Title: Limits
Title Record # 43112
Author: Larry Niven
Date: 1981-09-28
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Draco Tavern
Language: English
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Author: Larry Niven
Date: 1981-09-28
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Draco Tavern
Language: English
Synopsis: The bartender of a busy spaceport on earth overhears aliens discussing withholding the secret of immortality from humanity.
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 28, 1981 | 1981-09-28 | ed. George H. Scithers | Davis Publications | $1.50?$: 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 | George Angelini | ||
Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders | 1983-03-00 | ed. Shawna McCarthy | Davis Publications | $2.95?$: US dollar |
288 | 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 | |||
Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders | 1983-04-00 | ed. Shawna McCarthy | The Dial Press | 0-385-27912-4 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
288 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
Light Years and Dark: Science Fiction and Fantasy of and for Our Time | 1984-11-00 | ed. Michael Bishop | Berkley Books | 0-425-07214-2 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 498 |
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 | ||
Niven's Laws | 1984-11-16 | Larry Niven | Owlswick Press / PSFS | 0-913896-24-1 | $12.00?$: US dollar |
vii+ 108 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Jack Gaughan | |
Limits | 1985-02-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-32142-1 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 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. |
coll | Barclay Shaw | |
Limits | 1985-02-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC | 1818 | $3.98?$: US dollar |
xi+ 205 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Ron Walotsky | |
Limits | 1985-02-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-32142-1 | C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
xi+ 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. |
coll | Barclay Shaw | |
Limits | 1985-02-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-32142-1 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 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. |
coll | Barclay Shaw | |
Limits | 1986-08-00 | Larry Niven | Orbit / Futura | 0-7088-8201-3 | £2.50?£: UK pound |
xi+ 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. |
coll | Mark Salwowski | |
Geschichten aus der Raumhafen-Bar und andere Erzählungen | 1988-02-00 | Larry Niven | Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Abenteuer?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Abenteuer #23075) |
3-404-23075-2 | DM 8.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
319 | 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 | James Warhola | |
Limits | 1989-00-00 | Larry Niven | Orbit | 0-7088-8201-3 | £3.50?£: UK pound |
xi+ 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. |
coll | Mark Salwowski | |
Sirius, #152 | 1989-01-05 |
ed.
Hrvoje Prćić?Hrvoje Prcic |
Vjesnik | Din 4,000?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar |
132 | 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 |
Vladimir Vesović?Vladimir Vesovic
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Playgrounds of the Mind | 1991-10-00 | Larry Niven | Tor | 0-312-85219-3 | $22.95?$: US dollar |
487 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | David Archer | |
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 | ||||
Limits | 1992-02-00 | Larry Niven | Orbit | 0-7088-8201-3 | £4.50?£: UK pound |
xi+ 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. |
coll | Mark Salwowski | |
Playgrounds of the Mind | 1992-07-00 | Larry Niven | Tor | 0-812-51695-8 | $5.99?$: US dollar |
vii+ 696 |
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 | David Archer | |
Urania #1213 | 1993-09-05 | ed. Giuseppe Lippi | Mondadori | 1213 | Lit 5,000?Lit: Italian lira |
240 | 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 | Oscar Chichoni | |
Playgrounds of the Mind | 1996-04-00 | Larry Niven | Tor | 0-812-51695-8 | $5.99?$: US dollar |
viii+ 696 |
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 | David Archer | |
Playgrounds of the Mind | 2003-08-00 | Larry Niven | Tor | 0-812-51695-8 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
vii+ 696 |
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 | David Archer | |
The Draco Tavern | 2006-01-00 | Larry Niven | Tor | 0-765-30863-0 | $24.95?$: US dollar |
304 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Stephan Martiniere | |
The Draco Tavern | 2006-12-00 | Larry Niven | Tor | 0-765-34771-7 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 316 |
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 | Stephan Martiniere | |
The Draco Tavern | 2007-04-01 | Larry Niven | Tor | 978-1-4299-1408-6 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
304 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | ||
The Best of Larry Niven | 2010-12-00 | Larry Niven | Subterranean Press | 978-1-59606-331-0 | $40.00?$: US dollar |
618 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Edward Miller | |
The Best of Larry Niven | 2010-12-00 | Larry Niven | Subterranean Press | 978-1-59606-331-0 | $60.00?$: US dollar |
618 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Edward Miller | |
Limits | 2011-12-22 | Larry Niven | Phoenix Pick | 978-1-61242-070-7 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
Limits | 2012-01-02 | Larry Niven | Phoenix Pick | 978-1-61242-069-1 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
212 | 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 | ||
The Draco Tavern | 2021-01-01 | Larry Niven | Tor | 978-0-7653-8643-4 | $27.99?$: US dollar |
336 | 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 | Stephan Martiniere |