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Title: Death and Designation Among the Asadi Title Record # 54440
Author: Michael Bishop
Date: 1973-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
Note: This novella was revised and included as the Prologue of the novel Transfigurations. While the novel is in the "Glaktik Komm" series, the novella as originally written and published was not. The revision for the novel was published in the collection Blue Kansas Sky (2000). The revision was also translated into German and published in Heyne Science Fiction Jahresband 2000.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1974 French Mort et succession des Asadis
1979Translated by Horst Pukallus
German Tod und Bestimmung unter den Asadi
1980Translated by Iole Luisa Rambelli
Italian Morte e designazione tra gli Asadi
2011Translated by Francisco Arellano.
Spanish Muerto y sucesión entre los asadis

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Worlds of If, January-February 1973 1973-01-00 ed. Ejler Jakobsson UPD Publishing Corporation  
$0.75?$: US dollar
180
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 David A. Hardy Checkmark
Worlds of If, January-February 1973 [UK] 1973-01-00 ed. Ejler Jakobsson Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd.  
£0.25?£: UK pound
180
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 David A. Hardy Checkmark
The 1974 Annual World's Best SF 1974-05-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books (DAW Collectors #101) 0-87997-109-6 / UY1109
$1.25?$: US dollar
280
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
The 1974 Annual World's Best SF 1974-05-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / New American Library of Canada UY1109
C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar
280
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
Galaxie (2ème série), #122 1974-07-00 ed. Michel Demuth OPTA  
F5.00?F: French frank
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 Philippe Caza  
The 1974 Annual World's Best SF 1974-09-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / SFBC 6278
$1.98?$: US dollar
x+
245
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Victor Valla Checkmark
The Best from If, Vol. 2 1974-09-00 ed. Editors of If Award Books AQ1360
$1.25?$: US dollar
235
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 World's Best SF Short Stories No. 1 1975-10-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim The Elmfield Press 0-7057-0057-7
£4.50?£: UK pound
280
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Josh Kirby Checkmark
Science Fiction Story Reader 11 1979-01-00 ed. Wolfgang Jeschke Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3627) 3-453-30538-8
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
287
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 Hasted Checkmark
Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Three 1979-12-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books 0-87997-507-5 / UE1507
$2.25?$: US dollar
280
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 Segrelles Checkmark
Il Meglio di If, Volume 2 1980-08-00 ed. uncredited Mursia (Tascabili Mursia #35) 40035 N
Lit 3,500?Lit: Italian lira
266
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 Checkmark
Heyne Science Fiction Jahresband 2000 2000-01-00 ed. Wolfgang Jeschke Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #6342) 3-453-16188-2
DM 18.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
715
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
Zoltán Boros?Zoltan Boros
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Gábor Szikszai?Gabor Szikszai
Checkmark
Blue Kansas Sky: Four Short Novels of Memory, Magic, Surmise & Estrangement 2000-10-00 Michael Bishop Golden Gryphon Press (Golden Gryphon #9) 0-9655901-0-0
$24.95?$: US dollar
xv+
263
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ron Walotsky Checkmark
Delirio: Ciencia Ficción y Fantasia, #8 March 2011 2011-03-00 ed. Francisco Arellano La Biblioteca del Laberinto     200
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.
mag Norman Saunders Checkmark
Blue Kansas Sky 2013-08-29 Michael Bishop Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-12308-3
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The 1974 Annual World's Best SF date unknown ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books (DAW Collectors #101) UY1109
$1.25?$: US dollar
280
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 Jack Gaughan  
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