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Title: The Voluntary State Title Record # 194438
Author: Christopher Rowe
Date: 2004-05-05
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: The Voluntary State
Language: English
Synopsis: In a strange reality where automobiles and other machines seem sentient and other anomalies abound, a Tennessee resident is kidnaping by a raiding party from Kentucky whose mission is to destroy the ruler of Tennessee who apparently controls the minds of the state's residents.
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Translations
Year Language Title
2008Translated by Silviu Genescu and/or Roxana Brinceanu and/or Laura Bocancios and/or Gabriel Stoian and/or Antuza Genescu and/or Ana-Veronica Mircea
Romanian Statul voluntar
2013Translated by José Rojo.
Spanish El estado voluntario

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Sci Fiction, May 5, 2004 2004-05-05 ed. Ellen Datlow SciFi.com      
webzine?Used for Internet-based periodical publications which are otherwise not downloadable as an "ebook".
mag  
Science Fiction: The Best of 2004 2005-01-00 ed. Karen Haber, Jonathan Strahan ibooks 1-59019-543-4
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Checkmark
Science Fiction: The Best of 2004 2005-02-00 ed. Karen Haber, Jonathan Strahan ibooks 1-4165-0404-4
$7.99?$: US dollar
xii+
404
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 Danny Cardle Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection 2005-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin / SFBC 1188574
$14.99?$: US dollar
lii+
822
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stephan Martiniere  
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection 2005-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-33659-4
$35.00?$: US dollar
xl+
663
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stephan Martiniere Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection 2005-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-33660-8
$19.95?$: US dollar
xl+
663
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 Stephan Martiniere Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 18th Annual Collection 2005-09-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 1-84529-116-6
£9.99?£: UK pound
xlv+
722
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  
Beyond Singularity 2005-12-00 ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois Ace Books 0-441-01363-5
$7.99?$: US dollar
xi+
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.
anth Ben Gibson Checkmark
Nebula Awards Showcase 2006 2006-03-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Roc / New American Library 0-451-46064-2
$15.95?$: US dollar
viii+
372
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 Checkmark
Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology 2007-10-01 ed. James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel Tachyon Publications 1-892391-53-8
$14.95?$: US dollar
xvii+
424
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 Patty Nason Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction (vol. III) 2008-05-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Editura Nemira (Nautilus) 978-973-143-175-8   736
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 Stephan Martiniere  
Nebula Awards Showcase 2006 2009-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Roc / New American Library 978-1-101-09522-5
$15.95?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology 2010-11-13 ed. James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel Tachyon Publications 978-1-892391-61-2
$9.95?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Patty Nason Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 18th Annual Collection 2012-03-01 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 978-1-78033-721-0
£2.49?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Checkmark
25 minutos en el futuro: Nueva ciencia ficción norteamericana 2013-00-00 ed.
Bernardo Fernández?Bernardo Fernandez
, Pepe Rojo
Almadía (Narrativa (Editorial Almadía)) 978-607-516-291-1 / 3375
MX$399.00?Mx$: Mexican dollars
 
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  
Beyond Singularity 2013-06-15 ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois Baen 978-1-62579-139-9
$4.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Ron Miller  
Telling the Map 2017-07-11 Christopher Rowe Small Beer Press 978-1-61873-132-6
$16.00?$: US dollar
269
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 Kathleen Jennings  
Telling the Map 2017-07-17 Christopher Rowe Small Beer Press 978-1-61873-133-3
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Kathleen Jennings  
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