Title: Random Sample

Title: Random Sample Title Record # 74023
Author: T. P. Caravan
Date: 1953-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Synopsis: The violence and sadism of two children incite aliens to destroy the Earth.

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Year	Language	Title
1955	French	Spécimens pris au hasard^?Specimens pris au hasard
1965^ⓘTranslated by Romolo Minelli	Italian	Prelievo a casaccio
1979^ⓘTranslated by Zoran Milović	Croatian	Bezvrijedan primjerak
1980^ⓘTranslated by Ingela Bergdahl First published in JVM #383, 1980.	Swedish	Stickprov
1985^ⓘTranslated by Mischa Veld	Dutch	Een Monster Trekken

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1953	1953-04-00	ed. Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas	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	Emsh
Fiction, #20	1955-07-00	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	Jacques Sternberg
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1963-02-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	AS516	$0.95^?$: US dollar	287	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
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1963-02-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	AS516	$0.95^?$: US dollar	287	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
L'altare a mezzanotte: 50 racconti di fantascienza	1965-07-30	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #16)		Lit 2,500^?Lit: Italian lira	492	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Rocco Borella
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1966-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	01639	$0.95^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1968-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	01639	$0.95^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1969-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	01639	$0.95^?$: US dollar	285	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1971-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	01639	$1.25^?$: US dollar	285	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1973-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	01639	$1.25^?$: US dollar	285	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1973-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	01639	$1.25^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1973-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	01639	$1.25^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Science Fact/Fiction	1974-00-00	ed. Edmund J. Farrell, Thomas E. Gage, John Pfordresher, Raymond J. Rodrigues	Scott, Foresman and Company (The Man in Literature Program)	0-673-03407-0		xv+ 394	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	Jack Youngerman
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1974-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	01639	$1.50^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1976-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	01639	$1.50^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1978-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	0-02-016390-8	$1.95^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1979-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	0-02-016390-8	$1.95^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Sirius, #31	1979-01-05	ed. Borivoj Jurković^?Borivoj Jurkovic Borivoj Jurkovich	Vjesnik		Din 15^?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar	148	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.	mag	Frank Kelly Freas
Det hände i morgon 14^?Det hande i morgon 14	1981-00-00	ed. Sam J. Lundwall	Delta (Stockholm) (Delta Science Fiction #130)	91-7228-272-X	skr 75.00^?skr: Swedish krona (crown)	278	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	anth	David A. Hardy
De Kortste Fantastische Verhalen	1985-00-00	ed. uncredited	Tabula	90-70585-56-1		141	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	Franyo Mányoky
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	1997-08-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Scribner Paperback Fiction	0-684-84296-3	$6.95^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
1950s Tales from Outer Space	2013-02-23	ed. Eric Shamblen	Lost Science Fiction		$1.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
Worst Contact	2016-01-05	ed. Hank Davis	Baen Books	978-1-4767-8098-6	$14.00^?$: US dollar	362	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	Stephen Hickman
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	0-02-016390-8	$5.95^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Scribner	0-684-84296-3	$7.95^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	0-02-016390-8	$2.95^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin	Collier Books	0-02-016390-8	$4.95^?$: US dollar	287	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	Don Ivan Punchatz

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