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Title: Street of Dreams, Feet of Clay Title Record # 52301
Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1967-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Frederik Pohl included this story in his 1982 anthology "Yesterday's Tomorrows". His introduction to this story (P 272 & 273) notes that Sheckley had been struggling with writer's block, and was halfway through a novel he could not finish. Pohl was allowed to read that 1/2, and he "perceived that one of the chapters needed only tiny changes to become a story in itself". He pointed this out to Sheckley, who turned in "Street of Dreams, Feet of Clay" and Pohl published it in Galaxy. Although not noted by Pohl, much of the text from "Street of Dreams, Feet of Clay" is included in the 1968 Sheckley novel, "Dimension of Dreams" as substantial portions of Chapters 22 and 23. I assume this is the novel Sheckley was struggling with.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1968 French Cité aux pieds d'argile
1968Translated by Hilja Brinis
Italian La città premurosa
1969Translated by Clark Darlton (as Walter Ernsting) and/or Thomas Schlück (Galaxy 12 only supplies one credit for the entire anthology)
German Die perfekte Stadt
1974Translated by Bars Sándor
Hungarian
Az álmok városa agyaglábakon?Az almok varosa agyaglabakon
Az aalmok vaarosa agyaglaabakon
1975Translated by Dolf Strasser.
German Träume auf tönernen Füssen
1976Translated by Damir Mikuličić
Croatian Grad snova
1982Translated by Joachim Körber.
German Beinahe ein Paradies

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Magazine, February 1968 1968-02-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.60?$: US dollar
196
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
Bodé?Bode
Checkmark
Galaxie (2ème série), #50 1968-06-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
OPTA  
F3.00?F: French frank
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 Jack Gaughan  
Urania #500 1968-11-03 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Mondadori 500
Lit 250?Lit: Italian lira
168
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 Checkmark
Galaxy 12 1969-03-00 ed. Walter Ernsting,
Thomas Schlück?Thomas Schlueck
Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3138) 3138   157+
[1]
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 Karl Stephan Checkmark
World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 1969-05-00 ed. Terry Carr, Donald A. Wollheim Ace Books (World's Best Science Fiction #5) 91352
$0.95?$: US dollar
380
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 John Schoenherr Checkmark
World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 1969-09-00 ed. Terry Carr, Donald A. Wollheim Ace Books / SFBC (World's Best Science Fiction #5) 1908   381
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Galaxy 12 1970-00-00 ed. Walter Ernsting,
Thomas Schlück?Thomas Schlueck
Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3138) 3138   157+
[1]
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 Karl Stephan Checkmark
Speculations 1973-00-00 ed. Thomas E. Sanders Glencoe Press  
$6.95?$: US dollar
xvii+
621
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  
Galaktika 9: Tudományos-fantasztikus antológia?Galaktika 9: Tudomanyos-fantasztikus antologia
Galaktika 9: Tudomaanyos-fantasztikus antoloogia
1974-00-00 ed.
Kuczka Péter?Kuczka, Peter
Kozmosz Könyvek?Kozmosz Konyvek
IF 1982 - e - 7577
Ft 12?Ft: Hungarian forint
127
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 Sajdik Ferenc Checkmark
Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction 1974-01-00 ed. Jack Dann Harper & Row 0-06-010944-0
$6.95?$: US dollar
x+
[2]+
239+
[1]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mark Rubin Checkmark
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ... 1974-02-07 ed. Bonnie L. Heintz, Frank Herbert, Donald A. Joos, Jane Agorn McGee Holt, Rinehart and Winston 0-03-010796-2   x+
619
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 Checkmark
Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction 1974-05-00 ed. Jack Dann Harper & Row / SFBC 6149
$1.98?$: US dollar
244
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mark Rubin Checkmark
The Liberated Future 1974-12-00 ed. Robert Hoskins Fawcett Crest Q2329
$1.50?$: US dollar
304
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 Oscar Liebman Checkmark
Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction 1975-00-00 ed. Jack Dann The Woburn Press 0-7130-0141-0
£3.50?£: UK pound
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lawrence Edwards Checkmark
Science-Fiction-Stories 51 1975-08-00 ed. uncredited Ullstein (Ullstein 2000 #97 (3159)) 3-548-03159-5
DM 3.80?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.
anth Robert Foster Checkmark
Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction 1975-11-00 ed. Jack Dann Pocket Books 0-671-78789-6
$1.50?$: US dollar
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.
anth Charles Moll Checkmark
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ... 1976-00-00 ed. Bonnie L. Heintz, Frank Herbert, Donald A. Joos, Jane Agorn McGee Holt, Rinehart and Winston 0-03-010796-2   x+
619
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 Checkmark
The City: 2000 A.D.: Urban Life Through Science Fiction 1976-07-00 ed. Ralph Clem, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander Fawcett Crest 0-449-22892-4
$1.95?$: US dollar
304
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 Larry Kresek Checkmark
Sirius, #2 1976-08-05 ed.
Borivoj Jurković?Borivoj Jurkovic
Borivoj Jurkovich
Vjesnik  
Din 10?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar
148
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 Gene Szafran Checkmark
Quando crollano le metropoli 1977-02-00 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Mondadori (Omnibus) 13369
Lit 6,000?Lit: Italian lira
460
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Karel Thole  
Urania #880 1981-03-22 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Mondadori 880
Lit 1,200?Lit: Italian lira
204
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  
Metropolis brennt! 1982-09-00 ed. H. J. Alpers Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction #3591) 3-8118-3591-2
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
287
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 Morris Scott Dollens Checkmark
Yesterday's Tomorrows 1982-10-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Berkley Books 0-425-05648-1
$9.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
431
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  
Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction 1998-04-00 ed. Jack Dann Jewish Lights Publishing 1-58023-005-9
$16.95?$: US dollar
240
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 Michael Bogdanow Checkmark
Galaxy's Edge, Issue 9: July 2014 2014-07-00 ed. Mike Resnick Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-213-8
$3.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
mag Checkmark
Galaxy's Edge, Issue 9: July 2014 2014-07-00 ed. Mike Resnick Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-212-1
$6.99?$: US dollar
124
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.
mag Checkmark
Masters of Science Fiction: Robert Sheckley 2022-02-00 Robert Sheckley Centipede Press (Masters of Science Fiction (Centipede Press)) 978-1-61347-311-5
$65.00?$: US dollar
727
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jim Keegan , Ruth Keegan Checkmark
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