Title: Working in the Spaceship Yards

Title: Working in the Spaceship Yards Title Record # 56907
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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Year	Title
1969	Working in the Spaceship Yards [as by Brian Aldiss]

Year	Language	Title
1973^ⓘTranslated by Bruno Martin	French	Sur des chantiers astronavals
1974^ⓘTranslated by Charlotte Winheller	German	In den Raumschiffdocks
2002^ⓘTranslated by Matilde Horne.	Spanish	Trabajando en los astilleros del espacio

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
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.	mag
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
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
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.	coll
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.	coll
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.	coll
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
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

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