Title: Venus Smiles

Title: Venus Smiles Title Record # 54219
Author: J. G. Ballard
Date: 1957-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Vermilion Sands
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: Although the story is mostly the the same, the text of "Mobile" is in many cases very different. "Mobile" does not contain any references to Vermillion Sands.

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Translations

Year	Title
1957	Mobile

Year	Language	Title
1964^ⓘAs the German translation has no references to Vermillion Sands it appears based on the story "Mobile", and not "Venus Smiles". Translated by an uncredited hand	German	Die unheimliche Plastik (Part 1 of 2)
1964^ⓘAs the German translation has no references to Vermillion Sands it appears based on the story "Mobile", and not "Venus Smiles". Translated by an uncredited hand	German	Die unheimliche Plastik (Part 2 of 2)
1968^ⓘTranslated by Hilja Brinis	Italian	Le sculture di Vermillion Sands [as by James G. Ballard]
1969	French	La statue qui chantait
1970^ⓘTranslated by Lionel Massun	French	Mobile
1972^ⓘTranslated by Alfred Scholz	German	Die Venus lächelt^?Die Venus laechelt
1973^ⓘTranslated by G. R. de Bruin	Dutch	Venus Glimlacht
1975	French	Le sourire de Vénus^?Le sourire de Venus
1980^ⓘTranslated by Božidar Stančić	Croatian	Pokretna skulptura
1980^ⓘTranslated by Michael Nagula	German	Das Lächeln der Venus^?Das Laecheln der Venus
1990^ⓘTranslated by Milena Christache	Romanian	Venus ne zâmbește^?Venus ne zambeste [as by James G. Ballard]

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Science Fantasy, June 1957	1957-06-00	ed. John Carnell	Nova Publications Ltd.		2/-^?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).	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	Jose Rubios
Billenium	1962-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Berkley Medallion	F667	$0.50^?$: US dollar	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	Richard Powers
If, September 1967	1967-09-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Galaxy Publishing Corporation		$0.60^?$: US dollar	164	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	Gray Morrow
Vermilion Sands	1971-04-00	J. G. Ballard	Berkley Medallion	0-425-01980-2	$0.75^?$: US dollar	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.	coll	Richard Powers
Vermilion Sands	1971-04-00	J. G. Ballard	Berkley Medallion	0-425-01980-2	C$0.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	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.	coll	Richard Powers
Vermilion Sands	1973-11-00	J. G. Ballard	Jonathan Cape	0-224-00894-3	£2.25^?£: UK pound	208	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Brian Knight (I)
Vermilion Sands	1975-12-00	J. G. Ballard	Panther	0-586-04161-3	£0.60^?£: UK pound	208	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 Jones
Vermilion Sands	1985-00-00	J. G. Ballard	J. M. Dent (Everyman Fiction)	0-460-02277-6	£2.95^?£: UK pound	208	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	Grizelda Holderness
Vermilion Sands	1985-00-00	J. G. Ballard	J. M. Dent (Everyman Fiction)	0-460-02277-6	£2.95^?£: UK pound	208	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	Grizelda Holderness
Vermilion Sands	1988-09-00	J. G. Ballard	Carroll & Graf (Masters of Science Fiction (Carroll & Graf))	0-88184-422-5	$3.95^?$: US dollar	208	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
Vermilion Sands	1992-09-00	J. G. Ballard	Phoenix	1-85799-005-6	£4.99^?£: UK pound	208	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	René Magritte^?Rene Magritte
Vermilion Sands	2001-10-00	J. G. Ballard	Vintage (UK)	0-09-927358-6	£6.99^?£: UK pound	208	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	Richard Cummins
The Complete Short Stories	2001-11-00	J. G. Ballard	Flamingo	0-00-712405-8	£25.00^?£: UK pound	ix+ 1189	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jerry Bauer
The Complete Short Stories	2002-11-00	J. G. Ballard	Flamingo	0-00-713812-1	£16.99^?£: UK pound	ix+ 1189	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 Stories of J. G. Ballard	2009-09-00	J. G. Ballard	W. W. Norton & Company	978-0-393-07262-4	$35.00^?$: US dollar	xv+ 1199	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	David Levenson
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard	2010-00-00	J. G. Ballard	W. W. Norton & Company	978-0-393-33929-1	$24.95^?$: US dollar	xv+ 1199	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	David Levenson
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard	2012-06-01	J. G. Ballard	W. W. Norton & Company	978-0-393-07687-5	$24.95^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard	2014-08-26	J. G. Ballard	Audible Studios				digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	coll
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard	date unknown	J. G. Ballard	Audible Studios				digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	coll

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