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Title: The Wheel Title Record # 59875
Author: John Wyndham
Date: 1952-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: drabblecast.org
Language: English
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Current Tags: religion (1), postapocalyptic (1), science fiction (1), self-sacrifice (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1961Translated by C. Buddingh
Dutch Het wiel
1963 Italian La ruota
1965Translated by Roberta Rambelli
Italian Il dono del diavolo
1973Translated by Л. Киселев / L. Kiselev.
Russian [as by
Джон Уиндэм?Dzhon Uindem
John Wyndham
]
1977Translated by Mária Borbás
Hungarian A kerék
1983Translated by А. Мокровольский / A. Mokrovolʹskyy.
Ukrainian [as by ]
1987Translated by George W. Barlow
French La roue

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Startling Stories, January 1952 1952-01-00 ed. Samuel Mines Better Publications, Inc.; Kokomo, IN  
$0.25?$: US dollar
148
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 Earle Bergey Checkmark
Jizzle 1954-00-00 John Wyndham Dennis Dobson  
11/6?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).
251
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Peter Rudland Checkmark
Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter 1956-12-00 John Wyndham Ballantine Books 182
$0.35?$: US dollar
150
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
Science fiction verhalen 1961-00-00 ed. uncredited Het Spectrum (Prisma #633) 633   218
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 Eppo Doeve Checkmark
Jizzle 1961-10-00 John Wyndham The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)  
5/6?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).
251
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Jizzle 1962-00-00 John Wyndham Four Square Books 730
2/6?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).
191
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
Science fiction verhalen 1962-00-00 ed. uncredited Het Spectrum (Prisma #633) 633   218
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 Eppo Doeve Checkmark
Jizzle 1963-00-00 John Wyndham Four Square Books 730
2/6?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).
191
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
Jizzle 1963-00-00 John Wyndham Dennis Dobson  
15/-?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).
251
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Peter Rudland Checkmark
Urania #304 1963-03-24 ed. Carlo Fruttero Mondadori 304
Lit 150?Lit: Italian lira
176
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 Karel Thole Checkmark
Jizzle 1965-00-00 John Wyndham Four Square Books 1308
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).
191
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
I vortici dell'assurdo 1965-11-30 John Wyndham Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #23)  
Lit 0?Lit: Italian lira
244
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 Erberto Tealdi Checkmark
Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter 1966-04-00 John Wyndham Ballantine Bal-Hi U2832
$0.50?$: US dollar
150
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
Jizzle 1968-00-00 John Wyndham Dennis Dobson 0-234-77645-5
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).
251
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Peter Rudland  
Science Fiction Yearbook, Number 3 1969-00-00 ed. Helen Tono Popular Library, Inc.  
$0.50?$: US dollar
100
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 Virgil Finlay Checkmark
Jizzle 1973-05-00 John Wyndham New English Library 0-450-01507-6
Ł0.30?Ł: UK pound
191
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 Clifton-Dey Checkmark
Jizzle 1973-06-00 John Wyndham New English Library 0-450-01507-6
Ł0.30?Ł: UK pound
191
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 Clifton-Dey Checkmark
Jizzle 1974-11-00 John Wyndham New English Library 0-450-02250-1
Ł0.40?Ł: UK pound
191
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 Clifton-Dey Checkmark
Science fiction verhalen 1976-00-00 ed. uncredited Het Spectrum (Prisma #1751) 90-274-0878-5   218
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 Alphons Koppelman Checkmark
Újjászületés 1977-00-00 John Wyndham
Kozmosz Könyvek?Kozmosz Konyvek
(
Kozmosz Fantasztikus Könyvek?Kozmosz Fantasztikus Konyvek
#51)
963-211-157-5
Ft 15.50?Ft: Hungarian forint
366
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 Kondor Zoltán Checkmark
Jizzle 1979-06-00 John Wyndham New English Library 0-450-03745-2
Ł0.80?Ł: UK pound
191
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 Clifton-Dey Checkmark
Mutanti e mutazioni 1980-09-00 John Wyndham Mondadori (Biblioteca di Urania #7) 18919-1
Lit 4,500?Lit: Italian lira
516
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.
omni Karel Thole Checkmark
Jizzle 1982-00-00 John Wyndham New English Library 0-450-02250-1
Ł1.50?Ł: UK pound
191
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  
After the End 1982-10-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Raintree Publishers (Science Fiction Shorts) 0-8172-1729-0
$15.15?$: US dollar
48
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
1983-00-00 ed. ()     368
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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
Ł3.95?Ł: 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
Le livre d'or de la Science-Fiction : John Wyndham 1987-02-27 John Wyndham Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5249) 2-266-01919-8   5249
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 Marcel Laverdet Checkmark
1989-00-00 ed. 5-268-00279-1   524
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth
П. С. Сацкий?P. S. Satskiy
 
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 End of the World: Stories of the Apocalypse 2010-07-08 ed. Martin H. Greenberg Skyhorse Publishing 978-1-60239-967-9
$12.95?$: US dollar
vi+
328
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
The Drabblecast, #190 2010-12-05 ed. Norm Sherman The Drabblecast  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
mag Checkmark
Science fiction verhalen 2011-04-00 ed. uncredited Het Spectrum (Vantoen.nu #633) 978-90-315-0506-7
€14.99?€: Euro
218
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 Eppo Doeve  
The Wheel 2020-01-26 John Wyndham Faded Page 20200147
C$0.00?C$: Canadian dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap Checkmark
Jizzle 2022-09-20 John Wyndham Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-3086-6
Ł4.99?Ł: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
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