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Title: The Mother Trip

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Title: The Mother Trip Title Record # 50767
Author: Frederik Pohl
Date: 1975-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: Multiple versions of what could happen when an alien team surreptitiously visits Earth to decide whether humanity presents a threat.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1977First published in JVM #362, 1977. Translated by Gunnar Gällmo
Swedish Modertrippen
1977Translated by Paul Bayart
French Le voyage de la portée
1978Translated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Horst%20Pukallus&amp;type=Name&amp;mode=exact">Horst Pukallus</a>
German Der Mutterwahn
1986 Italian Il complesso della mamma

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
2 1976 Locus Best Short 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 and Science Fiction, October 1975 1975-10-00 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 Mazey , Schell Checkmark
Pohlstars 1984-10-00 Frederik Pohl Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31545-6
$2.95?$: US dollar
x+
257
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Pohlstars 1984-10-00 Frederik Pohl Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31545-6
C$3.75?C$: Canadian dollar
x+
257
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Pohlstars 1986-01-00 Frederik Pohl Gollancz 0-575-03718-0
£8.95?£: UK pound
x+
203
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Pohlstars 1990-11-00 Frederik Pohl VGSF 0-575-04855-7
£3.50?£: UK pound
203
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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