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Title: The Last Answer Title Record # 49748
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1980-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1981ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr
 German Die letzte Antwort
1984ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr
 German Dumm gefragt ...
1984ⓘTranslated by Bodo Baumann
 German Die Letzte Antwort
1984ⓘTranslated by Giuseppe Lippi
 Italian L'ultima Risposta
1985ⓘTranslated by Monique Lebailly.
 French
La dernière réponse?La derniere reponse
1987ⓘTranslated by Hugo Kuipers
 Dutch Het laatste antwoord
1988ⓘTranslated by Rosa S. de Naveira
 Spanish La última respuesta
1988ⓘTranslated by France-Marie Watkins
 French
La dernière réponse?La derniere reponse
1996ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand
 Romanian
Cel din urmă răspuns?Cel din urma raspuns

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
5 1981 Locus Best Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1980 1980-01-00 ed. Stanley Schmidt Condé Nast  
$1.25?$: US dollar
 180
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 Paul Lehr Checkmark
Microcosmic Tales 1980-09-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander Taplinger 0-8008-5238-9
$12.95?$: US dollar
 [15]+
325
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Ivy Strick Checkmark
3 by Asimov: Three Science Fiction Tales 1981-00-00 Isaac Asimov Targ Editions     18
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Tenth Annual Collection 1981-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois E. P. Dutton 0-525-06499-0
$12.50?$: US dollar
 xxx+
225
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Mark Rubin Checkmark
Tor zu den Sternen 1981-11-00 ed. Peter Wilfert Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #23400) 3-442-23400-X
DM 19.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 205+
[48]
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
Jürgen F. Rogner?Juergen F. Rogner
 Checkmark
Tor zu den Sternen 1982-00-00 ed. Peter Wilfert Bertelsmann / Book Sales Clubs 04700   207+
[48]
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 Checkmark
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1983-03-18 Isaac Asimov Doubleday 0-385-18099-3
$15.95?$: US dollar
 xiii+
269
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Kiyoshi Kanai Checkmark
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1983-10-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday / SFBC 2883
$3.98?$: US dollar
 269
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Kiyoshi Kanai Checkmark
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1984-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-05743-9
£1.95?£: UK pound
 330
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 Checkmark
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1984-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-05743-9
£1.95?£: UK pound
 330
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  
Feuerwerk der Science Fiction: Hundert utopische Geschichten 1984-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander Bertelsmann / Book Sales Clubs (Science Fiction & Fantasy Club) 01680 8   303
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Chris Foss Checkmark
The Winds of Change ... and Other Stories 1984-01-00 Isaac Asimov Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31188-4
$2.95?$: US dollar
 ix+
277
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 Don Dixon Checkmark
The Winds of Change ... and Other Stories 1984-01-00 Isaac Asimov Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31188-4
C$3.75?C$: Canadian dollar
 ix+
277
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 Don Dixon Checkmark
Wenn der Wind sich dreht 1984-06-00 Isaac Asimov
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Paperback?Bastei Luebbe Paperback
#28119)		 3-404-28119-5
DM 19.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 331
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 Wayne Barlowe Checkmark
Feuerwerk der SF 1984-07-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander Goldmann (Edition '84: Die positiven Utopien #8) 3-442-08408-3
DM 14.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 362
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 Klaus Holitzka Checkmark
Urania #986 1984-12-23 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Mondadori 986
Lit 2,500?Lit: Italian lira
 222
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 Giuseppe Festino  
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1985-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-05743-9
£2.50?£: UK pound
 330
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 Checkmark
Au prix du papyrus 1985-01-00 Isaac Asimov
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#395)		 2-207-30395-0   211
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 Georges Raimondo  
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 Checkmark
Robot Dreams 1986-11-00 Isaac Asimov Berkley Books (Masterworks of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Byron Preiss)) 0-425-09345-X
$7.95?$: US dollar
 349
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 Ralph McQuarrie Checkmark
Robot Dreams 1986-11-00 Isaac Asimov Berkley Books (Masterworks of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Byron Preiss)) 0-425-09346-8
$50.00?$: US dollar
 349
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Ralph McQuarrie  
Een robot droomt 1987-00-00 Isaac Asimov Bruna 90-229-7756-0   357
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 Ralph McQuarrie Checkmark
Wenn der Wind sich dreht 1987-03-00 Isaac Asimov
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Abenteuer?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Abenteuer
#23066)		 3-404-23066-3
DM 10.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 398
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
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
Robot Dreams 1987-04-00 Isaac Asimov Gollancz 0-575-04021-1
£10.95?£: UK pound
 349
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Ralph McQuarrie  
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  
The Winds of Change ... and Other Stories 1987-11-00 Isaac Asimov Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31188-4
$3.50?$: US dollar
 ix+
277
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 Don Dixon  
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  
Sueños de robot?Suenos de robot
 1988-00-00 Isaac Asimov Plaza & Janés (Éxitos) 84-01-32258-8   378
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 Ralph McQuarrie  
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
Roboterträume 1988-02-00 Isaac Asimov
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Paperback?Bastei Luebbe Paperback
#28162)		 3-404-28162-4
DM 19.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 413
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 Ralph McQuarrie Checkmark
Robot Dreams 1988-05-00 Isaac Asimov VGSF / Gollancz 0-575-04254-0
£3.95?£: UK pound
 349
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  
Le robot qui rêvait 1988-05-16 Isaac Asimov J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #2388) 2-277-22388-3   510
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 Philippe Caza  
Robot Dreams 1989-00-00 Isaac Asimov VGSF 0-575-04565-5
£3.50?£: UK pound
 474
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 Ralph McQuarrie Checkmark
The Winds of Change ... and Other Stories 1989-00-00 Isaac Asimov Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31188-4
$4.95?$: US dollar
 ix+
277
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 Don Dixon  
Wenn der Wind sich dreht 1989-06-00 Isaac Asimov
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Abenteuer?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Abenteuer
#23066)		 3-404-23066-3
DM 10.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 398
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
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1990-00-00 Isaac Asimov Grafton 0-586-05743-9
£3.50?£: UK pound
 330
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  
Een robot droomt 1990-00-00 Isaac Asimov Bruna 90-229-7756-0   357
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 Ralph McQuarrie Checkmark
Robot Dreams 1990-06-00 Isaac Asimov Ace Books 0-441-73154-6
$4.95?$: US dollar
 xvi+
384
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 Ralph McQuarrie Checkmark
Microcosmic Tales 1992-06-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander DAW Books (DAW Collectors #883) 0-88677-532-9 / UE2532
$4.99?$: US dollar
 xxi+
330
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
Roboterträume 1992-07-00 Isaac Asimov
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24144)		 3-404-24144-4
DM 10.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 541
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 Ralph McQuarrie Checkmark
Vântul schimbării?Vantul schimbarii
 1996-00-00 Isaac Asimov Editura Teora (Sci-Fi (Editura Teora) #17) 973-601-321-9   312
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  
La pierre parlante et autres nouvelles 1996-07-00 Isaac Asimov Librio (Librio #129) 2-277-30129-9
F10.00?F: French frank
 91
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 Joe DeVito  
La pierre parlante et autres nouvelles 1997-01-00 Isaac Asimov Librio (Librio #129) 2-277-30129-9
F10.00?F: French frank
 91
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 Joe DeVito  
La pierre parlante et autres nouvelles 1997-11-00 Isaac Asimov Librio (Librio #129) 2-277-30129-9
F10.00?F: French frank
 91
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 Joe DeVito Checkmark
La pierre parlante et autres nouvelles 1999-01-00 Isaac Asimov Librio (Librio #129) 2-277-30129-9
F10.00?F: French frank
 91
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 Joe DeVito  
Au prix du papyrus 1999-02-00 Isaac Asimov
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#395)		 2-207-24857-7   211
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 Fred Sorrentino  
Le robot qui rêvait 2002-00-00 Isaac Asimov J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #2388) 2-290-31715-2   509
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 E. Gorinstein  
Le robot qui rêvait?Le robot qui revait
 2002-01-18 Isaac Asimov J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #2388) 2-290-31715-2   510
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 E. Gorinstein  
La pierre parlante et autres nouvelles 2002-10-00 Isaac Asimov Librio (Librio #129) 2-290-33130-9   91
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 Michelangelo Miani  
Robot Dreams 2004-06-00 Isaac Asimov Ace Books 0-441-01183-7
$14.00?$: US dollar
 xvi+
335
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 Ralph McQuarrie  
Au prix du papyrus 2004-12-06 Isaac Asimov
Denoël?Denoel
(Folio SF #196)		 2-07-030545-7   211
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
Éric Scala?Eric Scala
  
Le robot qui rêvait 2005-01-05 Isaac Asimov J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #2388) 2-290-31715-2   510
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 E. Gorinstein  
Robot Dreams 2014-09-29 Isaac Asimov Recorded Books 978-1-4906-3310-7    
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 coll Checkmark
Le robot qui rêvait 2015-07-17 Isaac Asimov J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #2388) 978-2-290-31715-0
€7.80?€: Euro
 510
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 Emmanuel Gorinstein  
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 Checkmark
Robot Dreams date unknown Isaac Asimov Ace Books 0-441-01183-7
$14.00?$: US dollar
 xvi+
335
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 Ralph McQuarrie  
Robot Dreams date unknown Isaac Asimov Recorded Books      
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 coll Checkmark
Le robot qui rêvait date unknown Isaac Asimov J'ai Lu 978-2-290-31715-0
€7.80?€: Euro
 510
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 Emmanuel Gorinstein  
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