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Title: Mimsy Were the Borogoves Title Record # 46702
Authors: Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
Date: 1943-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1943 Mimsy Were the Borogoves [as by Lewis Padgett]
1947 Mimsy Were the Borogoves [as by Henry Kuttner]
Year Language Title
1952Translated by Otto Schrag
German Mimsy Were the Borogoves [as by Lewis Padgett]
1964Translated by Boris Vian
French
Tous smouales étaient les Borogoves?Tous smouales etaient les Borogoves
[as by Lewis Padgett]
1976Translated by Pon Ruiter
Dutch Mimsy waren de Borogoven [as by Lewis Padgett]
1977Translated by Annemarie Kindt
Dutch En het moom kwaam te greeb [as by Lewis Padgett]
1978Translated by Bernd W. Holzrichter. Lewis Carroll's verse translated by Christian Enzensberger.
German Gar elump war der Pluckerwank [as by Lewis Padgett]
1978Translated by Dulce Helena da Silva.
Portuguese Andavam os Borogoves desditosos [as by Lewis Padgett]
1979Translated by Arturo Casals.
Spanish Mimosos se atrislaban los borloros [as by Henry Kuttner]
1983 Swedish Dykter blev var bogaläfs [as by Lewis Padgett]
1983Translated by Boris Vian
French
Tout smouales étaient les Borogoves?Tout smouales etaient les Borogoves
[as by Henry Kuttner and Kathleen Moore]
1987Translated by Ingrid Jurela-Jarak
Croatian Kukušne su bile šaradajke [as by Henry Kuttner]
1988Translated by Mihai-Dan Pavelescu
Romanian
Frazbile și granchioase?Frazbile si granchioase
[as by Lewis Padgett]

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
1
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Runoff
Mimsy Were the Borogoves 230 232 246 260 402
Thieves' House 102 102 106 115
Citadel of Lost Ships 74 74 78 84
The Halfling 46 47 48 54
Symbiotica 40 40 46
The Proud Robot 32 32
No Award 13 16
97 nominations with 57.27 final points.
2019 Retro Hugo Best Novelette

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF 1994-10-00 ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell Tor / SFBC 05435
$17.98?$: US dollar
990
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth John Berkey Checkmark
Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts 2008-12-19 ed. Heather Masri Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press 978-0-312-45015-1
$170.39?$: US dollar
xix+
1242
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
René Magritte?Rene Magritte
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