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Title: A Bicycle Built for Brew Title Record # 63957
Author: Poul Anderson
Date: 1958-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations Serializations
Year Title
1962Having compared the original Ace text and the version in 'Door to Anywhere: The Collected Short Works Vol. 5', they are identical, so this isn't an expansion of A Bicycle Built for Brew, simply a republication. Length: around 31600 words, thus a novella.
The Makeshift Rocket
Year Language Title
1966Translated by Franco Filanci
Italian Razzo a tutta birra
1968Translated by Leni Sobez - only as per Heftromanarchiv.
German Raumschiff Modell Eigenbau
Year Title
1958 A Bicycle Built for Brew (Part 1 of 2)
1958 A Bicycle Built for Brew (Part 2 of 2)

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, November 1958 1958-11-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
164
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 H. R. Van Dongen Checkmark
Astounding Science Fiction, December 1958 1958-12-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
164
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
Astounding Science Fiction, February 1959 (UK) 1959-02-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
1/9?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).
128
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 Van Dongen Checkmark
Astounding Science Fiction, March 1959 (UK) 1959-03-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
1/9?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).
128
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
Un-Man and Other Novellas / The Makeshift Rocket 1962-00-00 Poul Anderson Ace Books (Ace Double #F-139) F-139
$0.40?$: US dollar
158+
97
dos?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.
omni Ed Emshwiller , Ed Valigursky Checkmark
Proxima #2 1966-05-20 ed. Luigi Cozzi, Franco Filanci Granillo Editore 2
Lit 300?Lit: Italian lira
158
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 Primo Catto Checkmark
Raumschiff Modell Eigenbau 1968-06-14 Poul Anderson Pabel (Utopia Zukunftsroman #585) UZ585
DM 0.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
61
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".
chap R. S. Lonati Checkmark
The Makeshift Rocket 1969-09-00 Poul Anderson Dennis Dobson 0-234-77369-3
18/-?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).
97
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
chap Richard Weaver (artist) Checkmark
The Makeshift Rocket 1978-05-00 Poul Anderson Hamlyn Paperbacks 0-600-37609-5
£0.70?£: UK pound
114
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.
chap Peter Jones Checkmark
Kinship with the Stars 1991-10-00 Poul Anderson Tor 0-812-51814-4
$3.99?$: US dollar
vii+
276
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 Brian Waugh Checkmark
Kinship with the Stars 1993-11-00 Poul Anderson Severn House 0-7278-4512-8
£13.99?£: UK pound
viii+
276
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Martin Buchan Checkmark
The Makeshift Rocket 2011-09-29 Poul Anderson Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10913-1
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
A Bicycle Built for Brew 2014-07-01 Poul Anderson NESFA Press (The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson #6) 978-1-61037-306-7
$29.00?$: US dollar
472
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Makeshift Rocket 2014-12-30 Poul Anderson Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4976-9427-9
$7.99?$: US dollar
120
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
The Makeshift Rocket 2014-12-30 Poul Anderson Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4976-9590-0
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
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