Title: Confluence

Title: Confluence Title Record # 44487
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1967-08-30
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Synopsis: A report on the subtleties of the 11 million year old language of an alien race, with a list of words and their meanings.

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Year	Title
1967	Confluence [as by Brian Aldiss]
1967	Confluence: A Guide for Earthspeakers

Year	Language	Title
1973^ⓘTranslated by Bruno Martin	French	Confluence
1983^ⓘTranslated by Annette von Charpentier	German	Konfluenz
2002^ⓘTranslated by Matilde Horne.	Spanish	Confluencia

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
SF 12	1968-08-00	ed. Judith Merril	Delacorte Press		$5.95^?$: US dollar	384	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Carl Smith
SF 12	1969-06-00	ed. Judith Merril	Dell	7815	$0.75^?$: US dollar	384	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	Paul Lehr
SF 12	1969-06-00	ed. Judith Merril	Dell	7815	C$0.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	384	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	Paul Lehr
The Moment of Eclipse	1970-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Faber and Faber	0-571-09570-4	£1.50^?£: UK pound	215	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jerome Gask
The Best of Sci-Fi 12	1970-09-00	ed. Judith Merril	Mayflower	0-583-11784-8	7/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	364+ [4]	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	Josh Kirby
Moment of Eclipse	1972-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Doubleday		$5.95^?$: US dollar	[10]+ 224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Margo Herr
The Moment of Eclipse	1973-11-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Panther	0-586-03776-4	£0.35^?£: UK pound	187	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	Bob Haberfield
The Moment of Eclipse	1979-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Panther	0-586-03776-4	£1.25^?£: UK pound	187	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	Peter Goodfellow
The Moment of Eclipse	1979-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Panther	0-586-03776-4	£0.90^?£: UK pound	187	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
The Moment of Eclipse	1985-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Panther / Granada	0-586-03776-4	£1.95^?£: UK pound	187	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	Vincent Di Fate
Best SF Stories of Brian W. Aldiss	1988-04-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Gollancz	0-575-04210-9	£11.95^?£: UK pound	328	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Man in His Time: Best SF Stories	1989-05-00	Brian Aldiss	VGSF	0-575-04530-2	£3.50^?£: UK pound	328	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
Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss	1989-09-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Atheneum / Macmillan	0-689-12052-4	$19.95^?$: US dollar	328	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ed Soyka
Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss	1990-10-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Collier / Macmillan	0-02-030225-8	$4.95^?$: US dollar	328	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	Ed Soyka
A Tupolev Too Far and Other Stories	1993-07-23	Brian Aldiss	HarperCollins (UK)	0-00-224033-5	£14.99^?£: UK pound	200	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Sergeí Sharov
A Tupolev Too Far and Other Stories	1994-02-00	Brian Aldiss	St. Martin's Press	0-312-10565-7	$18.95^?$: US dollar	200	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Sergeí Sharov
A Tupolev Too Far and Other Stories	1994-10-24	Brian W. Aldiss	HarperCollins (UK)	0-00-647631-7	£4.99^?£: UK pound	[7]+ 232	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	Fred Gambino
The Moment of Eclipse	2000-00-00	Brian Aldiss	House of Stratus	0-7551-0079-4	£6.99^?£: UK pound	207	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	Derek Edwards
Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss	date unknown	Brian W. Aldiss	Atheneum / Macmillan	0-689-12052-4	$19.95^?$: US dollar	328	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ed Soyka

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