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Title: Beachhead Title Record # 69135
Author: Clifford D. Simak
Date: 1951-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1951 "You'll Never Go Home Again!" [as by Clifford Simak]
1952 Beachhead [as by Clifford Simak]
1965 "You'll Never Go Home Again"
1966 You'll Never Go Home Again
Year Language Title
1964Translated by Francisco Cazorla Olmo
Spanish La máquina misteriosa
1966Translated by Roberta Rambelli
Italian Testa di ponte
1967Translated by Hilja Brinis
Italian Pianeta senza ritorno
1968Translated by Carlo Pagetti
Italian Un mondo estraneo [as by Clifford B. Simak]
1968Translated by Michel Deutsch
French Jamais vous ne repartirez
1969Translated by Frans L. de Regt
Dutch Bruggehoofd
1969Translated by Miguel Giménez Sales
Spanish No volveremos a casa
1971Translated by Hery Fastré
French Vous ne retournerez jamais chez vous
1973Translated by Thorstein Thelle
Norwegian (Bokmal) Dere kommer aldri hjem igjen
1977Translated by Sílvia Rangel
Portuguese Invasão
1979Translated by Božidar Stančić
Croatian
Nikad se nećete vratiti?Nikad se necete vratiti
2011Translated by Pierre-Paul Durastanti
French Tête de pont

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Beachheads in Space 1954-00-00 ed. August Derleth Weidenfeld & Nicolson  
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).
224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Strangers in the Universe 1956-00-00 Clifford D. Simak Simon & Schuster  
$3.50?$: US dollar
371
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Charles Skaggs (artist) Checkmark
Strangers in the Universe 1957-05-00 Clifford D. Simak Simon & Schuster / SFBC  
$1.15?$: US dollar
280
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Charles Skaggs (artist) Checkmark
Strangers in the Universe 1957-09-00 Clifford D. Simak Berkley Books G-71
$0.35?$: 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.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
Strangers in the Universe 1957-09-00 Clifford D. Simak Berkley Books G-71
C$0.35?C$: Canadian 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.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
Strangers in the Universe 1958-00-00 Clifford D. Simak Faber and Faber  
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).
264
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Strangers in the Universe 1958-01-00 Clifford D. Simak Berkley Books G-71   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.
coll Richard Powers  
Strangers in the Universe 1959-05-00 Clifford D. Simak The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 38
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).
264
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll C. W. Bacon Checkmark
Strangers in the Universe 1962-02-00 Clifford Simak Panther 1332
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).
191
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 John Richards Checkmark
Strangers in the Universe 1963-10-00 Clifford D. Simak Berkley Medallion F835
$0.50?$: US dollar
191
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Beachheads in Space 1964-00-00 ed. August Derleth Four Square Books 1073
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).
219
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 R. S. Lonati Checkmark
Selections from Strangers in the Universe 1968-07-00 Clifford D. Simak Berkley Medallion X1589
$0.60?$: US dollar
191
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
Explorers of Space 1975-04-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Thomas Nelson 0-8407-6439-1
$6.95?$: US dollar
253
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Frank Alois Checkmark
Perilous Planets: An Anthology of Way-Back-When Futures 1978-05-00 ed. Brian W. Aldiss Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-77354-2
£5.95?£: UK pound
367
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Geoff Taylor  
Science Fiction: English and American Short Stories 1979-00-00 ed. Progress Publishers     348
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 Checkmark
Perilous Planets 1980-02-00 ed. Brian Aldiss Avon 0-380-47100-0
$2.50?$: US dollar
xvi+
350
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 Alex Ebel Checkmark
Perilous Planets 1980-06-00 ed. Brian W. Aldiss Orbit / Futura 0-7088-8071-1
£1.50?£: UK pound
367
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 Tim White Checkmark
Classic Science Fiction Stories 2011-04-00 ed. Tig Thomas Miles Kelly Publishing 978-1-84810-477-8
£14.99?£: UK pound
511
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 Philcold Checkmark
New Folks' Home and Other Stories 2016-03-01 Clifford D. Simak Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-5040-2318-4
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Jason Gabbert  
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