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Title: Brave to Be a King Title Record # 62718
Author: Poul Anderson
Date: 1959-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Time Patrol
Series Number: 2
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations Translated Serializations
Year Language Title
1960Translated by Michel Deutsch, revised for the 2005 Le Belial publication by Pierre-Paul Durastanti.
French Le grand roi
1964Translated by Francisco Cazorla Olmo
Spanish Bravo para ser un rey
1966Translated by P. Groen
Dutch Het koningschap vraagt moed
1977Translated by Vitomir Korać
Serbian Hrabar kao kralj [as by Pol Anderson]
1977Translated by Andreina Negretti
Italian Nel mondo di Ciro il Grande
1984 Portuguese A glória de ser rei
1994 Hungarian Nehéz királynak lenni
1994Translated by Andreina Negretti
Italian Nel tempo di Ciro il Grande
1997Translated by Peter Pape
German
Der Mut, ein König zu sein?Der Mut, ein Koenig zu sein
1999Translated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Cosmin%20Nare&amp;type=Name&amp;mode=exact">Cosmin Nare</a>
Romanian
Tăria de a fi rege?Taria de a fi rege
2000Translated by Pedro Jorge Romero.
Spanish El valor de un rey
Year Language Title
1961Translated by Andreina Negretti
Italian Nel mondo di Ciro il Grande (Part 1 of 3)
1961Translated by Andreina Negretti
Italian Nel mondo di Ciro il Grande (Part 2 of 3)
1961Translated by Andreina Negretti
Italian Nel mondo di Ciro il Grande (Part 3 of 3)

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1959 1959-08-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Mercury Press, Inc.  
$0.40?$: US dollar
132
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 Emsh Checkmark
Guardians of Time 1960-09-00 Poul Anderson Ballantine Books 422K
$0.35?$: US dollar
140
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Guardians of Time 1961-00-00 Poul Anderson Gollancz  
13/6?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).
176
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Guardians of Time 1962-10-00 Poul Anderson The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 66
5/9?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).
176
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll John Griffiths Checkmark
Guardians of Time 1964-01-00 Poul Anderson Pan Books G660
2/6?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).
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.
coll W. F. Phillipps Checkmark
Guardians of Time 1964-01-00 Poul Anderson Pan Books G660
A4/-?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).
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.
coll W. F. Phillipps Checkmark
Guardians of Time 1964-02-00 Poul Anderson Pan Books G660
2/6?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).
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.
coll W. F. Phillipps Checkmark
Venture Science Fiction [UK], March 1965 1965-03-00 ed. Ronald R. Wickers Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
3/-?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).
116
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  
Guardians of Time 1970-03-00 Poul Anderson Ballantine Books 01890
$0.75?$: US dollar
140
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 Paul Lehr  
Guardians of Time 1972-00-00 Poul Anderson Pan Books 0-330-01660-1
£0.25?£: UK pound
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.
coll Ian Miller Checkmark
Guardians of Time 1976-04-00 Poul Anderson White Lion 0-85617-797-0
£2.95?£: UK pound
176
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paul Lehr Checkmark
Guardians of Time 1977-00-00 Poul Anderson Pan Books 0-330-01660-1
£0.60?£: UK pound
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.
coll Enric Checkmark
The Guardians of Time 1981-10-00 Poul Anderson Tor / Pinnacle (Jim Baen Presents) 0-523-48510-7
$2.50?$: US dollar
254
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 Tom Kidd Checkmark
The Guardians of Time 1982-00-00 Poul Anderson Tor / Pinnacle (Jim Baen Presents) 0-523-48579-4
$2.95?$: US dollar
254
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 Tom Kidd  
Annals of the Time Patrol 1984-05-00 Poul Anderson Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 6217
$5.98?$: US dollar
312
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Ron Walotsky Checkmark
The Guardians of Time 1988-03-00 Poul Anderson Tor 0-812-53091-8
$3.50?$: US dollar
254
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  
The Time Patrol 1991-10-00 Poul Anderson Tor 0-312-85231-2
$21.95?$: US dollar
458
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Tony Roberts Checkmark
The Time Patrol 1991-12-00 Poul Anderson Tor / SFBC 19161
$9.98?$: US dollar
458
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Tony Roberts Checkmark
The Time Patrol 1994-04-00 Poul Anderson Tor 0-312-85636-9
$14.95?$: US dollar
458
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 Tony Roberts  
Time Patrol 2006-02-00 Poul Anderson Baen 1-4165-0935-6
$7.99?$: US dollar
765
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 David Mattingly Checkmark
Time Patrol 2009-04-09 Poul Anderson Paw Prints 978-1-4395-7523-9
$16.99?$: US dollar
765
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Queen of Air and Darkness 2009-09-00 Poul Anderson NESFA Press (The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson #2) 978-1-886778-87-0
$29.00?$: US dollar
503
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Tom Canty Checkmark
Time Patrol 2011-09-29 Poul Anderson Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10893-6
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Brain Wave / The Boat of a Million Years / The Guardians of Time 2013-11-28 Poul Anderson Gollancz (SF Gateway Omnibus) 978-0-575-10693-2
£18.99?£: UK pound
xiii+
684
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.
omni Chris Moore Checkmark
Brain Wave / The Boat of a Million Years / The Guardians of Time 2013-12-12 Poul Anderson Gateway / Orion (SF Gateway Omnibus) 978-1-4732-0185-9
£9.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
omni  
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