Title: The Absolute at Large
Title Record # 892
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Date: 1927-05-00
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Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Current Tags: unknown worlds (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1)
Author:
Karel Čapek?Karel Capek
Karel Chapek
Karel Chapek
Date: 1927-05-00
Variant Title of:
Továrna na absolutno?Tovarna na absolutno
[Czech]
(1922)
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Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: The version reprinted in ''A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels'' is significantly abridged.
Synopsis: "Atomic motor liberates the God present in matter." – The British Science-Fiction Bibliography, 1937.
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Publications
Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Absolute at Large | 1927-05-00 |
Karel Čapek?Karel Capek Karel Chapek |
Macmillan and Co. | 7/6?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). |
viii+ 293 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
The Absolute at Large | 1927-08-00 |
Karel Čapek?Karel Capek Karel Chapek |
Macmillan and Co. | 7/6?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). |
242 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
The Absolute at Large | 1930-00-00 |
Karel Čapek?Karel Capek Karel Chapek |
Macmillan and Co. | 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). |
242 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
The Absolute at Large | 1944-00-00 |
Karel Čapek?Karel Capek Karel Chapek |
George Allen & Unwin | 7/6?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). |
168 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels | 1964-00-00 | ed. Damon Knight | Delacorte Press | $4.95?$: US dollar |
379 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ![]() |
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A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels | 1965-00-00 | ed. Damon Knight | Gollancz | 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). |
379 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels | 1965-01-00 | ed. Damon Knight | Dell | 1158 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
447 | 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 | ![]() |
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The Absolute at Large | 1974-00-00 |
Karel Čapek?Karel Capek Karel Chapek |
Hyperion Press (Classics of Science Fiction) | 0-88355-104-7 | $8.50?$: US dollar |
242 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
The Absolute at Large | 1974-00-00 |
Karel Čapek?Karel Capek Karel Chapek |
Hyperion Press (Classics of Science Fiction) | 0-88355-133-0 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
242 | 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. |
novel | ![]() |
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The Absolute at Large | 1975-10-00 |
Karel Čapek?Karel Capek Karel Chapek |
Garland Publishing (Garland Library of Science Fiction) | 0-8240-1403-0 | $11.00?$: US dollar |
viii+ 293 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
The Absolute at Large | 2005-10-00 |
Karel Čapek?Karel Capek Karel Chapek |
University of Nebraska Press (Bison Frontiers of Imagination) | 0-8032-6459-3 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
242 | 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. |
novel | R. W. Boeche | ![]() |
The Absolute at Large | 2017-04-10 |
Karel Čapek?Karel Capek Karel Chapek |
Martino Fine Books | 978-1-68422-096-0 | $11.95?$: US dollar |
302 | 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. |
novel | ||
The Absolute at Large | 2018-01-03 |
Karel Čapek?Karel Capek Karel Chapek |
Faded Page | 20180101 | C$0.00?C$: Canadian dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | ![]() |
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The Absolute at Large | 2022-12-25 |
Karel Čapek?Karel Capek Karel Chapek |
Wildside Press | 978-1-66767-999-0 | $24.99?$: US dollar |
142 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
The Absolute at Large | 2022-12-25 |
Karel Čapek?Karel Capek Karel Chapek |
Wildside Press | 978-1-66767-998-3 | $11.99?$: US dollar |
142 | 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. |
novel |
Reviews
- Review by Joseph H. Crawford, Jr. and James J. Donahue and Donald M. Grant (1953) in '333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel , reprinted in:
- '333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel (1953)
- Review by Richard Delap (1975) in Delap's F & SF Review, April 1975
- Review by Fritz Leiber (1976) in Delap's F & SF Review, June 1976 , reprinted in:
- Fantastic, June 1977 (1977)
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1991) in Science Fiction: The Early Years