Title: Giant Killer
Title Record # 45646
Author: A. Bertram Chandler
Date: 1945-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: A. Bertram Chandler
Date: 1945-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: Story length is approximately 18,500 words based upon analysis of the electronic reprint of the story in "Baen's Universe".
Synopsis: Mutants of a nonhuman species have enough intelligence to gain some insight into the nature of their reality, and their relationship to humans.
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| 3 | 1996 Retro Hugo | Best Novella |
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Nominations Below Cutoff ⓘ1 nomination with 0.25 final points
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2020 Retro Hugo | Best Novella |
Publications
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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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| Astounding Science Fiction, October 1945 | 1945-10-00 | ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. | Street & Smith Publications, Inc. | $0.25?$: 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 | Timmins |  |
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| World of Wonder | 1951-08-00 | ed. Fletcher Pratt | Twayne Publishers | $3.95?$: US dollar |
445 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Herbstman | |
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| World of Wonder | 1951-10-00 | ed. Fletcher Pratt | Twayne Publishers | $3.95?$: US dollar |
445 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Herbstman | |
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| Great Short Novels of Science Fiction | 1970-07-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Ballantine Books | 0-345-01960-1 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
viii+ 373 |
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 | Donna Violetti | |
| Great Short Novels of Science Fiction | 1970-07-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Ballantine Books | 0-345-01960-1 | C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
viii+ 373 |
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 | Donna Violetti | |
| Great Short Novels of Science Fiction | 1971-12-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Ballantine Books (UK) | 0-345-01960-1 | £0.35?£: UK pound |
viii+ 373 |
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 | Chris Foss | |
| The Astounding-Analog Reader, Volume 1 | 1972-00-00 | ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison | Doubleday | 0-385-02334-0 | $7.95?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 530 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| The Astounding-Analog Reader, Book Two | 1973-10-00 | ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison | Sphere | 0-7221-4364-8 | £0.40?£: UK pound |
320 | 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 | Chris Foss | |
| Novella: 3 | 1978-00-00 | ed. Ben Bova | Orbit / Futura | 0-7088-8015-0 | £0.85?£: UK pound |
159 | 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 | Chris Foss | |
| The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels | 1980-11-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Priam Books / Arbor House | 0-87795-295-7 | $9.95?$: US dollar |
x+ 768 |
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 | ||
| The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels | 1980-12-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Arbor House | 0-87795-295-7 | $19.95?$: US dollar |
x+ 768 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Antler & Baldwin, Inc. | |
| The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels | 1981-05-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Arbor House / SFBC | 5754 | $6.98?$: US dollar |
viii+ 753 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Antler & Baldwin, Inc. | |
| The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 7, 1945 | 1982-07-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #489) | 0-87997-746-9 / UE1746 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
368 | 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 | Bernal | |
| The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 7, 1945 | 1982-07-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | 0-87997-746-9 | C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
368 | 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 | Bernal | |
| Die Vierziger Jahre II | 1983-04-00 | ed. Hans Joachim Alpers, Werner Fuchs | Hohenheim (Edition SF im Hohenheim Verlag) | 3-8147-0033-3 | DM 32.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
381+ [1] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Oliviero Berni | |
| The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Fourth Series | 1984-12-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | 0-517-44735-5 | $6.98?$: US dollar |
632 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Fernandez | |
| Ensimmäinen yhteys: tieteisnovelleja | 1988-00-00 | ed. Jyrki Ijäs | Pirkanmaan Kirjapaino (Tieteissarja #1) | 951-99942-9-7 | 367 | 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 |
Kari T. Leppänen?Kari T. Leppaenen
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| The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940s | 1989-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Robinson | 1-85487-017-3 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
504 | 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 | Bob Layzell | |
| The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940s | 1989-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Carroll & Graf | 0-88184-480-2 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
504 | 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 | Bob Layzell | |
| The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940s | 1989-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Carroll & Graf | 0-88184-480-2 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
504 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Bob Layzell | |
| Worlds Imagined | 1989-04-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Avenel Books | 0-517-68029-7 | $8.98?$: US dollar |
x+ 704 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| From Sea to Shining Star | 1990-11-00 | A. Bertram Chandler | Dreamstone | 0-9587968-1-5 | A$70.00?A$: Australian dollar |
342 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Nick Stathopoulos | |
| From Sea to Shining Star | 1990-11-00 | A. Bertram Chandler | Dreamstone | 0-9587968-0-7 | A$100.00?A$: Australian dollar |
342 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Nick Stathopoulos | |
| Great Tales of the Golden Age of Science Fiction | 1991-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Galahad Books | 0-88365-772-4 |
xii+ 466 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Karen Nelson | |
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| Science Fiction: Classic Stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction | 1991-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Galahad Books | 1-57866-106-4 | 466 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction | 1991-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Jaico Publishing House | J-648 | 504 | 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 | |||
| Science Fiction: Classic Stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction | 2000-08-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Galahad Books | 1-57866-106-4 | $9.98?$: US dollar |
466 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction | 2007-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Robinson | 1-84529-096-8 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
viii+ 532 |
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 | Corbis | |
| The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction | 2007-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Carroll & Graf | 0-7867-1905-2 | $13.95?$: US dollar |
viii+ 532 |
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 | Corbis | |
| Jim Baen's Universe, June 2007 | 2007-06-00 | ed. Eric Flint, Mike Resnick | Baen Books | 1932093022 | $6.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
mag | |
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| Science Fiction: Classic Stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction | 2010-03-01 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Galahad Books | 978-1-57866-178-7 | $9.98?$: US dollar |
466 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |