Title: Alas, All Thinking!
Title Record # 47477
Author: Harry Bates
Date: 1935-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Author: Harry Bates
Date: 1935-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: Astounding Stories, June 1935, illustrated by Dold.
From "The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick" in the article "Will the Atomic Bomb Ever Be Perfected?" Dick writes "Out of the SF that I have read, one story means more to me than many others. It is Harry Bates's "Alas, All Thinking." It is the beginning and the end of of literate science fiction. Alas."
Synopsis: Available on page 14, Bleiler (Gernsback).
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Astounding Stories, June 1935 | 1935-06-00 | ed. F. Orlin Tremaine | 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 | Howard V. Brown |  |
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| The Other Worlds | 1941-00-00 | ed. Phil Stong | Longmans | C$3.00?C$: Canadian dollar |
466 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| The Other Worlds | 1941-05-06 | ed. Phil Stong | Wilfred Funk | $2.50?$: US dollar |
466 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| The Other Worlds: 25 Modern Stories of Mystery and Imagination | 1942-00-00 | ed. Phil Stong | Garden City Publishing Co. | $1.00?$: US dollar |
466 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| The Other Worlds: 25 Modern Stories of Mystery and Imagination | 1942-00-00 | ed. Phil Stong | Blue Ribbon Books | C$1.39?C$: Canadian dollar |
466 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Imagination Unlimited | 1952-03-00 | ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty | Farrar, Straus and Young | $3.50?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 430 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Edgard Cirlin | |
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| Men of Space and Time | 1953-00-00 | ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty | The Bodley Head | 8/6?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). |
221 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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 Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces | 1983-04-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Arbor House | 0-87795-445-3 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
538 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces | 1984-02-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Priam Books / Arbor House | 0-87795-446-1 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
538 | 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 | ||
| Great Tales of Science Fiction | 1985-00-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Galahad Books | 0-88365-701-5 | $8.98?$: US dollar |
529 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1930s | 1988-06-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Robinson | 0-948164-72-7 | £4.95?£: UK pound |
xiii+ 572 |
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 | Les Edwards | |
| Great Tales of Science Fiction | 1988-06-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Galahad Books | 0-88365-701-5 | $9.98?$: US dollar |
529 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1930s | 1988-07-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Carroll & Graf | 0-88184-410-1 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 572 |
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 | Les Edwards | |
| The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1930s | 1992-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Jaico Publishing House | 81-7224-065-1 |
xiii+ 572 |
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 | Les Edwards | ||
| Great Tales of Science Fiction | 1994-03-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Galahad Books | 0-88365-701-5 | $?$: US dollar |
529 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| The Day the Earth Stood Still & Other SF Classics | 2008-00-00 | Harry Bates | Renaissance E Books | 978-1-60089-316-2 | 142 | 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 | |||
| The Day the Earth Stood Still: Selected Stories of Harry Bates | 2008-10-01 | Harry Bates | Wonder Audiobooks | digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
coll | |
Reviews
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1998) in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years