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Title: A History of the Twentieth Century, with Illustrations Title Record # 40273
Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
Date: 1991-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: The text of the story was revised after it was published in Asimov's, mostly correcting typographical errors and substituting words, but also adding a paragraph (about 225 extra words) about the Broch of Gurness right before Frank begins his tour of the Ring of Brodgar.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
2006 "A History of the Twentieth Century, with Illustrations"
Year Language Title
1991Translated by Anna Mieścicka
Polish Ilustrowana historia dwudziestego wieku
1992Translated by Ronaldo Sergio de Biasi.
Portuguese Uma História do Século XX, com Ilustrações
1994Translated by Ralph Tegtmeier
German Eine Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts mit Illustrationen
1999 French
Histoire illustrée du XXe siècle?Histoire illustree du XXe siecle

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Nomination 1992 SF Chronicle Novelette
9 1992 Locus Best Novelette

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1991 1991-04-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Davis Publications  
$3.95?$: US dollar
324
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 Gary Freeman Checkmark
A Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions 1991-05-00 Kim Stanley Robinson Pulphouse Publishing (Author's Choice Monthly #20)  
$4.95?$: US dollar
79
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 George Barr Checkmark
A Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions 1991-05-00 Kim Stanley Robinson Pulphouse Publishing (Author's Choice Monthly #20)  
$25.00?$: US dollar
79
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll George Barr Checkmark
A Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions 1991-05-00 Kim Stanley Robinson Pulphouse Publishing (Author's Choice Monthly #20)  
$50.00?$: US dollar
79
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Wydanie Polskie, December 1991 1991-12-00 ed. Anna Calikowska,
Michał Wroczyński?Michal Wroczynski
Temark  
zł 17,500?zł: Polish zloty
194
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 Pelaez Checkmark
Remaking History 1991-12-00 Kim Stanley Robinson Tor 0-312-85126-X
$18.95?$: US dollar
x+
274
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Peter Gudynus Checkmark
Isaac Asimov Magazine, #19 1992-00-00 ed. Ronaldo Sergio de Biasi Record     192
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  
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection 1992-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-07889-7
$27.95?$: US dollar
xxxix+
575
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection 1992-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-07891-9
$15.95?$: US dollar
xxxix+
575
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 Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection 1992-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press / SFBC 01121
$13.98?$: US dollar
xxxix+
575
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Best New SF 6 1992-10-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 1-85487-131-5
£7.99?£: UK pound
xxxix+
575
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 Terry Oakes Checkmark
Lenins Zahn und Stalins Tränen 1994-00-00 ed. Wolfgang Jeschke Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #5055) 3-453-06627-8
DM 17.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
508+
[1]
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 Karel Thole Checkmark
Remaking History and Other Stories 1994-10-00 Kim Stanley Robinson Orb 0-312-89012-5
$14.95?$: US dollar
528
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 Peter Gudynus Checkmark
The Giant Book of Fantastic SF 1995-00-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Magpie Books 1-85487-607-4   xxxix+
575
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 Chris Moore Checkmark
Galaxies, #15 1999-12-00 ed.
Stéphane Nicot?Stephane Nicot
Galaxies  
F60.00?F: French frank
196
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 Philippe Jozelon Checkmark
Vinland the Dream and Other Stories 2002-05-00 Kim Stanley Robinson Voyager 0-00-713404-5
£6.99?£: UK pound
410
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 Chris Moore Checkmark
Polder: A Festschrift for John Clute and Judith Clute 2006-03-00 ed. Farah Mendlesohn Old Earth Books (Contemporary Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers) 1-882968-34-4
$40.00?$: US dollar
308
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Judith Clute Checkmark
The Savage Humanists 2008-09-06 ed. Fiona Kelleghan Robert J. Sawyer Books 978-0-88995-425-0
$15.95?$: US dollar
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 NASA , Karen Thomas Checkmark
The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson 2010-07-27 Kim Stanley Robinson Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-184-3
$27.95?$: US dollar
[8]+
389+
[1]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Joe Jesus Checkmark
The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson 2010-08-01 Kim Stanley Robinson Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-251-2
$16.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Checkmark
The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson 2010-12-14 Kim Stanley Robinson Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-185-0
$16.99?$: US dollar
[10]+
389+
[9]
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 Joe Jesus Checkmark
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