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Title: The Affair Title Record # 58596
Author: Robert Silverberg
Date: 1984-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1984According to Silverberg in the introduction to the story in "The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Volume 1 Secret Sharers" this is his original data. It was changed by the Playboy editor.
Snake and Ocean, Ocean and Snake
Year Language Title
1989Translated by Pierre K. Rey
French Idylle
1996Translated by Grażyna Grygiel, Piotr Staniewski
Polish
Wąż i ocean, ocean i wąż?Waz i ocean, ocean i waz
2003Translated by Pierre K. Rey, revised by Pierre-Paul Durastanti in the 2003 Flammarion edition.
French Serpent et océan, océan et serpent

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
23 1985 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
Playboy, June 1984 1984-06-00 ed. Editors of Playboy Playboy  
$3.50?$: US dollar
230
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
mag Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection 1985-04-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Bluejay Books 0-312-94485-3
$10.95?$: US dollar
573
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 Thomas Kidd Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection 1985-04-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Bluejay Books 0-312-94484-5
$19.95?$: US dollar
573
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Thomas Kidd Checkmark
Pluto in the Morning Light 1992-05-00 Robert Silverberg Grafton (The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg #1) 0-586-21369-4
£6.99?£: UK pound
396
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 John Howe Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume 1: Secret Sharers 1992-11-00 Robert Silverberg Bantam Spectra 0-553-08996-X
$25.00?$: US dollar
xv+
546
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll A. I. R. Studio, Inc. Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume 1: Secret Sharers 1992-11-15 Robert Silverberg Bantam Spectra 0-553-37068-5
$12.50?$: US dollar
xv+
546
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 A. I. R. Studio, Inc. Checkmark
Killing Me Softly: Erotic Tales of Unearthly Love 1995-11-00 ed. Gardner Dozois HarperPrism 0-06-105328-7
$12.00?$: US dollar
326
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 Lisa Katz , Colin Samuels Checkmark
Killing Me Softly: Erotic Tales of Unearthly Love 1996-09-00 ed. Gardner Dozois HarperPrism 0-06-105611-1
$5.99?$: US dollar
420
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 Lisa Katz , Colin Samuels Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Volume 1 Secret Sharers 2009-11-00 Robert Silverberg Spectra / Ballantine Books 978-0-307-57306-3
$21.25?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Five: The Palace at Midnight: 1980-82 2010-09-30 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-321-1
$65.00?$: US dollar
478
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Palace at Midnight: 1980-82 2010-09-30 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-321-1
$35.00?$: US dollar
478
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Palace at Midnight 2011-09-29 Robert Silverberg Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10668-0
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Palace at Midnight: 1980-82 2013-04-25 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-604-5
$18.95?$: US dollar
480
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  
The Palace at Midnight: 1980-82 2013-05-14 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-607-6
$2.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
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