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Title: Lastborn Title Record # 187061
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1958-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1958 The story first appeared in the September 1958 issue of Galaxy Magazine under the title "Lastborn", and was reprinted under its current title in the collection Nine Tomorrows in 1959.
The Ugly Little Boy
Year Language Title
1958 Swedish Den senfödde
1958 French L'enfant recréé
1958 Italian L'ultimo nato
1960Translated by A. J. Muller
Dutch Het lelijke jongetje
1966Translated by an unknown hand (1966)
German Der häßliche kleine Junge
1966Translated by an unknown hand. Die Asimov-Chronik: Die vierte Generation: indeterminate translator "Übers.: nicht festellbar".
German Die Mutter des Neandertalers
1977Translated by Janko Paravić
Croatian
Ružni dječak?Ruzni djecak
Ruzhni djechak
1978Translated by Bruno Martin
French
L'affreux petit garçon?L'affreux petit garcon
1987Translated by an unknown hand
Italian L'ultimo nato
1988Translated by Rosa S. de Naveira
Spanish El chiquillo feo
1988Translated by Ursula Schulz-Thoneick
German Der häßliche kleine Junge
1988Translated by France-Marie Watkins
French
Le petit garçon très laid?Le petit garcon tres laid
1990Translated by Mário Redondo
Portuguese O Menino Feio
1999 Portuguese O rapazito feio
2009Translated by Carlos Gardini.
Spanish El niño feo

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1958 1958-09-00 ed. H. L. Gold Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.35?$: US dollar
148
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 Dember Checkmark
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 68 1958-11-00 ed. H. L. Gold Strato Publications  
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).
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 Dember Checkmark
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