Title: The Monkey's Fingers Title Record # 68268
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1953-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
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Year Title 1953 The Monkey's Finger

Year Language Title 1976ⓘTranslated by Beata Della Frattina Italian Il dito della scimmia 1977ⓘTranslated by Anne Villelaur French Le doigt du singe 1977ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm German Der Affe und die Schreibmaschine 1981ⓘTranslated by Jean A. Schalekamp Dutch De vinger van de aap 1985ⓘTranslated by Vesna Mahečić Croatian Majmunov prst 1993ⓘTranslated by Carlos Gardini. Spanish El dedo del mono 1998ⓘTranslated by Mihai-Dan Pavelescu Romanian Degetul maimuței?Degetul maimutei Degetul maimutsei

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Startling Stories, February 1953	1953-02-00	ed. Samuel Mines	Better Publications, Inc.; Kokomo, IN		$0.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	148	pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Emsh
Science Fiction Yearbook, Number 4	1970-00-00	ed. Sharon Moore	Popular Library, Inc.		$0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	100	pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Virgil Finlay
Have You Seen These?	1974-03-01	Isaac Asimov	NESFA Press (Boskone #11)		$5.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	94	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Eddie Jones
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1975-09-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday	0-385-05077-1	$5.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	206	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Michael Flanagan
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1975-10-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday & Company / SFBC	1340	$2.49?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	206	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Michael Flanagan
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1976-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-04398-5	£0.60?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	255	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	Peter Jones
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1976-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Gollancz	0-575-02078-4	£3.20?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	206	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Urania #697	1976-05-23	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori	697	Lit 800?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	144	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	Karel Thole
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1977-01-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23062-7	$1.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	238	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	George Tsui
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1977-01-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23062-7	C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	238	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	George Tsui
Flûte, flûte et flûtes !	1977-03-11	Isaac Asimov	Denoël?Denoel ( Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #232)			184	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	Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
Das Ende der Dinosaurier	1977-06-28	Isaac Asimov	Pabel (Terra Taschenbuch #289)	TTB289	DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	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	Ray Feibush
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1977-07-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther / Granada	0-586-04398-5	£0.75?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	255	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	Peter Jones
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1978-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23828-8	$1.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	238	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
Testi e Note. Volume secondo	1978-10-00	Isaac Asimov	Mondadori (Oscar)	15756-0	Lit 2,250?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	288	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	Karel Thole
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1979-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-04398-5	£0.85?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	255	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	Peter Jones
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1980-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23828-8	$1.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	238	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
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1981-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Granada	0-586-04398-5	£1.25?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	255	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	Peter Jones
Het kosmisch biljart	1981-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1984)	90-449-1984-9	ƒ9.90?ƒ: Dutch guilder. ISO code: NLG in 1810s-1999	283	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	Eddie Jones
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1982-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Granada	0-586-04398-5		255	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	Peter Jones
Flûte, flûte et flûtes !	1983-03-01	Isaac Asimov	Denoël?Denoel ( Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #232)	2-207-30232-6		184	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	Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
Das Ende der Dinosaurier	1983-07-00	Isaac Asimov	Moewig (Utopia Classics #55)	UC55	DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	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	Nikolai Lutohin
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1984-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-04398-5	£1.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	255	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	Peter Jones
Testi e Note	1985-04-00	Isaac Asimov	Mondadori (Urania Blu #4)	4	Lit 3,500?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	188	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	Karel Thole
Sirius, #113	1985-11-05	ed. Milivoj Pašiček?Milivoj Pasicek Milivoj Pashichek	Vjesnik		Din 150?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	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	Igor Kordej
Testi e Note. Volume secondo	1987-07-00	Isaac Asimov	Mondadori (Oscar #1997)	88-04-30483-9		288	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	Anna Montecroci
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1988-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Grafton	0-586-04398-5	£2.50?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	255	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	Peter Jones
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1988-02-00	Isaac Asimov	VGSF / Gollancz	0-575-04199-4	£2.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	206	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	John Harris
The Complete Stories, Volume 2	1992-02-00	Isaac Asimov	Foundation / Doubleday	0-385-42078-1	$14.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ 550	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	Barclay Shaw
The Complete Stories, Volume 2	1992-05-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday Foundation / SFBC	17907	$7.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ 635	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Barclay Shaw
Inside the Funhouse: 17 SF Stories About SF	1992-08-00	ed. Mike Resnick	AvoNova	0-380-76643-4	$4.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	246	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	Tim O'Brien
Cuentos completos II	1993-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Ediciones B (Éxito Internacional #142)	84-406-3787-X			hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Complete Stories, Volume 2	1994-01-00	Isaac Asimov	HarperCollins (UK)	0-00-224150-1	£16.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	550	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Întemeietorii?Intemeietorii	1998-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Editura Teora (Sci-Fi (Editura Teora) #28)	973-601-717-6	Lei 20,000?Lei: Romanian leu. ISO codes: ROK in 1947-1952, ROL in 1952-2005, RON since 2005	210	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	Chris Moore
Flûte, flûte et flûtes !	1998-03-00	Isaac Asimov	Denoël?Denoel ( Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #232)	2-207-24736-8	F25.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	184	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	Hubert de Lartigue
Buy Jupiter	2000-02-00	Isaac Asimov	Millennium	1-85798-941-4	£6.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	224	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	John Harris
Flûte, flûte et flûtes !?Flute, flute et flutes !	2008-09-02	Isaac Asimov	Denoël?Denoel (Folio SF #163)	978-2-07-031444-7		184	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
Cher Jupiter	2016-12-12	Isaac Asimov	Denoël?Denoel (Folio SF #563)	978-2-07-046741-9		372	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	Karim Friha
The Martian Way and Other Stories	2024-06-28	Isaac Asimov	Harper Voyager (UK)	978-0-00-861053-1	£14.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Mike Topping
The Complete Stories, Volume 2	unpublished	Isaac Asimov	Foundation / Doubleday	0-385-42079-X			hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23062-7	$1.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	238	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	George Tsui

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