ISFDB banner

Title: The Sea Thing

You are not logged in. If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed.

Title: The Sea Thing Title Record # 56660
Author: A. E. van Vogt
Date: 1940-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
User Rating: This title has no votes. VOTE
Current Tags: fantasy (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1969 Italian La cosa venuta dal mare
1970 Portuguese O monstro do mar
1973Translated by Tommy Schinkler.
Swedish Mardrömmen ur djupen
1974Translated by Denis Verguin
French La créature de la mer
1979Translated by Ruud Bal
Dutch Het ding uit zee
1989Translated by Caspar Holz
German Das Wesen aus dem Meer
1990 Italian La creatura del mare [as by Alfred E. van Vogt]

Publications

Displaying all variants and translations • Do not display translationsDo not display variants or translations

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Unknown, January 1940 1940-01-00 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 H. W. Scott Checkmark
Unknown Worlds [UK], Winter 1947 1947-00-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
0/9?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).
64
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  
Out of the Unknown 1948-04-00 E. Mayne Hull, A. E. van Vogt Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.  
$2.50?$: US dollar
141
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Roy Hunt Checkmark
Out of the Unknown 1949-00-00 E. Mayne Hull, A. E. van Vogt Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.  
$2.50?$: US dollar
141
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Roy Hunt Checkmark
Out of the Unknown 1952-00-00 E. Mayne Hull, A. E. van Vogt Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.  
$2.50?$: US dollar
141
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Roy Hunt  
Monsters 1965-02-00 A. E. van Vogt Paperback Library 52-515
$0.50?$: US dollar
154
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 Checkmark
Monsters 1965-02-00 A. E. van Vogt Paperback Library 52-515
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
154
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 Checkmark
Monsters 1967-09-00 A. E. van Vogt Paperback Library 52-555
$0.50?$: US dollar
154
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 Jerome Podwil Checkmark
Monsters 1967-09-00 A. E. van Vogt Paperback Library 52-555
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
154
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 Jerome Podwil Checkmark
Out of the Unknown 1969-00-00 E. Mayne Hull, A. E. van Vogt Powell PP 128
$0.95?$: US dollar
222
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 Albert Nuetzell Checkmark
Galassia #97 1969-01-00 ed. Ugo Malaguti Casa Editrice La Tribuna 97
Lit 350?Lit: Italian lira
224
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 Allison  
6 visões do futuro?6 visoes do futuro
1970-00-00 ed. Fúlvio Fonseca Editorial Bruguera (Ficção Científica (Bruguera) #11)     202
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  
The Sea Thing and Other Stories 1970-06-00 E. Mayne Hull, A. E. van Vogt Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-98095-8
27/-?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).
222
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Monsters 1970-08-00 A. E. van Vogt Paperback Library 63-406
$0.60?$: US dollar
154
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 Robert LoGrippo Checkmark
Monsters 1970-08-00 A. E. van Vogt Paperback Library 63-406
C$0.60?C$: Canadian dollar
154
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 Robert LoGrippo Checkmark
Out of the Unknown 1970-10-00 E. Mayne Hull, A. E. van Vogt New English Library 0-450-00615-8
£0.25?£: UK pound
126
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 Clifton-Dey Checkmark
Monsters 1970-11-00 A. E. van Vogt Corgi 0-552-08570-7
£0.25?£: UK pound
190
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 Checkmark
Mardrömmen ur djupen 1973-00-00 ed. uncredited
B. Wahlström?B. Wahlstrom
B. Wahlstroem
(Wahlströms Mini-pocket)
91-32-00110-X
skr 1.95?skr: Swedish krona (crown)
119
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  
Les monstres 1974-00-00 A. E. van Vogt Belfond     238
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 Pierre De Maria  
Varulvarna 1976-00-00 ed. uncredited
B. Wahlström?B. Wahlstrom
B. Wahlstroem
(
Kalla Kårar, ryslig midnattsläsning?Kalla Kaarar, ryslig midnattslaesning
#38)
91-32-41226-6
skr 5.50?skr: Swedish krona (crown)
157
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 Bruce Pennington  
The Blal 1976-08-00 A. E. van Vogt Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. 0-89083-200-5
$1.25?$: US dollar
224
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 D. A. Daily Checkmark
Monsters 1977-11-00 A. E. van Vogt Corgi 0-552-10605-4
£0.80?£: UK pound
190
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 Blal 1978-01-00 A. E. van Vogt Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. 0-89083-315-X
$1.75?$: US dollar
224
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 Douglas Beekman Checkmark
Beproeving in de ruimte 1979-00-00 ed. uncredited Elsevier (Elsevier SF) 90-10-02512-8 ƒ9.90 255
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.
anth Peter A. Jones Checkmark
Les monstres 1980-06-13 A. E. van Vogt J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1082) 2-277-21082-X   187
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 Patrick Alexandre Checkmark
Les monstres 1985-05-10 A. E. van Vogt J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1082) 2-277-21082-X   187
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 Paul Lehr Checkmark
Vorstoss ins Unbekannte 1989-12-00 A. E. van Vogt
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Abenteuer?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Abenteuer
#23097)
3-404-23097-3
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
205
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 David B. Mattingly Checkmark
Les monstres 1990-03-22 A. E. van Vogt J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1082) 2-277-21082-X   187
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 Paul Lehr  
Urania #1134 1990-08-26 ed. Giuseppe Lippi Mondadori 1134
Lit 4,500?Lit: Italian lira
176
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 Vicente Segrelles  
Sea-Cursed: Thirty Terrifying Tales of the Deep 1994-05-00 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, T. Liam McDonald Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-191-2
$9.98?$: US dollar
xii+
545
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lynn J. Binder Checkmark
Les monstres 1994-07-18 A. E. van Vogt J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1082) 2-277-21082-X   187
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 Philippe Caza  
Out of the Unknown date unknown E. Mayne Hull, A. E. van Vogt Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.  
$3.00?$: US dollar
141
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Roy Hunt  
View all covers for The Sea Thing (logged in users can change User Preferences to always display covers on this page)
Copyright © 1995-2022 Al von Ruff and the ISFDB team
ISFDB Engine - Version 4.00 (04/24/06)