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Title: The Water Eater Title Record # 68337
Author: Winston K. Marks
Date: 1953-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A man accidentally creates something which grows and pulls all the water out of whatever it contacts.
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1953 The Water Eater [as by Win Marks]
1953 The Water Eater [as by Winston Marks]
Year Language Title
1954Translated by uncredited
French Le mangeur d'eau [as by Win Marks]
1974Translated by Ben & Christine Zimet
French Le mangeur d'eau [as by Winston Marks]
2022Translated by Matthias Käther
German Der Wasserfresser

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Science Fiction, June 1953 1953-06-00 ed. H. L. Gold Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.35?$: US dollar
164
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 Mel Hunter Checkmark
Galaxie (1ère série), #9 August 1954 1954-08-00 ed.
Editors of Galaxie (1ère série)?Editors of Galaxie (1ere serie)
Editions Nuit et Jour  
F100?F: French frank
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 Ed Emshwiller  
Science Fiction Oddities 1966-11-00 ed. Groff Conklin Berkley Medallion S1311
$0.75?$: US dollar
256
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 Don Punchatz Checkmark
Science Fiction Oddities: Second Series 1969-06-00 ed. Groff Conklin Rapp & Whiting 0-85391-086-3
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).
vii+
160
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Gadgets aimables et trucs épouvantables 1974-08-00 ed. Michel Demuth OPTA (Marginal #4)  
F9.50?F: French frank
249
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 S. Mario Checkmark
Gadgets aimables et trucs épouvantables 1974-08-00 ed. Michel Demuth OPTA (Marginal #4)     249
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 S. Mario Checkmark
The Water Eater 2010-03-31 Win Marks Project Gutenberg 31841    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
"The Test Colony" and Other Stories 2012-01-08 Winston K. Marks Armchair Fiction (Armchair Fiction Masters of Science Fiction #5) 978-1-61287-076-2
$16.95?$: US dollar
317
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 Max Reach Checkmark
Anthology of Sci-Fi V32: The Pulp Writers 2013-07-01 ed. uncredited Spastic Cat Press (Anthology of Sci-Fi #32) 978-1-4837-0262-9
$8.99?$: US dollar
120
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  
The First Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack 2014-05-21 Winston K. Marks Wildside Press 978-1-4794-0290-8
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Fantastic Pulp 3 2022-11-00 ed.
Matthias Käther?Matthias Kaether
, Michael Schmidt
Blitz (Blitz Phantastische Storys #2018)  
€12.95?€: Euro
222
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 Oliver Pflug Checkmark
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