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Title: Time Is the Traitor

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Title: Time Is the Traitor Title Record # 40863
Author: Alfred Bester
Date: 1953-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Synopsis: A man who is the only one on Earth who can make good decisions given the vast quantities of data and interconnections, is found to have a deep psychological scar which his friend attempts to heal.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1954 French Le temps n'arrange pas tout
1975ⓘFirst published in JVM #356, 1975. Translated by Gunnar Gällmo
 Swedish Tiden förråder oss
1976ⓘTranslated by Krunoslav Poljak
 Croatian Vrijeme je izdajnik
1977ⓘTranslated by Walter Relsky
 Dutch De tijd Is de verrader
1985ⓘTranslated by José Manuel Álvarez Flórez
 Spanish El tiempo es el traidor
1986ⓘTranslated by Jacques Chambon
 French
Les traîtrises du temps?Les traitrises du temps
1987ⓘTranslated by Giampaolo Cossato and Sandro Sandrelli
 Italian Il tempo è traditore
1988 Hungarian
Gyilkos idő?Gyilkos ido
Gyilkos idooe
1993ⓘTranslated by Michael Koseler.
 German Die Zeit ist der Verräter
1999ⓘTranslated by Maria Manuel Tinoco.
 Portuguese Traidor é o Tempo
2003ⓘTranslated by Josep María Verger.
 Spanish El tiempo es un traidor

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1953 1953-09-00 ed. Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas Fantasy House, Inc.  
$0.35?$: 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 Jack Coggins Checkmark
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [UK], February 1954 1954-02-00 ed. uncredited Mellifont Press Ltd.  
1/6?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).
 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 Jack Coggins  
Fiction, #5 1954-04-00 ed. Editors of Fiction OPTA  
F100?F: French frank
 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 Jacques Sternberg Checkmark
The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 1954-11-00 ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty Frederick Fell (Fell's Science-Fiction Library)  
$3.50?$: US dollar
 316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
The Dark Side of the Earth 1964-05-00 Alfred Bester Signet / New American Library D2474
$0.50?$: US dollar
 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 Checkmark
The Dark Side of the Earth 1964-05-00 Alfred Bester Signet / New American Library of Canada D2474
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 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 Checkmark
An Alfred Bester Omnibus 1967-00-00 Alfred Bester Sidgwick & Jackson 102199
30/-?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).
 710
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni  
The Dark Side of the Earth 1969-11-00 Alfred Bester Pan Books 0-330-02393-4
£0.25?£: UK pound
 171
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 W. F. Phillipps Checkmark
The Dark Side of the Earth 1970-10-00 Alfred Bester Signet / New American Library of Canada T4402
C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar
 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 Bob Pepper Checkmark
Space Odysseys 1974-12-00 ed. Brian W. Aldiss Futura 0-86007-816-7
£0.75?£: UK pound
 324
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 Eddie Jones Checkmark
Space Odysseys 1975-03-00 ed. Brian W. Aldiss Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-76917-0
£3.95?£: UK pound
 324
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Det hände i morgon 5?Det hande i morgon 5
 1976-00-00 ed. Sam J. Lundwall Delta (Stockholm) (Delta Science Fiction #39) 91-7228-084-0
skr 32.00?skr: Swedish krona (crown)
 208
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  
Science Fiction: The Great Years, Volume II 1976-02-00 ed. Carol Pohl, Frederik Pohl Ace Books (Science Fiction from the Great Years) 75431
$1.50?$: US dollar
 276
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 Don Ivan Punchatz Checkmark
Space Odysseys: A New Look at Yesterday's Futures 1976-05-00 ed. Brian W. Aldiss Doubleday 0-385-07851-X
$7.95?$: US dollar
 xi+
[2]+
266
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Star Light, Star Bright 1976-07-00 Alfred Bester Berkley/Putnam 0-399-11816-0
$7.95?$: US dollar
 248
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Richard Powers 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
Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester 1976-12-00 Alfred Bester Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 3140
$3.98?$: US dollar
 409
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni Jack Woolhiser Checkmark
The Dark Side of the Earth 1977-00-00 Alfred Bester Pan Books 0-330-02393-4
£0.60?£: UK pound
 171
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 Gino D'Achille Checkmark
Verrukkelijk Fahrenheit 1977-00-00 Alfred Bester Meulenhoff (M=SF #123) 90-290-0516-5   349
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
Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester 1977-07-00 Alfred Bester Berkley Medallion 0-425-03451-8
$1.95?$: US dollar
 452
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Star Light, Star Bright 1978-02-00 Alfred Bester Gollancz 0-575-02320-1
£4.50?£: UK pound
 248
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Space Odysseys 1978-04-00 ed. Brian W. Aldiss Berkley Books 0-425-03681-2
$1.95?$: US dollar
 272
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
Star Light, Star Bright 1979-00-00 Alfred Bester Fontana 0-00-615406-9
£0.95?£: UK pound
 220
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 Tim White Checkmark
Oh, luminosa y brillante estrella 1985-00-00 Alfred Bester Teorema (Visión Arcadia) 84-7604-042-3   281
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 Tim White  
Le livre d'or de la science-fiction: Alfred Bester 1986-04-28 Alfred Bester Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5234) 2-266-01736-5   312
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 Marcel Laverdet  
The Great SF Stories #15 (1953) 1986-12-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books (DAW Collectors #694) 0-88677-171-4 / UE2171
$3.50?$: US dollar
 352
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 Tony Roberts (artist) Checkmark
The Great SF Stories #15 (1953) 1986-12-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books 0-88677-171-4 / UE2171
C$4.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 352
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 Tony Roberts (artist) Checkmark
Le grandi storie della fantascienza 15 1987-05-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg Armenia Editore (Le Grandi Storie della Fantascienza #15) 88-344-0205-7
Lit 20,000?Lit: Italian lira
 304
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 Bob Layzell  
Gyilkos idő?Gyilkos ido
Gyilkos idooe
 1988-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg Mecénás 963-02-5722-X
Ft 88?Ft: Hungarian forint
 333
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
Boros Zoltán?Boros Zoltan
,
Szikszai Gábor?Szikszai Gabor
 Checkmark
Die Hölle ist ewig 1993-00-00 Alfred Bester Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #293) 3-518-38657-3
DM 14.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 191
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 Michael van Ofen Checkmark
Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester 1997-11-00 Alfred Bester Vintage Books 0-679-76783-5
$14.00?$: US dollar
 xiii+
366
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 Evan Gaffney Checkmark
Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester 1997-11-00 Alfred Bester Topeka Bindery 1-4177-1932-X
$17.92?$: US dollar
  
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester 1998-08-00 Alfred Bester Vintage Books / SFBC 1-56865-805-2 / 17770
$10.98?$: US dollar
 366
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Irrealidades Virtuais, 1º volume 1999-05-00 Alfred Bester
Publicações Europa-América?Publicacoes Europa-America
(Livros de Bolso, série Ficção Científica #241)		 972-1-04623-X   138
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 Estúdios PEA  
Irrealidades virtuales 2003-03-00 Alfred Bester Minotauro 84-450-7307-9   420
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester 2013-05-30 Alfred Bester Byron Preiss Visual Publications 0-679-76783-5
$16.95?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Evan Gaffney  
The Dark Side of the Earth date unknown Alfred Bester Signet / New American Library T4402
$0.75?$: US dollar
 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 Bob Pepper Checkmark
Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester date unknown Alfred Bester Berkley Medallion 0-425-03451-8
$1.95?$: US dollar
 452
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester date unknown Alfred Bester Vintage Books 0-679-76783-5
$14.00?$: US dollar
 xiii+
366
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 Evan Gaffney Checkmark
Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester date unknown Alfred Bester Vintage Books 978-0-679-76783-1
$16.95?$: US dollar
 xiii+
366
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 Evan Gaffney Checkmark
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