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Title: Shards Title Record # 51069
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1962-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Year Title
1962 Shards [as by Brian Aldiss]
Year Language Title
1963 French
Échardes?Echardes
1965Translated by Michel Deutsch
French Esquilles
1968Translated by Wessel B. Relsky
Dutch Scherven [as by Brian Aldiss]
1979Translated by Pon Ruiter
Dutch Scherven [as by Brian Aldiss]

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, April 1962 1962-04-00 ed. Avram Davidson Mercury Press, Inc.  
$0.40?$: US dollar
132
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 Ed Emsh Checkmark
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [UK], August 1962 1962-08-00 ed. uncredited Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
2/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
116
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  
The Airs of Earth: Science Fiction Stories 1963-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Faber and Faber  
18/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll M. C. Escher Checkmark
The Airs of Earth 1965-01-00 Brian W. Aldiss The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 93
6/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Airs of Earth 1965-09-00 Brian W. Aldiss Four Square Books 1325
3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
190
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
The Airs of Earth 1971-05-00 Brian W. Aldiss New English Library 0-450-00707-3
£0.30?£: UK pound
190
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss 1971-09-00 Brian W. Aldiss Faber and Faber 0-571-04747-5
£1.95?£: UK pound
260
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Airs of Earth 1972-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss New English Library 0-450-01329-4
£0.35?£: UK pound
190
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 Bruce Pennington  
Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss 1972-07-00 Brian W. Aldiss Faber and Faber (Faber Paper Covered Editions) 0-571-09930-0
£0.80?£: UK pound
260
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  
The Airs of Earth 1975-05-00 Brian W. Aldiss New English Library 0-450-02097-5
£0.40?£: UK pound
190
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Starswarm 1985-12-00 Brian W. Aldiss Baen Books (Baen Science Fiction Books) 0-671-55999-0
$2.95?$: US dollar
246
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 Joe Bergeron  
Starswarm 1985-12-00 Brian W. Aldiss Baen Books (Baen Science Fiction Books) 0-671-55999-0
C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar
246
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 Joe Bergeron Checkmark
The Airs of Earth 2000-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss House of Stratus 0-7551-0061-1
£6.99?£: UK pound
230
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  
The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction 2002-05-00 ed. Mike Ashley Robinson 1-84119-375-5
£6.99?£: UK pound
xiii+
498
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 Pete Rozycki Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction 2002-05-00 ed. Mike Ashley Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1004-7
$11.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
498
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 Pete Rozycki Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction 2013-11-28 ed. Mike Ashley Robinson 978-1-4721-1486-0
£5.49?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Pete Rozycki Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction date unknown ed. Mike Ashley Robinson 1-84119-375-5
£7.99?£: UK pound
xiii+
498
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 Pete Rozycki Checkmark
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