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Title: Letter to a Phoenix Title Record # 56135
Author: Fredric Brown
Date: 1949-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Current Tags: NESFA Core Reading List (1), science fiction (1) Add Tags

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Translations
Year Language Title
1964ⓘTranslated by Helmuth W. Mommers or Hubert Straßl
 German An dich, den Phönix
1966ⓘTranslated by Enrico Cecchini
 Italian Lettera ad una fenice
1970ⓘTranslated by Marcel Battin
 French
Lettre à un phénix?Lettre a un phenix
1971ⓘTranslated by Henk Bouwman
 Dutch Brief aan een Phoenix
1981ⓘTranslated by Leni Sobez.
 German Brief an einen Phönix
1982 Italian Lettera ad una fenice
1983ⓘTranslated by Eva Malsch
 German Brief an einen Phönix
1984ⓘTranslated by Vesna Mahečić
 Croatian Pismo Feniksu
2002 Italian Lettera a una fenice
2005ⓘTranslated by Núria Gres and Máximo Miguel
 Spanish Carta a un fénix

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Astounding Science Fiction, August 1949 1949-08-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.25?$: 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 Hubert Rogers Checkmark
Journey to Infinity 1951-01-00 ed. Martin Greenberg Gnome Press  
$3.50?$: US dollar
 381
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Edd Cartier Checkmark
Angels and Spaceships 1954-09-00 Fredric Brown E. P. Dutton  
$2.75?$: US dollar
 224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Kohs Checkmark
Angels and Spaceships 1955-02-00 Fredric Brown Dutton / SFBC  
$1.15?$: US dollar
 186
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Kohs Checkmark
Angels and Spaceships 1955-09-00 Fredric Brown Gollancz  
10/6?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
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Star Shine 1956-02-00 Fredric Brown Bantam Books 1423
$0.25?$: US dollar
 ix+
138
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 Checkmark
Angels and Spaceships 1962-00-00 Fredric Brown Four Square Books 709
2/6?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).
 160
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 Josh Kirby Checkmark
Best SF Six 1966-00-00 ed. Edmund Crispin 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).
 252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Outwards from Earth 1974-06-00 ed. Edmund Crispin Faber and Faber 0-571-10489-4
£?£: UK pound
 151
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  
Best SF Six 1975-01-00 ed. Edmund Crispin Faber and Faber 0-571-10693-5
£0.95?£: UK pound
 252
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
The Best of Fredric Brown 1977-01-00 Fredric Brown Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 3180
$2.49?$: US dollar
 280
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Richard V. Corben Checkmark
The Best of Fredric Brown 1977-05-00 Fredric Brown Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-25700-6
$1.95?$: US dollar
 xvi+
315
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 H. R. Van Dongen Checkmark
The Best of Astounding 1978-03-00 ed. Tony Lewis Baronet Publishing Co. (A Baronet/Analog Book) 0-89437-024-3
$5.95?$: US dollar
 244
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 Alex Schomburg Checkmark
The Best of Astounding 1978-06-00 ed. Tony Lewis Baronet Publishing Co. (A Baronet/Analog Book) 0-89437-024-3
$5.95?$: US dollar
 244
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 Alex Schomburg Checkmark
The Best of Astounding 1979-01-00 ed. Tony Lewis Ace Books (An Analog Book) 0-441-05472-2
$1.95?$: US dollar
 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 Alex Schomburg Checkmark
Space Mail 1980-07-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph Olander Fawcett Crest 0-449-24312-5
$2.50?$: US dollar
 416
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
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury 1981-03-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph Olander Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers 0-517-33635-9
$6.98?$: US dollar
 786
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Don Dixon Checkmark
Space Mail 1982-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph Olander Fawcett Crest 0-449-24312-5
$2.95?$: US dollar
 416
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  
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1990 1990-01-00 ed. Stanley Schmidt Davis Publications  
$3.95?$: US dollar
 324
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 Frank Kelly Freas Checkmark
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown 2001-02-00 Fredric Brown NESFA Press 1-886778-18-3
$29.00?$: US dollar
 693
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown 2001-10-00 Fredric Brown NESFA Press / SFBC 01122
$14.50?$: US dollar
 693
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown 2002-07-00 Fredric Brown NESFA Press 1-886778-18-3
$29.00?$: US dollar
 693
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury 2006-03-07 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph Olander Gramercy Books 0-517-33635-9
$11.99?$: US dollar
 786
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown 2011-06-00 Fredric Brown NESFA Press 978-1-886778-18-4
$29.00?$: US dollar
 693
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Fredric Brown Megapack: 33 Classic Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy 2013-11-26 Fredric Brown Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4344-4280-2
$0.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Checkmark
The Fredric Brown Megapack: 33 Classic Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy 2014-07-29 Fredric Brown Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4794-0202-1
$13.99?$: US dollar
 259
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  
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury date unknown ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph Olander Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers 0-517-33635-9
$6.98?$: US dollar
 786
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Don Dixon Checkmark
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury date unknown ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph Olander Gramercy Books 0-517-33635-9
$11.99?$: US dollar
 786
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury date unknown ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph Olander Gramercy Books 0-517-33635-9   786
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
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