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Title: Founding Father Title Record # 45962
Author: Clifford D. Simak
Date: 1957-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1957 Founding Father [as by Clifford Simak]
Year Language Title
1957Translated by uncredited
French Le père de tous
1958Translated by Lothar Heinecke
German Stammvater
1961Translated by Elisabeth Gille
French
Le père fondateur?Le pere fondateur
[as by Clifford Simak]
2001Translated by Roberto Marini
Italian Padre Fondatore

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, May 1957 1957-05-00 ed. H. L. Gold Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.35?$: US dollar
148
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 John Pederson, Jr. Checkmark
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 52 1957-07-00 ed. H. L. Gold Strato Publications  
2/-?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).
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 Pederson Checkmark
Galaxie (1ère série), #46 September 1957 1957-09-00 ed.
Editors of Galaxie (1ère série)?Editors of Galaxie (1ere serie)
Editions Nuit et Jour  
F100?F: French frank
148
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
Galaxis Science Fiction, #9 1958-11-00 ed. Lothar Heinecke Moewig  
DM 1.50?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
128
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.
mag Pederson Checkmark
The Worlds of Clifford Simak 1960-00-00 Clifford Simak Simon & Schuster  
$3.75?$: US dollar
378
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Saul Lambert Checkmark
The Worlds of Clifford Simak 1960-08-00 Clifford Simak Simon & Schuster / SFBC  
$1.20?$: US dollar
302
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Saul Lambert Checkmark
La croisade de l'idiot 1961-00-00 Clifford Simak
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#52)
 
F5.00?F: French frank
255
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  
Other Worlds of Clifford Simak 1962-00-00 Clifford Simak Avon G1124
$0.50?$: US dollar
143
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
Best Science Fiction Stories of Clifford D. Simak 1967-00-00 Clifford D. Simak Faber and Faber  
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).
251
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Best Science Fiction Stories of Clifford D. Simak 1971-01-00 Clifford D. Simak Doubleday 0-385-03756-2
$4.95?$: US dollar
232
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Lawrence Ratzkin Checkmark
Best Science Fiction Stories of Clifford D. Simak 1971-02-00 Clifford D. Simak Doubleday / SFBC 3068
$1.49?$: US dollar
224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Lawrence Ratzkin Checkmark
Best Science Fiction Stories of Clifford D. Simak 1971-03-00 Clifford D. Simak Doubleday 0-385-03756-2
$4.95?$: US dollar
232
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Lawrence Ratzkin Checkmark
Best Science Fiction Stories of Clifford D. Simak 1972-06-00 Clifford D. Simak Paperback Library 0-446-65808-1
$0.95?$: US dollar
253
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 Armand Weston Checkmark
Best Science Fiction Stories of Clifford D. Simak 1972-06-00 Clifford D. Simak Paperback Library 0-446-65808-1
C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar
253
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 Armand Weston Checkmark
La croisade de l'idiot 1975-04-25 Clifford Simak
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#52)
    254
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  
SF Perry Rhodan Magazin, 8/80 1980-08-00 ed. Helmut G. Gabriel Pabel SFPRM0880
DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
64+
viii
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag Themistokles Kanellakis Checkmark
La croisade de l'idiot 1983-08-00 Clifford Simak
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#52)
2-207-30052-8   254
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 Arlette Boudier  
La croisade de l'idiot 1987-04-00 Clifford Simak
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#52)
2-207-30052-8   254
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 Arlette Boudier  
The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume One 1999-06-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Tor 0-312-86881-2
$24.95?$: US dollar
384
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Coggins Checkmark
The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 1 2000-08-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Tor 0-312-86880-4
$14.95?$: US dollar
383
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  
Urania #1416 2001-06-17 ed. Giuseppe Lippi Mondadori 1416
Lit 7,900?Lit: Italian lira
410
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.
mag Roberto Neri  
Eternity Lost 2005-05-00 Clifford D. Simak Darkside Press 0-9740589-4-7
$45.00?$: US dollar
302
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Allen Koszowski Checkmark
The Century's Best Horror Fiction 1951-2000 2012-01-00 ed. John Pelan Cemetery Dance Publications 978-1-58767-172-2
$75.00?$: US dollar
866
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Alan M. Clark Checkmark
The Ghost of a Model T and Other Stories 2015-10-20 Clifford D. Simak Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-5040-1284-3
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Jason Gabbert Checkmark
The Ghost of a Model T and Other Stories 2016-08-02 Clifford D. Simak Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-5040-3946-8
$15.99?$: US dollar
viii+
318
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 Jason Gabbert Checkmark
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