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Title: The Day We Embarked for Cythera Title Record # 56834
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1970-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A group of somewhat effete individuals in a folklorish world have a picnic, interspersed with visions of automobiles as predators with humans as their parasites.
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Current Tags: fantasy (1), automobiles (1), hallucinatory (1), picnic (1), first person point of view (1), parallel stories (1), philosophical (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1970 The Day We Embarked for Cythera ...
Year Language Title
1973Translated by Bruno Martin
French
Le jour de l'embarquement pour Cythère...?Le jour de l'embarquement pour Cythere...
1983Translated by Annette von Charpentier
German Am Tag des Aufbruchs nach Cythera
2002Translated by Matilde Horne.
Spanish El día que embarcamos para Citerea...

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Moment of Eclipse 1970-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Faber and Faber 0-571-09570-4
£1.50?£: UK pound
215
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jerome Gask Checkmark
New Worlds Quarterly 1971-00-00 ed. Michael Moorcock Sphere Books 62081
£0.25?£: UK pound
175
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
New Worlds Quarterly #1 1971-09-00 ed. Michael Moorcock Berkley Medallion 0-425-02074-6
$0.95?$: 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.
anth Richard Powers Checkmark
Moment of Eclipse 1972-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Doubleday  
$5.95?$: US dollar
[10]+
224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Margo Herr Checkmark
L'instant de l'éclipse 1973-02-19 Brian W. Aldiss
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#164)
    247
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  
The Moment of Eclipse 1973-11-00 Brian W. Aldiss Panther 0-586-03776-4
£0.35?£: UK pound
187
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 Bob Haberfield Checkmark
The Moment of Eclipse 1979-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Panther 0-586-03776-4
£1.25?£: UK pound
187
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 Goodfellow Checkmark
The Moment of Eclipse 1979-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Panther 0-586-03776-4
£0.90?£: UK pound
187
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 Checkmark
Der Moment der Eklipse 1983-10-00 Brian W. Aldiss
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24049)
3-404-24049-9
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
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 Tim White Checkmark
The Moment of Eclipse 1985-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Panther / Granada 0-586-03776-4
£1.95?£: UK pound
187
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 Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
New Pathways Into Science Fiction And Fantasy, October 1988 1988-10-00 ed. Michael G. Adkisson MGA Services  
$3.00?$: US dollar
42
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag  
A Romance of the Equator: Best Fantasy Stories 1989-09-00 Brian W. Aldiss Gollancz 0-575-04211-7
£13.95?£: UK pound
vi+
345
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Lanfranco Checkmark
A Romance of the Equator: Best Fantasy Stories 1990-04-00 Brian W. Aldiss Atheneum / Macmillan 0-689-12053-2
$18.95?$: US dollar
345
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Lanfranco Checkmark
A Romance of the Equator: Best Fantasy Stories 1990-05-00 Brian W. Aldiss VGSF / Gollancz 0-575-04778-X
£3.99?£: UK pound
345
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 Lanfranco Checkmark
The Moment of Eclipse 2000-00-00 Brian Aldiss House of Stratus 0-7551-0079-4
£6.99?£: UK pound
207
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 Derek Edwards Checkmark
El Momento del Eclipse 2002-04-11 Brian W. Aldiss Minotauro 84-450-7367-2
$12.35?$: US dollar
238
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  
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