sirius 1975-00-00 Robert Silverberg Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #0212) 3-442-23212-0
DM 4.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
124
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 F. Jürgen Rogner Checkmark
Sunrise on Mercury and Other Science Fiction Stories 1975-05-00 Robert Silverberg Thomas Nelson 0-8407-6445-6
$6.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
175
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bill Meyers Checkmark
Signaux du silence 1979-00-00 Robert Silverberg Casterman (Autres temps, autres mondes) 2-203-22628-5   236
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Stryckman-Lybaert  
Sunrise on Mercury 1983-04-00 Robert Silverberg Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) 0-575-03217-0
£7.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
173
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Sunrise on Mercury 1986-02-00 Robert Silverberg Pan Books 0-330-29117-3
£1.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
176
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
The Road to Nightfall 1996-07-08 Robert Silverberg Voyager / HarperCollins (The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg #4) 0-586-21372-4
£6.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
347
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 Fred Gambino Checkmark
Not of Woman Born 1999-03-00 ed. Constance Ash Roc / Dutton NAL 0-451-45681-5
$6.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
ix+
272
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
Not of Woman Born 1999-06-00 ed. Constance Ash Roc / SFBC 0-7394-0259-5 / 19721
$8.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
ix+
272
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Le chemin de la nuit 2002-03-00 Robert Silverberg Flammarion (Imagine) 2-080-68235-2
€24.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR
726
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 Pictor  
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume One: To Be Continued 2006-11-00 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 1-59606-061-1
$35.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
392
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume One: To Be Continued 2006-11-00 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 1-59606-061-1
$65.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
392
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
To Be Continued 2011-01-17 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-385-3
$2.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
To Be Continued 2011-09-29 Robert Silverberg Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10664-2
£2.99?£: 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 Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume One: To Be Continued 2012-03-20 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-507-9
$18.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
392
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 Tomas Maronski  
The Robert Silverberg Science Fiction Megapack 2016-05-11 Robert Silverberg Wildside Press 978-1-4794-2211-1
$0.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Luca Oleastri  
The Robert Silverberg Science Fiction Megapack 2016-07-07 Robert Silverberg Wildside Press 978-1-4794-2269-2
$19.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
354
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 Luca Oleastri  
First-Person Singularities 2017-10-31 Robert Silverberg Three Rooms Press 978-1-941110-63-8
$19.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xxi+
418
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  
First-Person Singularities 2017-10-31 Robert Silverberg Three Rooms Press 978-1-941110-64-5
$9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Needle in a Timestack and Other Stories 2019-08-20 Robert Silverberg Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-5040-5866-7
$9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Needle in a Timestack 2021-06-10 Robert Silverberg Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-1-4732-2920-4
£10.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
ix+
579
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
Needle in a Timestack 2021-06-10 Robert Silverberg Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-1-4732-2921-1
£10.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Checkmark
There Was an Old Woman— 2023-11-09 Robert Silverberg Project Gutenberg 72082
$0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
Needle in a Timestack date unknown Robert Silverberg Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-1-4732-2920-4
£10.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
ix+
579
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
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