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Title: To Howard Hughes: A Modest Proposal Title Record # 50831
Author: Joe Haldeman
Date: 1974-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A rich man spends years building a collection of atomic bombs as part of a risky plan.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1974 To Howard Hughes: A Modest Proposal [as by Joe W. Haldeman]
Year Language Title
1980Translated by Hélène Bouboulis
French
À Howard Hughes: une modeste proposition?A Howard Hughes: une modeste proposition
1981Translated by Frank Visser
Dutch Aan Howard Hughes: een bescheiden voorstel
1982Translated by Sylvia Pukallus
German An Howard Hughes: Ein bescheidener Vorschlag
1987Translated by Nicoletta Vallorani
Italian Per Howard Hughes: una modesta proposta
1989Translated by Sam J. Lundwall
Swedish Till Howard Hughes: Ett anspråkslöst förslag

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, November 1974 1974-11-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$0.75?$: 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
Study War No More 1977-11-00 ed. Joe Haldeman St. Martin's Press 0-312-77315-3
$8.95?$: US dollar
278
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Study War No More 1978-00-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Macdonald and Jane's      
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Study War No More 1978-10-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Avon 0-380-40519-9
$1.95?$: US dollar
323
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
Study War No More 1978-10-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Avon 0-380-40519-9
C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar
323
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
Infinite Dreams 1978-11-00 Joe Haldeman St. Martin's Press 0-312-41605-9
$8.95?$: US dollar
278
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Martin Geller Checkmark
Infinite Dreams 1979-02-00 Joe Haldeman St. Martin's Press / SFBC 3367
$1.98?$: US dollar
218
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Martin Geller Checkmark
Study War No More 1979-09-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Orbit / Futura 0-7088-8054-1
£1.25?£: UK pound
323
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
Infinite Dreams 1979-10-00 Joe Haldeman Avon 0-380-47605-3
$2.25?$: US dollar
224
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 Clyde Caldwell Checkmark
Infinite Dreams 1979-11-00 Joe Haldeman Orbit / Futura 0-7088-8056-8
£1.25?£: UK pound
278
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 Peter Jones Checkmark
Study War No More 1980-06-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Avon 0-380-52605-0
$1.95?$: US dollar
323
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 Michael Whelan  
Le livre d'or de la Science-Fiction: La IIIe guerre mondiale n'aura pas lieu 1980-06-13 ed. Joe Haldeman Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5084) 2-266-00906-0   336
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 Marcel Laverdet Checkmark
Infinite Dreams 1981-00-00 Joe Haldeman Futura 0-7088-8056-8
£1.50?£: UK pound
278
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 Peter Jones Checkmark
Onbegrensde dromen 1981-00-00 Joe Haldeman Elmar (Elmar SF #17) 90-6120-235-3
ƒ19.50?ƒ: Dutch guilder
320
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 Peter Goodfellow Checkmark
Study War No More 1981-12-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Avon 0-380-59337-8
$2.95?$: US dollar
323
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 Michael Whelan  
Nie wieder Krieg 1982-02-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3863) 3-453-30749-6
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
367+
[1]
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 Oliviero Berni Checkmark
Countdown to Midnight: Twelve Great Stories About Nuclear War 1984-12-00 ed. H. Bruce Franklin DAW Books (DAW Collectors #608) 0-87997-983-6 / UE1983
$2.95?$: US dollar
287
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 Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
Countdown to Midnight: Twelve Great Stories About Nuclear War 1984-12-00 ed. H. Bruce Franklin DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-983-6 / UE1893
C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar
287
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 Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
Unendliche Träume?Unendliche Traeume
1985-00-00 Joe Haldeman Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4177) 3-453-31142-6
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
286
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 Gervasio Gallardo Checkmark
Study War No More 1987-00-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Orbit / Futura 0-7088-8054-1
£2.95?£: UK pound
323
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
Millemondinverno 1987: 3 Romanzi brevi e 13 Racconti 1987-11-00 ed. Gianni Montanari Mondadori (Millemondi #32)  
Lit 7,000?Lit: Italian lira
358
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 Karel Thole  
Infinite Dreams 1988-00-00 Joe Haldeman Orbit / Futura 0-7088-8056-8
£3.50?£: UK pound
278
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 Peter Jones Checkmark
Nuclear War 1988-07-00 ed. Gregory Benford, Martin Harry Greenberg Ace Books 0-441-58640-6
$2.95?$: US dollar
231
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 Walter Velez  
Jules Verne-magasinet: science fiction nytt, juni 1989 1989-06-00 ed. Sam J. Lundwall Sam J. Lundwall Fakta & Fantasi     96
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 Grandville Checkmark
War Stories 2005-00-00 Joe Haldeman Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-023-5
$49.00?$: US dollar
398
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
War Stories 2005-00-00 Joe Haldeman Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-022-8
$29.00?$: US dollar
398
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Checkmark
Infinite Dreams 2011-09-29 Joe Haldeman Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-11166-0
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Infinite Dreams 2014-12-02 Joe Haldeman Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4976-9242-8
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Nuclear War date unknown ed. Gregory Benford, Martin Harry Greenberg Ace Books 0-441-58640-6
$3.50?$: US dollar
231
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 Walter Velez Checkmark
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