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Title: The Function of Dream Sleep

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Title: The Function of Dream Sleep Title Record # 41381
Author: Harlan Ellison
Date: 1988-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
2014Translated by Bernhard Kempen
German
Warum wir träumen?Warum wir traeumen

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Midnight Graffiti, June 1988 1988-06-00 ed. Jessie Horsting, James Van Hise Midnight Graffiti Publishing  
$4.95?$: US dollar
80
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag Martin Cannon Checkmark
Angry Candy 1988-10-00 Harlan Ellison Houghton Mifflin 0-395-48307-7
$18.95?$: US dollar
xxiv+
324
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Harlan Ellison Checkmark
Angry Candy 1988-10-00 Harlan Ellison The Easton Press (Signed First Editions of Science Fiction #2) 106-002   xxiv+
324+
[2]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1988 1988-12-15 ed. Gardner Dozois Davis Publications  
$2.00?$: US dollar
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 Gary Freeman Checkmark
Angry Candy 1989-12-00 Harlan Ellison Plume 0-452-26335-2
$8.95?$: US dollar
xxvi+
324
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 Checkmark
Angry Candy 1998-09-00 Harlan Ellison Mariner Books / Houghton Mifflin 0-395-92481-2
$13.00?$: US dollar
xxiv+
324
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 David Blankenship  
California Sorcery: A Group Celebration 1999-08-00 ed. William F. Nolan, William K. Schafer Cemetery Dance Publications 1-881475-70-0
$40.00?$: US dollar
285
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mark A. Nelson  
Midnight in the Sunken Cathedral 2001-00-00 Harlan Ellison Fantastic Audio / American Audio Literature, Inc. 1-57453-412-2
$25.00?$: US dollar
 
audio cassette?Cassette tape
coll  
California Sorcery 2001-02-00 ed. William F. Nolan, William Schafer Ace Books 0-441-00808-9
$5.99?$: US dollar
x+
274
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 Jonathan Barkat Checkmark
The Essential Ellison: A 50-Year Retrospective 2001-05-00 Harlan Ellison Morpheus International 1-883398-46-0
$24.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
1249
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 Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon Checkmark
The Essential Ellison: A 50-Year Retrospective 2005-06-00 Harlan Ellison Morpheus International 1-883398-60-6
$24.95?$: US dollar
1249
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 Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon Checkmark
Midnight in the Sunken Cathedral 2011-03-29 Harlan Ellison Blackstone Audiobooks  
$13.96?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Checkmark
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories 2011-10-31 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Corvus 978-0-85789-487-8
£25.00?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Nic Cheetham Checkmark
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories 2012-05-08 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Tor 978-0-7653-3360-5
$39.99?$: US dollar
xx+
1126
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Nic Cheetham Checkmark
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories 2012-05-08 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Tor / SFBC 1356431
$22.99?$: US dollar
xx+
1126
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Nic Cheetham Checkmark
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories 2012-05-08 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Tor 978-0-7653-3362-9
$29.99?$: US dollar
xx+
1126
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 Nic Cheetham Checkmark
Ich muss schreien und habe keinen Mund 2014-09-00 Harlan Ellison Heyne 978-3-453-31557-0
€18.99?€: Euro
671
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 Das Illustrat Checkmark
The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison 2015-01-00 Harlan Ellison Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-634-2
$45.00?$: US dollar
vii+
520
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Michael Whelan Checkmark
The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison 2015-01-24 Harlan Ellison Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-635-9
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Michael Whelan  
The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison 2015-04-00 Harlan Ellison Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-634-2
$125.00?$: US dollar
vii+
520+
[6]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Michael Whelan Checkmark
Angry Candy 2016-05-10 Harlan Ellison Dover Publications 978-0-486-81195-6
$14.95?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Angry Candy date unknown Harlan Ellison Plume 0-452-26335-2
$8.95?$: US dollar
xxvi+
324
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 Checkmark
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