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Title: Nothing Sirius Title Record # 57252
Author: Fredric Brown
Date: 1944-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: The owner of an itinerant penny-arcade stumbles upon an unchartered planet inside the orbit of Sirius I, dubbed by him Nothing Sirius (from Sirius 0). It only consists of clay hills and rare bushes, but some strange sights soon impose themselves to its explorers : a giant ostrich wearing a hat and a bow-tie, birds with propellors, a road leading nowhere, and more — not to mention normal-looking cockroaches. Or are they ?
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Translations
Year Language Title
1956ⓘTranslated by Félix Monteagudo
 Spanish Sirio Cero
1962ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=M%E1rio-Henrique%20Leiria&amp;type=Name&amp;mode=exact">Mário-Henrique Leiria</a>
 Portuguese Sirius coisa nenhuma
1965ⓘTranslated by Helmuth W. Mommers.
 German Nichts-Sirius
1974ⓘTranslated by Jean Sendy
 French Sirius et Pas-Coutume
1976ⓘTranslated by C. van den Broek
 Dutch Te gek
1981ⓘTranslated by Leni Sobez
 German Kein Sirius
1982 Italian Niente di Sirio
1993ⓘTranslated by Raul Pontbriant
 Romanian Sirius Anormal
1995ⓘTranslated by Claudiu Florian
 Romanian Nesiriuzitate
2005ⓘTranslated by Núria Gres and Máximo Miguel
 Spanish Nada Sirio

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Captain Future, Spring 1944 1944-03-00 ed. Oscar J. Friend Better Publications, Inc.  
$0.15?$: US dollar
 132
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
 mag Earle K. Bergey Checkmark
My Best Science Fiction Story 1949-11-00 ed. Oscar J. Friend, Leo Margulies Merlin Press  
$3.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
556
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
My Best Science Fiction Story 1950-08-00 ed. Oscar J. Friend, Leo Margulies Merlin Press     xiv+
556
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Space on My Hands 1951-07-00 Fredric Brown Shasta  
$2.50?$: US dollar
 224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Malcolm Smith Checkmark
Space on My Hands 1953-00-00 Fredric Brown Corgi 1077
2/-?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).
 239
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  
Wonder Story Annual, 1953 1953-01-00 ed. Samuel Mines Best Books, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
 164
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
 mag Emsh Checkmark
Space on My Hands 1953-01-00 Fredric Brown Bantam Books 1077
$0.25?$: US dollar
 239
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 Charles Binger Checkmark
Space on My Hands 1953-01-00 Fredric Brown Bantam Books 1077
$0.25?$: US dollar
 239
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 Charles Binger  
Paradox Lost and Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories 1973-05-00 Fredric Brown Random House 0-394-48448-7
$5.95?$: US dollar
 xi+
210
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Wendell Minor Checkmark
Paradox Lost, and Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories 1974-09-00 Fredric Brown Berkley Medallion 0-425-02656-6 / N2656
$0.95?$: US dollar
 176
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 DiFate Checkmark
Paradox Lost, and Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories 1974-09-00 Fredric Brown Berkley Medallion 0-425-02656-6
C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 176
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 DiFate Checkmark
Paradox Lost and Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories 1975-00-00 Fredric Brown Robert Hale (Hale SF) 0-7091-4848-8
£2.40?£: UK pound
 xi+
210
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
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
Space on My Hands 1980-05-00 Fredric Brown Bantam Books 0-553-13400-0
$1.95?$: US dollar
 239
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 John Holmes Checkmark
The Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown 1982-09-00 Fredric Brown New English Library 0-450-05501-9
£1.75?£: UK pound
 447
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
Space on My Hands 1993-06-00 Fredric Brown Lightyear Press 0-89968-332-0    
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
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
High Adventure, #99 March 2008 2008-03-00 ed. John P. Gunnison Adventure House 987-1-59798-133-0
$7.95?$: US dollar
 107
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.
 mag Earle Bergey Checkmark
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  
Captain Future, Spring 1944 2022-01-18 ed. Oscar J. Friend Fiction House Press 978-1-64720-455-6
$14.95?$: US dollar
 132
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 Earle K. Bergey  
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