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Title: The Thing at the Top of the Stairs

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Title: The Thing at the Top of the Stairs Title Record # 49239
Author: Ray Bradbury
Date: 1988-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1989Translated by Daniel Lemoine
French En haut de l'escalier
1989Translated by Michael Windgassen
German Das Ding auf der Treppe
1989Translated by Giuseppe Botturi
Italian La creatura in cima alle scale
1989Translated by Alain Dorémieux
French
La bête de l'escalier?La bete de l'escalier
2003Translated by Andrea Terzi
Italian La Cosa in cima alle scale

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Nomination 1988 Stoker Superior Achievement in Short Fiction

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Toynbee Convector 1988-00-00 Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf / BOMC 0-394-54703-9   viii+
275
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Wendell Minor Checkmark
The Toynbee Convector 1988-00-00 Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf / BCE     275
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Wendell Minor Checkmark
The Toynbee Convector 1988-06-00 Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf 0-394-54703-9
$17.95?$: US dollar
viii+
275
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Wendell Minor Checkmark
The Toynbee Convector 1988-06-00 Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf 0-394-57109-6
$150.00?$: US dollar
278
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Wendell Minor  
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1988 1988-07-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$1.75?$: US dollar
164
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 Ilene Meyer Checkmark
The Toynbee Convector 1989-00-00 Ray Bradbury Grafton 0-586-20578-0
£2.99?£: UK pound
277
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 Steve Crisp Checkmark
The Toynbee Convector 1989-03-00 Ray Bradbury Grafton 0-246-13430-5
£12.95?£: UK pound
277
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Wendell Minor Checkmark
Fiction, #407 1989-04-00 ed. Editors of Fiction OPTA  
F42.00?F: French frank
196
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 Florence Magnin  
The Toynbee Convector 1989-06-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Spectra 0-553-27957-2
$3.95?$: US dollar
225
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 Kevin Johnson Checkmark
In Video Veritas 1989-08-00 ed. Ronald M. Hahn Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4621) 3-453-03492-9
DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
251
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 Karel Thole Checkmark
Millemondinverno 1989: 2 Romanzi brevi e 20 Racconti 1989-11-00 ed. Giuseppe Lippi Mondadori (Millemondi #36)  
Lit 8,000?Lit: Italian lira
380
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  
A l'ouest d'octobre 1989-12-00 Ray Bradbury
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#500)
2-207-30500-7   334
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 Marie-Christine Forest  
The Toynbee Convector 1990-03-00 Ray Bradbury Grafton 0-586-20578-0
£3.50?£: UK pound
277
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 Steve Crisp Checkmark
A l'ouest d'octobre 1994-03-00 Ray Bradbury
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#500)
2-207-30500-7   334
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 Marie-Christine Forest  
À l'ouest d'octobre?A l'ouest d'octobre
1999-05-00 Ray Bradbury
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#500)
2-207-24932-8   334
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 Vincent Froissard  
Viaggiatore del tempo. Racconti 2003-01-00 Ray Bradbury Mondadori (Piccola Biblioteca Oscar #299) 88-04-50801-9
€8.00?€: Euro
306
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  
The Toynbee Convector 2019-07-30 Ray Bradbury Simon & Schuster 978-1-982105-15-0
$16.00?$: US dollar
[x]+
259
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 Zakoo/Getty Images Checkmark
The Toynbee Convector 2019-07-30 Ray Bradbury Simon & Schuster 978-1-982105-19-8
$11.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
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