Title: Thirteen O'Clock

Title: Thirteen O'Clock Title Record # 40870
Author: C. M. Kornbluth
Date: 1941-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Thirteen O'Clock (C. M. Kornbluth)
Series Number: 1
Language: English

Note: Originally published as by "Cecil Corwin". According to James Blish's preface in "Thirteen O'Clock and Other Zero Hours", two related stories, "Thirteen O'Clock" and "Mr. Packer Goes to Hell", were originally published separately, but for the purposes of that collection they were slightly edited by Blish and combined into one novella, "Thirteen O'Clock".

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Year	Title
1941	Thirteen O'Clock [as by Cecil Corwin]

Year	Language	Title
1985^ⓘTranslated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch	German	Dreizehn Uhr
1987^ⓘTranslated by Franz Rottensteiner	German	Dreizehn Uhr

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Stirring Science Stories, February 1941	1941-02-00	ed. Donald A. Wollheim	Albing Publications		$0.15^?$: US dollar	132	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	Leo Morey
Uncanny Tales, April 1942	1942-04-00	ed. Melvin R. Colby	Adam Publishing Company		C$0.15^?C$: Canadian dollar	96	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	K. P. Ainsworth
The Explorers	1954-08-00	C. M. Kornbluth	Ballantine Books	86	$0.35^?$: US dollar	[10]+ 145+ [2]	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	Jack Faragasso
The Explorers	1963-03-00	C. M. Kornbluth	Ballantine Books	F708	$0.50^?$: US dollar	145	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	Jack Faragasso
A Treasury of Modern Fantasy	1981-03-00	ed. Terry Carr, Martin Harry Greenberg	Avon	0-380-77115-2	$8.95^?$: US dollar	xvii+ 588	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	James Marsh
Traumreich der Magie: Höhepunkte der modernen Fantasy	1985-00-00	ed. Terry Carr, Martin Harry Greenberg	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4254)	3-453-31262-7	DM 12.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	795	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	Gervasio Gallardo
Der Gedankenwurm	1987-00-00	C. M. Kornbluth	Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #195)	3-518-37934-8	DM 10.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	206	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	Tom Breuer
Masters of Fantasy	1992-08-00	ed. Terry Carr, Martin Harry Greenberg	Galahad Books	0-88365-786-4	$9.98^?$: US dollar	512	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Henri Rousseau
Masters of Fantasy	1994-10-00	ed. Terry Carr, Martin Harry Greenberg	Bristol Park Books	0-88486-094-9	$12.95^?$: US dollar	xv+ 512	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	Henri Rousseau
Die schönsten Fantasy-Geschichten	1996-00-00	uncredited	Tosa			284	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
His Share of Glory: The Complete Short Science Fiction of C. M. Kornbluth	1997-02-00	C. M. Kornbluth	NESFA Press	0-915368-60-9	$27.00^?$: US dollar	xx+ 670	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Richard Powers
His Share of Glory: The Complete Short Science Fiction of C. M. Kornbluth	1997-07-00	C. M. Kornbluth	NESFA Press	0-915368-60-9	$27.00^?$: US dollar	xx+ 670	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Richard Powers
His Share of Glory: The Complete Short Science Fiction of C. M. Kornbluth	1997-08-00	C. M. Kornbluth	NESFA Press / SFBC	17419	$14.98^?$: US dollar	xx+ 670	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Richard Powers
Retter der Ewigkeit: Geschichten zwischen Diesseits und Jenseits.	2001-12-00	ed. Erik Simon, Friedel Wahren	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #13485)	3-453-19923-5	DM 13.69^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	414	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
His Share of Glory: The Complete Short Science Fiction of C. M. Kornbluth	2009-12-00	C. M. Kornbluth	NESFA Press	978-0-915368-60-0	$29.00^?$: US dollar	xx+ 670	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Richard Powers
The 34th Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack	2016-03-05	C. M. Kornbluth	Wildside Press	978-1-4794-2040-7	$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Thirteen O'Clock	2016-09-19	C. M. Kornbluth	Project Gutenberg Canada	1355	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
A Treasury of Modern Fantasy	date unknown	ed. Terry Carr, Martin Harry Greenberg	Avon / QPBC			xvii+ 588	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	James Marsh

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Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 295 - 454)