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Title: Going Under Title Record # 52373
Author: Jack Dann
Date: 1981-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Synopsis: Stephen meets and falls in love with Esme during the maiden voyage of Titanic. Only, it's not really the Titanic, is it? Esme is traveling with her father's head in a box and talks to him. Stephen forgets to wear period appropriate clothes. A reporter is trying to guess, who will choose to go down with the ship.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1985 Going Under [as by Jack M. Dann]
Year Language Title
1984Translated by Edda Petri
German Untergang
1985Translated by Annemarie van Ewijc
Dutch De ondergang [as by Jack Dan]
1985Translated by Johannes Piron
German Der Untergang
1986Translated by Alicia Steimberg
Spanish El naufragio
1986Translated by Anita C. van de Ven
Dutch Ten onder gaan

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
23 1982 Locus Best Novelette
Nomination 1982 Nebula Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Omni, September 1981 1981-09-00 ed. Ben Bova, Robert Sheckley Omni Publications International Ltd. 0149-8711
$2.25?$: US dollar
148
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
mag Ludek Pesek Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11 1982-07-00 ed. Terry Carr Timescape / Pocket Books 0-671-44483-2
$3.95?$: US dollar
viii+
438
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 Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 1982-11-00 ed. Terry Carr Gollancz 0-575-03156-5
£9.95?£: UK pound
viii+
430
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Nebula Award Stories Seventeen 1983-08-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Holt, Rinehart and Winston 0-03-063528-4
$16.95?$: US dollar
291
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lucy Albanese Checkmark
Die schönsten Science Fiction Stories des Jahres: Band 2 1984-02-00 ed. Terry Carr Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4047) 3-453-30990-1
DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
526
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 Checkmark
Top Science Fiction: The Authors' Choice 1984-07-00 ed. Josh Pachter J. M. Dent 0-460-04647-0
£8.95?£: UK pound
viii+
340
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Graham Potts Checkmark
De beste SF van het jaar 1985-00-00 ed. Terry Carr Het Spectrum (Prisma #2410) 90-274-1553-6   254
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 Tim White Checkmark
Top Science Fiction: The Authors' Choice 1985-00-00 ed. Josh Pachter J. M. Dent 0-460-02425-6
£2.95?£: UK pound
viii+
340
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 Graham Potts Checkmark
Das Zeit-Tippen 1985-03-00 Jack Dann Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction #3665) 3-8118-3665-X
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
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.
coll Carl Lundgren Checkmark
Nebula Award Stories 17 1985-06-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Ace Science Fiction Books 0-441-56797-5
$3.50?$: US dollar
291
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 Jeffrey Ridge Checkmark
The Fourth Omni Book of Science Fiction 1985-07-00 ed. Ellen Datlow Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. 0-8217-1630-1
$3.95?$: US dollar
397
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 John Berkey Checkmark
The Fourth Omni Book of Science Fiction 1985-07-00 ed. Ellen Datlow General Paperbacks 0-7737-8404-7
C$4.95?C$: Canadian dollar
397
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 John Berkey Checkmark
De beste science fiction verhalen 1986-00-00 ed. Josh Pachter Hema / Loeb     624
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 Frank Frazetta Checkmark
Top SF 1 1986-00-00 ed. Josh Pachter Bruna 4-490-10088-4   312
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 Kate Higgins Checkmark
Das Zeit-Tippen 1987-09-00 Jack Dann Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction #3771) 3-8118-3771-0
DM 8.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
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.
coll Paul R. Alexander Checkmark
Top Science Fiction: Dritter Teil 1990-00-00 ed. Josh Pachter Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4654) 3-453-03918-1
DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
348
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 Wojtek Siudmak Checkmark
The Legend Book of Science Fiction 1991-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Legend 0-7126-5010-5
£8.99?£: UK pound
vii+
672
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  
The Legend Book of Science Fiction 1991-07-11 ed. Gardner Dozois Legend / Century 0-7126-4861-5
£14.99?£: UK pound
vii+
672
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth NASA  
Modern Classics of Science Fiction 1992-02-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-07238-4
$27.50?$: US dollar
672
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Modern Classics of Science Fiction 1992-04-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press / SFBC 19603
$12.98?$: US dollar
vii+
672
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Modern Classics of Science Fiction 1993-02-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-08847-7
$15.95?$: US dollar
vii+
672
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  
Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Summer 1996 1996-01-00 ed. Jeremy G. Byrne, Richard Scriven, Jonathan Strahan Eidolon Publications     142
A5?14.8 cm by 21 cm or 5.8" by 8.3" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
mag Nick Stathopoulos  
La crema de la ciencia ficción 1999-01-00 ed. Josh Pachter Emecé Editores 950-04-1960-2   429
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Jubilee 2001-04-00 Jack Dann Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) 0-7322-6719-6
A$27.50?A$: Australian dollar
441
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 Nick Stathopoulos Checkmark
Jubilee 2003-01-00 Jack Dann Tor 0-765-30676-X
$27.95?$: US dollar
441
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jon D. Hamilton Checkmark
Jubilee 2004-02-00 Jack Dann Tor 0-765-30677-8
$16.95?$: US dollar
441
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 Jon D. Hamilton  
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction 2011-06-00 ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman Wildside Press 978-1-4344-3079-3
$49.99?$: US dollar
991
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  
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction 2011-12-20 ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman Wildside Press 978-1-4344-4035-8
$39.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Checkmark
Masters of Science Fiction: Jack Dann 2022-07-00 Jack Dann Centipede Press (Masters of Science Fiction (Centipede Press)) 978-1-61347-304-7
$65.00?$: US dollar
751
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jim Keegan , Ruth Keegan Checkmark
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