ISFDB banner

Title: The Nail and the Oracle

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

Title: The Nail and the Oracle Title Record # 45090
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Date: 1965-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
User Rating: This title has no votes. VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1966 Italian Il chiodo e l'oracolo
1980Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Heilsame Reparatur
1981Translated by Chantal Jayat.
French L'oracle et le clou
1985Translated by Dieter Winkler
German Der Hufnagel und das Orakel

Publications

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

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Playboy, October 1965 1965-10-00 ed. Editors of Playboy        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy 1966-00-00 ed. Editors of Playboy Playboy Press  
$5.95?$: US dollar
ix+
403
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Gregory , Seymour Mednick Checkmark
Gamma #4 1966-02-00 ed. Valentino De Carlo Edizioni Gamma (Italy) 4
Lit 500?Lit: Italian lira
112
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
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy 1968-00-00 ed. Editors of Playboy Playboy Press BA0115
$0.95?$: US dollar
ix+
402
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 Gregory , Seymour Mednick Checkmark
From the "S" File 1971-00-00 ed. Editors of Playboy Playboy Press 16110
$0.75?$: US dollar
192
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 Saul Lambert Checkmark
Visions and Venturers 1978-11-00 Theodore Sturgeon Dell 0-440-12648-7
$1.75?$: US dollar
300
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 Wayne Barlowe Checkmark
Visions and Venturers 1979-09-00 Theodore Sturgeon Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) 0-575-02697-9
£5.50?£: UK pound
300
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
PSI-Talente 1980-02-00 Theodore Sturgeon Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #23339) 3-442-23339-9
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
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.
coll
Jürgen F. Rogner?Juergen F. Rogner
Checkmark
Visions and Venturers 1980-06-00 Theodore Sturgeon Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 1166   300
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Seven Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction 1981-09-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest 0-449-24440-7
$2.50?$: 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 Jerome Podwil Checkmark
The Seven Deadly Sins and Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction 1982-00-00 Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers 0-517-38595-3   317+
350
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Checkmark
Histoires à ne pas fermer l'œil de la nuit 1982-09-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock France Loisirs 2-7242-1330-0   269
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Faszination der Science Fiction 1985-05-00 Isaac Asimov, Martin W. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24068)
3-404-24068-5
DM 10.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
953
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.
omni David Hardy Checkmark
The Nail and the Oracle 2007-07-00 Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books 978-1-55643-661-1
$35.00?$: US dollar
xxxii+
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paula Morrison Checkmark
The Nail and the Oracle 2013-04-23 Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books 978-1-58394-755-5
$18.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Nail and the Oracle 2013-09-30 Theodore Sturgeon Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-11006-9
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
View all covers for The Nail and the Oracle (logged in users can change User Preferences to always display covers on this page)
Copyright © 1995-2022 Al von Ruff and the ISFDB team
ISFDB Engine - Version 4.00 (04/24/06)