Title: The Horror of the Heights Title Record # 84011
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Date: 1913-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
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Year Title 1919 The Horror of the Heights [as by A. Conan Doyle] 1951 The Horror of the Heights [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]

Year Language Title 1959ⓘTranslated by Bernard Tourville French L'horreur du plein ciel [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle] 1965ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand French L'horreur du plein ciel 1966ⓘTranslated by Rudolf Rocholl German Die Dschungel des Himmels [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle] 1966ⓘTranslated by Rudolf Rocholl (1969) German Die Dschungel des Himmels 1968ⓘTranslated by H. W. J. Schaap Dutch De monsters van het luchtruim [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle] 1974ⓘTranslated by Rudolf Mühlstrasser. German Der tödliche Dschungel 1981ⓘTranslated by Louis Labat. French L'horreur des altitudes 1981ⓘTranslated by João Guilherme B. Lincke Portuguese O Terror nas Alturas 1983ⓘTranslated by Bernd Seligmann German Das Manuskript aus den Wolken 1985ⓘTranslated by Erik Simon. German Der Schrecken der Lüfte?Der Schrecken der Luefte [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle] 1986ⓘTranslated by Chicchi Tommasini Italian Orrore in quota 1989ⓘTranslated by Pierre Vigneaux French L'horreur en plein ciel [as by Conan Doyle] 1990ⓘTranslated by Catarina Lima Portuguese O horror das altitudes 1990ⓘTranslated by Marta Simonetti and Claudio De Nardi Italian L'orrore delle altezze 1992ⓘTranslated by Veikko Rekunen. Finnish Korkeuksien kauhu [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle] 2005ⓘTranslated by Anders Blixt Interlingua Le Horror Altissime 2015ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand French L'horreur en plein ciel 2019ⓘTranslated by Gisbert Haefs German Das Grauen der Höhe 2020ⓘTranslated by Elena Furlan Italian L'orrore delle altezze 2023ⓘTranslated by Claudio Foti. Italian L'orrore delle altezze

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
The Strand Magazine, November 1913	1913-11-00	ed. Editors of The Strand Magazine	George Newnes			124	octavo?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
Danger! and Other Stories	1918-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray		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).	ix+ 246	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Tales of Terror and Mystery	1922-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray		2/-?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).	310	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1929-06-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray		20/-?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).	xii+ 1201	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1939-10-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray			xii+ 1201	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1940-12-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray			xii+ 1201	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1945-12-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray			xii+ 1202	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Famous Fantastic Mysteries, December 1947	1947-12-00	ed. Mary Gnaedinger	All-Fiction Field, Inc.		$0.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	132	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
The Conan Doyle Stories	1949-03-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray		7/6?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).	xii+ 1201	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1951-08-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray			xii+ 1201	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1956-11-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray			xii+ 1201	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1960-08-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray			xii+ 1202	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Famous Monster Tales	1967-00-00	ed. Basil Davenport	D. Van Nostrand Company	1983	$4.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	201	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Thomas Ruzicka
Monsters Monsters Monsters	1975-00-00	ed. Helen Hoke	Franklin Watts	0-531-02846-1		187	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	Charles Keeping
The Best of British SF 1	1977-00-00	ed. Mike Ashley	Orbit	0-86007-912-0	£0.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	411	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	Bob Layzell
Monsters Monsters Monsters	1978-00-00	ed. Helen Hoke	Franklin Watts	0-531-02846-1		187	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Charles Keeping
Tales of Terror and Mystery	1979-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	Penguin Books	0-14-004878-2	£?£: 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
The Best Science Fiction of Arthur Conan Doyle	1981-12-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	Southern Illinois University Press	0-8093-1046-5	$14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xix+ 190	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Dark Banquet: A Feast of Twelve Great Ghost Stories	1985-12-17	ed. Lincoln Child	St. Martin's Press	0-312-18233-3	$15.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	255	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Janet Tingey
Mysterious Air Stories	1986-05-00	ed. William Pattrick	W. H. Allen	0-491-03581-0	£9.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	249	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Best Horror Stories of Arthur Conan Doyle	1989-03-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	Academy Chicago	0-89733-265-2	$6.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	vi+ 294	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
Famous Fantastic Mysteries	1991-08-00	ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg	Gramercy Books	0-517-05577-5	$10.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 449	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Virgil Finlay
Strange Tales from the Strand	1991-11-00	ed. Jack Adrian	Oxford University Press	0-19-212305-X	£15.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xxiii+ 373	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Mick Brownfield
Strange Tales from the Strand	1992-10-00	ed. Jack Adrian	Oxford University Press	0-19-282997-1	£6.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xxiii+ 373	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	Mick Brownfield
Alfred Hitchcock's Tales of the Supernatural and the Fantastic	1993-10-00	ed. Cathleen Jordan	Smithmark Publishers	0-8317-0437-3	$9.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 469	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Evan Steadman
The British Way	1998-02-00	ed. James Gunn	Borealis / White Wolf Publishing	1-56504-157-7 / WW 11091	$14.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	622	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
The Lost World and Other Thrilling Tales	2001-07-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics)	0-14-043765-7	£5.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xxxiv+ 349	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
The Lost World and Other Thrilling Tales	2001-12-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	Penguin Books	0-14-100704-4	£5.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xxxiv+ 349	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
The Lost World and Other Thrilling Tales	2002-01-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics)	0-14-043765-7	£?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xxxiv+ 348	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
The Lost World and Other Thrilling Tales	2002-01-01	Arthur Conan Doyle	Turtleback Books	0-613-64299-6	$19.65?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	348	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction	2004-05-22	Arthur Conan Doyle	Ash-Tree Press	1-55310-068-9	C$60.00?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	xxxviii+ 460	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Paul Lowe
The Best Horror Stories of Arthur Conan Doyle	2005-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	Academy Chicago	0-89733-265-2	$17.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	294	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
The Edge of Space	2007-00-00	ed. George Locke	Murqi Press		£25.00?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xiv+ 146	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
Danger! and Other Stories	2007-08-19	Arthur Conan Doyle	Project Gutenberg	22357	$0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Lost World and Other Thrilling Tales	2007-12-20	Arthur Conan Doyle	ReadHowYouWant	1-4250-5729-2	$29.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	716	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
The Lost World and Other Thrilling Tales (Volume 2 of 2)	2009-02-27	Arthur Conan Doyle	ReadHowYouWant	978-1-4270-3654-4	$12.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	332	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
The Speculative Conan Doyle	2010-00-00	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Coachwhip Publications	978-1-61646-024-2		396	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
Bestiarium Cryptozoologicum: Mystery Animals and Unknown Species in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy	2010-01-25	ed. Chad Arment	Coachwhip Publications	978-1-61646-009-9	$14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	302	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	Aloysius Patrimonio
Pseudopod, #200	2010-06-25	ed. Ben Phillips	Escape Artists, Inc.		$0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	mag
Classic Science Fiction Stories	2011-04-00	ed. Tig Thomas	Miles Kelly Publishing	978-1-84810-477-8	£14.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	511	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	Philcold
The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction	2012-02-22	Arthur Conan Doyle	Ash-Tree Press	978-1-55310-216-8	$7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Paul Lowe
The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction	2012-02-22	Arthur Conan Doyle	Ash-Tree Press	978-1-55310-217-5	$7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Paul Lowe
The Horror of the Heights	2013-07-26	Arthur Conan Doyle	Cryptofiction Classics	978-1-4733-0763-6	$9.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	38	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.	chap
Danger! and Other Stories	2014-04-16	Arthur Conan Doyle	LibriVox		$0.00?$: 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
The Horror of the Heights	2015-02-16	Arthur Conan Doyle	Cryptofiction Classics (Weird Tales of Strange Creatures)	978-1-4733-9931-0			ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	chap
Swords & Steam	2016-09-26	ed. Laura Bulbeck	Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy)	978-1-78361-997-9	£20.00?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	480	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Gothic Tales	2016-10-01	Arthur Conan Doyle	Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection)	978-0-19-873429-1	£16.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	592	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Gothic Tales	2016-10-20	Arthur Conan Doyle	Oxford University Press	978-0-19-105363-4	£16.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Frankenstein Dreams: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Science Fiction	2017-09-05	ed. Michael Sims	Bloomsbury USA	978-1-63286-042-2	$14.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
Gothic Tales	2018-03-22	Arthur Conan Doyle	Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics)	978-0-19-873430-7	£9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	592	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
Flight or Fright	2018-09-04	ed. Stephen King, Bev Vincent	Cemetery Dance Publications	978-1-58767-679-6	$27.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	332	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	François Vaillancourt
Flight or Fright	2018-09-04	ed. Stephen King, Bev Vincent	Cemetery Dance Publications	978-1-58767-680-2	$9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	François Vaillancourt
Flight or Fright	2018-09-04	ed. Stephen King, Bev Vincent	Hodder & Stoughton	978-1-4736-9156-8	£20.00?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	332	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Flight or Fright	2019-06-04	ed. Stephen King, Bev Vincent	Hodder Paperbacks	978-1-4736-9158-2	£7.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	336	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
Flight or Fright	2019-06-04	ed. Stephen King, Bev Vincent	Scribner	978-1-9821-0900-4	$17.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xvi+ 333	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	David Litman
Flight or Fright	2019-07-24	ed. Stephen King, Bev Vincent	Thorndike Press	978-1-4328-6666-2	$35.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
HorrorBabble's Ultimate Weird Tales Collection, Volume II	2019-09-23	ed. Ian Gordon	HorrorBabble		$29.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	anth
Voices from the Radium Age	2022-03-08	ed. Joshua Glenn	The MIT Press (Radium Age)	978-0-262-54337-8	$19.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxiii+ 193	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	Seth
Voices from the Radium Age	2022-03-08	ed. Joshua Glenn	The MIT Press (Radium Age)	978-0-262-36869-8	$15.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Seth
Classic Science Fiction Stories	2022-05-12	ed. Adam Roberts	Macmillan UK (Macmillan Collector's Library #323)	978-1-5290-6908-2	£4.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Ed Emshwiller
Classic Science Fiction Stories	2022-05-12	ed. Adam Roberts	Macmillan UK (Macmillan Collector's Library #323)	978-1-5290-6907-5	£10.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xviii+ 392	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Ed Emshwiller
Creepy Tales of the 1910s	2024-01-15	ed. D. Edward Wright	Glowbug Publishing	978-1-3999-6790-7	£12.00?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	192	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	C. Raymond Hall
Weird Fiction	2024-10-17	ed. unknown	Penguin Books (Penguin Weird Fiction)	978-1-4059-7290-1	£9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	208	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

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Reviews

• Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1991) in Science Fiction: The Early Years