Title: Beachworld

Title: Beachworld Title Record # 40716
Author: Stephen King
Date: 1984-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: web.archive.org, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: Originally published in Weird Tales, Fall 1984.

Synopsis: A ship crash-lands on a planet covered entirely by sand. As the crew-members attempt to regain flight, they must struggle against the strange mesmerizing pull of the landscape.

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Other Titles

Translations

Year	Language	Title
1987^ⓘTranslated by Margot Bakker	Dutch	Strandleven
1987^ⓘTranslated by Louisa Ibañez.	Portuguese	Um mundo de praia
1987^ⓘTranslated by Alexandra von Reinhardt	German	Der Dünenplanet^?Der Duenenplanet
1987^ⓘTranslated by Michèle Pressé and Serge Quadruppani.	French	Sables
1989^ⓘ Translated by Goran Skrobonja	Serbian	Plažosvet [as by Stiven King]
1991^ⓘTranslated by Tapio Tamminen	Finnish	Rantaelämää^?Rantaelaemaeae Rantaelamaa
1996^ⓘTranslated by Joachim Körber	German	Dünenwelt^?Duenenwelt

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Weird Tales, Fall 1984	1984-00-00	ed. Gordon M. D. Garb	The Bellerophon Network, Inc.		$2.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	76	quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag	Ro H. Kim
Skeleton Crew	1985-06-00	Stephen King	Macdonald	0-356-10816-3	£9.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	512	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Skeleton Crew	1985-06-21	Stephen King	G. P. Putnam's Sons	0-399-13039-X	$18.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	512	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Don Brautigam
Stephen King's Skeleton Crew	1985-10-00	Stephen King	Scream/Press	0-910489-12-2	$75.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	545	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	J. K. Potter
Skeleton Crew	1986-00-00	Stephen King	Futura	0-7088-2916-3	£3.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	612	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
Skeleton Crew	1986-06-00	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-14293-4	$4.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	573	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 Brautigam
Skeleton Crew	1986-07-00	Stephen King	Futura	0-7088-2916-3	£3.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	612	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	Steve Crisp
Brume	1987-00-00	Stephen King	Le Grand Livre du Mois			643	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Don Brautigam
Het Spiegelbeeld van de Maaier	1987-00-00	Stephen King	Luitingh	90-245-1862-8		176	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 Brautigam
Tripulação de esqueletos^?Tripulacao de esqueletos	1987-00-00	Stephen King	Francisco Alves (Mestres do horror e da fantasia #26)	85-265-0064-3		487	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
Der Fornit	1987-08-00	Stephen King	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #6888)	3-453-00312-8	DM 6.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	251+ [1]	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	Ingrid Schütz^?Ingrid Schuetz
Brume	1987-10-00	Stephen King	Albin Michel	2-226-03141-3	F140.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	643	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	Don Brautigam
Der Fornit	1987-10-00	Stephen King	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #6888)	3-453-00312-8	DM 6.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	251+ [1]	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	Ingrid Schütz^?Ingrid Schuetz
Der Fornit	1988-00-00	Stephen King	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #6888)	3-453-00312-8	DM 6.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	251+ [1]	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	Ingrid Schütz^?Ingrid Schuetz
Brume	1988-06-00	Stephen King	France Loisirs	2-7242-3942-3	F98.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	643	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Don Brautigam
Der Fornit	1989-00-00	Stephen King	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #6888)	3-453-00312-8	DM 6.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	251+ [1]	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	Ingrid Schütz^?Ingrid Schuetz
Brume: La faucheuse	1989-05-00	Stephen King	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Épouvante #2579)	2-277-22579-7		410	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	Les Edwards
Alef, #17	1989-11-00	ed. Boban Knežević^?Boban Knezevic	Dnevnik		Din 50,000^?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar. ISO codes: YUF in 1945-1966, YUD in 1966-1989, YUN in 1990-1992, YUR in July 1992-September 1993, YUO in October-December 1993, YUG in early January 1994, YUM in 1994-2003, CSD in 2003-2006, RSD since 2006	132	A5^?14.8 cm by 21 cm or 5.8" by 8.3" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines	mag	Chris Achilleos
Ennen aamunkoittoa	1991-00-00	Stephen King	Book Studio	951-611-420-2		313	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Kari T. Leppänen^?Kari T. Leppaenen Kari T. Leppanen
Het Rak en Andere Verhalen	1991-00-00	Stephen King	Luitingh-Sijthoff	90-245-1548-3		345	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	Tejo Hendriks
Skeleton Crew	1991-05-00	Stephen King	Futura	0-7088-2916-3	£4.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	612	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
Der Fornit	1993-00-00	Stephen King	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #6888)	3-453-00312-8	DM 9.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	251+ [1]	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	Ingrid Schütz^?Ingrid Schuetz
Der Fornit	1993-00-00	Stephen King	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #6888)	3-453-00312-8	DM 9.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	251+ [1]	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	Ingrid Schütz^?Ingrid Schuetz
Der Fornit	1993-00-00	Stephen King	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #6888)	3-453-00312-8	DM 9.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	251+ [1]	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	Ingrid Schütz^?Ingrid Schuetz
Brume	1994-00-00	Stephen King	France Loisirs	2-7242-7835-6		643	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Yves Thos
Blut	1996-00-00	Stephen King	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #8900)	3-453-09936-2	DM 16.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	701	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	Antonio Rosario
Der Fornit	1996-00-00	Stephen King	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #6888)	3-453-00312-8	DM 12.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	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.	coll
Brume: La faucheuse	1997-00-00	Stephen King	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Stephen King #2579)	2-277-22579-7		410	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	Les Edwards
Blut	1999-00-00	Stephen King	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #8900)	3-453-09936-2	DM 16.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	701	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	Antonio Rosario
Brume: La faucheuse	2000-08-21	Stephen King	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Stephen King #2579)	2-290-30838-2		410	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	Éric Scala^?Eric Scala
Skeleton Crew / Different Seasons	2001-07-05	Stephen King	Little, Brown UK	0-316-85890-0	£9.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	612+ 560	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Skeleton Crew	2006-05-00	Stephen King	Hodder Paperbacks	0-340-89908-5	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	612	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	Larry Rostant
Brume	2006-06-00	Stephen King	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Stephen King #15159)	2-253-15159-9		862	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
Skeleton Crew	2007-11-01	Stephen King	Hodder Paperbacks	978-0-340-95262-7	£8.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	784	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
Skeleton Crew	2008-06-26	Stephen King	Hodder Paperbacks	978-0-340-95205-4	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	784	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
Skeleton Crew	2008-07-10	Stephen King	Paw Prints	978-1-4395-1327-9	$16.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Brume	2009-00-00	Stephen King	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Stephen King)	978-2-253-15159-3		862	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
Lightspeed, October 2010	2010-10-00	ed. John Joseph Adams	Prime Books		$2.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	mag	Scott Grimando
Lightspeed: Year One	2011-11-00	ed. John Joseph Adams	Prime Books	978-1-60701-304-4	$16.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	575	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	Vitaly S. Alexius
Blut	2013-07-00	Stephen King	Heyne	978-3-453-43731-9	€10.99^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	894	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	Anja Filler
Blut	2013-12-00	Stephen King	Heyne	978-3-453-43731-9	€10.99^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	876	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	Anja Filler
Skeleton Crew	2015-10-00	Stephen King	PS Publishing	978-1-84863-283-7	£59.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xxvi+ 534	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Pete Von Sholly
Skeleton Crew	2016-01-01	Stephen King	Scribner	978-1-5011-4130-0	$8.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Skeleton Crew	2016-07-05	Stephen King	Simon & Schuster Audio	978-1-5082-1840-1	$29.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	coll
Skeleton Crew	2016-12-06	Stephen King	Scribner	978-1-5011-4350-2	$18.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	672	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
Skeleton Crew	2017-05-30	Stephen King	Pocket Books	978-1-5011-5678-6	$9.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxi+ 760	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
Skeleton Crew	2017-08-01	Stephen King	Turtleback Books	978-0-606-40756-4	$20.85^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	784	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Skeleton Crew	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-16861-5	$7.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	573	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
Skeleton Crew	date unknown	Stephen King	Putnam	0-399-13039-X	None	512	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Don Brautigam
Skeleton Crew	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-14293-4	$4.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	573	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 Brautigam
Skeleton Crew	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet / Penguin	0-451-16861-5	$5.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	573	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 Brautigam
Skeleton Crew	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet / Penguin	0-451-16861-5	$5.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	573	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 Brautigam
Skeleton Crew	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet / Penguin	0-451-16861-5	$5.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	573	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 Brautigam
Skeleton Crew	date unknown	Stephen King	Scribner	978-1-5011-4350-2	$18.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxiv+ 643	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	Will Staehle
Skeleton Crew	date unknown	Stephen King	Hodder Paperbacks	978-1-4447-2320-5	£9.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	770	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	Julie Waterhouse

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