Title: The Dwindling Sphere
Title Record # 58886
Author: Willard Hawkins
Date: 1940-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
User Rating: 7.00 (3 votes) Including variants and translations: 7.00 (5 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Author: Willard Hawkins
Date: 1940-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
User Rating: 7.00 (3 votes) Including variants and translations: 7.00 (5 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: far future (1), science fiction (1), invention (1), Earth (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1) Add Tags
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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, March 1940 | 1940-03-00 | ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. | Street & Smith Publications, Inc. | $0.20?$: US dollar |
164 | 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 | Gilmore |  |
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| Masters' Choice | 1966-00-00 | ed. Laurence M. Janifer | Simon & Schuster | $5.95?$: US dollar |
350 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Carl Smith | |
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| Masters' Choice | 1968-00-00 | ed. Laurence M. Janifer | Herbert Jenkins (Herbert Jenkins SF) | 25/-?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). |
327 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Masters' Choice 1 | 1969-00-00 | ed. Laurence M. Janifer | Tandem | 3279 / PB. 380 | 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). |
175 | 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 | Panos | |
| 18 Greatest Science Fiction Stories | 1971-01-00 | ed. Laurence M. Janifer | Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap | 0-448-05375-6 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
x+ 310 |
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 | |
| The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 2, 1940 | 1979-08-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #350) | 0-87997-483-4 / UE1483 | $2.25?$: US dollar |
350 | 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 | Jack Gaughan | |
| The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 2, 1940 | 1979-08-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | 0-87997-483-4 / UE1483 | C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
350 | 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 | Jack Gaughan | |
| Die besten Stories von 1940 | 1980-12-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6711) | 3-8118-6711-3 | DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
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 | Oliviero Berni | |
| Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction | 1983-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | 0-517-40147-9 |
432+ 350 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Romas | |
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| Great Science Fiction Stories of 1940 | 2002-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Dorset Press | 0-7607-3251-5 | $9.95?$: US dollar |
350 | 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 | Tom McKeveny | |
| If This Goes Wrong... | 2017-01-00 | ed. Hank Davis | Baen | 978-1-4767-8202-7 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
351 | 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 | Dominic Harman | |
| 18 Greatest Science Fiction Stories | date unknown | ed. Laurence M. Janifer | Tempo Books | 0-448-12128-X | $1.50?$: US dollar |
x+ 310 |
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 | |