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Title: The Talking Stone Title Record # 62725
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1955-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Wendell Urth
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1956 French
La bête de pierre?La bete de pierre
1960Translated by 田中融二(Tanaka Yuhji)
Japanese
もの言う石?ものいういし
Mono Iu Ishi
Monoiu Ishi
[as by ]
1969Translated by Michel Deutsch.
French La pierre parlante
1969Translated by Wulf H. Bergner
German Der sprechende Stein
1970Translated by Henk Bouwman
Dutch De sprekende steen
1993Translated by Carlos Gardini.
Spanish La piedra parlante

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, October 1955 1955-10-00 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 Mel Hunter Checkmark
Fiction, #31 1956-06-00 ed. Editors of Fiction OPTA  
F100?F: French frank
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 Philippe Curval Checkmark
S-Fマガジン 1960年03月号, #2?Esu-Efu Magajin 1960-nen 03-gatsu Gō, #2
Esu-Efu Magajin 1960-nen 03-gatsu Gou, #2
S-F Magajin 1960-nen 03-gatsu Gō, #2
S-F Magajin 1960-nen 03-gatsu Gou, #2
1960-03-00 ed.
早川清?Hayakawa Kiyoshi
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō
Hayakawa Shobo
はやかわしょぼう
ハヤカワショボウ
    144
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.
mag
中島靖侃?なかじませいかん
Nakajima Seikan
 
Space, Time & Crime 1964-11-00 ed. Miriam Allen deFord Paperback Library 52-502
$0.50?$: US dollar
174
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
Space, Time & Crime 1964-11-00 ed. Miriam Allen deFord Paperback Library 52-502
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
174
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
Asimov's Mysteries 1968-00-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday (Doubleday Science Fiction)  
$4.50?$: US dollar
xi+
228
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll James McMullan Checkmark
Space, Time & Crime 1968-01-00 ed. Miriam Allen deFord Paperback Library 52-622
$0.50?$: US dollar
174
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1968-04-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.70?$: US dollar
xi+
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll James McMullan Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1968-08-00 Isaac Asimov Rapp & Whiting  
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).
228
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Asimov's Mysteries 1969-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-02929-X
5/-?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).
253
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
Asimov's Mysteries 1969-01-00 Isaac Asimov Dell 0307
$0.60?$: US dollar
251+
[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.
coll Berkey Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1969-01-00 Isaac Asimov Dell 0307
C$0.60?C$: Canadian dollar
251+
[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.
coll Berkey Checkmark
10 SF-Kriminalgeschichten 1969-02-00 Isaac Asimov Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3135) 3135
DM 2.40?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
159
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 Gray Morrow Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1969-07-00 Isaac Asimov Dell 0307
$0.60?$: US dollar
256
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 Berkey Checkmark
De sprekende steen 1970-00-00 Isaac Asimov Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1318) 90-229-1318-X ƒ2.75 223
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 Dick Bruna Checkmark
10 SF-Kriminalgeschichten 1970-00-00 Isaac Asimov Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3135) 3135
DM 2.80?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 Gray Morrow Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1970-05-00 Isaac Asimov Dell 0307
$0.75?$: US dollar
252
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 Berkey Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1971-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-02929-X
5/-?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).
253
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
Asimov's Mysteries 1971-05-00 Isaac Asimov Rapp & Whiting 0-85391-078-2   228
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Asimov's Mysteries 1972-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-02929-X
£0.30?£: UK pound
253
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
Asimov's Mysteries 1973-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-02929-X
£0.35?£: UK pound
253
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  
Asimov's Mysteries 1973-02-00 Isaac Asimov Dell Laurel-Leaf 0307
$0.95?$: US dollar
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 Checkmark
アシモフのミステリ世界?アシモフのミステリせかい
Ajimofu no Misuteri Sekai
1973-04-00
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō
Hayakawa Shobo
はやかわしょぼう
ハヤカワショボウ
( #3304)
     
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  
Asimov's Mysteries 1974-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-02929-X
£0.35?£: UK pound
253
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
Asimov's Mysteries 1974-04-00 Isaac Asimov Dell Laurel-Leaf 0307
$0.95?$: US dollar
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
Histoires mystérieuses: Tome 1 1974-12-16 Isaac Asimov
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#113)
    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  
Asimov's Mysteries 1975-08-00 Isaac Asimov Dell Laurel-Leaf 0307
$1.25?$: US dollar
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 Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1976-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-02929-X
£0.50?£: UK pound
253
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
Histoires mystérieuses: Tome 1 1977-04-25 Isaac Asimov
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#113)
    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
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
 
Asimov's Mysteries 1977-07-00 Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest 0-449-23223-9
$1.50?$: US dollar
255
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 Ann Dalton Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1977-07-00 Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest 0-449-23223-9
C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar
255
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 Ann Dalton Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1979-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther / Granada 0-586-02929-X
£0.85?£: UK pound
253
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 Vicente Segrelles Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1980-00-00 Isaac Asimov Granada 0-586-02929-X
£0.95?£: UK pound
253
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 Vicente Segrelles Checkmark
10 Science Fiction-Kriminalgeschichten 1980-01-00 Isaac Asimov Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3135) 3-453-30057-2
DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
141+
[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.
coll Hubertus Mall Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1980-02-00 Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest 0-449-24011-8
$1.95?$: US dollar
255
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 Ann Dalton Checkmark
The Great Science Fiction Series 1980-11-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Frederik Pohl Harper & Row 0-06-013382-1
$16.95?$: US dollar
x+
419
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jon Weiman Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1981-00-00 Isaac Asimov Granada 0-586-02929-X
£1.25?£: UK pound
253
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 Vicente Segrelles Checkmark
10 Science Fiction-Kriminalgeschichten 1981-00-00 Isaac Asimov Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3135) 3-453-30057-2
DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
141+
[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.
coll  
Asimov's Mysteries 1986-00-00 Isaac Asimov Grafton 0-586-02929-X
£2.50?£: UK pound
253
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 Cesare Reggiani Checkmark
Asimov's Mysteries 1986-06-00 Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest / Ballantine 0-449-21075-8
C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar
255
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
Asimov's Mysteries 1986-06-00 Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest / Ballantine 0-449-21075-8
$2.95?$: US dollar
255
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
アシモフのミステリ世界?アシモフのミステリせかい
Ajimofu no Misuteri Sekai
1988-10-31
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō
Hayakawa Shobo
はやかわしょぼう
ハヤカワショボウ
(
ハヤカワ文庫SF?Hayakawa Bunko SF
#792)
4-15-010792-0   485
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
木嶋俊?きじましゅん
Kijima Shun
 
The Complete Stories, Volume 2 1992-02-00 Isaac Asimov Foundation / Doubleday 0-385-42078-1
$14.00?$: US dollar
ix+
550
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 2 1992-05-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday Foundation / SFBC 17907
$7.98?$: US dollar
ix+
635
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Barclay Shaw Checkmark
Cuentos completos II 1993-00-00 Isaac Asimov Ediciones B (Éxito Internacional #142) 84-406-3787-X    
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Complete Stories, Volume 2 1994-01-00 Isaac Asimov HarperCollins (UK) 0-00-224150-1
£16.99?£: UK pound
550
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
SFantastisch weer 1994-05-00 ed. Redactie Meulenhoff *M Meulenhoff (*M) 90-290-4686-4   203
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 Nico Keulers Checkmark
Histoires mystérieuses: Tome 1?Histoires mysterieuses: Tome 1
1994-05-00 Isaac Asimov
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#113)
    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 Hubert de Lartigue  
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  
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  
Histoires mystérieuses 2003-01-02 Isaac Asimov Gallimard (Folio SF #122) 2-07-042680-7
€5.80?€: Euro
437
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
 
The Complete Stories, Volume 2 unpublished Isaac Asimov Foundation / Doubleday 0-385-42079-X    
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Asimov's Mysteries date unknown Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest 0-449-24011-8
$1.75?$: US dollar
255
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 Ann Dalton Checkmark
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