Title: My Son, the Physicist!
Title Record # 62430
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1962-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1962-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: This story was first published in the February 1962 issue of ''Scientific American''.
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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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| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1963 | 1963-04-00 | ed. Avram Davidson | Mercury Press, Inc. | $0.40?$: US dollar |
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 | Ed Emsh |  |
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| Signale vom Pluto | 1963-09-00 | ed. Charlotte Winheller | Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #248) | 248 | DM 2.40?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
156 | 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 | Heinrichs & Piloty | |
| Häpna!, februari 1964 | 1964-02-00 |
ed.
Kjell Ekström?Kjell Ekstrom |
Grafiska Förlaget Kindberg & Söner | skr 1.80?skr: Swedish krona (crown) |
98 | 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 | Terry Maloney | ||
| SF Horizons 1 | 1968-00-00 | ed. Tom Boardman | Dennis Dobson (Dobson Science Fiction) | 0-234-77797-4 | 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). |
189 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Richard Weaver (artist) | |
| Nightfall and Other Stories | 1969-00-00 | Isaac Asimov | Doubleday (Doubleday Science Fiction) | $5.95?$: US dollar |
343 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Amelia S. Edwards | ||
| Nightfall and Other Stories | 1969-12-00 | Isaac Asimov | Doubleday / SFBC (Doubleday Science Fiction) | 2099 | $1.69?$: US dollar |
343 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Amelia S. Edwards | |
| Nightfall and Other Stories | 1970-06-25 | Isaac Asimov | Rapp & Whiting | 0-85391-157-6 | 35/-?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). |
344 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Nightfall and Other Stories | 1970-11-00 | Isaac Asimov | Fawcett Crest | M1486 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
350 | 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 | |
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| Urania #570 | 1971-07-11 | ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini | Mondadori | 570 | Lit 300?Lit: Italian lira |
142 | 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 | |
| Nightfall Two | 1971-10-00 | Isaac Asimov | Panther | 0-586-03537-0 | £0.30?£: UK pound |
192 | 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 | Ken Sequin | |
| Nightfall Two | 1972-00-00 | Isaac Asimov | Panther | 0-586-03657-1 | £0.30?£: UK pound |
192 | 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 | Ken Sequin | |
| Nightfall Two | 1973-00-00 | Isaac Asimov | Panther | 0-586-03657-1 | £0.30?£: UK pound |
192 | 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 | Ken Sequin | |
| Vergangene Zukunft | 1973-05-11 | Isaac Asimov | Pabel (Terra Taschenbuch #211) | TTB211 | DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
159 | 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 |
Rita Mühlbauer?Rita Muehlbauer
,
Hanno Rink
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|
Galaktika 14: Tudományos-fantasztikus antológia?Galaktika 14: Tudomanyos-fantasztikus antologia Galaktika 14: Tudomaanyos-fantasztikus antoloogia |
1975-00-00 |
ed.
Kuczka Péter?Kuczka, Peter |
Kozmosz Könyvek?Kozmosz Konyvek |
IF 2366 - e - 7678 | 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 | |
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| Nightfall Two | 1976-00-00 | Isaac Asimov | Panther | 0-586-03657-1 | £0.50?£: UK pound |
192 | 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 | Ken Sequin | |
| Een mooie dag voor een wandeling | 1976-00-00 | Isaac Asimov | Bruna (Bruna SF #44) | 90-229-9044-3 | 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 | Ivo de Weerd | |
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| Nightfall and Other Stories | 1977-07-00 | Isaac Asimov | Fawcett Crest | 0-449-23188-7 | $1.75?$: US dollar |
350 | 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 | |
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| Nightfall Two | 1978-00-00 | Isaac Asimov | Panther / Granada | 0-586-03657-1 | 192 | 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 | Ken Sequin | |
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| Antologia Personale. Volume primo | 1978-10-00 | Isaac Asimov | Mondadori (Oscar) | 15755-2 | Lit 2,250?Lit: Italian lira |
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. |
coll | Karel Thole | |
| Jusqu'à la quatrième génération | 1980-05-12 | Isaac Asimov | Denoël?Denoel (Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #301) |
188 | 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 |
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
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| Nightfall Two | 1981-00-00 | Isaac Asimov | Panther / Granada | 0-586-03657-1 | £1.25?£: UK pound |
192 | 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 | Ken Sequin | |
| Vergangene Zukunft | 1983-01-00 | Isaac Asimov | Moewig (Utopia Classics #49) | UC49 | DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
160 | 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 | Nikolai Lutohin | |
| Jusqu'à la quatrième génération | 1983-03-00 | Isaac Asimov | Denoël?Denoel (Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #301) |
2-207-30301-2 | 188 | 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 |
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
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||
| Nightfall and Other Stories | 1984-12-00 | Isaac Asimov | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-31091-8 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
350 | 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 | Rick Sternbach | |
| Nightfall Two | 1985-00-00 | Isaac Asimov | Panther / Granada | 0-586-03657-1 | £1.95?£: UK pound |
192 | 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 | Ken Sequin | |
| The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov | 1986-08-00 | Isaac Asimov | Doubleday | 0-385-19782-9 | $17.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 320 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Robert Aulicino | |
| Le migliori opere di fantascienza | 1987-06-00 | Isaac Asimov | Editrice Nord (Cosmo Serie Oro. Classici della Narrativa di Fantascienza #84) | Lit 12,000?Lit: Italian lira |
iv+ 352 |
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 | Les Edwards | ||
| Antologia Personale. Volume primo | 1987-07-00 | Isaac Asimov | Mondadori (Oscar #1996) | 88-04-30471-5 | 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. |
coll | Anna Montecroci | ||
| The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov | 1988-00-00 | Isaac Asimov | Grafton | 0-586-07498-8 | £3.50?£: UK pound |
xiv+ 320 |
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 | Chris Foss | |
| The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov | 1988-02-00 | Isaac Asimov | Signet / New American Library | 0-451-15196-8 / AE5196 | $3.95?$: US dollar |
379 | 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 | |
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| The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov | 1988-02-00 | Isaac Asimov | Signet / New American Library of Canada | 0-451-15196-8 / AE5196 | C$4.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
379 | 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 | |
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| The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov | 1989-05-00 | Isaac Asimov | Dark Harvest | 0-913165-44-1 | $21.95?$: US dollar |
678 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Ron Lindahn , Val Lakey Lindahn | |
| The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov | 1989-05-00 | Isaac Asimov | Dark Harvest | 0-913165-43-3 | $49.00?$: US dollar |
678 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Ron Lindahn , Val Lakey Lindahn | |
| The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | 1990-11-00 | Isaac Asimov | Doubleday Foundation | 0-385-41606-7 | $22.95?$: US dollar |
viii+ 614 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Barclay Shaw | |
| The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | 1990-11-00 | Isaac Asimov | Doubleday Foundation | 0-385-41627-X | $12.95?$: US dollar |
viii+ 615 |
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 | Barclay Shaw | |
| The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov! | 1991-00-00 | Isaac Asimov | Legend | 0-7126-4690-6 | £14.99?£: UK pound |
836 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Tony Roberts (artist) | |
| The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov!: Volume Four | 1991-02-00 | Isaac Asimov | Ace Books | 0-441-03109-9 | $3.95?$: US dollar |
182 | 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 | Bob Eggleton | |
| The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | 1991-03-00 | Isaac Asimov | Doubleday Foundation / SFBC | 17907 | $10.98?$: US dollar |
viii+ 614 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Barclay Shaw | |
| Die Asimov-Chronik: Die vierte Generation | 1991-06-00 | Isaac Asimov | Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #8228) | 3-453-04839-3 | DM 14.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
443 | 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 | Karel Thole | |
| Nightfall and Other Stories | 1991-07-00 | Isaac Asimov | Grafton / HarperCollinsPublishers | 0-586-21255-8 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
445 | 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 | Chris Foss | |
| The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov: Volume One | 1991-10-10 | Isaac Asimov | Legend | 0-7126-4770-8 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
485 | 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 | Tony Roberts (artist) | |
| Cuentos completos I | 1992-00-00 | Isaac Asimov | Ediciones B (Éxito Internacional #108) | 84-406-3153-7 | 700 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Jordi Vallhonesta | ||
| Cuentos completos I | 1992-12-01 | Isaac Asimov | Ediciones B (Éxito Internacional #108) | 84-406-3153-7 | 700 | 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 | Jordi Vallhonesta | ||
| The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | 1993-03-00 | Isaac Asimov | HarperCollins (UK) | 0-00-224139-0 | £15.99?£: UK pound |
614 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Chris Moore | |
| The Complete Stories: Volume Two | 1995-01-00 | Isaac Asimov | HarperCollins (UK) | 0-00-648016-0 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
464 | 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 | Chris Moore | |
| The Complete Stories: Volume Two | 1997-00-00 | Isaac Asimov | Voyager | 0-00-648016-0 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
464 | 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 | Chris Moore | |
| Cuentos completos I | 2010-09-00 | Isaac Asimov | Zeta (Zeta - Nova #48) | 978-84-9872-258-1 | 816 | 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 | Oscar Chichoni | ||
| Nightfall and Other Stories | 2021-07-13 | Isaac Asimov | Del Rey | 978-0-593-35746-0 | $17.00?$: US dollar |
416 | 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 | Paul Lycett | |
| The Complete Stories: Volume Two | 2023-11-09 | Isaac Asimov | Harper Voyager (UK) | 978-0-00-851629-1 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| Nightfall and Other Stories | date unknown | Isaac Asimov | Fawcett Crest | M1486 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
350 | 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 | ||
| Nightfall and Other Stories | date unknown | Isaac Asimov | Fawcett Crest | 0-449-23672-2 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
350 | 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 Complete Stories, Volume 1 | date unknown | Isaac Asimov | Doubleday Foundation | 0-385-41627-X | $17.95?$: US dollar |
viii+ 614 |
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 | ||
| Nightfall Two | date unknown | Isaac Asimov | Panther | 0-586-03537-0 | £0.50?£: UK pound |
192 | 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 | Ken Sequin | |
| The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov | date unknown | Isaac Asimov | Grafton | 0-586-07498-8 | £3.50?£: UK pound |
xiv+ 320 |
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 | Chris Foss | |
| The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | date unknown | Isaac Asimov | Broadway Books | 0-385-41627-X | $22.00?$: US dollar |
viii+ 614 |
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 | ||
| Nightfall and Other Stories | date unknown | Isaac Asimov | Fawcett Crest | P1969 | $1.25?$: US dollar |
350 | 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 | |
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| Nightfall and Other Stories | date unknown | Isaac Asimov | Grafton / HarperCollinsPublishers | 0-586-21255-8 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
445 | 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 | Chris Foss | |