Title: Barrier
Title Record # 93591
Author: Anthony Boucher
Date: 1942-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
User Rating: 6.00 (1 vote) Including variants and translations: 7.00 (2 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1) Add Tags
Author: Anthony Boucher
Date: 1942-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
User Rating: 6.00 (1 vote) Including variants and translations: 7.00 (2 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1) Add Tags
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Awards
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Nominations Below Cutoff | 2018 Retro Hugo | Best Novella |
Publications
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Astounding Science-Fiction, September 1942 | 1942-09-00 | ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. | Street & Smith Publications, Inc. | $0.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
132 | bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding. |
mag | William Timmins | ![]() |
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Astounding Science Fiction, October 1942 (UK) | 1942-10-00 | ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. | Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd | 64 | 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". |
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6 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction | 1954-01-00 | ed. Groff Conklin | Dell | D9 | $0.35?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
384 | 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 | Richard Powers | ![]() |
6 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction | 1956-10-00 | ed. Groff Conklin | Dell | D9 | $0.35?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
384 | 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 | Richard Powers | ![]() |
Spectrum IV | 1965-00-00 | ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest | Harcourt, Brace & World | $4.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
320 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ![]() |
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Spectrum IV | 1965-00-00 | ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest | Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (1)) | 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). |
320 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
Spectrum 4 | 1966-03-00 | ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | 320 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||||
Spectrum 4 | 1966-08-00 | ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest | Berkley Medallion | S1272 | $0.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
287+ [1] |
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 | ![]() |
Spectrum IV | 1967-00-00 | ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest | Pan Books | 0-330-20193-X | £0.30?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
335 | 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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Spectrum IV | 1967-00-00 | ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest | Pan Books | M193 | 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). |
335 | 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 Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 4, 1942 | 1980-10-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #405) | 0-87997-570-9 / UE1570 | $2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
448 | 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 | Antonio Bernal | ![]() |
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 4, 1942 | 1980-10-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | 0-87997-570-9 | C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
448 | 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 | Antonio Bernal | ![]() |
Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: 2nd Series | 1983-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | 0-517-41367-1 | 723 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ![]() |
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From Mind to Mind: Tales of Communication from Analog | 1984-11-00 | ed. Stanley Schmidt | Davis Publications | 0-385-19646-6 | $3.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
288 | 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 | Joe Burleson | ![]() |
From Mind to Mind: Tales of Communication from Analog | 1984-12-00 | ed. Stanley Schmidt | The Dial Press | 0-385-19646-6 | $12.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
288 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Joe Burleson | ![]() |
The Compleat Boucher | 1999-01-00 | Anthony Boucher | NESFA Press | 1-886778-02-7 | $25.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
viii+ 531 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Jane Dennis | ![]() |
The Compleat Boucher | 1999-11-00 | Anthony Boucher | NESFA Press / SFBC | 06518 | $12.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
531 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Jane Dennis | ![]() |
The Compleat Boucher: The Complete Short Science Fiction and Fantasy of Anthony Boucher | 2013-00-00 | Anthony Boucher | NESFA Press | 978-1-61037-303-6 | $29.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
521 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | ![]() |
Reviews
- Review by Harry Warner, Jr. (1943) in Horizons, June 1943