Title: The Moment of Eclipse
Title Record # 51071
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1969-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1969-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Technically not quite genre, but atmospheric and kind of genre in the protagonist's head. Genre-adjacent.
Synopsis: A filmmaker forms an erotic attachment to a woman over a period of several years but before he can consummate it he comes to feel that he is inhabited by something moving within his body.
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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New Worlds,#190 May 1969 | 1969-05-00 | ed. Langdon Jones | New Worlds Publishing | 5/-?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). |
64 | A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines |
mag | Gabi Nasemann | ||
The Moment of Eclipse | 1970-00-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | Faber and Faber | 0-571-09570-4 | £1.50?£: UK pound |
215 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Jerome Gask | |
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 | ||
Moment of Eclipse | 1972-00-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | Doubleday | $5.95?$: US dollar |
[10]+ 224 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Margo Herr | ||
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 | ||
L'instant de l'éclipse | 1973-02-19 | Brian W. Aldiss | Denoël?Denoel (Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #164) |
247 | 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 Moment of Eclipse | 1973-11-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | Panther | 0-586-03776-4 | £0.35?£: UK pound |
187 | 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 | Bob Haberfield | |
The Moment of Eclipse | 1979-00-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | Panther | 0-586-03776-4 | £1.25?£: UK pound |
187 | 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 Goodfellow | |
The Moment of Eclipse | 1979-00-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | Panther | 0-586-03776-4 | £0.90?£: UK pound |
187 | 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 | ||
Der Moment der Eklipse | 1983-10-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special #24049) |
3-404-24049-9 | DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
253 | 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 | Tim White | |
The Moment of Eclipse | 1985-00-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | Panther / Granada | 0-586-03776-4 | £1.95?£: UK pound |
187 | 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 | Vincent Di Fate | |
A Romance of the Equator: Best Fantasy Stories | 1989-09-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | Gollancz | 0-575-04211-7 | £13.95?£: UK pound |
vi+ 345 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Lanfranco | |
A Romance of the Equator: Best Fantasy Stories | 1990-04-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | Atheneum / Macmillan | 0-689-12053-2 | $18.95?$: US dollar |
345 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Lanfranco | |
A Romance of the Equator: Best Fantasy Stories | 1990-05-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | VGSF / Gollancz | 0-575-04778-X | £3.99?£: UK pound |
345 | 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 | Lanfranco | |
The Moment of Eclipse | 2000-00-00 | Brian Aldiss | House of Stratus | 0-7551-0079-4 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
207 | 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 | Derek Edwards | |
El Momento del Eclipse | 2002-04-11 | Brian W. Aldiss | Minotauro | 84-450-7367-2 | $12.35?$: US dollar |
238 | 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 Complete Short Stories: The 1960s (Part 4) | 2015-09-24 | Brian Aldiss | Harper Voyager (UK) | 978-0-00-814896-6 | £10.99?£: UK pound |
620 | 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 |