Title: Working in the Spaceship Yards
Title Record # 56907
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1969-04-09
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Current Tags: human condition (1), robots (1), androids (1), faster than light travel (1), first person point of view (1), tongue in cheek (1) Add Tags
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1969-04-09
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A worker in a yard which builds huge faster than light spaceships for exploration muses on the human condition, and how it is being taken over by androids and robots.
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Punch, April 9, 1969 | 1969-04-09 | ed. Editors of Punch | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
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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 | |
The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 3 | 1970-05-00 | ed. Brian Aldiss, Harry Harrison | Sphere Books | 43419 | £0.30?£: UK pound |
206 | 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: 1969 | 1970-08-00 | ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison | G. P. Putnam's Sons | $5.95?$: US dollar |
243 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Paul Lehr | ||
Best SF: 1969 | 1971-04-00 | ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison | Berkley Medallion | 0-425-01982-9 / N1982 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
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 | Paul Lehr | |
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 | ||
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. |
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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 | |
Science Fiction Story Reader 2 | 1974-07-00 | ed. Herbert W. Franke | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3398) | 3-453-30293-1 | DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
124 | 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 |
Jürgen Claus?Juergen Claus
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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 | |
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. |
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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 | |
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 | |
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. |
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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. |
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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 | |
The British Way | 1998-02-00 | ed. James Gunn | Borealis / White Wolf Publishing | 1-56504-157-7 / WW 11091 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
622 | 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 | ||
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 | |
Von Ballard bis Stableford | 2001-04-00 | ed. James Gunn | Heyne (Bibliothek der Science Fiction Literatur #101) | 3-453-17953-6 | DM 24.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
508 | 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 |
Jürgen Rogner?Juergen Rogner
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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. |
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The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s (Part 4) | 2015-09-24 | Brian Aldiss | Harper Voyager (UK) | 978-0-00-814896-6 | £10.99?£: UK pound |
620 | 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. |
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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 |