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Title: The Smile That Loses

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Title: The Smile That Loses Title Record # 49121
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1982-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Azazel
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1984ⓘTranslated by either Rosemarie Hundertmarck or Bodo Baumann: it's not specifically stated for this shortiction piece.
 German Das eingebüßte Lächeln
1984ⓘTranslated by Patricia Rydzok
 French Copie conforme
1984ⓘTranslated by Giuseppe Lippi
 Italian Microdemone B
1985ⓘTranslated by Monique Lebailly
 French Un sourire qui coûte cher
1985ⓘTranslated by Božidar Stančić
 Croatian Osmijeh koji obara
1989ⓘTranslated by Gianni Montanari
 Italian Il Sorriso Perdente
1990ⓘTranslated by Dominique Haas
 French Un sourire ravageur
2004ⓘTranslated by Joachim Körber
 German Das gebannte Lächeln

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, November 1982 1982-11-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.   $1.75 164
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 Daniel Buckley Checkmark
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1983-03-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday 0-385-18099-3 $15.95 xiii+
269
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Kiyoshi Kanai Checkmark
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1983-10-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday / SFBC 2883 $3.98 269
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Kiyoshi Kanai Checkmark
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1984-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-05743-9 £1.95 330
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1984-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-05743-9 £1.95 330
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
The Winds of Change ... and Other Stories 1984-01-00 Isaac Asimov Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31188-4 $2.95 ix+
277
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 Don Dixon Checkmark
The Winds of Change ... and Other Stories 1984-01-00 Isaac Asimov Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31188-4 C$3.75 ix+
277
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 Don Dixon Checkmark
Wenn der Wind sich dreht 1984-06-00 Isaac Asimov Bastei Lübbe (Bastei Lübbe Paperback #28119) 3-404-28119-5 DM 19.80 331
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 Tim White Checkmark
Fiction, #357 1984-12-00 ed. Editors of Fiction OPTA   F32.00 196
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 Eric Seigaud Checkmark
Urania #986 1984-12-23 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Arnoldo Mondadori Editore 986 2,500 Lit 222
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 Giuseppe Festino  
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1985-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-05743-9 £2.50 330
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
Les vents du changement 1985-05-00 Isaac Asimov Denoël (Présence du Futur #403) 2-207-30403-5   185
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 Georges Raimondo Checkmark
Sirius, #108 1985-06-05 ed.
Borivoj Jurković?Borivoj Jurkovic
Borivoj Jurkovich
 Vjesnik   120 din. 132
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.
 mag Frank R. Paul Checkmark
Wenn der Wind sich dreht 1987-03-00 Isaac Asimov Bastei Lübbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Abenteuer #23066) 3-404-23066-3 DM 10.00 398
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 Tim White Checkmark
Azazel 1988-11-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday 0-385-24410-X $16.95 xiii+
221
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Robert Goldstrom Checkmark
The Winds of Change ... and Other Stories 1989-00-00 Isaac Asimov Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31188-4 $4.95 ix+
277
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 Don Dixon  
Azazel 1989-02-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday Foundation / SFBC 14492 $4.98 xiii+
171
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Robert Goldstrom Checkmark
Urania #1096 1989-03-12 ed. Gianni Montanari Arnoldo Mondadori Editore 1096 4,000 Lit 192
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 Vicente Segrelles  
Wenn der Wind sich dreht 1989-06-00 Isaac Asimov Bastei Lübbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Abenteuer #23066) 3-404-23066-3 DM 10.00 398
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 Tim White Checkmark
Azazel 1989-11-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday (UK) 0-385-26917-X £10.95 xiii+
221
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Robert Goldstrom  
The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1990-00-00 Isaac Asimov Grafton 0-586-05743-9 £3.50 330
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
Azazel 1990-02-00 Isaac Asimov Bantam Spectra 0-553-28339-1 $3.95 xiii+
221
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 Robert Goldstrum Checkmark
Azazel 1990-02-00 Isaac Asimov Presses de la Cité (Univers sans limites) 2-258-02750-0 F130.00 298
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 W. Siudmak Checkmark
Azazel 1990-10-00 Isaac Asimov Bantam Books (UK) 0-553-40068-1 £3.50 xiii+
221
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 Robert Goldstrum Checkmark
Azazel 1992-12-00 Isaac Asimov Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5508) 2-266-05520-8   289
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 W. Siudmak Checkmark
Les vents du changement 2001-10-15 Isaac Asimov Denoël (Folio SF #75) 2-07-041978-9   185
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 Checkmark
Azazel 2004-09-00 Isaac Asimov Edition Phantasia (Phantasia Paperback Fantasy #2002) 3-937897-03-8 €14.90 232
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 Reinhard Kleist Checkmark
Les vents du changement 2010-01-04 Isaac Asimov Denoël (Folio SF #75) 978-2-07-041978-4   185
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 Checkmark
Azazel date unknown Isaac Asimov Bantam Books 0-553-28339-1 $3.95 xiii+
221
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  
Azazel date unknown Isaac Asimov Bantam Books 0-553-28339-1 $4.50 xiii+
221
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 Checkmark
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