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Title: For I Have Touched the Sky Title Record # 48206
Author: Mike Resnick
Date: 1989-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Kirinyaga
Series Number: 3
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1995ⓘTranslated by Susanna Molinari
 Italian Una volta ho toccato il cielo
1996ⓘTranslated by Fabienne Rose
 French Toucher le ciel
1998ⓘTranslated by Olivier Deparis
 French Toucher le ciel
1999ⓘTranslated by 内田昌之
 Japanese
空にふれた少女?そらにふれたしょうじょ
Sora ni Fureta Shōjo
Sora ni Fureta Shoujo
[as by
マイク・レズニック?Maiku Rezunikku
]
2005ⓘTranslated by Ramón García González and Ramón Peña.
 Spanish He tocado el cielo
2006ⓘTranslated by Marie-Louise van Dongen
 Dutch Want ik raakte de hemel aan
2006ⓘTranslated by Pepa Linares
 Spanish Pues el cielo he tocado
2009 Swedish För jag har rört vid himlen
2015ⓘTranslated by Marco Crosa.
 Italian Una volta ho toccato il cielo

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Win 1990 SF Chronicle Novelette
2 1990 Hugo Best Novelette
4 1990 Locus Best Novelette
Nomination 1990 Nebula Novelette
2 (as He tocado el cielo) 2006 Premio Ignotus Mejor cuento extranjero - Best Foreign Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1989 1989-12-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$2.00?$: US dollar
 164
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 Bryan Leister Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection 1990-06-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-04452-6
$14.95?$: US dollar
 xxvi+
598
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 Kidd Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection 1990-06-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-04451-8
$24.95?$: US dollar
 xxvi+
598
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Thomas Kidd Checkmark
Best New SF 4 1990-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 1-85487-057-2
£6.99?£: UK pound
 xxvi+
598
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 Ian Craig Checkmark
Through Darkest Resnick with Gun and Camera 1990-08-00 Mike Resnick WSFA Press (Disclave Guest of Honor Books #2) 0-9621725-1-0
$35.00?$: US dollar
 200
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Todd C. Hamilton Checkmark
Nebula Awards 25 1991-04-00 ed. Michael Bishop Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-164933-2
$24.95?$: US dollar
 xv+
346
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Vaughn Andrews Checkmark
Nebula Awards 25 1991-04-00 ed. Michael Bishop Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-665473-3
$14.95?$: US dollar
 xv+
346
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 Vaughn Andrews Checkmark
Will the Last Person to Leave the Planet Please Shut Off the Sun? 1992-08-00 Mike Resnick Tor 0-312-85276-2
$19.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
353
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Angus McKie  
Under African Skies 1993-02-00 ed. Gardner Dozois, Mike Resnick DAW Books (DAW Collectors #905) 0-88677-544-2 / UE2544
$4.99?$: US dollar
 317
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 Peter Gudynas Checkmark
Will the Last Person to Leave the Planet Please Shut Off the Sun? 1994-08-00 Mike Resnick Orb 0-312-89010-9
$12.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
353
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 Angus McKie Checkmark
Decades of Science Fiction 1997-04-00 ed. Applewhite Minyard NTC Publishing Group 0-8442-5994-2
$26.95?$: US dollar
 xvi+
557
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 François Robert Checkmark
Decades of Science Fiction 1997-04-00 ed. Applewhite Minyard NTC Publishing Group 0-8442-5995-0   xvi+
557+
vi+
72
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 François Robert Checkmark
Kirinyaga 1998-03-00 Mike Resnick Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-41701-1
$25.00?$: US dollar
 293
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll John Harris Checkmark
For I Have Touched the Sky 1998-04-00 Mike Resnick Audiotext 1-884612-25-3
$11.99?$: US dollar
  
audio cassette?Cassette tape
 chap  
Kirinyaga 1998-05-00 Mike Resnick Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC 02905
$12.50?$: US dollar
 293
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll John Harris  
Kirinyaga 1999-06-00 Mike Resnick Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-41702-X
$12.95?$: US dollar
 vii+
293
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 John Harris  
New Dreams for Old 2006-06-20 Mike Resnick Pyr / Prometheus Books 1-59102-441-2
$15.00?$: US dollar
 419
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 Stephan Martiniere Checkmark
Kirinyaga 2009-04-23 Mike Resnick Del Rey / Ballantine 978-0-307-55725-4
$11.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll John Harris  
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction 2011-06-00 ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman Wildside Press 978-1-4344-3079-3
$49.99?$: US dollar
 991
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  
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction 2011-12-20 ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman Wildside Press 978-1-4344-4035-8
$39.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Checkmark
Win Some, Lose Some 2012-08-27 Mike Resnick ISFiC Press 978-0-9857989-2-5
$9.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Vincent Di Fate  
Win Some, Lose Some: The Hugo Award Winning (and Nominated) Short Science Fiction and Fantasy of Mike Resnick 2012-08-30 Mike Resnick ISFiC Press 978-0-9857989-0-1
$35.00?$: US dollar
 x+
646
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Vincent Di Fate  
Galaxy's Edge, May 2020 2020-05-00 ed. Lezli Robyn Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-495-8
$7.99?$: US dollar
 120
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.
 mag Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection date unknown ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press / BOMC 0-312-04452-6   xxvi+
598
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 Kidd Checkmark
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