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Title: Bears Discover Fire Title Record # 41626
Author: Terry Bisson
Date: 1990-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: drabblecast.org, lightspeedmagazine.com, starshipsofa.com
Language: English
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Current Tags: science fiction (2), intelligent animals (1), bears (1), aging (1), practical skills (1), near future (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1991Translated by Sophie Jacquot
French
Le jour où les ours ont découvert le feu?Le jour ou les ours ont decouvert le feu
1991Translated by Feliks Forbert-Kaniewski
Polish
Niedźwiedzie odkrywają ogień?Niedzwiedzie odkrywaja ogien
1993Translated by Irene Bonhorst
German
Die Bären entdecken das Feuer?Die Baeren entdecken das Feuer
1993Translated by Sergio Perrone
Italian Quando gli orsi scoprirono il fuoco
2001Translated by Gaetano Luigi Staffilano
Italian Gli orsi scoprono il fuoco
2003 French Les ours découvrent le feu
2006Translated by Lia Belt
Dutch De beren ontdekken het vuur
2007Translated by Pepa Linares
Spanish Cuando los osos descubrieron el fuego
2013 Spanish Los osos descubren el fuego

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, August 1990 1990-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Davis Publications  
$2.50?$: 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 Wayne Barlowe Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection 1991-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-06009-2
$15.95?$: US dollar
xxxii+
624
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection 1991-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-06008-4
$27.95?$: US dollar
xxxii+
624
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Michael Whelan Checkmark
Best New SF 5 1991-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 1-85487-091-2
£7.99?£: UK pound
xxxii+
624
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 Ian Craig Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection 1991-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press / SFBC 18551
$12.98?$: US dollar
xxxii+
624
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Michael Whelan Checkmark
Futurs pas possibles 1991-10-00 ed. Patrice Duvic Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5374) 2-266-04270-X   245
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 W. Siudmak  
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
Nebula Awards 26 1992-05-00 ed. James Morrow Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-665472-5
$12.95?$: US dollar
xv+
332
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 Patrik Ryane Checkmark
Nebula Awards 26 1992-05-00 ed. James Morrow Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-164934-0
$24.95?$: US dollar
xv+
332
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Patrik Ryane Checkmark
Die Zeitbraut 1993-00-00 ed. Wolfgang Jeschke Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4990) 3-453-06210-8
DM 16.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
494
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
Isaac Asimov's Sf-Lite 1993-03-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Ace Books 0-441-37389-5
$4.99?$: US dollar
240
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 Gary Freeman Checkmark
Supernovæ?Supernovae
1993-10-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Interno Giallo / Mondadori (IperFICTION) 88-04-37768-2
Lit 35,000?Lit: Italian lira
622
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth F. G. Confalonieri  
Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories 1993-11-00 Terry Bisson Tor 0-312-85411-0
$19.95?$: US dollar
254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Nick Jainschigg Checkmark
The New Hugo Winners, Volume III 1994-05-00 ed. Connie Willis Baen 0-671-87604-X
$5.99?$: US dollar
456
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 Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias 1994-07-00 ed. Kim Stanley Robinson Tor 0-312-85474-9
$23.95?$: US dollar
352
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Carol Russo Checkmark
The New Hugo Winners, Volume III 1994-08-00 ed. Connie Willis Baen / SFBC 03710
$8.98?$: US dollar
456
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories 1995-01-00 Terry Bisson Orb 0-312-89035-4
$12.00?$: US dollar
254
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 Nick Jainschigg  
Hugo and Nebula Award Winners from Asimov's Science Fiction 1995-12-00 ed. Sheila Williams Wings Books 0-517-12410-6
$12.99?$: US dollar
558
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Chris Moore Checkmark
Millemondi Primavera 1996 1996-02-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Mondadori (Millemondi (quarterly) #6)  
Lit 9,000?Lit: Italian lira
318
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 Giuseppe Festino  
Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology 1996-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell, Milton T. Wolf Tor 0-312-85287-8
$24.95?$: US dollar
798
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 John Berkey Checkmark
Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology 1996-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell, Milton T. Wolf Tor 0-312-86224-5
$35.00?$: US dollar
798
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth John Berkey Checkmark
Modern Classics of Fantasy 1997-01-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-15173-X
$35.00?$: US dollar
xxiii+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth James Gurney  
Modern Classics of Fantasy 1997-03-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press / SFBC 14775
$14.98?$: US dollar
xxiii+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth James Gurney Checkmark
Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias 1997-07-00 ed. Kim Stanley Robinson Tor 0-312-86350-0
$15.95?$: US dollar
352
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 Checkmark
Modern Classics of Fantasy 1997-11-01 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-16931-0
$18.95?$: US dollar
672
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  
The Fantasy Hall of Fame 1998-03-00 ed. Robert Silverberg HarperPrism 0-06-105215-9
$14.00?$: US dollar
xii+
562
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 Carl Galian Checkmark
The Fantasy Hall of Fame 1998-08-00 ed. Robert Silverberg HarperPrism / SFBC 1-56865-858-3 / 17918
$10.98?$: US dollar
562
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Carl Galian Checkmark
The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century 1998-10-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg NewStar Publishing 0-7871-1680-7    
audio cassette?Cassette tape
anth  
Die Bären entdecken das Feuer?Die Baeren entdecken das Feuer
1998-11-00 Terry Bisson Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #5994) 3-453-14869-X
DM 14.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
317
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 doManski Checkmark
The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century 1999-12-16 ed. Martin H. Greenberg Phoenix Audio  
$11.95?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth  
Nuove avventure nell'ignoto 2001-03-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Mondadori (Millemondi (quarterly) #29)  
Lit 9,900?Lit: Italian lira
362
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 Franco Brambilla  
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century 2001-11-00 ed. Orson Scott Card Ace Books 0-441-00864-X
$24.95?$: US dollar
x+
422
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Pyrographx Checkmark
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century 2001-12-00 ed. Orson Scott Card Ace Books / SFBC 11613
$12.50?$: US dollar
x+
422
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Pyrographx Checkmark
Meucs 2003-06-00 Terry Bisson
Imaginaires sans frontières?Imaginaires sans frontieres
(ISF - Visions Futures)
2-84727-021-3
€16.00?€: Euro
292
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 Mike (artist)  
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century 2004-03-00 ed. Orson Scott Card Ace Books 0-441-01133-0
$14.00?$: US dollar
x+
422
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 Pyrographx Checkmark
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction 2004-07-00 ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) 0-7322-7872-4
A$32.95?A$: Australian dollar
xiii+
559+
[2]
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 Checkmark
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy 2004-07-00 ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan Eos / HarperCollins 0-06-059426-8
$15.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
512+
[2]
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction 2005-02-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-33656-X
$19.95?$: US dollar
xix+
655
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 Checkmark
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction 2005-02-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-33655-1
$35.00?$: US dollar
xix+
655
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction 2005-02-01 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 1-4299-0385-6
$10.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction 2005-07-00 ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) 0-7322-7873-2
A$19.95?A$: Australian dollar
xvi+
677
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  
De Locus awards 2006-03-20 ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan De Boekerij 90-225-4398-6
€22.50?€: Euro
526
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  
Cuando los osos descubrieron el fuego 2007-06-00 Terry Bisson Alianza Editorial (Runas #5) 978-84-206-8249-5   298
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 Óscar René Gerardo Quirós , Ángel Uriarte  
The Mammoth Book of The Best of The Best New SF 2008-03-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 978-1-84529-424-3
£9.99?£: UK pound
xix+
778
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  
The Mammoth Book of The Best of The Best New SF 2008-03-27 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 978-1-84901-540-0
£9.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
StarShipSofa, No 25 2008-05-14 ed. Tony C. Smith StarShipSofa  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
mag Checkmark
Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts 2008-12-19 ed. Heather Masri Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press 978-0-312-45015-1
$170.39?$: US dollar
xix+
1242
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
René Magritte?Rene Magritte
Checkmark
Il meglio della SF / II. L'Olimpo dei classici moderni 2009-11-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Mondadori (Millemondi (quarterly) #49)  
€7.50?€: Euro
718
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 Victor Togliani  
Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias 2010-08-06 ed. Kim Stanley Robinson Tor 978-0-312-86350-0
$?$: US dollar
352
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 Checkmark
The Secret History of Fantasy 2010-09-15 ed. Peter S. Beagle Tachyon Publications 978-1-892391-99-5
$15.95?$: US dollar
379
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 Ann Monn Checkmark
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction 2011-06-00 ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman Wildside Press 978-1-4344-3079-3
$49.99?$: US dollar
991
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  
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction 2011-12-20 ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman Wildside Press 978-1-4344-4035-8
$39.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Checkmark
The Drabblecast, #230 2012-01-26 ed. Norm Sherman The Drabblecast  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
mag Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection 2012-09-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 978-1-4668-2947-3
$7.99?$: US dollar
xxxii+
624
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Michael Whelan  
25 minutos en el futuro: Nueva ciencia ficción norteamericana 2013-00-00 ed.
Bernardo Fernández?Bernardo Fernandez
, Pepe Rojo
Almadía (Narrativa (Editorial Almadía)) 978-607-516-291-1 / 3375
MX$399.00?Mx$: Mexican dollars
 
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  
Lightspeed Podcast, January 2014 2014-01-00 ed. John Joseph Adams Lightspeed Magazine  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
mag  
Lightspeed, January 2014 2014-01-00 ed. John Joseph Adams Lightspeed Magazine  
$3.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
mag Mukesh Singh  
Modern Classics of Fantasy 2014-10-28 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 978-1-4668-8448-9
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth James Gurney  
Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts 2015-00-00 ed. Heather Masri Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press 978-1-4576-7446-4
$45.00?$: US dollar
xix+
796
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
René Magritte?Rene Magritte
 
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century date unknown ed. Orson Scott Card Ace Books 0-441-00864-X
$24.95?$: US dollar
x+
422
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Pyrographx Checkmark
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century date unknown ed. Orson Scott Card Ace Books 0-441-01133-0
$16.00?$: US dollar
x+
422
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 Pyrographx Checkmark
Modern Classics of Fantasy date unknown ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-15173-X
$35.00?$: US dollar
xxiii+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth James Gurney  
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction date unknown ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-33656-X
$19.95?$: US dollar
xix+
655
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 Checkmark
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction date unknown ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-33656-X
$19.95?$: US dollar
xix+
655
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 Checkmark
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction date unknown ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-33656-X
$21.95?$: US dollar
xix+
655
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 Checkmark
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy date unknown ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan Eos / HarperCollins 0-06-059426-8
$15.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
514
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
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