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Title: Promises to Keep Title Record # 42782
Author: Jack McDevitt
Date: 1984-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) Hutchins
Language: English
Note: First published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 1984.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1987Translated by Brigitte Gruss.
German Versprechen muß man halten
1992Translated by Ronaldo Sergio de Biasi.
Portuguese Promessas Para Cumprir

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
16 1985 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, December 1984 1984-12-00 ed. Shawna McCarthy Davis Publications  
$1.75?$: 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 Robert Walters Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection 1985-04-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Bluejay Books 0-312-94485-3
$10.95?$: US dollar
573
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 Thomas Kidd Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection 1985-04-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Bluejay Books 0-312-94484-5
$19.95?$: US dollar
573
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Thomas Kidd Checkmark
Kontinuum 4 1987-05-00 ed. Herbert W. Franke Ullstein (Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy #31146) 3-548-31146-6
DM 8.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
175
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 Oscar Asboth Checkmark
Isaac Asimov Magazine, #17 1992-00-00 ed. Ronaldo Sergio de Biasi Record     190
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.
mag  
Christmas Stars 1992-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-812-52286-9
$4.99?$: US dollar
xii+
305
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 Nick Jainschigg Checkmark
Christmas Stars 1992-12-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor / SFBC 03340
$8.98?$: US dollar
305
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Nick Jainschigg Checkmark
Christmas Stars 1993-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-812-52286-9
$4.99?$: US dollar
xii+
305
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 Nick Jainschigg  
Standard Candles 1996-10-00 Jack McDevitt Tachyon Publications 0-9648320-4-6
$40.00?$: US dollar
x+
250
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Michael Dashow Checkmark
Standard Candles 1996-10-00 Jack McDevitt Tachyon Publications 0-9648320-4-6
$100.00?$: US dollar
x+
250
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Michael Dashow  
Isaac Asimov's Christmas 1997-12-00 ed. Gardner Dozois, Sheila Williams Ace Books 0-441-00491-1
$5.99?$: US dollar
viii+
230
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 Les Edwards Checkmark
Standard Candles 1999-05-00 Jack McDevitt Tachyon Publications / SFBC 19487
$10.98?$: US dollar
248
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Michael Dashow Checkmark
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons 2000-04-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-25462-8
$17.95?$: US dollar
xi+
481
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 Chesley Bonestell Checkmark
Exploring the Horizons: Explorers, and the Furthest Horizon 2000-05-00 Gardner Dozois Science Fiction Book Club 0-7394-1009-1 / 11247
$17.98?$: US dollar
916
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni John Berkey Checkmark
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons 2002-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois   0-312-27150-6
$17.95?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Chesley Bonestell  
Christmas Stars 2004-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-765-31095-3
$14.95?$: US dollar
320
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 Brad Holland  
Cryptic: The Best Short Fiction of Jack McDevitt 2009-02-00 Jack McDevitt Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-195-8
$38.00?$: US dollar
590
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Lee Moyer Checkmark
Cryptic: The Best Short Fiction of Jack McDevitt 2009-02-00 Jack McDevitt Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-195-8
$6.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Lee Moyer  
Cryptic: The Best Short Fiction of Jack McDevitt 2010-08-03 Jack McDevitt Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-322-8
$4.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons date unknown ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 978-0-312-27150-3
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Chesley Bonestell  
Standard Candles date unknown Jack McDevitt Tachyon Publications 0-9648320-4-6
$25.00?$: US dollar
x+
250
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Michael Dashow Checkmark
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