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Title: Gimmicks Three Title Record # 58945
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1956-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Current Tags: paranormal powers (1), time travel (1), demon (1), fantasy (1), deal with demon (1), humorous (1), locked room (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1956 The Brazen Locked Room
Year Language Title
1963ⓘTranslated by Andrés Vergara.
 Spanish Treta tridimensional
1963 Italian Patto col diavolo
1966ⓘTranslated by Roger Durand
 French La chambre d'airain
1975ⓘTranslated by Riccardo Valla
 Italian La stanza chiusa
1976ⓘTranslated by Michel Deutsch
 French Le pacte
1984ⓘTranslated by Joachim Körber
 German Das verschlossene Zimmer
1992ⓘTranslated by Carlos Gardini.
 Spanish Treta tridimensional
1999ⓘTranslated by Mihai-Dan Pavelescu
 Romanian
Trei direcții?Trei directii

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1956 1956-11-00 ed. Anthony Boucher Fantasy House, Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
 132
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 Kelly Freas Checkmark
Earth Is Room Enough 1957-10-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday / SFBC     192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Tony Palladino Checkmark
Earth Is Room Enough 1957-10-03 Isaac Asimov Doubleday (Doubleday Science Fiction)  
$2.95?$: US dollar
 192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Tony Palladino  
Earth Is Room Enough 1957-10-03 Isaac Asimov Doubleday  
C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Tony Palladino  
Deals with the Devil 1958-00-00 ed. Basil Davenport Dodd, Mead & Co.  
$4.00?$: US dollar
 xvii+
332
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Deals with the Devil 1959-00-00 ed. Basil Davenport Faber and Faber     328
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Earth Is Room Enough 1959-04-00 Isaac Asimov Bantam Books A1978
$0.35?$: US dollar
 166
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
Earth Is Room Enough 1960-04-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 1042
2/6?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).
 176
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
Earth Is Room Enough 1960-05-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday     192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Earth Is Room Enough 1961-12-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday     192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Earth Is Room Enough 1962-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 1042
2/6?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).
 176
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  
Con la Tierra nos basta 1963-00-00 Isaac Asimov E.D.H.A.S.A. (Nebulae #92) 92   232
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  
Galaxy #58 1963-03-00 ed. Luigi Vitali Casa Editrice La Tribuna 58
Lit 200?Lit: Italian lira
 160
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 Martin (I) Checkmark
Fiction, #148 1966-03-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
 OPTA  
F3.00?F: French frank
 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 Michel Jakubowicz  
Earth Is Room Enough 1967-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 1042
3/6?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).
 176
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
Earth Is Room Enough 1969-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 1042
4/-?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).
 176
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
Special Wonder: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1970-03-00 ed. J. Francis McComas Random House  
$7.95?$: US dollar
 xv+
[3]+
410
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Earth Is Room Enough 1970-04-00 Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest T1401
$0.75?$: US dollar
 208
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
Earth Is Room Enough 1970-04-00 Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest T1401
C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar
 208
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
Earth Is Room Enough 1971-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 1042   176
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  
Special Wonder Volume 1 1971-01-00 ed. J. Francis McComas Beagle Books / Ballantine 95044
$0.95?$: US dollar
 xvii+
235
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
Earth Is Room Enough 1972-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-01042-4
£0.35?£: UK pound
 176
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  
Earth Is Room Enough 1972-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-01042-4
£0.35?£: UK pound
 176
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  
Earth Is Room Enough 1973-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-01042-4
£0.35?£: UK pound
 176
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
Earth Is Room Enough 1973-00-00 Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest M2194
$0.95?$: US dollar
 208
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
Earth Is Room Enough 1975-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-01042-4
£0.40?£: UK pound
 176
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
La Terra è abbastanza grande 1975-03-00 Isaac Asimov Editrice Nord (Cosmo Serie Oro. Classici della Narrativa di Fantascienza #16)  
Lit 3,800?Lit: Italian lira
 xxvi+
370
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Christopher Foss  
Earth Is Room Enough 1976-00-00 Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest Q2801
$1.50?$: US dollar
 208
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
Earth Is Room Enough 1976-00-00 Isaac Asimov Abelard-Schuman 0-200-72378-2
£3.95?£: UK pound
 192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Espace vital 1976-00-00 Isaac Asimov
Librairie des Champs-Élysées?Librairie des Champs-Elysees
(Le Masque - Science Fiction #40)		 2-7024-0472-3   251
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  
Earth Is Room Enough 1977-02-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-01042-4
£0.50?£: UK pound
 176
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
Earth Is Room Enough 1978-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther / Granada 0-586-01042-4
£0.75?£: UK pound
 176
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
Espace vital 1979-00-00 Isaac Asimov
Librairie des Champs-Élysées?Librairie des Champs-Elysees
(Le Masque - Science Fiction #40)		 2-7024-0472-3   251
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  
The Far Ends of Time and Earth 1979-01-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday 0-385-13269-7
$12.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
538
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni Robert Korn  
The Far Ends of Time and Earth 1979-03-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday & Company / SFBC 5578
$4.50?$: US dollar
 xiv+
526
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni Robert Korn Checkmark
Earth Is Room Enough 1981-00-00 Isaac Asimov Granada 0-586-01042-4
£1.25?£: UK pound
 176
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
Isaac Asimov — der Tausendjahresplaner 1984-00-00 Hans Joachim Alpers, Harald Pusch Corian (Edition Futurum #2) 3-89048-202-3
DM 19.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 199
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.
 non-fic Bruno Stiegler Checkmark
Espace vital 1987-04-24 Isaac Asimov J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #2055) 2-277-22055-8   251
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 Jim Burns  
Devils & Demons: A Treasury of Fiendish Tales Old & New 1987-09-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Doubleday / SFBC 10336
$6.98?$: US dollar
 xv+
587
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Edward Gorey Checkmark
Devils & Demons: A Treasury of Fiendish Tales Old & New 1987-09-16 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Doubleday 0-385-18563-4
$15.95?$: US dollar
 xv+
587
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Edward Gorey  
Earth Is Room Enough 1989-00-00 Isaac Asimov Grafton 0-586-01042-4
£2.99?£: UK pound
 176
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  
The Complete Stories, Volume 1 1990-11-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday Foundation 0-385-41606-7
$22.95?$: US dollar
 viii+
614
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Barclay Shaw  
The Complete Stories, Volume 1 1990-11-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday Foundation 0-385-41627-X
$12.95?$: US dollar
 viii+
615
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 Barclay Shaw Checkmark
The Complete Stories, Volume 1 1991-03-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday Foundation / SFBC 17907
$10.98?$: US dollar
 viii+
614
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Barclay Shaw Checkmark
Cuentos completos I 1992-00-00 Isaac Asimov Ediciones B (Éxito Internacional #108) 84-406-3153-7   700
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jordi Vallhonesta  
Cuentos completos I 1992-12-01 Isaac Asimov Ediciones B (Éxito Internacional #108) 84-406-3153-7   700
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 Jordi Vallhonesta  
The Complete Stories, Volume 1 1993-03-00 Isaac Asimov HarperCollins (UK) 0-00-224139-0
£15.99?£: UK pound
 614
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Chris Moore  
The Complete Stories: Volume One 1994-07-00 Isaac Asimov HarperCollins (UK) 0-00-647647-3
£5.99?£: UK pound
 430
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 Moore  
The Complete Stories: Volume One 1997-00-00 Isaac Asimov HarperCollins (UK) 0-00-647647-3
£6.99?£: UK pound
 429
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 Moore Checkmark
The Complete Stories: Volume One 1997-00-00 Isaac Asimov HarperCollins (UK) 0-00-647647-3
£6.99?£: UK pound
 430
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 Moore Checkmark
Visele sunt sacre 1999-00-00 Isaac Asimov Editura Teora (Sci-Fi (Editura Teora) #29) 973-601-849-0   190
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  
Cuentos completos I 2010-09-00 Isaac Asimov Zeta (Zeta - Nova #48) 978-84-9872-258-1   816
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 Oscar Chichoni  
Geliebter Roboter 2016-01-11 Isaac Asimov Heyne 978-3-641-13205-7
€6.99?€: Euro
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Geliebter Roboter 2016-02-00 Isaac Asimov Heyne 978-3-453-52843-7
€7.99?€: Euro
 208
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  
The Complete Stories: Volume One 2023-11-09 Isaac Asimov Harper Voyager (UK) 978-0-00-738481-5
£4.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The Complete Stories, Volume 1 date unknown Isaac Asimov Doubleday Foundation 0-385-41627-X
$17.95?$: US dollar
 viii+
614
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  
Earth Is Room Enough date unknown Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest T1718
$0.75?$: US dollar
 208
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  
Earth Is Room Enough date unknown Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest P2303
$1.25?$: US dollar
 208
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
Earth Is Room Enough date unknown Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest 0-449-23383-9
$1.75?$: US dollar
 208
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
Earth Is Room Enough date unknown Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest 0-449-24125-4
$1.95?$: US dollar
 208
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
The Complete Stories, Volume 1 date unknown Isaac Asimov Broadway Books 0-385-41627-X
$22.00?$: US dollar
 viii+
614
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  
Earth Is Room Enough date unknown Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest T1401
$0.75?$: US dollar
 208
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
Earth Is Room Enough date unknown Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest 0-449-23383-9
$1.75?$: US dollar
 208
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
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