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Title: The Other Dead Man

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Title: The Other Dead Man Title Record # 57386
Author: Gene Wolfe
Date: 1988-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: After a spacecraft is severely damaged with the deaths of the captain and several crewmembers, the ship's artificial intelligence, following his former orders, attempts to resuscitate him, and constructs a virtual version of him which demands the crew continue the mission instead of turning back, on pain of summary execution for mutiny.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1990Translated by Pierre-Paul Durastanti
French L'autre mort

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Weird Tales, Spring 1988 1988-00-00 ed. John Gregory Betancourt, Darrell Schweitzer, George H. Scithers Terminus  
$3.50?$: US dollar
148
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 George Barr Checkmark
Endangered Species 1989-03-00 Gene Wolfe Tor 0-312-93154-9
$19.95?$: US dollar
vi+
506
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Endangered Species 1989-04-00 Gene Wolfe The Easton Press (Signed First Editions of Science Fiction #7) 106-007
$39.95?$: US dollar
vi+
506
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Endangered Species 1990-02-00 Gene Wolfe Orbit / Futura 0-7088-8325-7
£4.99?£: UK pound
vi+
506
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 Peter Elson Checkmark
Nebula Awards 24 1990-04-00 ed. Michael Bishop Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-164932-4
$21.95?$: US dollar
xv+
302
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Michael Stuckey Checkmark
Endangered Species 1990-04-00 Gene Wolfe Tor 0-812-50718-5
$4.95?$: US dollar
vi+
506
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 Marco Patrito Checkmark
Nebula Awards 24 1990-04-00 ed. Michael Bishop Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-665474-1
$13.95?$: US dollar
xv+
302
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 Michael Stuckey Checkmark
The Ultimate Zombie 1993-10-00 ed. John Betancourt, Byron Preiss Dell 0-440-50534-8
$11.95?$: US dollar
391
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 Bruce Jensen Checkmark
The Best of Weird Tales 1995-09-00 ed. John Gregory Betancourt Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-730-9
$7.98?$: US dollar
xii+
498
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Best of Weird Tales 1996-00-00 ed. John Gregory Betancourt Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0295-0   xii+
498
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 Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Eternal Lovecraft: The Persistence of H. P. Lovecraft in Popular Culture 1998-10-00 ed. Jim Turner Golden Gryphon Press (Golden Gryphon #3) 0-9655901-7-8
$25.95?$: US dollar
xx+
411
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Nicholas Jainschigg Checkmark
Endangered Species 2004-09-00 Gene Wolfe Orb 0-765-31033-3
$16.95?$: US dollar
vi+
506
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 Hans Neleman Checkmark
The Ultimate Undead 2006-04-09 ed. John Gregory Betancourt, Byron Preiss ibooks 1-59687-389-2
$14.00?$: US dollar
400
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  
Endangered Species 2013-07-29 Gene Wolfe Orb 978-0-7653-1033-0
$24.99?$: US dollar
vi+
506
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 Hans Neleman Checkmark
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