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Title: The Boy Who Hooked the Sun

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Title: The Boy Who Hooked the Sun Title Record # 44162
Author: Gene Wolfe
Date: 1985-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
2006Translated by Patrick Marcel
French L'enfant qui pêcha le soleil

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Boy Who Hooked the Sun: A Tale From The Book of the Wonders of Urth and Sky 1985-12-00 Gene Wolfe Cheap Street (Solstice Cards #1985)     11
ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications.
chap  
Weird Tales, Spring 1988 1988-00-00 ed. John Gregory Betancourt, Darrell Schweitzer, George H. Scithers Terminus  
$3.50?$: US dollar
148
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag George Barr Checkmark
The Year's Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection 1989-06-00 ed. Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling St. Martin's Press 0-312-03007-X
$13.95?$: US dollar
lvii+
579
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 Canty Checkmark
The Year's Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection 1989-06-00 ed. Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling St. Martin's Press 0-312-03006-1
$24.95?$: US dollar
lvii+
579
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Thomas Canty Checkmark
Demons and Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 2 1990-02-00 ed. Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling Legend 0-09-972360-3
£7.99?£: UK pound
vii+
579
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 Tom Canty  
Demons and Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 2 1990-02-00 ed. Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling Legend 0-7126-3639-0
£13.95?£: UK pound
579
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Tom Canty  
Starwater Strains 2005-08-00 Gene Wolfe Tor 978-0-7653-1202-0
$25.95?$: US dollar
352
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Joseph Van Os Checkmark
L'ombre du bourreau: L'intégrale 2/2 2006-02-00 Gene Wolfe
Denoël?Denoel
(Lunes d'encre)
2-207-25635-9
€33.00?€: Euro
1064
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.
omni Guillaume Sorel  
Starwater Strains 2006-05-00 Gene Wolfe Orb 0-765-31203-4
$15.95?$: 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.
coll Joseph Van Os Checkmark
The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction 2009-03-00 Gene Wolfe Tor 978-0-7653-2135-0
$27.95?$: US dollar
478
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll iStockPhoto.com Checkmark
The Very Best of Gene Wolfe 2009-07-00 Gene Wolfe PS Publishing 978-1-84863-027-7
£50.00?£: UK pound
xix+
490
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll J. K. Potter Checkmark
The Very Best of Gene Wolfe 2009-07-00 Gene Wolfe PS Publishing 978-1-84863-028-4
£100.00?£: UK pound
 
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll J. K. Potter  
The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction 2010-04-01 Gene Wolfe Tor 978-1-4299-6837-9
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction 2010-04-13 Gene Wolfe Tor 978-0-7653-2136-7
$17.99?$: US dollar
478
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 Castle of the Otter 2016-03-17 Gene Wolfe Centipede Press  
$225.00?$: US dollar
176+
[36]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Checkmark
The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction 2020-01-21 Gene Wolfe Tor 978-1-250-61858-0
$20.99?$: US dollar
480
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 iStockPhoto.com Checkmark
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