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Title: Invariant Title Record # 57796
Author: John R. Pierce
Date: 1944-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
User Rating: None. Including variants and translations: 8.00 (1 vote) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), longevity (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1953 Invariant [as by John Pierce]
Year Language Title
1977Translated by Goran Pavelić
Croatian Nepromjenljivost [as by John Pierce]
1984Translated by Jacques Polanis
French Invariant [as by John Pierce]
1985 French Invariant
1989Translated by Anca Cațichi
Romanian Invariant
1989Translated by Rosemarie Hundertmarck
German Unveränderlich

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Nominations Below Cutoff
4 nominations with 1.60 final points
2020 Retro Hugo 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
Astounding Science Fiction, April 1944 1944-04-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
180
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Timmins Checkmark
The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology 1952-02-20 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Simon & Schuster  
$3.95?$: US dollar
xv+
583
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Leo Manso Checkmark
The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology 1952-02-20 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Simon & Schuster     xv+
583, [1]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Leo Manso Checkmark
The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology 1953-00-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Simon & Schuster / SFBC  
$1.90?$: US dollar
xv+
585
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Leo Manso Checkmark
The First Astounding Science Fiction Anthology 1954-00-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Grayson & Grayson  
9/6?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
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology 1956-12-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Berkley Books G-41
$0.35?$: US dollar
188
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
The First Astounding Science Fiction Anthology 1964-00-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Four Square Books 1166
5/-?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).
320
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  
The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology 1964-01-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Berkley Medallion F875
$0.50?$: US dollar
192
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Science Fiction Inventions 1967-00-00 ed. Damon Knight Lancer Books 73-691
$0.60?$: US dollar
256
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 Hoot von Zitzewitz Checkmark
Science Fiction Inventions 1967-00-00 ed. Damon Knight Lancer Books 73-691
C$0.60?C$: Canadian dollar
256
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 Hoot von Zitzewitz Checkmark
Selections from The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology 1967-12-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Berkley Medallion X1490
$0.60?$: US dollar
192
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 Checkmark
The Best of Astounding 1978-03-00 ed. Tony Lewis Baronet Publishing Co. (A Baronet/Analog Book) 0-89437-024-3
$5.95?$: US dollar
244
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 Alex Schomburg Checkmark
The Best of Astounding 1978-06-00 ed. Tony Lewis Baronet Publishing Co. (A Baronet/Analog Book) 0-89437-024-3
$5.95?$: US dollar
244
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 Alex Schomburg Checkmark
The Best of Astounding 1979-01-00 ed. Tony Lewis Ace Books (An Analog Book) 0-441-05472-2
$1.95?$: US dollar
244
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 Alex Schomburg Checkmark
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 6, 1944 1981-12-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books (DAW Collectors #461) 0-87997-670-5 / UE1670
$2.95?$: US dollar
368
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 Oliviero Berni Checkmark
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 6, 1944 1981-12-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-670-5
C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar
368
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 Oliviero Berni Checkmark
Caught in the Organ Draft: Biology in Science Fiction 1983-03-14 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-31228-1
$12.95?$: US dollar
xi+
276
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Christopher Burg Checkmark
The Immortals 1984-03-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles Waugh Raintree Publishers (Science Fiction Shorts) 0-8172-1741-X
$15.15?$: US dollar
48
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Joel Naprstek  
Analog: The Best of Science Fiction 1985-07-00 ed. uncredited Galahad Books 0-88365-637-X
$12.95?$: US dollar
621
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
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