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Title: Nightmare for Future Reference Title Record # 107905
Author:
Stephen Vincent Benét?Stephen Vincent Benet

Date: 1938-00-00
Type: POEM
Language: English
Note: Original publication in The New Yorker, April 2, 1938, p.21.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1962Translated by Philippe Chardeyron and Claude Saunier
French Cauchemar pour le temps futur
1962Translated by Carlo Alberto Gastecchi
Italian Incubo per Riferimento Futuro
1963Translated by Teresa Sánchez Cuevas
Spanish Pesadilla para referencia futura

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Selected Works of Stephen Vincent Benét 1942-00-00
Stephen Vincent Benét?Stephen Vincent Benet
Farrar & Rinehart  
$5.00?$: US dollar
xiv+
487+
483
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Selected Works of Stephen Vincent Benét: Volume One, Poetry 1942-00-00
Stephen Vincent Benét?Stephen Vincent Benet
Farrar & Rinehart     xiv+
487
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Children of Wonder: 21 Remarkable and Fantastic Tales 1953-03-19 ed. William Tenn Simon & Schuster  
$2.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
337
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Bacon Checkmark
Children of Wonder: 21 Remarkable and Fantastic Tales 1953-07-00 ed. William Tenn Simon & Schuster / SFBC     336
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Bacon Checkmark
Outsiders: Children of Wonder 1954-06-00 ed. William Tenn Permabooks P291
$0.35?$: US dollar
355
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
The Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories 1961-00-00 Leo Szilard Simon & Schuster  
$3.00?$: US dollar
122
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories 1961-00-00 Leo Szilard Simon & Schuster (Essandess Paperback)  
$1.00?$: US dollar
122
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 Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories 1961-00-00 Leo Szilard Victor Gollancz  
15/-?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).
176
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
La voce dei delfini e altri racconti 1962-00-00 Leo Szilard Feltrinelli  
Lit 900?Lit: Italian lira
161
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Marco Biassoni  
La voix des dauphins 1962-00-00 Leo Szilard
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#55)
 
F6.00?F: French frank
174
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  
La voz de los delfines 1963-00-00 Leo Szilard Compañia General Fabril (Colección Anaquel)     139
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Esther Minnucci  
The Voice of the Dolphins and Other Stories 1967-00-00 Leo Szilard Sphere Books 83208
3/6?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).
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 David Davies (artist) Checkmark
The Voice of the Dolphins and Other Stories 1970-00-00 Leo Szilard Sphere 83216
5/-?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).
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 Checkmark
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction 2011-06-00 ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman Wildside Press 978-1-4344-3079-3
$49.99?$: US dollar
991
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  
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction 2011-12-20 ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman Wildside Press 978-1-4344-4035-8
$39.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Checkmark
The Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories 2019-04-01 Leo Szilard Faded Page 20190414
C$0.00?C$: Canadian dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Checkmark
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