Title: Midsummer Century

Title: Midsummer Century Title Record # 21819
Author: James Blish
Date: 1972-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English

Note: May or may not have been revised and expanded from the magazine publication; at least, the book publication has around 34,000 words and thus is a novella by ISFDB standards

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1973^ⓘTranslated by H. J. Oolbekkink	Dutch	In gevecht met de vogels
1974^ⓘTranslated by Yoma Cap	German	Zeit der Vögel
1975^ⓘTranslated by Anne Baronian	French	Le siècle de l'éternel été^?Le siecle de l'eternel ete
1995^ⓘTranslated by António Porto	Portuguese	A era das aves

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
5	1973 Locus	Best Novella

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1972	1972-04-00	ed. Edward L. Ferman	Mercury Press, Inc.		$0.75^?$: 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	Judith Blish
Midsummer Century	1972-05-00	James Blish	Doubleday		$4.95^?$: US dollar	106	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap	Emanuel Schongut
Midsummer Century	1972-06-00	James Blish	Doubleday / SFBC	2946	$1.49^?$: US dollar	110	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap	Emanuel Schongut
Midsummer Century	1973-09-00	James Blish	Faber and Faber	0-571-10330-8	£1.60^?£: UK pound	106	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap	Emanuel Schongut
Midsummer Century	1974-02-00	James Blish	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #89)	0-87997-094-4 / UQ1094	$0.95^?$: US dollar	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	Josh Kirby
Midsummer Century	1974-02-00	James Blish	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	UQ1094	C$0.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	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	Josh Kirby
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A Special 25th Anniversary Anthology	1974-08-00	ed. Edward L. Ferman	Doubleday	0-385-08221-5	$7.95^?$: US dollar	326	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Lennart G. Johnson
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A Special 25th Anniversary Anthology	1975-00-00	ed. Edward L. Ferman	Robson Books	0-903895-35-8	£3.25^?£: UK pound	[10]+ 326	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Timothy Jaques
Midsummer Century	1975-02-00	James Blish	Arrow Books	0-09-909720-6	£0.35^?£: UK pound	106	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.	chap	Chris Foss
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A Special 25th Anniversary Anthology	1977-03-00	ed. Edward L. Ferman	Ace Books	0-441-05460-9	$1.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 433	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	Paul Alexander
Midsummer Century	2011-09-00	James Blish	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-10413-6	£4.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	chap

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Reviews

Review by Chick Derry (1972) in The WSFA Journal #80, May 1972
Review by Theodore Sturgeon (1972) in Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], September-October 1972 , reprinted in:
Galaxy Magazine, September-October 1972 (1972)
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1972) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, October 1972
Review by Charles N. Brown [as by Charlie Brown] (1972) in Locus, #127 November 17, 1972
Review by Joanna Russ (1973) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1973
Review by Malcolm Edwards (1974) in Vector 67/68
Review by David I. Masson (1975) in Foundation, #7 and 8 March 1975
Review [French] by Jean-Pierre Andrevon (1975) in Fiction, #263