Title: The Day Is Done

Title: The Day Is Done Title Record # 45280
Author: Lester del Rey
Date: 1939-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Synopsis: When the Cro-Magnons settle on his land, the last Neanderthal begins to lose interest in life.

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Year	Title
1939	Day Is Done

Year	Language	Title
1957^ⓘTranslated by Félix Monteagudo	Spanish	El fin de la raza
1965	German	Der Letzte
1972^ⓘTranslated by Beata Della Frattina	Italian	Gli ultimi arrivati
1979	Portuguese	E o dia se fez
1980^ⓘTranslated by Eva Malsch	German	Der Tag ist vorbei
1982^ⓘTranslated by Klaus Mahn	German	Feierabend
2006	Italian	Il giorno è compiuto

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Astounding Science-Fiction, May 1939	1939-05-00	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	Graves Gladney
... And Some Were Human	1948-00-00	Lester del Rey	Prime Press		$3.00^?$: US dollar	331	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	L. Robert Tschirky
Operation Future	1955-07-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Permabooks	M-4022	$0.35^?$: US dollar	xi+ 356	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	Robert Schulz
Operation Future	1956-09-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Permabooks	M-4022	C$0.35^?C$: Canadian dollar	xi+ 356	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	Robert Schulz
... Y algunos eran humanos	1957-00-00	Lester del Rey	E.D.H.A.S.A. (Nebulae #37)	37		238	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	Llobera
Tales of Soaring Science Fantasy from "... And Some Were Human"	1961-00-00	Lester del Rey	Ballantine Books	552	$0.35^?$: US dollar	160	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
Der Massenmensch ...und andere Utopia-Kurzgeschichten	1965-04-13	ed. uncredited	Pabel (Utopia Zukunftsroman #430)	UZ430	DM 0.70^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	62	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".	anth	R. S. Lonati
Where Do We Go from Here?	1971-04-16	ed. Isaac Asimov	Doubleday	0-385-02935-7	$6.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 441	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Peter Rauch
Where Do We Go from Here?	1971-08-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Doubleday / SFBC	3410	$2.49^?$: US dollar	x+ 441	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Peter Rauch
Urania #589	1972-04-02	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori	589	Lit 300^?Lit: Italian lira	144	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
Where Do We Go from Here?	1972-10-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	P1749	$1.25^?$: US dollar	384	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
Where Do We Go from Here?	1972-10-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	P1749	C$1.25^?C$: Canadian dollar	384	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
Where Do We Go from Here?	1973-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Michael Joseph	0-7181-1134-6	£3.75^?£: UK pound	415	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Where Do We Go from Here? Book 1	1974-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Sphere	0-7221-1251-3	£0.40^?£: UK pound	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
Where Do We Go from Here?	1976-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	449-02849	$1.75^?$: US dollar	384	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
Science Fiction of the Thirties	1976-01-00	ed. Damon Knight	Bobbs-Merrill Company	0-672-52087-7	$12.50^?$: US dollar	xii+ 468	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Howard V. Brown
Science Fiction of the Thirties	1976-01-00	ed. Damon Knight	Bobbs-Merrill / SFBC	1657	$3.50^?$: US dollar	xii+ 465	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Howard V. Brown
Science Fiction of the Thirties	1977-03-00	ed. Damon Knight	Avon	0-380-00904-8	$4.95^?$: US dollar	ix+ 469	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	Julian S. Krupa
The Best of Lester del Rey	1978-09-00	Lester del Rey	Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction)	0-345-27336-2	$1.95^?$: US dollar	xviii+ 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	H. R. Van Dongen
The Best of Lester del Rey	1978-09-00	Lester del Rey	Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction)	0-345-27336-2	C$2.25^?C$: Canadian dollar	xviii+ 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	H. R. Van Dongen
The Best of Lester del Rey	1978-12-00	Lester del Rey	Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC	2215	$3.98^?$: US dollar	xvii+ 333	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Gary Viskupic
Para Onde Vamos?	1979-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Hemus			375	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 Faragasso
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 1, 1939	1979-03-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #329)	0-87997-454-0 / UE1454	$2.25^?$: US dollar	432	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 1, 1939	1979-03-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books	0-87997-454-0 / UE1454	C$2.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	432	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
Dawn of Time: Prehistory Through Science Fiction	1979-06-00	ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Robert Silverberg	Elsevier / Nelson Books	0-525-66624-9	$8.95^?$: US dollar	224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John P. Capello
Where Do We Go from Here?	1980-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-22849-5	$1.75^?$: US dollar	384	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
Antologia scolastica	1980-07-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Mondadori (Biblioteca di Urania #6)		Lit 4,000^?Lit: Italian lira	368	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	Karel Thole
Die besten Stories von Lester Del Rey	1980-08-00	Lester del Rey	Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6707)	3-8118-6707-5	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	399	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	Oliviero Berni
Die besten Stories von 1939	1982-04-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6727)	3-8118-6727-X	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	383	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	Segrelles
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
Analog: The Best of Science Fiction	1985-07-00	ed. uncredited	Galahad Books	0-88365-637-X	$12.95^?$: US dollar	621	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Best of Lester del Rey	1986-03-00	Lester del Rey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-32933-3	$3.95^?$: US dollar	xviii+ 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	H. R. Van Dongen
The Best of Lester del Rey	1995-02-00	Lester del Rey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-32933-3	$5.99^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 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	H. R. Van Dongen
The Best of Lester del Rey	2000-06-00	Lester del Rey	Del Rey Impact / Ballantine	0-345-43949-X	$12.00^?$: US dollar	xx+ 294	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	Istvan Orosz
Great Science Fiction Stories of 1939	2001-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg	Dorset Press	0-7607-2417-2	$9.95^?$: US dollar	432	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
Le grandi storie della SF vol. 1	2006-06-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	Mondadori (Urania Collezione #41)	41	€4.90^?€: Euro	360	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	Franco Brambilla
Robots and Magic	2010-02-00	Lester del Rey	NESFA Press	978-1-886778-88-7	$29.00^?$: US dollar	596	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	John Picacio
The 13th Science Fiction Megapack	2016-11-10	ed. uncredited	Wildside Press (Megapack)	978-1-4794-2435-1	$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
The Best of Lester del Rey	date unknown	Lester del Rey	Del Rey Impact / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction)	0-345-43949-X	$12.00^?$: US dollar	xx+ 294	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	Istvan Orosz
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 1, 1939	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books	0-87997-700-0 / UE1700	C$2.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	432	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 1, 1939	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #329)	0-87997-454-0 / UE1454	$2.95^?$: US dollar	432	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

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