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Title: The Idea Title Record # 93746
Author: Barry N. Malzberg
Date: 1971-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Zero SF content.
Synopsis: A man has an idea; then things follow their normal course.
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Current Tags: horror (1), television (1), media satire (1), abstract (1), cynical (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1971 The Idea [as by K. M. O'Donnell]
Year Language Title
1972Translated by Sandro Pivatto.
Portuguese A ideia [as by K. M. O'Donnell]
1974Translated by Vittorio Curtoni
Italian L'idea [as by K. M. O'Donnell]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
In the Pocket and Other S-F Stories / Gather in the Hall of the Planets 1971-09-00 K. M. O'Donnell Ace Books (Ace Double #27415) 0-441-27415-3 / 27415
$0.75?$: US dollar
132+
121
dos?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.
omni Karel Thole , Jack Gaughan Checkmark
O mensageiro e outras extravagâncias?O mensageiro e outras extravagancias
1972-00-00 K. M. O'Donnell Cedibra (
Coleção Urania?Colecao Urania
#35)
    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  
Galassia #198 1974-06-01 ed. Vittorio Curtoni, Gianni Montanari Casa Editrice La Tribuna 198
Lit 700?Lit: Italian lira
140
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 Gruppo Ajna  
TV: 2000 1982-03-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest 0-449-24493-8
$2.95?$: 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
TV: 2000 1983-04-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest / Ballantine 0-449-20433-2
$2.95?$: 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
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1993-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-056-8
$7.95?$: US dollar
496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Eckstein Checkmark
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1994-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Michael O'Mara Books 1-85479-958-4
£14.99?£: UK pound
496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Eckstein  
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1995-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-923-9
$4.98?$: US dollar
496
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 Eckstein Checkmark
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1997-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-923-9
$4.98?$: US dollar
496
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 Eckstein  
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 2003-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Sterling Publishing 1-4027-0975-7
$12.95?$: US dollar
496
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  
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 2004-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-056-8
$7.95?$: US dollar
496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories date unknown ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-056-8   496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Eckstein Checkmark
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories date unknown ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-056-8   496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Eckstein Checkmark
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