Title: Far Centaurus Title Record # 41417
Author: A. E. van Vogt
Date: 1944-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English User Rating: 7.00 (4 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Translations

Year Language Title 1954ⓘTranslated by Gösta Jungholm Swedish Centaurus 1956ⓘTranslated by Clark Darlton (as Walter Ernsting) German Terra — Alpha Centauri und zurück?Terra — Alpha Centauri und zurueck Terra - Alpha Centauri und zurueck 1960ⓘTranslated by Mário-Henrique Leiria Portuguese Longínquo centauro 1960ⓘTranslated by unknown Japanese 遥かなるケンタウルス [as by A・E・ヴァン・ヴォクト?A. E. Van Vokuto ] 1961ⓘTranslated by F. Jachino Italian Alpha del Centauro 1966ⓘTranslated by Michel Deutsch French Destination Centaure 1979ⓘTranslated by Sandro Pergameno Italian Verso Centauro 1980ⓘTranslated by Rob Vooren Dutch Het verre Centaurus 1982ⓘTranslated by Zoran Milović Croatian Daleki Kentaur 1987ⓘTranslated by Uwe Anton German Der ferne Centaurus 1989ⓘTranslated by Rosemarie Hundertmarck German Ferner Centaurus 1994ⓘTranslated by Cristina Duță Romanian Destinația Centaurus?Destinatia Centaurus 2003ⓘTranslated by Fabio Feminò Italian Destinazione Centauro

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
6 ⓘ Finalist Pass 1 Far Centaurus 225 No Award 26 20 nominations with 10.42 final points.	2020 Retro Hugo	Best Short Story

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Astounding Science Fiction, January 1944	1944-01-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.25?$: US dollar	180	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	Timmins
Strange Ports of Call	1948-04-00	ed. August Derleth	Pellegrini & Cudahy		$4.00?$: US dollar	[8]+ 393	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Strange Ports of Call	1949-12-00	ed. August Derleth	Pellegrini & Cudahy			[8]+ 393	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Men Against the Stars	1950-05-00	ed. Martin Greenberg	Gnome Press		$2.95?$: US dollar	351	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Edd Cartier
Men Against the Stars	1951-00-00	ed. Martin Greenberg	Grayson & Grayson		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).	256	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	C. W. Bacon
Destination: Universe!	1952-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Pellegrini & Cudahy		$3.50?$: US dollar	xv+ 295	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Boris Dolgov
Destination: Universe!	1952-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	McLeod		C$4.00?C$: Canadian dollar	xv+ 295	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Destination: Universe!	1953-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Eyre & Spottiswoode	G5597	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).	vii+ 192	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Craig
Destination: Universe!	1953-03-00	A. E. van Vogt	Signet / New American Library	1007	$0.25?$: US dollar	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	Stanley Meltzoff
Destination: Universe!	1953-09-00	A. E. van Vogt	Signet	1007	C$0.25?C$: Canadian dollar	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	Stanley Meltzoff
Men Against the Stars	1957-00-00	ed. Martin Greenberg	Pyramid Books (Pyramid Giant)	524	C$0.35?C$: Canadian dollar	191	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	Mel Hunter
Men Against the Stars	1957-00-00	ed. Martin Greenberg	Pyramid Books (Pyramid Giant)	G234	$0.35?$: US dollar	191	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	Mel Hunter
Men Against the Stars	1958-00-00	ed. Martin Greenberg	Pyramid Books	G234	$0.35?$: US dollar	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.	anth	Mel Hunter
Strange Ports of Call	1958-06-00	ed. August Derleth	Berkley Books	G-131	$0.35?$: US dollar	173	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
Destination: Universe!	1958-09-00	A. E. van Vogt	Signet	S1558	$0.35?$: US dollar	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	Stanley Meltzoff
Destination: Universe!	1960-06-00	A. E. van Vogt	Panther	1063	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).	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	Richard Powers
9 Stories from Men Against the Stars	1963-04-00	ed. Martin Greenberg	Pyramid Books	F-852	$0.40?$: US dollar	191	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	Mel Hunter
Great Stories of Space Travel	1963-07-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Tempo Books	T39	$0.60?$: 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
Destination: Universe!	1963-10-00	A. E. van Vogt	Panther	1063	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).	144	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
Destination: Universe!	1964-03-00	A. E. van Vogt	Berkley Medallion	F893	$0.50?$: US dollar	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	Richard Powers
Great Stories of Space Travel	1965-12-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Tempo Books	T39	$0.50?$: 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
Destination: Universe!	1968-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Panther	24840	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).	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
Great Stories of Space Travel	1969-00-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Tempo Books	5313	$0.60?$: 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
Great Stories of Space Travel	1970-04-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap	5313	$0.60?$: 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
Destination: Universe!	1970-11-00	A. E. van Vogt	Berkley Medallion	0-425-01912-8 / S1912	$0.75?$: US dollar	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
Destination: Universe!	1970-11-00	A. E. van Vogt	Berkley Medallion	0-425-01912-8 / S1912	C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar	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
Destination: Universe!	1972-04-00	A. E. van Vogt	Panther	0-586-02484-0	£0.30?£: 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
A Spectrum of Worlds	1972-09-00	ed. Thomas D. Clareson	Doubleday	0-385-01657-3	$5.95?$: US dollar	311	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Robert Aulicino
Destination: Universe!	1973-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Panther	0-586-02484-0	£0.30?£: 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
Deep Space: Eight Stories of Science Fiction	1973-03-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Thomas Nelson	0-8407-6264-X	$5.95?$: US dollar	223	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Edward Bonner
Deep Space: Eight Stories of Science Fiction	1973-07-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Thomas Nelson / SFBC	5791	$1.49?$: US dollar	viii+ 183	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Edward Bonner
Deep Space	1974-11-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Dell Laurel	0-440-03264-4 / 3264	$0.95?$: US dollar	221	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	John Berkey
Deep Space: Eight Stories of Science Fiction	1976-00-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Abelard-Schuman	0-200-72471-1	£3.95?£: UK pound	223	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Graham Tucker
Deep Space	1976-05-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Dell Laurel	3264	$1.25?$: US dollar	221	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	John Berkey
Deep Space	1977-09-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers	0-552-10551-1	£0.70?£: 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	Peter Jones
Destination: Universe!	1977-09-00	A. E. van Vogt	Jove / HBJ	0-515-04412-1	$1.50?$: US dollar	176	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	Stephen Hickman
Destination: Universe!	1977-09-00	A. E. van Vogt	Jove / HBJ	0-515-04412-1 / A4412	C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar	176	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	Stephen Hickman
Destination: Universe!	1978-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Panther	0-586-02484-0	£0.75?£: 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	Tony Roberts (artist)
Destination: Universe!	1980-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Panther	0-586-02484-0	£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.	coll	Tony Roberts (artist)
Destination: Universe!	1980-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Panther	0-586-02484-0	£1.50?£: 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	Tony Roberts (artist)
The Analog Anthology #1	1980-12-00	ed. Stanley Schmidt	Davis Publications		$2.95?$: US dollar	380	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".	anth	Dean Ellis
Analog's Golden Anniversary Anthology	1981-00-00	ed. Stanley Schmidt	The Dial Press	0-8037-0217-5	$10.95?$: US dollar	380	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 6, 1944	1981-12-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #461)	0-87997-670-5 / UE1670	$2.95?$: US dollar	368	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	Oliviero Berni
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 6, 1944	1981-12-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	0-87997-670-5	C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar	368	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	Oliviero Berni
Fifty Years of the Best Science Fiction from Analog	1982-00-00	ed. Stanley Schmidt	Davis Publications		$2.95?$: US dollar	380	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".	anth
Starships	1983-05-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Fawcett Crest / Ballantine	0-449-20126-0	$3.50?$: US dollar	342	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	Rick Sternbach
Starships	1983-05-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Fawcett Crest / Ballantine	0-449-20126-0	C$4.25?C$: Canadian dollar	342	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	Rick Sternbach
6 Decades: The Best of Analog	1986-00-00	ed. Stanley Schmidt	Davis Publications			128	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
Starships	1995-03-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Fawcett Crest / Ballantine	0-449-00748-0	$19.00?$: US dollar	342	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	Rick Sternbach
The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume Three	2001-06-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Tor	0-312-86877-4	$25.95?$: US dollar	477	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 3	2002-04-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Tor	0-312-86876-6	$16.95?$: US dollar	477	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
Transfinite: The Essential A. E. van Vogt	2003-04-00	A. E. van Vogt	NESFA Press	1-886778-34-5	$29.00?$: US dollar	571+ [2]	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
Transfinite: The Essential A. E. van Vogt	2006-10-00	A. E. van Vogt	NESFA Press	1-886778-34-5	$29.00?$: US dollar	571+ [2]	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
Destination: Universe!	date unknown	A. E. van Vogt	Berkley Medallion	0-425-02814-3 / N2814	$0.95?$: US dollar	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	Richard Powers
Destination: Universe!	date unknown	A. E. van Vogt	Berkley Medallion	0-425-01912-8	$0.75?$: US dollar	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
Great Stories of Space Travel	date unknown	ed. Groff Conklin	Tempo Books	0-448-12131-X	$1.25?$: 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

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