Title: Language for Time Travelers
Title Record # 57955
Author: L. Sprague de Camp
Date: 1938-07-00
Type: ESSAY
Language: English
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Author: L. Sprague de Camp
Date: 1938-07-00
Type: ESSAY
Language: English
Synopsis: The author discusses how languages change over time, using English as an example, with depictions of the difficulties a time traveler might experience in the future trying to communicate.
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Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1938 | 1938-07-00 | ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. | Street & Smith Publications, Inc. | $0.20?$: US dollar |
164 | pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75 |
mag | H. V. Brown |  |
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| Coming Attractions | 1957-02-00 | ed. Martin Greenberg | Gnome Press | $3.50?$: US dollar |
254 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | W. I. Van der Poel | |
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| The Best of L. Sprague de Camp | 1978-02-00 | L. Sprague de Camp | Nelson Doubleday / SFBC | 2164 | $2.98?$: US dollar |
xv+ 301 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Richard V. Corben | |
| The Best of L. Sprague de Camp | 1978-05-00 | L. Sprague de Camp | Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) | 0-345-25474-0 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
xvii+ 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. |
coll | Darrell Sweet | |
| The Best of L. Sprague de Camp | 1978-05-00 | L. Sprague de Camp | Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) | 0-345-25474-0 | C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
xvii+ 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. |
coll | Darrell Sweet | |
| The Analog Anthology #1 | 1980-12-00 | ed. Stanley Schmidt | Davis Publications | $2.95?$: US dollar |
380 | 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 | Dean Ellis | |
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| Analog's Golden Anniversary Anthology | 1981-00-00 | ed. Stanley Schmidt | The Dial Press | 0-8037-0217-5 | $10.95?$: US dollar |
380 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| Fifty Years of the Best Science Fiction from Analog | 1982-00-00 | ed. Stanley Schmidt | Davis Publications | $2.95?$: US dollar |
380 | 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 | |
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| The Best of L. Sprague de Camp | 1986-05-00 | L. Sprague de Camp | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-32930-9 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
xvii+ 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. |
coll | Darrell Sweet | |
| Years in the Making: The Time-Travel Stories of L. Sprague de Camp | 2005-02-00 | L. Sprague de Camp | NESFA Press | 1-886778-47-7 | $25.00?$: US dollar |
377 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | |
| Years in the Making: The Time-Travel Stories of L. Sprague de Camp | 2005-09-00 | L. Sprague de Camp | NESFA Press / SFBC | 1192207 | $12.50?$: US dollar |
377 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | |
| The Best of L. Sprague de Camp | 2014-12-12 | L. Sprague de Camp | Phoenix Pick | 978-1-61242-249-7 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| The Best of L. Sprague de Camp | 2014-12-16 | L. Sprague de Camp | Phoenix Pick | 978-1-61242-248-0 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
341 | 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. |
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