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Title: To Tell at a Glance Title Record # 93594
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1983-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: According to Asimov's introduction, this novelette was initially written on a February, 1976, request of the magazine Seventeen, but the pending publication was declined by the editors. After that, the author submitted one half of it to the Saturday Evening Post, which published that part in February of 1977. The first full publication was 1983 in Asimov's collection "The Winds of Change and Other Stories".
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Translations
Year Language Title
1984Translated by Rosemarie Hundertmarck or Bodo Baumann (not specifically stated for this title).
German Auf einen Blick
1984Translated by Giuseppe Lippi
Italian Sabotatore terrestre
1985Translated by Monique Lebailly
French
D'un coup d'œil?D'un coup d'oeil
1996Translated by an unknown hand
Romanian Dintr-o privire

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1983-03-18 Isaac Asimov Doubleday 0-385-18099-3
$15.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
269
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Kiyoshi Kanai Checkmark
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1983-10-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday / SFBC 2883
$3.98?$: US dollar
269
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Kiyoshi Kanai Checkmark
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1984-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-05743-9
£1.95?£: UK pound
330
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
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1984-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-05743-9
£1.95?£: UK pound
330
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 Winds of Change ... and Other Stories 1984-01-00 Isaac Asimov Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31188-4
$2.95?$: US dollar
ix+
277
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 Don Dixon Checkmark
The Winds of Change ... and Other Stories 1984-01-00 Isaac Asimov Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31188-4
C$3.75?C$: Canadian dollar
ix+
277
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 Don Dixon Checkmark
Wenn der Wind sich dreht 1984-06-00 Isaac Asimov
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Paperback?Bastei Luebbe Paperback
#28119)
3-404-28119-5
DM 19.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
331
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 Wayne Barlowe Checkmark
Urania #986 1984-12-23 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Mondadori 986
Lit 2,500?Lit: Italian lira
222
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 Giuseppe Festino  
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1985-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-05743-9
£2.50?£: UK pound
330
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
Au prix du papyrus 1985-01-00 Isaac Asimov
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#395)
2-207-30395-0   211
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 Georges Raimondo  
Wenn der Wind sich dreht 1987-03-00 Isaac Asimov
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Abenteuer?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Abenteuer
#23066)
3-404-23066-3
DM 10.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
398
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 Tim White Checkmark
The Winds of Change ... and Other Stories 1987-11-00 Isaac Asimov Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31188-4
$3.50?$: US dollar
ix+
277
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 Don Dixon  
The Winds of Change ... and Other Stories 1989-00-00 Isaac Asimov Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31188-4
$4.95?$: US dollar
ix+
277
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 Don Dixon  
Wenn der Wind sich dreht 1989-06-00 Isaac Asimov
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Abenteuer?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Abenteuer
#23066)
3-404-23066-3
DM 10.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
398
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 Tim White Checkmark
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1990-00-00 Isaac Asimov Grafton 0-586-05743-9
£3.50?£: UK pound
330
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  
Vântul schimbării?Vantul schimbarii
1996-00-00 Isaac Asimov Editura Teora (Sci-Fi (Editura Teora) #17) 973-601-321-9   312
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  
Au prix du papyrus 1999-02-00 Isaac Asimov
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#395)
2-207-24857-7   211
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 Fred Sorrentino  
Au prix du papyrus 2004-12-06 Isaac Asimov
Denoël?Denoel
(Folio SF #196)
2-07-030545-7   211
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
 
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