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Title: A Hiss of Dragon

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Title: A Hiss of Dragon Title Record # 57455
Authors: Gregory Benford and Marc Laidlaw
Date: 1978-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Estimated word count: 6,000 - 6,500
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1980ⓘTranslated by Jean A. Schalekamp
 Dutch Drakengesis
1983ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr
 German Drachenschnauben

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
5 1979 Locus Best Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Omni, December 1978 1978-12-00 ed. Ben Bova, Frank Kendig Omni Publications International Ltd. 0149-8711
$2.00?$: US dollar
 148
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
 mag Friedrich Hechelmann Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 1979-00-00 ed. Terry Carr Gollancz 0-575-02727-4
£6.50?£: UK pound
 viii+
363
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 1979-07-00 ed. Terry Carr Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-28083-0
$2.25?$: US dollar
 xi+
372
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
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 1979-07-00 ed. Terry Carr Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-28083-0
C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar
 xi+
372
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
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 1979-08-00 ed. Terry Carr Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC 3355
$3.50?$: US dollar
 viii+
311
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Gary Viskupic Checkmark
De man die geen idee had 1980-00-00 ed. Terry Carr Het Spectrum (Prisma #1922) 90-274-1052-6   255
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 John Verberk Checkmark
The Best of Omni Science Fiction No. 3 1982-02-00 ed. Ben Bova, Don Myrus Omni Publications International Ltd.  
$4.50?$: US dollar
 144
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 Raymond Bertrand Checkmark
Dragon Tales 1982-07-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest / Ballantine 0-449-24523-3
$2.95?$: US dollar
 318
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 Ken Barr Checkmark
Das Beste aus Omni 2 1983-03-00 ed. Ben Bova Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #23422) 3-442-23422-0
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 160
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Drachenwelten 1985-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4159) 3-453-31114-0
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 367
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 Vicente Segrelles Checkmark
The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction 1985-04-00 ed. Ellen Datlow Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. 0-8217-1575-5
$3.95?$: US dollar
 479
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 Tim White Checkmark
The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction 1985-04-00 ed. Ellen Datlow General Paperbacks 0-7737-8366-0
C$4.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 479
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 Tim White Checkmark
Dragon Tales 1988-07-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest / Ballantine 0-449-21306-4
$3.95?$: US dollar
 318
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 Ken Barr Checkmark
Dragon Tales 1988-11-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest / Ballantine 0-449-21306-4   318
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 Ken Barr  
A Dragon-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic 1994-10-00 ed. Margaret Weis Aspect / Warner Books 0-446-67063-4
$12.99?$: US dollar
 vii+
421
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 Ciruelo Cabral Checkmark
A Dragon Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic 1995-04-00 ed. Margaret Weis Severn House 0-7278-4778-3
£16.99?£: UK pound
 viii+
421
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Derek Colligan  
Dragons: The Greatest Stories 1997-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg MJF Books 1-56731-166-0
$19.95?$: US dollar
 viii+
307
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Don Maitz  
Dragons: The Greatest Stories 1997-09-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg MJF Books 1-56731-166-0
$7.98?$: US dollar
 312
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Don Maitz  
Het groot drakenboek 2004-10-00 ed. Jaap Boekestein Uitgeverij M 90-225-4076-6   335
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Les Edwards Checkmark
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