Title: Bow Down to Nul

Title: Bow Down to Nul Title Record # 120
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1960-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English

Note: First serialized as X for Exploitation in three parts in New Worlds beginning March 1960. Reprinted as Bow Down to Nul as an Ace Double with The Dark Destroyer, also in 1960. Then reprinted in the UK as The Interpreter.

Synopsis: When an official of the alien Empire which rules Earth visits to investigate allegations against the alien governor in charge, various human individuals and rebel organizations take advantage of the opportunity to try to throw off the alien rule.

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Translated Serializations

Year	Title
1960	Interpreter [as by Brian Aldiss]
1960	The Interpreter
1960	The Interpreter [as by Brian Aldiss]

Year	Language	Title
1962^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Clark%20Darlton&type=Name&mode=exact">Clark Darlton</a> (as Walter Ernsting)	German	Unter dem Terror fremder Sterne
1962^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Clark%20Darlton&type=Name&mode=exact">Clark Darlton</a> (1962; as Walter Ernsting)	German	Unterdrücker der Erde [as by Brian Aldiss]
1967	German	Die Herrschaft der Nul
1970	Portuguese	Nulos [as by Brian Aldiss]
1976^ⓘTranslated by H. S. Ch. Bosch	Dutch	De tolk
1980^ⓘTranslated by C&L Meistermann	French	L'interprète^?L'interprete
1993^ⓘTranslated by Н. Гузнинов / N. Guzninov. Russian title means "The Interpreter/The Translator".	Russian	Переводчик^?Perevodchik [as by Брайан Олдисс^?Brayan Oldiss Brian Aldiss ]

Year	Title
1960	X for Exploitation (Part 1 of 3)
1960	X for Exploitation (Part 2 of 3)
1960	X for Exploitation (Part 3 of 3)

Year	Language	Title
1963	Italian	Un despota sulla Terra (Complete Novel)

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Bow Down to Nul / The Dark Destroyers	1960-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss, Manly Wade Wellman	Ace Books (Ace Double #D-443)	D-443	$0.35^?$: US dollar	145+ 111	dos^?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.	omni	Ed Emshwiller , Ed Valigursky
New Worlds Science Fiction, #92 March	1960-03-00	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).	128	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
New Worlds Science Fiction, #93 April	1960-04-00	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	Jarr
New Worlds Science Fiction, #94 May	1960-05-00	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	Jarr
The Interpreter	1961-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Digit Books	R506	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).	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.	novel	Lewis (artist)
The Interpreter	1963-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Digit Books	R766	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).	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.	novel
Bow Down to Nul	1966-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Ace Books	F-382	$0.40^?$: US dollar	146	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.	novel	Jack Gaughan
The Interpreter	1967-06-00	Brian Aldiss	Four Square Books	1970	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).	126	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.	novel	Josh Kirby
A Brian Aldiss Omnibus	1969-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Sidgwick & Jackson	0-283-98052-4	£2.25^?£: UK pound	191+ 191+ 126	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Interpreter	1969-02-00	Brian Aldiss	Signet	P3788	$0.60^?$: US dollar	126	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.	novel	Josh Kirby
The Interpreter	1969-02-00	Brian Aldiss	Signet / New American Library of Canada	P3788	C$0.60^?C$: Canadian dollar	126	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.	novel	Josh Kirby
The Interpreter	1972-06-00	Brian Aldiss	New English Library	0-450-01142-9	£0.25^?£: UK pound	126	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.	novel	Bruce Pennington
The Interpreter	1973-02-00	Brian Aldiss	New English Library	0-450-01457-6	£0.30^?£: UK pound	126	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.	novel	Bruce Pennington
The Interpreter	1975-05-00	Brian Aldiss	New English Library	0-450-02713-9	£0.35^?£: UK pound	126	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.	novel	Bruce Pennington
Interpreter	2014-02-13	Brian Aldiss	The Friday Project (The Brian Aldiss Collection)	978-0-00-748242-9	£9.99^?£: UK pound	200	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.	novel
The Interpreter	date unknown	Brian Aldiss	New English Library	0-450-01142-9	£0.25^?£: UK pound	126	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.	novel	Bruce Pennington

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Reviews

Review by S. E. Cotts (1960) in Amazing Stories, October 1960
Review by Frederik Pohl (1960) in If, #7 [UK] , reprinted in:
If, November 1960 (1960)
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1961) in Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, May 1961
Review [French] by Jean-Marc Ligny (1980) in Fiction, #309