Title: The World Well Lost

Title: The World Well Lost Title Record # 40769
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Date: 1953-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: Two mysterious humanoids land on Earth and their apparently innocent, love-struck antics make them a 9-day wonder. It turns out they are Dirbanu, an advanced race that previously shunned all contact with humans, and their government wants them back.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1965^ⓘTranslated by Enrique de Obregón	Spanish	El mundo bien perdido
1971^ⓘTranslated by C. A. G. van den Broek	Dutch	Een einde van de wereld
1973^ⓘTranslated by Eurico Fonseca	Portuguese	O mundo bem perdido
1974^ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr	German	Die Liebesvögel^?Die Liebesvoegel
1978^ⓘTranslated by Bruno Martin	French	Monde interdit
1985^ⓘTranslated by George W. Barlow	French	Monde bien perdu
1987^ⓘTranslated by Giampaolo Cossato and Sandro Sandrelli	Italian	Un mondo davvero perduto
1988	Hungarian	E kettő kell neki^?E ketto kell neki E kettooe kell neki
1999^ⓘTranslated by Mariano Casas.	Spanish	El mundo bien perdido
2000^ⓘTranslated by 大森望(Oomori Nozomi)	Japanese	たとえ世界を失っても^?たとえせかいをうしなっても Tatoe Sekai wo Ushinatte mo Tatoe Sekai o Ushinatte mo [as by シオドア・スタージョン^?Shiodoa Sutājon ]
2008	Swedish	Med glädje världen försaka

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
E Pluribus Unicorn	1953-00-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Abelard-Schuman		$2.75^?$: US dollar	276	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	A. M. Jauss
E Pluribus Unicorn	1953-00-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Nelson, Foster & Scott		C$^?C$: Canadian dollar	276	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	A. M. Jauss
Universe Science Fiction, June 1953	1953-06-00	ed. George Bell	Bell Publications		$0.35^?$: US dollar	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	Malcolm H. Smith
E Pluribus Unicorn	1956-11-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Ballantine Books	179	$0.35^?$: US dollar	211+ [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.	coll	Richard Powers
E Pluribus Unicorn	1960-00-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Abelard-Schuman		9/6^?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).	275	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	A. M. Jauss
E Pluribus Unicorn	1961-03-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Panther	1183	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).	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.	coll	Bill Rose
Twisted	1962-05-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Belmont Books	L92-535	$0.50^?$: US dollar	viii+ 189	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
E Pluribus Unicorn	1963-06-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Panther	1183	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).	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.	coll	Bill Rose
E Pluribus Unicorn	1965-06-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Ballantine Books	U2247	$0.50^?$: US dollar	211	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	Richard Powers
E Pluribus Unicorn	1965-06-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Ballantine Books	U2247	C$0.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	211	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	Richard Powers
Twisted	1965-11-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Four Square Books	1379	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).	189	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
Starshine	1966-12-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Pyramid Books	X1543	$0.60^?$: US dollar	174	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	Jack Gaughan
Twisted	1967-00-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Belmont Books	B50-771	$0.50^?$: US dollar	189	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
Twisted	1967-00-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Belmont Books	B50-771	C$0.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	189	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
E Pluribus Unicorn	1968-00-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Panther	11838	5/-^?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).	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.	coll
Starshine	1968-03-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (2))	0-575-00064-3	21/-^?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).	158	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
E Pluribus Unicorn	1969-00-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Panther	11838	5/-^?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).	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.	coll
Starshine	1969-03-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Pyramid Books	X-1977	$0.60^?$: US dollar	174	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	Jack Gaughan
Starshine	1969-05-00	Theodore Sturgeon	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	145	8/6^?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).	158	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Terry James
E Pluribus Unicorn	1970-01-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Ballantine Books	01827	$0.75^?$: US dollar	x+ 211	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	Robert Pepper
Starshine	1971-02-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers	0-552-08662-2	£0.25^?£: UK pound	160	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	Harry Willock/Ink Studio
Starshine	1972-03-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Pyramid Books	T2658	$0.75^?$: US dollar	174	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
Starshine	1972-03-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Pyramid Books	T2658	C$0.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	174	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
Strange Bedfellows	1972-11-00	ed. Thomas N. Scortia	Random House	0-394-48155-0	$5.95^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 273	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Bob Silverman
Strange Bedfellows	1974-12-00	ed. Thomas N. Scortia	Pocket Books	0-671-77794-7	$0.95^?$: US dollar	254	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	Mike Gross
Strange Bedfellows	1974-12-00	ed. Thomas N. Scortia	Pocket Books	0-671-77794-7	C$0.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	254	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	Mike Gross
Social Problems Through Science Fiction	1975-03-00	ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, John W. Milstead, Joseph D. Olander, Patricia Warrick	St. Martin's Press		$4.95^?$: US dollar	xv+ 356	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
E Pluribus Unicorn	1977-08-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Pocket Books	0-671-81355-2	$1.50^?$: US dollar	x+ 211	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
E Pluribus Unicorn	1977-08-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Pocket Books	0-671-81355-2	C$1.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	x+ 211	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
Starshine	1977-11-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Jove / HBJ	0-515-04459-8	$1.50^?$: US dollar	174	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Starshine	1977-11-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Jove / HBJ	0-515-04459-8	C$1.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	174	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	Don Ivan Punchatz
Starshine	1978-08-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Sphere	0-7221-8216-3	£0.85^?£: UK pound	172	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	Peter Elson
E Pluribus Unicorn	1979-11-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Pocket Books	0-671-83149-6	$1.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 211	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	Boris Vallejo
E Pluribus Unicorn	1984-02-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Timescape / Pocket Books	0-671-50223-9	$2.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 211	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	Boris Vallejo
The Great SF Stories #15 (1953)	1986-12-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #694)	0-88677-171-4 / UE2171	$3.50^?$: US dollar	352	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	Tony Roberts (artist)
The Great SF Stories #15 (1953)	1986-12-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books	0-88677-171-4 / UE2171	C$4.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	352	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	Tony Roberts (artist)
A Saucer of Loneliness	2000-10-00	Theodore Sturgeon	North Atlantic Books	1-55643-350-6	$30.00^?$: US dollar	ix+ 388	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ed Emshwiller
A Saucer of Loneliness	2002-09-00	Theodore Sturgeon	North Atlantic Books	1-55643-424-3	$18.95^?$: US dollar	ix+ 388	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	Ed Emshwiller
A Saucer of Loneliness	2013-04-16	Theodore Sturgeon	North Atlantic Books	978-1-58394-751-7	$18.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
A Saucer of Loneliness	2013-09-30	Theodore Sturgeon	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-11001-4	£2.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
E Pluribus Unicorn	date unknown	Theodore Sturgeon	Pocket Books	0-671-83149-6	$1.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 211	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	Boris Vallejo

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