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Title: The Best Possible World

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Title: The Best Possible World Title Record # 98754
Author: Richard Wilson
Date: 1960-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1964Translated by José María Aroca
Spanish El mejor mundo posible
1974Translated by Wulf Bergner
German
Die beste aller möglichen Welten?Die beste aller moeglichen Welten

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
New Worlds Science Fiction, #98 September 1960-09-00 ed. John Carnell Nova Publications Ltd.  
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).
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 Brian Lewis Checkmark
Time Out for Tomorrow 1962-00-00 Richard Wilson Ballantine Books F658
$0.50?$: US dollar
159
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
Time Out for Tomorrow 1962-00-00 Richard Wilson Ballantine Books F658
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
159
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
Antología de novelas de anticipación: Tercera selección 1964-00-00 ed. Ana Ma. Perales Acervo (Antología de novelas de anticipación #3)     436+
[12]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Time Out for Tomorrow 1967-00-00 Richard Wilson Mayflower-Dell 8914-8
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).
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.
coll Checkmark
Zwölf Schritte in eine bessere Welt?Zwoelf Schritte in eine bessere Welt
1974-01-00 Richard Wilson Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #0183) 3-442-23183-3
DM 3.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
156
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 F. Jürgen Rogner Checkmark
Der Sonnentanz und andere Storys 1981-00-00 Richard Wilson Xenos (Super-Science-Fiction #129)     155
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  
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