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Title: By the Waters of Babylon Title Record # 69889
Author:
Stephen Vincent Benét?Stephen Vincent Benet

Date: 1937-10-11
Variant Title of: The Place of the Gods (1937) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published as "The Place of the Gods" in The Saturday Evening Post, 31 July 1937.
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Current Tags: postapocalyptic (1), collapse of civilization (1), science fiction (1), New York City (1), future (1), pilgrimage (1), chemical warfare (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), first person point of view (1), superstition (1)

Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Thirteen O'Clock: Stories of Several Worlds 1937-10-11
Stephen Vincent Benét?Stephen Vincent Benet
Farrar & Rinehart  
$2.50?$: US dollar
viii+
305
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Thirteen O'Clock: Stories of Several Worlds 1938-02-00
Stephen Vincent Benét?Stephen Vincent Benet
William Heinemann  
7/6?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).
344
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Thirteen O'Clock 1939-00-00
Stephen Vincent Benét?Stephen Vincent Benet
William Heinemann  
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).
344
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Selected Works of Stephen Vincent Benét 1942-00-00
Stephen Vincent Benét?Stephen Vincent Benet
Farrar & Rinehart  
$5.00?$: US dollar
xiv+
487+
483
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Selected Works of Stephen Vincent Benét: Volume Two, Prose 1942-06-00
Stephen Vincent Benét?Stephen Vincent Benet
Farrar & Rinehart     483
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Short Stories of Stephen Vincent Benét - A Selection 1943-00-00
Stephen Vincent Benét?Stephen Vincent Benet
Editions for the Armed Services C-77
$0.00?$: US dollar
319
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  
Twenty-Five Short Stories 1943-00-00
Stephen Vincent Benét?Stephen Vincent Benet
Sun Dial Press  
$1.49?$: US dollar
xiii+
305+
274
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction 1943-03-00 ed. Donald A. Wollheim Pocket Books 214
$0.25?$: US dollar
x+
310
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
The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction 1943-06-00 ed. Donald A. Wollheim Pocket Books 214
$0.25?$: US dollar
x+
310
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  
The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction 1943-08-00 ed. Donald A. Wollheim Pocket Books 214
$0.25?$: US dollar
x+
310
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
Avon Ghost Reader 1946-00-00 ed. uncredited Avon Book Co. (New Avon Library #90) 90
$0.25?$: US dollar
258
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
The Stephen Vincent Benét Pocket Book 1946-12-00
Stephen Vincent Benét?Stephen Vincent Benet
Pocket Books 360
$0.25?$: US dollar
x+
414
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  
Selected Stories 1947-00-00
Stephen Vincent Benét?Stephen Vincent Benet
Maurice Fridberg (Hour-Glass Library #9)  
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).
135
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction 1947-04-00 ed. Donald A. Wollheim Pocket Books 214
$0.25?$: US dollar
x+
310
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  
The Armchair Science Reader 1959-00-00 ed. Isabel S. Gordon, Sophie Sorkin Simon & Schuster  
$7.95?$: US dollar
xxi+
832
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Cities of Wonder 1966-00-00 ed. Damon Knight Doubleday  
C$4.95?C$: Canadian dollar
252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Cities of Wonder 1966-02-00 ed. Damon Knight Doubleday  
$4.50?$: US dollar
[xii]+
252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth John Rombola Checkmark
The Devil and Daniel Webster and Other Stories 1967-00-00
Stephen Vincent Benét?Stephen Vincent Benet
Archway / Washington Square Press 29013
$0.50?$: US dollar
120
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  
Cities of Wonder 1967-04-00 ed. Damon Knight Macfadden-Bartell 75-183
$0.75?$: 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.
anth Jack Faragasso Checkmark
Cities of Wonder 1967-04-00 ed. Damon Knight Macfadden-Bartell 75-183
C$0.75?C$: Canadian 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.
anth Jack Faragasso Checkmark
Designs in Fiction 1968-00-00 ed. Elizabeth Scheld The Macmillan Company 28958   xii+
256
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 Jo Polseno Checkmark
Stories and Storytellers 1968-01-01 ed. David Aloian Addison-Wesley     273
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Cities of Wonder 1968-05-00 ed. Damon Knight Dennis Dobson 0-234-77059-7
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).
xi+
252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Secret Sharer and Other Great Stories 1969-02-00 ed. Abraham H. Lass, Norma L. Tasman Mentor / New American Library MQ913
$0.95?$: US dollar
352
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
Cities of Wonder 1970-00-00 ed. Damon Knight Sphere 53058
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).
239
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
Thirteen O'Clock: Stories of Several Worlds 1971-00-00
Stephen Vincent Benét?Stephen Vincent Benet
Books for Libraries Press 0-8369-3793-7   viii+
305
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Modern Satiric Stories: The Impropriety Principle 1971-03-03 ed. Gregory Fitz Gerald Scott, Foresman and Company 5881   viii+
472
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  
Cities of Wonder 1971-10-00 ed. Damon Knight Macfadden-Bartell 95-166
$0.95?$: 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.
anth Jack Faragasso Checkmark
A Spectrum of Worlds 1972-09-00 ed. Thomas D. Clareson Doubleday 0-385-01657-3
$5.95?$: US dollar
311
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Robert Aulicino Checkmark
Science Fiction 1973-00-00 ed. Sylvia Z. Brodkin, Elizabeth J. Pearson McDougal, Littell & Co.     247
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  
Speculations 1973-00-00 ed. Thomas E. Sanders Glencoe Press  
$6.95?$: US dollar
xvii+
621
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  
Science Fiction 1975-00-00 ed. Sylvia Z. Brodkin, Elizabeth J. Pearson Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 0-688-41723-X   247
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ben Cunningham Checkmark
Science Fiction 1975-00-00 ed. Sylvia Z. Brodkin, Elizabeth J. Pearson Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 0-688-51723-4   247+
[6]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ben Cunningham Checkmark
Futurescapes: Explorations in Fact and Science Fiction 1977-00-00 ed. Robert Tompkins Methuen 0-458-92140-8
$4.95?$: US dollar
176
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  
Science Fiction 1979-00-00 ed. Sylvia Z. Brodkin, Elizabeth J. Pearson Littell & Co. 0-88343-164-5   254
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  
50 Great American Short Stories 1980-08-00 ed. Milton Crane Bantam Books (Bantam Literature) 0-553-14528-2
$2.95?$: US dollar
x+
502
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  
Science Fiction 1984-00-00 ed. Sylvia Z. Brodkin, Elizabeth J. Pearson McDougal, Littell & Co. 0-88343-164-5   254
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 William Seabright Checkmark
Beyond Armageddon: Twenty-One Sermons to the Dead 1985-10-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Walter M. Miller, Jr. Donald I. Fine 0-917657-55-1
$18.95?$: US dollar
ix+
387
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Loretta Trezzo Checkmark
By the Waters of Babylon 2011-01-02
Stephen Vincent Benét?Stephen Vincent Benet
Faded Page 20110103
C$0.00?C$: Canadian dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap Checkmark
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction 2011-06-00 ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman Wildside Press 978-1-4344-3079-3
$49.99?$: US dollar
991
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  
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction 2011-12-20 ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman Wildside Press 978-1-4344-4035-8
$39.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Checkmark
By the Waters of Babylon, and Other Fantasies and Prophecies 2014-11-09
Stephen Vincent Benét?Stephen Vincent Benet
Hythloday Press 978-0-692-33019-7
$9.85?$: US dollar
138
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  
Endless Apocalypse Short Stories 2018-03-00 ed. Laura Bulbeck Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78664-767-2
£20.00?£: UK pound
480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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