Title: The Saliva Tree

Title: The Saliva Tree Title Record # 54009
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1965-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English

Synopsis: In the late nineteenth century, a modern-thinking young man and friend of H. G. Wells's resides in the old-fashioned town of Cottersall. When a meteor lands in a pond in the neighbouring farming district, the man decides to investigate the odd occurrences in the area, where the farmer family of his beloved comes into danger courtesy of the stranded alien(s).

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Year	Title
1965	The Saliva Tree [as by Brian Aldiss]

Year	Language	Title
1966^ⓘTranslated by Paul Alpérine	French	L'arbre à salive^?L'arbre a salive
1967^ⓘTranslated by Beata Della Frattina	Italian	Peste suina
1971^ⓘTranslated by Hans Maeter.	German	Der Speichelbaum
1972^ⓘTranslated by Sam J. Lundwall.	Swedish	Salivträdet
1975^ⓘTranslated by Marjan J. J. Oleff	Dutch	De speekselboom
1990^ⓘ Translated by Borislav Tošković	Serbian	Balavo drvo [as by Brajan Oldis]
1992^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand	Russian	Слюнное дерево^?Slyunnoe derevo [as by Б. Олдисс^?B. Oldiss ]
1998^ⓘTranslated by Alexandra Tavares.	Portuguese	A Árvore da Saliva [as by Brian Aldiss]

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1966 Nebula	Novella

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1965	1965-09-00	ed. Joseph W. Ferman	Mercury Press, Inc.		$0.50^?$: 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	Bert Tanner
Nebula Award Stories 1965	1966-00-00	ed. Damon Knight	Doubleday (Doubleday Science Fiction)		$4.95^?$: US dollar	299	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Saliva Tree and Other Strange Growths	1966-00-00	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).	232	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Charles Mozley
Nebula Award Stories 1965	1966-10-00	ed. Damon Knight	Doubleday / SFBC		$1.20^?$: US dollar	xii+ 299	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Donald Crews , Ann Crews
Nebula Award Stories 1	1967-03-00	ed. Damon Knight	Gollancz		25/-^?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).	253+ [2]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Saliva Tree and Other Strange Growths	1967-06-00	Brian W. Aldiss	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	122		232	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Nebula Award Stories	1967-11-00	ed. Damon Knight	Pocket Books	75275	$0.75^?$: US dollar	x+ 244	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 Saliva Tree and Other Growths	1968-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Sphere Books	10839	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).	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	David Davies (artist)
The Saliva Tree and Other Growths	1968-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Sphere Books	10898	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).	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
Nebula Award Stories	1968-10-00	ed. Damon Knight	Pocket Books	75275	$0.75^?$: US dollar	x+ 244	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
Nebula Award Stories	1968-10-00	ed. Damon Knight	Pocket Books	75275	C$0.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	x+ 244	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
A Brian Aldiss Omnibus	1969-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Sidgwick & Jackson	0-283-98052-4	£2.25^?£: UK pound	191+ 191+ 126	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Nebula Award Stories 1	1969-04-00	ed. Damon Knight	New English Library	0-450-00289-6 / 2410	7/6^?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).	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.	anth	Bruce Pennington
Nebula Award Stories	1969-12-00	ed. Damon Knight	Pocket Books	0-671-75275-8	$0.75^?$: US dollar	x+ 244	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
Nebula Award Stories	1969-12-00	ed. Damon Knight	Pocket Books	0-671-75275-8	C$0.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	x+ 244	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
Dimension X	1970-00-00	ed. Damon Knight	Simon & Schuster	0-671-65129-3	$5.95^?$: US dollar	351	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Charles E. White, III
Dimension X	1970-00-00	ed. Damon Knight	Simon & Schuster	0-671-65128-5	$5.70^?$: US dollar	351	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Charles E. White, III
The Saliva Tree and Other Growths	1971-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Sphere Books	10960	£0.30^?£: UK pound	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
Dimension X	1971-03-00	ed. Damon Knight	Simon & Schuster / SFBC	3240	$1.69^?$: US dollar	309	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Charles E. White, III
Dimension X	1972-03-00	ed. Damon Knight	Gollancz	0-575-01378-8	£1.60^?£: UK pound	350	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	David Smee
The Saliva Tree	1973-00-00	Brian Aldiss	Sphere Books	0-7221-1102-9	£0.35^?£: UK pound	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
Elsewhere X 3	1974-06-00	ed. Damon Knight	Coronet Books	0-340-18616-X	£0.35^?£: UK pound	192	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	Haydon Williams
The Saliva Tree and Other Growths	1979-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Sphere Books	0-7221-1073-1	£1.25^?£: UK pound	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	Les Edwards
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Four	1981-00-00	ed. Arthur C. Clarke	Gollancz	0-575-02989-7		672	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Saliva Tree and Other Strange Growths	1981-02-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Gregg Press	0-8398-2566-8	$16.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 232	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Four	1981-11-00	ed. Arthur C. Clarke	Gollancz	0-575-02989-7	£8.95^?£: UK pound	xi+ 672	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III	1982-03-00	ed. Arthur C. Clarke, George W. Proctor	Avon	0-380-79335-0	$3.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 672	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 Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III	1982-10-00	ed. Arthur C. Clarke, George W. Proctor	Avon / SFBC	5179	$6.98^?$: US dollar	xi+ 623	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Best SF Stories of Brian W. Aldiss	1988-04-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Gollancz	0-575-04210-9	£11.95^?£: UK pound	328	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Born with the Dead / The Saliva Tree	1988-12-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Robert Silverberg	Tor (Tor Double #3)	0-812-55952-5	$2.95^?$: US dollar	96+ 87	dos^?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.	anth	Ron Walotsky , Les Edwards
Man in His Time: Best SF Stories	1989-05-00	Brian Aldiss	VGSF	0-575-04530-2	£3.50^?£: UK pound	328	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
Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss	1989-09-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Atheneum / Macmillan	0-689-12052-4	$19.95^?$: US dollar	328	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ed Soyka
Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss	1990-10-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Collier / Macmillan	0-02-030225-8	$4.95^?$: US dollar	328	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	Ed Soyka
Nebula Award Stories	2001-02-00	ed. Damon Knight	Stealth Press	1-58881-018-6	$29.95^?$: US dollar	viii+ 310	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Frank R. Paul
The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s (Part 3)	2015-09-24	Brian Aldiss	Harper Voyager (UK)	978-0-00-814894-2	£10.99^?£: UK pound	412	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
Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss	date unknown	Brian W. Aldiss	Atheneum / Macmillan	0-689-12052-4	$19.95^?$: US dollar	328	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ed Soyka

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