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Title: The Samurai and the Willows Title Record # 50353
Author: Michael Bishop
Date: 1976-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Series: Urban Nucleus
Language: English
Note: The version published in The Door Gunner (2012) and The City and the Cygnets (2019) is extensively revised.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1977Translated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch
German Tod eines Samurai
1978Translated by Annemarie Kindt
Dutch De samoerai en de wilgen
1982Translated by Walter Brumm
German Der Samurai und die Weiden
1985Translated by Jacques Barret
French
Le samouraļ et les saules?Le samourai et les saules

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 and Science Fiction, February 1976 1976-02-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$1.00?$: 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 Ron Walotsky Checkmark
Tod eines Samurai 1977-00-00 ed. Manfred Kluge Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3537) 3-453-30430-6
DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
126
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 Vicente Segrelles Checkmark
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection 1977-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois E. P. Dutton 0-525-06495-8
$8.95?$: US dollar
xxi+
185
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mark Rubin Checkmark
De beste SF verhalen van het jaar (1976) 1978-00-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Elsevier (Elsevier SF) 90-10-02111-4   176
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 Henk Stadman Checkmark
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection 1978-06-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Ace Books 0-441-05482-X
$1.95?$: US dollar
xxvii+
283
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 David Plourde Checkmark
Catacomb Years 1979-01-00 Michael Bishop Berkley/Putnam 0-399-12255-9
$10.95?$: US dollar
384
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ron Walotsky Checkmark
Catacomb Years 1980-02-00 Michael Bishop Berkley Books 0-425-04050-X
$2.25?$: US dollar
xvii+
296
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 Ron Walotsky Checkmark
Die Jahre in den Katakomben 1982-06-00 Michael Bishop Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3893) 3-453-30816-6
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
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.
coll Karel Thole Checkmark
Fiction, #360 1985-03-00 ed. Editors of Fiction OPTA  
F32.00?F: French frank
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 Jean-Claude Hadi Checkmark
The Door Gunner and Other Perilous Flights of Fancy: A Michael Bishop Retrospective 2012-02-19 Michael Bishop Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-374-7
$45.00?$: US dollar
528
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Lee Moyer Checkmark
The Door Gunner and Other Perilous Flights of Fancy: A Michael Bishop Retrospective 2012-02-19 Michael Bishop Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-374-7
$45.00?$: US dollar
528
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Lee Moyer Checkmark
Catacomb Years 2013-07-21 Michael Bishop Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-12295-6
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The City and the Cygnets: An Alternative History of the Atlanta Urban Nucleus in the 21st Century 2019-08-00 Michael Bishop Kudzu Planet Productions 978-1-933846-78-1
$19.99?$: US dollar
463
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.
omni Amit Dutta Checkmark
The City and the Cygnets: An Alternative History of the Atlanta Urban Nucleus in the 21st Century 2019-08-20 Michael Bishop Kudzu Planet Productions  
$5.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
omni Amit Dutta  
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