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Title: In Hiding Title Record # 52174
Author: Wilmar H. Shiras
Date: 1948-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Children of the Atom
Language: English
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1948 In Hiding [as by Wilmar Shiras]
Year Language Title
1959Translated by 小笠原豊樹 (Toyoki Ogasawara)
Japanese
少年の秘密?Shōnen no Himitsu
[as by ]
1968Translated by Luce Terrier
French Le secret
1968Translated by Hans-Ulrich Nichau
German Das Versteck
1978Translated by Rita O'Neill and/or Armando Coelho Almeida Santos
Portuguese O segredo [as by Wilmar Shiras]
1979Translated by Annelies van Dijk
Dutch Verstoppertje spelen
1981Translated by Heinz Zwack (as Heinz Nagel)
German Verborgen
1981Translated by Heinz Zwack (as Heinz Nagel)
German Im Verborgenen
1983Translated by Uwe Anton.
German Versteckspiel

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Astounding Science Fiction, November 1948 1948-11-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
164
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 Rogers Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 1949-08-00 ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty Frederick Fell  
$2.95?$: US dollar
314
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Frank McCarthy Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 1949-09-00 ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty Frederick Fell  
$2.95?$: US dollar
314
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Frank McCarthy Checkmark
Great Stories of Science Fiction 1951-05-00 ed. Murray Leinster Random House  
$2.95?$: US dollar
xxvii+
321
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Leo Manso Checkmark
Science Fiction Omnibus 1952-00-00 Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty Garden City Books  
$2.95?$: US dollar
314+
344
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Checkmark
Children of the Atom 1953-00-00 Wilmar H. Shiras Gnome Press  
$2.75?$: US dollar
216
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Frank Kelley Frease Checkmark
Great Stories of Science Fiction 1953-00-00 ed. Murray Leinster Cassell & Company  
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).
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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
Children of the Atom 1954-00-00 Wilmar H. Shiras T. V. Boardman  
9/6?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).
216
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Wayne Pagram  
Stories for Tomorrow: An Anthology of Modern Science Fiction 1954-06-00 ed. William Sloane Funk & Wagnalls  
$3.95?$: US dollar
xii+
628
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stanley Meltzoff 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
Stories for Tomorrow 1955-00-00 ed. William Sloane Eyre & Spottiswoode  
18/-?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).
xii+
476
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Val Biro Checkmark
Great Stories of Science Fiction 1955-01-00 ed. Murray Leinster The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 12
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).
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Children of the Atom 1958-00-00 Wilmar H. Shiras Avon T-221
$0.35?$: 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 Art Sussman Checkmark
The Armchair Science Reader 1959-00-00 ed. Isabel S. Gordon, Sophie Sorkin Simon & Schuster  
$7.95?$: US dollar
xxi+
832
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Children of the Atom 1959-03-00 Wilmar H. Shiras The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 37
5/6?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).
216
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll C. W. Bacon  
Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science Fiction 1966-11-00 ed. Terry Carr Doubleday  
$3.95?$: US dollar
190
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Toward Infinity: 9 Science Fiction Tales 1968-00-00 ed. Damon Knight Simon & Schuster  
$4.95?$: US dollar
319
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jim McMullen Checkmark
Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science Fiction 1968-00-00 ed. Terry Carr Funk & Wagnalls F47
$0.95?$: US dollar
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.
anth Bob Korn Checkmark
Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science Fiction 1968-00-00 ed. Terry Carr Funk & Wagnalls F47
$0.95?$: US dollar
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.
anth Bob Korn  
Towards Infinity: Nine Science Fiction Adventures 1970-07-00 ed. Damon Knight Gollancz 0-575-00372-3
25/-?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).
319
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Science Fiction Writers of America 1973-01-00 ed. Ben Bova Doubleday 0-385-05788-1
$9.95?$: US dollar
xi+
466
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Robert Aulicino Checkmark
Towards Infinity 1973-01-00 ed. Damon Knight Pan Books 0-330-23431-5
£0.35?£: UK pound
284
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
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B 1973-06-00 ed. Ben Bova Doubleday / SFBC 5715
$3.50?$: US dollar
xi+
527
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Robert Aulicino Checkmark
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three 1974-04-00 ed. Ben Bova Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) 0-575-01738-4
£3.20?£: UK pound
440
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Science Fiction Stories 1974-06-00 ed. Cordelia Titcomb Smith Dell Laurel-Leaf 3160
$0.95?$: US dollar
288
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  
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIB 1974-07-00 ed. Ben Bova Avon Books 0-380-00054-7 / 19729
$1.75?$: US dollar
559
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 Checkmark
Great Science Fiction Stories 1974-10-00 ed. Cordelia Titcomb Smith Dell Laurel-Leaf 3160
$0.95?$: US dollar
288
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
Children of the Atom 1978-00-00 Wilmar H. Shiras Pennyfarthing Press 0-930800-02-8
$4.95?$: US dollar
221
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 Lela Dowling  
Children of the Atom 1978-12-00 Wilmar H. Shiras Pennyfarthing Press 0-930800-01-X
$12.95?$: US dollar
221
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Lela Dowling Checkmark
Children of the Atom 1981-03-00 Wilmar H. Shiras Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 5855
$3.50?$: US dollar
182
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Tony Fiyalko Checkmark
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIB 1982-00-00 ed. Ben Bova Avon Books 0-380-00054-7
$3.95?$: US dollar
559
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  
Analog's Children of the Future 1982-12-00 ed. Stanley Schmidt The Dial Press 0-385-27778-4
$12.95?$: US dollar
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Analog's Children of the Future 1982-12-00 ed. Stanley Schmidt Davis Publications  
$2.95?$: US dollar
288
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".
anth Checkmark
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 10, 1948 1983-08-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books (DAW Collectors #543) 0-87997-854-6 / UE1854
$3.50?$: US dollar
287
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
Robert André?Robert Andre
Checkmark
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 10, 1948 1983-08-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-854-6
C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar
287
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
Robert André?Robert Andre
Checkmark
The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Fifth Series 1985-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers 0-517-47566-9
$6.98?$: US dollar
641
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Romas Checkmark
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Science Fiction Writres of America 2001-00-00 ed. Ben Bova The Easton Press     xi+
527
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Children of the Atom 2004-09-00 Wilmar H. Shiras Red Jacket Press 0-9748895-0-4
$39.95?$: US dollar
216
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Frank Kelly Freas Checkmark
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B 2008-05-00 ed. Ben Bova Tor 978-0-7653-0532-9
$29.95?$: US dollar
xi+
527
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Kenn Brown  
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B 2010-02-00 ed. Ben Bova Orb 978-0-7653-0533-6
$18.99?$: US dollar
xi+
527
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  
Children of the Atom 2016-08-09 Wilmar H. Shiras Pickle Partners Publishing 978-1-78720-074-6
$5.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Frank Kelly Freas  
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B 2018-04-10 ed. Ben Bova Blackstone Audio      
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth Checkmark
The Future Is Female!: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, From Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin 2018-10-09 ed. Lisa Yaszek The Library of America 978-1-59853-580-8
$27.95?$: US dollar
xxi+
530
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Richard Avedon Checkmark
The Future Is Female!: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, From Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin 2018-10-09 ed. Lisa Yaszek The Library of America 978-1-59853-585-3
$13.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Richard Avedon  
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Two-B: The Great Novellas 2019-12-05 ed. Ben Bova Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-428-6
$19.99?$: US dollar
560
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  
Toward Infinity date unknown ed. Damon Knight Simon & Schuster 0-671-65039-4
$5.70?$: US dollar
319
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jim McMullen Checkmark
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 10, 1948 date unknown ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books 0-87997-854-6
$3.50?$: US dollar
287
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
Robert André?Robert Andre
Checkmark
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 10, 1948 date unknown ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books 0-87997-854-6
$3.50?$: US dollar
287
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
Robert André?Robert Andre
Checkmark
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIB date unknown ed. Ben Bova Avon Books 0-380-00054-7
$1.95?$: US dollar
559
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 Checkmark
Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science Fiction date unknown ed. Terry Carr Funk & Wagnalls F47
$0.95?$: US dollar
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.
anth Bob Korn Checkmark
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIB date unknown ed. Ben Bova Avon Books 0-380-00054-7
$2.25?$: US dollar
559
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 Checkmark
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIB date unknown ed. Ben Bova Avon Books 0-380-42739-7
$2.50?$: US dollar
559
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 Checkmark
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIB date unknown ed. Ben Bova Avon Books 0-380-00054-7
$2.95?$: US dollar
559
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 Checkmark
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