Title: The Listeners

Title: The Listeners Title Record # 52252
Author: James E. Gunn
Date: 1968-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: The Listeners
Language: English
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Year	Title
1968	Robert MacDonald - 2025
1968	The Listeners [as by James Gunn]

Year	Language	Title
1972^ⓘTranslated by Stasi Kull	German	Die Horcher
1976^ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr	German	Die Lauscher [as by James Gunn]
1983^ⓘTranslated by Klaus Boer	German	Robert MacDonald - 2025

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nomination	1969 Nebula	Novelette

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Galaxy Magazine, September 1968	1968-09-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Galaxy Publishing Corporation		$0.60^?$: US dollar	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	Gaughan
Nebula Award Stories Four	1969-11-00	ed. Poul Anderson	Gollancz			287	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Nebula Award Stories Four	1969-12-00	ed. Poul Anderson	Doubleday		$5.95^?$: US dollar	xxv+ 236	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Donald Crews , Ann Crews
The Stars Around Us	1970-03-00	ed. Robert Hoskins	Signet	T4202	$0.75^?$: US dollar	191	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	Gene Szafran
Nebula Award Stories Four	1971-01-00	ed. Poul Anderson	Pocket Books	0-671-75646-X	$0.75^?$: US dollar	xxv+ 229	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	Paul Lehr
Nebula Award Stories Four	1971-01-00	ed. Poul Anderson	Pocket Books	0-671-75646-X	C$0.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	xxv+ 229	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	Paul Lehr
Nebula Award Stories 4	1971-12-00	ed. Poul Anderson	Panther	0-586-03568-0	£0.35^?£: UK pound	256	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 Head
Breaking Point	1972-00-00	James Gunn	Walker & Co.	0-8027-5552-6	$4.95^?$: US dollar	[vi]+ 182	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Enrico Scull
Steigen Sie um auf Science Fiction	1972-00-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Poul Anderson, Harry Harrison	Kindler	3-463-00510-7	DM 16.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	243	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Listeners	1972-10-00	James E. Gunn	Charles Scribner's Sons	0-684-13013-0	$6.95^?$: US dollar	vii+ 275	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jerry Thorp
The Listeners	1972-12-00	James E. Gunn	Charles Scribner's Sons / SFBC	5480	$1.49^?$: US dollar	216	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jerry Thorp
Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader	1973-09-00	ed. Robin Scott Wilson	Mentor / New American Library	MW1236	$1.50^?$: US dollar	xii+ 333	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
Breaking Point	1973-10-00	James Gunn	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #73)	0-87997-074-X / UQ1074	$0.95^?$: US dollar	173	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	Michael Gilbert
Breaking Point	1973-10-00	James Gunn	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	UQ1074	C$0.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	173	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	Michael Gilbert
The Stars Around Us	1974-00-00	ed. Robert Hoskins	Signet	Q5755	C$0.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	191	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	Gene Szafran
The Listeners	1974-11-00	James E. Gunn	Signet / New American Library	Y6160	$1.25^?$: US dollar	240	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
Zeichen aus einer anderen Welt	1976-03-00	James Gunn	Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #0219)	3-442-23219-8	DM 4.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	159	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	Jürgen Rogner^?Juergen Rogner
Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader	1977-09-00	ed. Robin Scott Wilson	Mentor / New American Library	0-451-61595-6	$1.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 333	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
The Listeners	1978-05-00	James E. Gunn	Arrow Books	0-09-916490-6	£0.85^?£: UK pound	240	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
Die Horcher	1983-02-00	James E. Gunn	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3951)	3-453-30881-6	DM 6.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	252+ [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.	coll	Ulf Herholz
The Listeners	1985-05-00	James E. Gunn	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-30036-X	$2.95^?$: US dollar	226	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
The Listeners	1985-05-00	James E. Gunn	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-30036-X	C$3.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	226	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
The Listeners	1991-08-00	James E. Gunn	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)			xvii+ 275+ [4]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader	1996-04-00	ed. Robin Scott Wilson	St. Martin's Griffin	0-312-14139-4	$13.95^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 332	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
Nebula Awards Showcase 2008	2008-04-00	ed. Ben Bova	Roc / New American Library	978-0-451-46188-9	$16.00^?$: US dollar	375	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	Allan Davey
Breaking Point	2012-07-02	James E. Gunn	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-12509-4	£2.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Listeners	2012-07-02	James E. Gunn	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-12512-4	£2.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Listeners	2014-04-01	James Gunn	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-4976-2933-2	$6.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Breaking Point	2014-04-01	James Gunn	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-4976-2281-4	$6.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Visions of the Future	2015-10-00	ed. J. Daniel Batt	Lifeboat Foundation	978-0-692-51378-1	$24.95^?$: US dollar	682	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
Visions of the Future	2015-12-12	ed. J. Daniel Batt	Lifeboat Foundation		$2.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
The Stars Around Us	date unknown	ed. Robert Hoskins	Signet	Q5755	$0.95^?$: US dollar	191	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	Gene Szafran
The Listeners	date unknown	James E. Gunn	Signet	0-451-08037-8	$1.50^?$: US dollar	240	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

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