Title: The Man Who Learned Loving

Title: The Man Who Learned Loving Title Record # 45046
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Date: 1969-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: Originally published as "Brownshoes" in Adam (May, 1969)

Synopsis: A man who invents a new source of infinite clean power must shed his countercultural lifestyle and become a rich and powerful member of society in order to ensure that it becomes accepted and put to positive uses.

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Translations

Year	Title
1969	Brownshoes

Year	Language	Title
1970^ⓘTranslated by Arlette Rosenblum	French	L'homme qui apprit à aimer^?L'homme qui apprit a aimer
1971^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand	Portuguese	O homem que aprendeu a amar
1974^ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr	German	Sein Name war Mensch
1974^ⓘTranslated by Gunnar Gällmo and/or Kjell Rehnström	Swedish	Mannen som lärde sig älska
1981^ⓘTranslated by Eva Malsch	German	Der Mann, der lieben lernte

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nomination	1970 Nebula	Short Story

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1969	1969-10-00	ed. Edward L. Ferman	Mercury Press, Inc.		$0.60^?$: US dollar	132	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	Ronald Walotsky
Nebula Award Stories Five	1970-11-00	ed. James Blish	Gollancz	0-575-00579-3	£^?£: UK pound	216	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Nebula Award Stories Five	1970-12-11	ed. James Blish	Doubleday		$4.95^?$: US dollar	215	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Ann Crews , Donald Crews
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ...: A Collection of Short Stories	1971-03-26	Theodore Sturgeon	G. P. Putnam's Sons		$4.95^?$: US dollar	221	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Paul Lehr
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ...	1971-05-00	Theodore Sturgeon	G. P. Putnam's Sons / SFBC	3287	$1.49^?$: US dollar	xii+ 207	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Paul Lehr
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ...	1971-08-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Berkley Medallion	0-425-02045-2 / S2045	$0.75^?$: US dollar	224	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	Paul Lehr
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Nineteenth Series	1971-08-00	ed. Edward L. Ferman	Doubleday		$5.95^?$: US dollar	286	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Ronald Barnett , Peggy Barnett
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Nineteenth Series	1971-09-00	ed. Edward L. Ferman	Doubleday / SFBC	3457	$1.49^?$: US dollar	286	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Ronald Barnett , Peggy Barnett
Nebula Award Stories Five	1972-01-00	ed. James Blish	Pocket Books	0-671-77423-9	$0.95^?$: US dollar	176	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
Nebula Award Stories Five	1972-11-00	ed. James Blish	Pocket Books	0-671-77423-9	C$0.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	176	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
Nebula Award Stories 5	1972-12-00	ed. James Blish	Panther	0-586-03785-3	£0.35^?£: UK pound	170+ [1]	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
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 19th Series	1973-02-00	ed. Edward L. Ferman	Ace Books	05458	$0.95^?$: US dollar	314	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
The New Awareness	1975-05-00	ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Patricia Warrick	Delacorte Press	0-440-05989-5	$9.95^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 485	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Susan Gebel
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ...	1978-01-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Pocket Books	0-671-81415-X	$1.50^?$: US dollar	192	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
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ...	1978-01-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Pocket Books	0-671-81415-X	C$1.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	192	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 Nail and the Oracle	2007-07-00	Theodore Sturgeon	North Atlantic Books	978-1-55643-661-1	$35.00^?$: US dollar	xxxii+ 256	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Paula Morrison
The Nail and the Oracle	2013-04-23	Theodore Sturgeon	North Atlantic Books	978-1-58394-755-5	$18.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Nail and the Oracle	2013-09-30	Theodore Sturgeon	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-11006-9	£2.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll

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