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Title: The Beautiful and the Sublime

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Title: The Beautiful and the Sublime Title Record # 42553
Author: Bruce Sterling
Date: 1986-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: First published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1986.
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Current Tags: hard sf (1), science fiction (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1990Translated by Ingrid Herrmann
German
Das Schöne und das Erhabene?Das Schoene und das Erhabene
1991 French Le beau et le sublime
1992Translated by Rafael Marín Trechera.
Spanish Lo hermoso y lo sublime
2001Translated by 小川隆(Ogawa Takashi)
Japanese
美と崇高?びとすうこう
Bi to Sūkō
Bi to Suukou
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Awards

Place Year and Award Category
19 1987 Locus Best Novelette

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, June 1986 1986-06-00 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 J. K. Potter Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection 1987-05-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-00710-8
$11.95?$: US dollar
xxi+
602
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 Alan Gutierrez Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection 1987-05-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-00709-4
$19.95?$: US dollar
xxi+
602
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Alan Gutierrez Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction 1987-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 0-948164-31-X
£4.95?£: UK pound
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.
anth Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction 1987-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 0-948164-50-6
£10.95?£: UK pound
615
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Crystal Express 1989-05-00 Bruce Sterling Arkham House 0-87054-158-7
$18.95?$: US dollar
viii+
264
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Rick Lieder Checkmark
Crystal Express 1990-04-12 Bruce Sterling Legend 0-7126-3661-7
£12.99?£: UK pound
317
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Crystal Express 1990-06-00 Bruce Sterling Legend 0-7126-3698-6
£6.99?£: UK pound
317
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 Keith Scaife  
Crystal Express 1990-12-00 Bruce Sterling Ace Books 0-441-12423-2
$4.50?$: US dollar
278
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 Ian Entwistle Checkmark
Crystal Express 1991-08-00 Bruce Sterling Legend 0-09-972250-X
£4.99?£: UK pound
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 Keith Scaife Checkmark
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF 1994-07-00 ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell Tor 0-312-85062-X
$35.00?$: US dollar
990+
[2]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Carol Russo Checkmark
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF 1994-10-00 ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell Orbit 1-85723-271-2
£25.00?£: UK pound
990
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth John Berkey Checkmark
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF 1994-10-00 ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell Tor / SFBC 05435
$17.98?$: US dollar
990
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth John Berkey Checkmark
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF 1997-09-00 ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell Orb 0-312-85509-5
$27.95?$: US dollar
990
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
Crystal Express date unknown Bruce Sterling Louis Braille Books      
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
coll  
Crystal Express date unknown Bruce Sterling Ace Books 0-441-12423-2
$4.99?$: US dollar
278
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 Ian Entwistle Checkmark
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