ISFDB banner

Title: Day at the Beach

You are not logged in. If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed.

Title: Day at the Beach Title Record # 41511
Author: Carol Emshwiller
Date: 1959-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
User Rating: 7.00 (1 vote) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), beach (1), postapocalyptic (1), mutants (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1959 French
Un jour à la plage?Un jour a la plage
1971ⓘTranslated by Meta Beukema
 Dutch Dagje naar het strand
1979ⓘTranslated by Nikola Popović
 Croatian Dan na plaži
1981ⓘTranslated by Meta Beukema
 Dutch Een dagje naar het strand

Publications

Displaying all variants and translations • Do not display translations • Do not display variants or translations

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1959 1959-08-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Mercury Press, Inc.  
$0.40?$: US dollar
 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 Emsh Checkmark
Fiction, #72 1959-11-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
 OPTA  
F140?F: French frank
 148
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 Lucien Lepiez  
The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F 1960-09-00 ed. Judith Merril Simon & Schuster  
$3.95?$: US dollar
 320
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth H. Lawrence Hoffman Checkmark
The Year's Best S-F: 5th Annual Edition 1961-01-00 ed. Judith Merril Dell F118
$0.50?$: US dollar
 320
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 Checkmark
The Year's Best S-F: 5th Annual Edition 1961-05-00 ed. Judith Merril Dell F118
$0.50?$: US dollar
 320
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 Checkmark
Venture Science Fiction [UK], December 1964 1964-12-00 ed. uncredited Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
3/-?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).
 116
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 Checkmark
An ABC of Science Fiction 1966-00-00 ed. Tom Boardman, Jr. Four Square Books 1652
A$0.60?A$: Australian dollar
 205
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  
The Best of Sci-Fi 5 1966-10-00 ed. Judith Merril Mayflower-Dell 0531
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).
 317
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
An ABC of Science Fiction 1966-11-00 ed. Tom Boardman, Jr. Four Square Books 1652
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).
 205
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 Barry Evans Checkmark
The Best of Sci-Fi 5 1967-00-00 ed. Judith Merril Mayflower-Dell 0531
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).
 317
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
SF: The Best of the Best 1967-11-00 ed. Judith Merril Delacorte Press  
$6.50?$: US dollar
 438
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
SF: The Best of the Best 1968-08-00 ed. Judith Merril Dell 0508
$0.95?$: US dollar
 438
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 Adams Checkmark
SF: The Best of the Best 1968-08-00 ed. Judith Merril Dell 0508
C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 438
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 Adams Checkmark
An ABC of Science Fiction 1968-12-00 ed. Tom Boardman, Jr. Avon V2249
$0.75?$: US dollar
 ix+
223
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 Ron Walotsky Checkmark
The Best of Sci-Fi 5 1969-00-00 ed. Judith Merril Mayflower 0-583-10265-4
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).
 317
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 Davies Checkmark
SF The Best of the Best Part Two 1970-00-00 ed. Judith Merril Mayflower 0-583-11808-9
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).
 221
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 Josh Kirby Checkmark
Kleine science fiction omnibus 2 1971-00-00 ed. Aart C. Prins Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1402) 90-229-1402-X
ƒ3.75?ƒ: Dutch guilder
 319
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 Dick Bruna Checkmark
An ABC of Science Fiction 1971-02-00 ed. Tom Boardman, Jr. Avon V2392
$0.75?$: US dollar
 223
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 Ron Walotsky Checkmark
Fantasy: The Literature of the Marvelous 1974-00-00 ed. Leo P. Kelley McGraw-Hill (Patterns in Literary Art) 0-07-033502-8
$3.96?$: US dollar
 vi+
305
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  
Reflections of the Future 1975-00-00 ed. Russell Hill Ginn and Company 0-663-24239-8   261
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  
Future Love: A Science Fiction Anthology 1977-00-00 ed. Victoria Williams Macmillan UK (Topliners) 0-333-21859-0
£0.45?£: UK pound
 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  
Kleine science fiction omnibus 2 1977-00-00 ed. Aart C. Prins Bruna (Bruna SF #67) 90-229-9067-2   319
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 Karel Thole Checkmark
Sirius, #39 1979-09-05 ed.
Borivoj Jurković?Borivoj Jurkovic
Borivoj Jurkovich
 Vjesnik  
Din 20?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar
 148
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 Pujolar Checkmark
Van Jules Verne tot Isaac Asimov: De vijftig beste science fiction-verhalen 1981-00-00 ed. Erik Lankester Publiboek / Baart 90-6513-003-9   467
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Frank Frazetta Checkmark
De dag erna ...: Het leven na de bom 1983-00-00 ed. Erik Lankester K-Tel 90-349-0471-7
ƒ19.50?ƒ: Dutch guilder
 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.
 anth Checkmark
Beyond Armageddon: Twenty-One Sermons to the Dead 1985-10-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Walter M. Miller, Jr. Donald I. Fine 0-917657-55-1
$18.95?$: US dollar
 [ix]+
387
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Loretta Trezzo Checkmark
Beyond Armageddon: Twenty-One Sermons to the Dead 1986-10-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Walter M. Miller, Jr. Primus / Donald I. Fine 0-917657-96-9
$3.95?$: US dollar
 387
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 Loretta Trezzo Checkmark
Beyond Armageddon: Survivors of the Megawar 1987-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Walter M. Miller, Jr. Robinson 0-948164-43-3
£3.95?£: UK pound
 386
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
The Great SF Stories #21 (1959) 1990-06-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books 0-88677-428-4
C$5.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 347
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 Robin Hidden Checkmark
The Great SF Stories #21 (1959) 1990-06-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books (DAW Collectors #823) 0-88677-428-4 / UE2428
$4.95?$: US dollar
 347
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 Robin Hidden Checkmark
Beyond Armageddon 2006-05-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Walter M. Miller, Jr. Bison Books 0-8032-8315-6
$16.95?$: US dollar
 xxvi+
387
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 R. W. Boeche Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Carol Emshwiller Vol. 1 2011-04-00 Carol Emshwiller Nonstop Press 978-1-933065-22-9
$29.95?$: US dollar
 574
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Ed Emshwiller Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Carol Emshwiller Vol. 1 2011-09-01 Carol Emshwiller Nonstop Press 978-1-933065-23-6
$20.95?$: US dollar
 576
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
 coll  
View all covers for Day at the Beach (logged in users can change User Preferences to always display covers on this page)
Copyright © 1995-2023 Al von Ruff and the ISFDB team
ISFDB Engine - Version 4.00 (2006-04-24)