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Title:
It Was Nothing—Really!?It Was Nothing-Really!
Title Record # 45045
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Date: 1969-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in Knight, November 1969.
Synopsis: A scientist develops a miraculous new material but realizes the difficulties of introducing it to the world so that it makes a positive impact.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1974 German Es war Nichts - wirklich
1974Translated by Tony Westermayr
German
Es war Nichts – wirklich?Es war Nichts - wirklich
1999Translated by Roberta Rambelli
Italian Non è niente... davvero!

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ...: A Collection of Short Stories 1971-03-26 Theodore Sturgeon G. P. Putnam's Sons  
$4.95?$: US dollar
221
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paul Lehr Checkmark
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ... 1971-05-00 Theodore Sturgeon G. P. Putnam's Sons / SFBC 3287
$1.49?$: US dollar
xii+
207
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paul Lehr Checkmark
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ... 1971-08-00 Theodore Sturgeon Berkley Medallion 0-425-02045-2 / S2045
$0.75?$: 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 Paul Lehr Checkmark
Sein Name war Mensch 1974-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #0184) 3-442-23184-1
DM 4.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
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 F. Jürgen Rogner  
Antigrav 1975-00-00 ed. Philip Strick Arrow Books 0-09-909930-6
£0.45?£: UK pound
184
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 Graham Dean Checkmark
Antigrav 1975-04-00 ed. Philip Strick Hutchinson 0-09-122450-0
£2.95?£: UK pound
184
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Graham Dean Checkmark
Antigrav: Cosmic Comedies by SF Masters 1976-03-12 ed. Philip Strick Taplinger 0-8008-0237-3
$8.50?$: US dollar
184
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Rus Anderson Checkmark
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ... 1978-01-00 Theodore Sturgeon Pocket Books 0-671-81415-X
$1.50?$: US dollar
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 Checkmark
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ... 1978-01-00 Theodore Sturgeon Pocket Books 0-671-81415-X
C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar
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 Checkmark
Die Zukunft spinnt 1987-03-00 ed.
Michael Görden?Michael Goerden
Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #23499) 3-442-23499-9
DM 12.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
412
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 Carl Lundgren Checkmark
Lo scrigno delle 15 perle 1999-11-00 Theodore Sturgeon Editrice Nord (Cosmo Collana di Fantascienza #304) 88-429-1113-5
Lit 20,000?Lit: Italian lira
iv+
224
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 Nail and the Oracle 2007-07-00 Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books 978-1-55643-661-1
$35.00?$: US dollar
xxxii+
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paula Morrison Checkmark
The Nail and the Oracle 2013-04-23 Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books 978-1-58394-755-5
$18.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Nail and the Oracle 2013-09-30 Theodore Sturgeon Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-11006-9
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
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