Title: What Is This Thing Called Love? Title Record # 40795
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1961-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
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Year Title 1961 Playboy and the Slime God

Year Language Title 1964ⓘTranslated by Roberta Rambelli Italian Playboy e il dio bavoso 1967 Italian I Terrestri fanno così 1970ⓘTranslated by Simone Hilling French L'amour, vous connaissez ? 1971ⓘTranslated by Gisela Stege German Was man so Liebe nennt 1971ⓘTranslated by Hilia Brinis Italian Playboy e il Dio limaccioso 1973ⓘTranslated by Eva Sander. German Was ist es, das man Liebe nennt? 1975 Hungarian Mit neveznek szerelemnek? 1976ⓘTranslated by J. A. Harloff Dutch Liefde, wat is dat? 1978ⓘTranslated by Hilia Brinis Italian Playboy e il Dio limaccioso ovvero: Cos'è questa cosa che chiamano amore? 1982ⓘTranslated by Christoph Göhler German Liebe — was ist das? 1990 Serbian Ljubav, šta je to? [as by Isak Asimov] 1991ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand Romanian Ce-i povestea asta numită dragoste?Ce-i povestea asta numita dragoste 1998ⓘTranslated by Владимир Баканов (Vladimir Bakanov) Russian Что это за штука - любовь??Chto eto za shtuka - lyubov'? [as by Айзек Азимов?Ayzek Azimov Aizek Azimov Isaac Asimov ] 2009ⓘTranslated by Carlos Gardini. Spanish ¿Qué es esa cosa llamada amor?

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Amazing Stories, March 1961	1961-03-00	ed. Cele Goldsmith	Ziff-Davis Publishing Company		$0.35?$: 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	Leo Summers
Great Science Fiction, No. 1	1965-12-00	ed. uncredited	Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc.		$0.50?$: 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	Robert Gibson Jones
Science Fiction Oddities	1966-11-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Berkley Medallion	S1311	$0.75?$: US dollar	256	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	Don Punchatz
Nightfall and Other Stories	1969-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday (Doubleday Science Fiction)		$5.95?$: US dollar	343	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Amelia S. Edwards
Science Fiction Oddities	1969-06-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Rapp & Whiting	0-85391-082-0	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).	x+ 156	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Nightfall and Other Stories	1969-12-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday / SFBC (Doubleday Science Fiction)	2099	$1.69?$: US dollar	343	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Amelia S. Edwards
Nightfall and Other Stories	1970-06-25	Isaac Asimov	Rapp & Whiting	0-85391-157-6	35/-?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).	344	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Nightfall and Other Stories	1970-11-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	M1486	$0.95?$: US dollar	350	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
Nightfall Two	1971-10-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-03537-0	£0.30?£: UK pound	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	Ken Sequin
Nightfall Two	1972-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-03657-1	£0.30?£: UK pound	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	Ken Sequin
Nightfall Two	1973-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-03657-1	£0.30?£: UK pound	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	Ken Sequin
Nightfall Two	1976-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-03657-1	£0.50?£: UK pound	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	Ken Sequin
Nightfall and Other Stories	1977-07-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23188-7	$1.75?$: US dollar	350	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
Nightfall Two	1978-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther / Granada	0-586-03657-1		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	Ken Sequin
Sex in the 21st Century	1979-09-00	ed. Michel Parry, Milton Subotsky	Panther / Granada	0-586-04705-0	£0.95?£: 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.	anth
Nightfall Two	1981-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther / Granada	0-586-03657-1	£1.25?£: UK pound	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	Ken Sequin
Flying Saucers	1982-05-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Fawcett Crest	0-449-24503-9	$2.95?$: US dollar	349	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	Richard Courtney
Flying Saucers	1983-03-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Fawcett Crest / Ballantine			349	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
Nightfall and Other Stories	1984-12-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31091-8	$3.50?$: US dollar	350	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	Rick Sternbach
Nightfall Two	1985-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther / Granada	0-586-03657-1	£1.95?£: UK pound	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	Ken Sequin
Amazing Stories: 60 Years of the Best Science Fiction	1985-07-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	TSR	0-88038-216-3	$7.95?$: US dollar	255+ [16]	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	Jeff Easley
Flying Saucers	1987-08-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Fawcett Crest / Ballantine	0-449-21400-1	$3.95?$: US dollar	349	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
The Complete Stories, Volume 1	1990-11-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday Foundation	0-385-41606-7	$22.95?$: US dollar	viii+ 614	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Barclay Shaw
The Complete Stories, Volume 1	1990-11-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday Foundation	0-385-41627-X	$12.95?$: US dollar	viii+ 615	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	Barclay Shaw
The Complete Stories, Volume 1	1991-03-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday Foundation / SFBC	17907	$10.98?$: US dollar	viii+ 614	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Barclay Shaw
Nightfall and Other Stories	1991-07-00	Isaac Asimov	Grafton	0-586-21255-8	£4.99?£: UK pound	445	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 Foss
The Great SF Stories #23 (1961)	1991-07-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #856)	0-88677-478-0	$5.50?$: US dollar	367	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	Angus McKie
The Great SF Stories #23 (1961)	1991-07-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books	0-88677-478-0 / UE2478	C$5.99?C$: Canadian dollar	367	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	Angus McKie
The Complete Stories, Volume 1	1993-03-00	Isaac Asimov	HarperCollins (UK)	0-00-224139-0	£15.99?£: UK pound	614	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Chris Moore
The Complete Stories: Volume Two	1995-01-00	Isaac Asimov	HarperCollins (UK)	0-00-648016-0	£5.99?£: UK pound	464	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
The Wizards of Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy	1996-03-00	ed. Peter Haining	Souvenir Press	0-285-63308-2	£15.99?£: UK pound	300	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Josh Kirby
UFOs: The Greatest Stories	1996-06-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg	MJF Books	1-56731-086-9	$8.98?$: US dollar	310	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Complete Stories: Volume Two	1997-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Voyager	0-00-648016-0	£6.99?£: UK pound	464	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
The Wizards of Odd	1997-00-00	ed. Peter Haining	Legend	0-09-917442-1	£4.99?£: UK pound	300	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	Josh Kirby
Girls for the Slime God	1997-00-00	ed. Mike Resnick	Obscura Press	0-9659569-0-3	$15.00?$: US dollar	213	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	Peggy Ranson
The Wizards of Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy	1997-11-00	ed. Peter Haining	Ace Books	0-441-00487-3	$6.50?$: US dollar	347	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	Walter Velez
The Wizards of Odd	1998-00-00	ed. Peter Haining	Orbit	1-85723-635-1	£5.99?£: UK pound	300	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	Josh Kirby
Nightfall Two	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-03537-0	£0.50?£: UK pound	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	Ken Sequin
The Complete Stories, Volume 1	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday Foundation	0-385-41627-X	$17.95?$: US dollar	viii+ 614	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
Nightfall and Other Stories	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	M1486	$0.95?$: US dollar	350	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
Nightfall and Other Stories	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	P1969	$1.25?$: US dollar	350	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
Nightfall and Other Stories	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23672-2	$1.95?$: US dollar	350	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
The Complete Stories, Volume 1	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Broadway Books	0-385-41627-X	$22.00?$: US dollar	viii+ 614	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

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