Title: The Gates of Creation

Title: The Gates of Creation Title Record # 11919
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Date: 1966-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: The World of Tiers
Series Number: 2
Language: English

Synopsis: A member of a family with the ability to build their own pocket universes joins forces with his sibling rivals to rescue his beloved, who was apparently kidnapped by their father.

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Year	Language	Title
1968	German	Tor der Schöpfung^?Tor der Schoepfung
1969^ⓘTranslated by Tereza Curvelo. Title means The Cosmic Trap	Portuguese	A armadilha cósmica
1970^ⓘTranslated by Guy Abadia.	French	Les portes de la création^?Les portes de la creation
1974^ⓘTranslated by 浅倉久志 (Hisashi Asakura)	Japanese	異世界の門^?Isekai no Mon [as by フィリップ・ホセ・ファーマー^?Firippu Hose Fāmā ]
1974	Italian	I cancelli dell'universo
1975^ⓘTranslated by Annemarie Kindt	Dutch	De poorten van de hel
1979^ⓘTranslated by Martin Eisele	German	Welten wie Sand
1991^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator	Russian	Врата мироздания^?Vrata mirozdaniya [as by Филипп Жозе Фармер^?Filip Zhoze Farmer ]
1992^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator, possibly С. Тимченко (S. Timchenko)	Russian	Врата мироздания^?Vrata mirozdaniya [as by Филип Жозе Фармер^?Filip Zhoze Farmer ]
1992^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator	Russian	«Врата» мироздания^?"Vrata" miroznaniya [as by Филип Дж. Фармер^?Filip Dzh. Farmer ]
1992^ⓘTranslated by Е. Трирог (E. Trirog)	Russian	Врата мироздания^?Vrata mirozdaniya [as by Филипп Жозе Фармер^?Filip Zhoze Farmer ]
1992^ⓘTranslated by Л. Моргун (L. Morgun)	Russian	Врата мироздания^?Vrata mirozdaniya [as by Филипп Жозе Фармер^?Filip Zhoze Farmer ]
1992^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator	Russian	Врата Мироздания^?Vrata Mirozdaniya [as by Филип Дж. Фармер^?Filip Dzh. Farmer ]
1992^ⓘTranslated by and uncredited translator	Russian	Врата мироздания^?Vrata mirozdaniya [as by Ф. Ж. Фармер^?F. Zh. Farmer ]
1993^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator	Russian	Врата мироздания^?Vrata mirozdaniya [as by Филип Жозе Фармер^?Filip Zhoze Farmer ]
1996^ⓘTranslated by Сергей Трофимов (Sergey Trofimov)	Russian	Врата творения^?Vrata tvoreniya [as by Филип Фармер^?Filip Farmer ]

Year	Language	Title
1972	Italian	I cancelli dell'universo (Complete Novel)

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Gates of Creation	1966-00-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Ace Books	F-412	$0.40^?$: US dollar	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.	novel	Gray Morrow
Tor der Schöpfung^?Tor der Schoepfung	1968-06-28	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Pabel (Utopia Zukunftsroman #587)	UZ587	DM 0.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	60	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".	novel	R. S. Lonati
A armadilha cósmica	1969-00-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Galeria Panorama (Série Antecipação #26)		PTE 20	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.	novel	Silva Palmeira
The Gates of Creation	1970-00-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Sphere Books	34525	£0.25^?£: UK pound	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.	novel
Les portes de la création	1970-05-20	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	OPTA (OPTA - Galaxie Bis #15)		F6.00^?F: French frank	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.	novel	Michel Desimon
Galassia #157	1972-01-01	ed. Vittorio Curtoni, Gianni Montanari	Casa Editrice La Tribuna	157	Lit 400^?Lit: Italian lira	182	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	Walter Mac Mazzieri
The Gates of Creation	1973-12-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Sphere	0-7221-3447-9	£0.30^?£: UK pound	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.	novel	Peter Goodfellow
異世界の門^?Isekai no Mon	1974-10-00	フィリップ・ホセ・ファーマー^?Firippu Hose Fāmā	早川書房^?Hayakawa Shobō Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼうハヤカワショボウ ( ハヤカワ文庫SF^?Hayakawa Bunko SF #151)	4-15-010151-5	¥300^?¥: Japanese yen	280	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.	novel
Fabbricanti di universi	1974-11-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Editrice Nord (Cosmo Serie Oro. Classici della Narrativa di Fantascienza #15)		Lit 5,000^?Lit: Italian lira	iv+ 648	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Karel Thole
De poorten van de hel	1975-00-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Elsevier (Elsevier SF)	90-10-01343-X		172	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.	novel	Mischa Joseph
Les portes de la création	1975-02-01	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	OPTA (OPTA - Anti-mondes #18)	2-7201-0008-0		239	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.	novel	Moro
The Gates of Creation	1975-04-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Sphere Books	0-7221-3443-6	£0.40^?£: UK pound	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.	novel	Peter Goodfellow
The Gates of Creation	1977-08-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Ace Books	0-441-27387-4	$1.50^?$: US dollar	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.	novel	Boris Vallejo
The Gates of Creation	1978-00-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Sphere Books	0-7221-3428-2	£0.85^?£: UK pound	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.	novel	Melvyn Grant
Welten wie Sand	1979-10-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy #5718)	3-426-05718-2	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.	novel	W. Siudmak
The Gates of Creation	1981-00-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Phantasia Press	0-932096-08-5	$15.00^?$: US dollar	192	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	George Barr
The Gates of Creation	1981-00-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Phantasia Press	0-932096-08-5	$25.00^?$: US dollar	192	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	George Barr
The Gates of Creation	1981-02-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Ace Books	0-441-27389-0	$2.25^?$: US dollar	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.	novel	Boris Vallejo
The World of Tiers, Volume 1	1981-10-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	03698	$^?$: US dollar	312	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Boris Vallejo
The World of Tiers, Volume 1	1981-11-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	3698	$7.98^?$: US dollar	312	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Boris Vallejo
The Gates of Creation	1982-00-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Sphere Books	0-7221-3428-2	£1.50^?£: UK pound	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.	novel	Melvyn Grant
Les portes de la création	1982-11-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5148)	2-266-01202-9		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.	novel	W. Siudmak
The Gates of Creation	1982-12-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Ace Books	0-441-27390-4	$2.75^?$: US dollar	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.	novel	Boris Vallejo
Die Welt der tausend Ebenen	1983-06-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy #5766)	3-426-05766-2	DM 10.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	208+ 160+ 208+ 176+ 208	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.	omni
The Gates of Creation	1984-10-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Berkley Books	0-425-07193-6	$2.75^?$: US dollar	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.	novel	Boris Vallejo
World of Tiers 1	1986-11-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Sphere	0-7221-3514-9	£3.95^?£: UK pound	467	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.	omni	Mark Harrison
Fabbricanti di universi	1988-07-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Editrice Nord (Cosmo Serie Oro. Classici della Narrativa di Fantascienza #15)	12 015 CO	Lit 18,000^?Lit: Italian lira	iv+ 648	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.	omni	Eddie Jones
Les portes de la création	1989-09-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5148)	2-266-03342-5		189	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.	novel	W. Siudmak
Les portes de la création^?Les portes de la creation	1990-11-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5148)	2-266-03342-5		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.	novel	W. Siudmak
Создатель Вселенной^?Sozdatel' Vselennoy	1991-12-18	Филипп Жозе Фармер^?Filip Zhoze Farmer	Локид^?Lokid ( Библиотека остросюжетного романа^?Biblioteka ostrosyuzhetnogo romana #1)	5-87952-002-1		328	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Boris Vallejo
Пирамидальный мир^?Piramidal'nyy mir	1992-00-00	Филип Жозе Фармер^?Filip Zhoze Farmer	Гемма^?Gemma ( фантастика^?fantastika )	5-87274-002-6		357	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	И. Омельченко^?I. Omel'chenko
Многоярусный мир. Том 1^?Mnogoyarusnyy mir. Tom 1	1992-01-26	Филип Дж. Фармер^?Filip Dzh. Farmer	Васильевский остров^?Vasil'evskiy ostrov ( Клуб любителей фантастики^?Klub lyubiteley fantastiki #4)	5-7012-0311-5		302	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Н. Зубков^?N. Zubkov
Многоярусный мир. Том 1^?Mnogoyarusnyy mir. Tom 1	1992-01-26	Филип Дж. Фармер^?Filip Dzh. Farmer	Васильевский остров^?Vasil'evskiy ostrov ( Васильевский остров - Fantasy^?Vasil'evskiy ostrov - Fantasy )	5-7012-0311-5		302	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Н. Зубков^?N. Zubkov
Создатель Вселенных^?Sozdatel' Vselennykh	1992-03-06	Филипп Жозе Фармер^?Filip Zhoze Farmer	Основа^?Osnova	5-7768-0100-1		319	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	А. Хаинзон^?A. Khainzon
Многоярусный мир^?Mnogoyarusnyy mir	1992-03-19	Филипп Жозе Фармер^?Filip Zhoze Farmer	Крим-пресс & Асмадей^?Krim-press & Asmodey ( Фантастические романы^?Fantasticheskiye romany #2)	5-86558-006-X		382	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	С. Атрошенко^?S. Atroshenko
Властелины Мироздания^?Vlasteliny Mirozdaniya	1992-04-03	Филип Дж. Фармер^?Filip Dzh. Farmer	АГРА^?AGRA ( Фантастический боевик^?Fantasticheskij boevik )	5-87994-002-0		423	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Н. В. Любешкина^?N. V. Lyubeshkina
Многоярусный мир^?Mnogoyarusnyy mir	1992-06-05	Ф. Ж. Фармер^?F. Zh. Farmer	ВиТа^?ViTa ( Библиотека сказочной фантастики^?Biblioteka skazochnoy fantastiki #1)			292	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	С. В. Коршунова^?S. V. Korshunova
Многоярусный мир^?Mnogoyarusnyy mir	1993-01-00	Филип Жозе Фармер^?Filip Zhoze Farmer	Центрполиграф^?Tsentrpoligraf ( Осирис^?Osiris #15)	5-7001-0036-3		638	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	А. Державин^?A. Derzhavin
The World of Tiers, Volume 1	1993-12-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	GuildAmerica Books / SFBC	1-56865-071-X / 02226	$9.98^?$: US dollar	312	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Boris Vallejo
Многоярусный мир: Создатель Вселенных / Врата творения^?Mnogoyarusnyy mir: Sozdatel' Vselennykh / Brata tvoreniya	1996-01-25	Филип Фармер^?Filip Farmer	Полярис^?Polyaris Polaris ( Миры Филипа Фармера^?Miry Filipa Farmera #1)	5-88132-136-7		351	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	И. Леонтьев^?I. Leontiev
The World of Tiers	1996-10-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	St. Martin's Press	0-312-85762-4	$25.95^?$: US dollar	443	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Boris Vallejo
The World of Tiers	1996-12-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Tor	0-312-85761-6	$15.95^?$: US dollar	443	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.	omni	Boris Vallejo
Les portes de la création	1998-05-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5148)	2-266-03342-5		189	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.	novel	W. Siudmak
Die Welt der tausend Ebenen	1999-00-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Bechtermünz	3-8289-0263-4	DM 39.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	288, 235, 303, 256, 288	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The World of Tiers	2001-03-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Science Fiction Book Club	0-7394-1664-2 / 35725	$14.98^?$: US dollar	823	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Boris Vallejo
The Gates of Creation	2012-06-11	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-11960-4	£2.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Welten wie Sand	2016-00-00	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Heyne	978-3-641-20266-8	€3.99^?€: Euro		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The World of Tiers: Volume One	2017-08-08	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-5040-4601-5	$19.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni	Amanda Shaffer
Thoan, la saga des Hommes-Dieux	2018-02-17	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Mnémos^?Mnemos	978-2-35408-614-5	€35.00^?€: Euro	1021	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The World of Tiers	date unknown	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Tor	0-312-85761-6	$16.95^?$: US dollar	443	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.	omni	Boris Vallejo
The World of Tiers	date unknown	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Tor	0-312-85761-6	$16.95^?$: US dollar	443	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.	omni	Boris Vallejo
The Gates of Creation	date unknown	Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer	Ace Books	0-441-27388-2	$1.95^?$: US dollar	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.	novel	Boris Vallejo

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Review [Dutch] by Rob Vooren (1975) in Holland-SF 1975, #3
Review by Lester del Rey (1977) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 1977
Review by Joseph Nicholas (1981) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 4, Number 5

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