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Title: Out There Where the Big Ships Go Title Record # 49813
Author: Richard Cowper
Date: 1979-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1980Translated by Keto von Waberer
German
Wohin die großen Schiffe gehen?Wohin die grossen Schiffe gehen
1980Translated by Karin Malmsjö First published in JVM #381, 1980.
Swedish Där de stora skeppen går
1980Translated by Robert Berghe
French Là-bas où vont les grands vaisseaux
1981Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Draußen, wo die großen Schiffe fliegen
1981Translated by Claude Saunier
French
Où vont les grands navires?Ou vont les grands navires
1985Translated by Robert Berghe
French Là où s'en vont les grands vaisseaux

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
4 1980 Locus 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 Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1979 1979-08-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$1.25?$: 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 David Hardy Checkmark
The Web of the Magi and Other Stories 1980-04-00 Richard Cowper Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) 0-575-02810-6
£5.50?£: UK pound
160
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The 1980 Annual World's Best SF 1980-05-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books (DAW Collectors #384) 0-87997-535-0 / UE1535
$2.25?$: US dollar
284
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
The 1980 Annual World's Best SF 1980-05-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-535-0 / UE1535
C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar
284
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
The 1980 Annual World's Best SF 1980-09-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / SFBC 3997
$3.50?$: US dollar
x+
278
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gary Viskupic Checkmark
Out There Where the Big Ships Go 1980-10-00 Richard Cowper Pocket Books 0-671-83501-7
$2.50?$: US dollar
191
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 Maitz Checkmark
Out There Where the Big Ships Go 1980-10-00 Richard Cowper Pocket Books 0-671-83501-7
C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar
191
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 Maitz Checkmark
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: 24th Series 1982-06-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Charles Scribner's Sons 0-684-17490-1
$14.95?$: US dollar
viii+
311
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 24th Series 1983-04-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Ace Books 0-441-05485-4
$2.95?$: US dollar
viii+
311
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 Tito Salamioni Checkmark
Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Nine 1985-12-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books 0-88677-099-8
$2.95?$: US dollar
284
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 Segrelles  
Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Nine 1985-12-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books 0-88677-099-8 / UE2099
C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar
284
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 Segrelles Checkmark
The Web of the Magi 2013-08-29 Richard Cowper Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10821-9
£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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