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Title: There Is a Tide Title Record # 52320
Author: Larry Niven
Date: 1968-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Known Space
Language: English
Synopsis: A human explorer attempting to salvage a possibly valuable item in space comes into competition with a ship from an alien race.
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Current Tags: science fiction (1), hard sf (1), Known Space (1), alien encounter (1), neutronium (1) Add Tags

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Translations
Year Language Title
1969Translated by Clark Darlton (as Walter Ernsting) and/or Thomas Schlück (in Galaxy 12 only one credit for the entire anthology is supplied)
German Das Glücksspiel
1976Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Ebbe und Flut
1978Translated by Jaime Martijn
Dutch Er is een getij
1984Translated by Bernd Seligmann
German Das fremde Raumschiff

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Magazine, July 1968 1968-07-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.60?$: US dollar
196
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 Gaughan Checkmark
Galaxy 12 1969-03-00 ed. Walter Ernsting,
Thomas Schlück?Thomas Schlueck
Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3138) 3138   157+
[1]
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 Karl Stephan Checkmark
Galaxy 12 1970-00-00 ed. Walter Ernsting,
Thomas Schlück?Thomas Schlueck
Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3138) 3138   157+
[1]
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 Karl Stephan Checkmark
A Hole in Space 1974-06-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-24011-1
$1.25?$: US dollar
196
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
A Hole in Space 1974-06-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-24011-1
C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar
196
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
A Hole in Space 1974-11-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-24011-1
$1.25?$: US dollar
196
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
A Hole in Space 1975-00-00 Larry Niven Orbit / Futura 0-86007-853-1
£0.50?£: UK pound
196
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 Tony Roberts (artist) Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1975-08-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-24563-6
$1.50?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1975-08-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-24563-6
C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1975-11-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-24563-6
$1.50?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
A Hole in Space 1976-03-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-25287-X
$1.50?$: US dollar
196
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
Die Lücke im System?Die Luecke im System
1976-07-00 Larry Niven Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #0227) 3-442-23227-9
DM 4.00?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.
coll F. Jürgen Rogner Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1976-11-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-25836-3
$1.75?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
A Hole in Space 1977-02-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-27137-8
$1.50?$: US dollar
196
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
Het heelal van de dromers: Een verkenning in de wereld van de science fiction 1978-00-00 ed. Mark Carpentier Alting Meulenhoff 90-290-1000-2 ƒ2.50 103
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 Eric Ladd , Blair Wilkins Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1978-01-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-27657-4
$1.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
A Hole in Space 1978-08-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-28040-7
$1.75?$: US dollar
196
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1978-11-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-27657-4
$1.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Tales of Known Space 1980-00-00 Larry Niven Futura 0-7088-8068-1
£1.35?£: UK pound
xiv+
238
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 Peter Jones Checkmark
A Hole in Space 1980-00-00 Larry Niven Orbit / Futura 0-86007-853-1
£1.25?£: UK pound
196
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 Peter Jones Checkmark
A Hole in Space 1980-03-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-29225-1
$1.95?$: US dollar
196
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1981-01-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-29811-X
$2.50?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
A Hole in Space 1981-03-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-30051-3
$2.25?$: US dollar
196
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1983-04-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31354-2
$2.75?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
A Hole in Space 1984-00-00 Larry Niven Orbit 0-86007-853-1
£2.25?£: UK pound
196
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 Peter Jones Checkmark
Tales of Known Space 1984-00-00 Larry Niven Orbit 0-7088-8068-1
£1.95?£: UK pound
xiv+
238
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 Peter Jones Checkmark
Abenteuer Weltraum 2 1984-02-00 ed. uncredited
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24051)
3-404-24051-0
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
301
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
Geschichten aus dem Ringwelt-Universum 1985-01-00 Larry Niven
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24064)
3-404-24064-2
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
296
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 Peter Elson Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1985-11-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33469-8
$2.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach  
A Hole in Space 1986-00-00 Larry Niven Orbit / Futura 0-86007-853-1
£2.50?£: UK pound
196
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 Peter Jones Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1987-10-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33469-8
$3.50?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Tales of Known Space 1988-00-00 Larry Niven Orbit 0-7088-8068-1
£?£: UK pound
xiv+
238
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 Peter Jones  
A Hole in Space 1988-05-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33777-8
$3.50?$: US dollar
196
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 Dean Ellis  
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1989-02-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33469-8
$3.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
A Hole in Space 1990-00-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-33777-8
$4.95?$: US dollar
196
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 Dean Ellis  
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1991-01-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33469-8
C$6.50?C$: Canadian dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
A Hole in Space 1992-00-00 Larry Niven Orbit / Little, Brown UK 1-85723-147-3
£4.50?£: UK pound
196
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 Peter Elson Checkmark
Tales of Known Space 1992-02-00 Larry Niven Orbit 0-7088-8068-1
£4.50?£: UK pound
xiv+
238
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 Gambino Checkmark
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1992-09-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33469-8
$5.99?$: US dollar
240
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 Rick Sternbach  
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven 1992-09-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33469-8
C$6.99?C$: Canadian dollar
240
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Omni Comix, October-November 1995 1995-10-00 ed. Mark McClellan Bob Guccione  
£2.75?£: UK pound
112
A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
mag Mark Texeira , Richard Corben Checkmark
Three Books of Known Space 1996-11-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-40448-3
$12.95?$: US dollar
xii+
574
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 David Stevenson Checkmark
Der kälteste Ort?Der kaelteste Ort
2000-12-00 Larry Niven
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction
#24281)
3-404-24281-5 / 24281
DM 14.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
348
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 Romas Kukalis Checkmark
A Hole in Space 2011-06-17 Larry Niven Spectrum Literary Agency  
$5.99?$: US dollar
206
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Three Books of Known Space date unknown Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-40448-3
$15.95?$: US dollar
xii+
574
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 David Stevenson  
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven date unknown Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-25836-3
$1.75?$: US dollar
xiv+
240
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 Rick Sternbach  
Three Books of Known Space date unknown Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-40448-3
$16.95?$: US dollar
xii+
574
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 David Stevenson Checkmark
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