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Title: The Man with Talent Title Record # 64954
Author: Robert Silverberg
Date: 1956-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: According to "The Songs of Summer" 1981 Pan edition, "The Man with Talent" was the Columbia 1956 title, "A Man of Talent" is copyright 1966. According to Silverberg's introduction, it was "extensively rewritten" for publication in James Blish's anthology ''New Dreams This Morning''.
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1966According to "The Songs of Summer" 1981 Pan edition, "The Man with Talent" was the Columbia 1956 title, "A Man of Talent" is copyright 1966. According to Silverberg's introduction, it was "extensively rewritten" for publication in James Blish's anthology ''New Dreams This Morning''.
A Man of Talent
Year Language Title
1965Translated by Walter Bilitza
German Der Mann mit Talent
1982Translated by Iawa Tate
French
Le dernier poète?Le dernier poete
2002 French Un homme de talent

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Future Science Fiction, #31, Winter 1956-1957 1956-12-00 ed. Robert W. Lowndes Columbia Publications, Inc.  
$0.35?$: 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
Science Fantasy, August 1957 1957-08-00 ed. John Carnell Nova Publications Ltd.  
2/-?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).
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 Jose Rubios Checkmark
Godling, Go Home! 1964-06-00 Robert Silverberg Belmont Books (Belmont Future Series) L92-591
$0.50?$: US dollar
157
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 Checkmark
Die einsame Erde und sechs andere Kurzgeschichten 1965-09-14 Robert Silverberg Pabel (Utopia Zukunftsroman #452) UZ452
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".
coll R. S. Lonati Checkmark
New Dreams This Morning 1966-10-00 ed. James Blish Ballantine Books U2331
$0.50?$: US dollar
xii+
190
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
Moonferns and Starsongs 1971-06-00 Robert Silverberg Ballantine Books 0-345-02278-5
$0.95?$: 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.
coll Gene Szafran Checkmark
Moonferns and Starsongs 1971-06-00 Robert Silverberg Ballantine Books 0-345-02278-5
C$0.95?C$: Canadian 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.
coll Gene Szafran Checkmark
The Songs of Summer and Other Stories 1979-05-00 Robert Silverberg Gollancz 0-575-02565-4
£5.25?£: UK pound
173
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Songs of Summer 1981-04-00 Robert Silverberg Pan Books 0-330-26315-3
£1.25?£: UK pound
173
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 Julek Heller Checkmark
Les chants de l'été 1982-11-15 Robert Silverberg J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1392) 2-277-21392-6   247
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 Christopher Foss Checkmark
Les chants de l'été 1991-05-24 Robert Silverberg J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1392) 2-277-21392-6   247
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 Christopher Foss Checkmark
The Road to Nightfall 1996-07-08 Robert Silverberg Voyager / HarperCollins (The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg #4) 0-586-21372-4
£6.99?£: UK pound
347
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 Fred Gambino Checkmark
Le chemin de la nuit 2002-03-00 Robert Silverberg Flammarion (Imagine) 2-080-68235-2
€24.00?€: Euro
726
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 Pictor  
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume One: To Be Continued 2006-11-00 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 1-59606-061-1
$35.00?$: US dollar
392
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume One: To Be Continued 2006-11-00 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 1-59606-061-1
$65.00?$: US dollar
392
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
To Be Continued 2011-01-17 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-385-3
$2.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
To Be Continued 2011-09-29 Robert Silverberg Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10664-2
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume One: To Be Continued 2012-03-20 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-507-9
$18.95?$: US dollar
392
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 Tomas Maronski  
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