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Title: Reasons to Be Cheerful Title Record # 69645
Author: Greg Egan
Date: 1997-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
User Rating: 9.67 (6 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (2), hard sf (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1998ⓘTranslated by Kurt Bracharz.
 German Gute Gründe, fröhlich zu sein
1999ⓘTranslated by Francis Lustman & Quarante-deux
 French
Des raisons d'être heureux?Des raisons d'etre heureux
2001 Italian I Miei Motivi Per Stare Allegro
2001ⓘTranslated by 山岸真(Yamagishi Makoto)
 Japanese
しあわせの理由?しあわせのりゆう
Shiawase no Riyū
Shiawase no Riyuu
[as by
グレッグ・イーガン?Gureggu Iigan
Gureggu Īgan
]
2001ⓘTranslated by 山岸真 (Makoto Yamagishi)
 Japanese
しあわせの理由?しあわせ の りゆう
Shiawase no Riyuu
[as by
グレッグ・イーガン?Gureggu Iigan
Gureggu Īgan
]
2002ⓘTranslated by Carlos Pavón.
 Spanish Motivos para ser feliz

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Nomination 1997 Aurealis SF Short Story
5 1998 Locus Best Novelette
Withdrawn 1998 Ditmar Best Short Fiction
Win (as
しあわせの理由?しあわせのりゆう
Shiawase no Riyū
Shiawase no Riyuu
) 		2002 Seiun Best Translated Short Story
2 (as Motivos para ser feliz) 2003 Premio Ignotus Mejor cuento extranjero - Best Foreign Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Interzone, #118 April 1997 1997-04-00 ed. David Pringle David Pringle  
£3.00?£: UK pound
 68
A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
 mag Ian Brooks Checkmark
The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume 2 1998-04-00 ed. Jeremy G. Byrne, Jonathan Strahan Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) 0-7322-5942-8
A$14.95?A$: Australian dollar
 xx+
443
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 Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection 1998-06-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-19033-6
$17.95?$: US dollar
 lxii+
623
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 John Foster Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection 1998-06-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-18779-3
$29.95?$: US dollar
 lxii+
623
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth John Foster Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection 1998-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press / SFBC 18485
$14.98?$: US dollar
 lxii+
623
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth John Foster Checkmark
Luminous 1998-09-00 Greg Egan Millennium / Orion 1-85798-551-6
£16.99?£: UK pound
 295
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Alfred Pasieka Checkmark
Luminous 1998-09-00 Greg Egan Millennium / Orion 1-85798-552-4
£9.99?£: UK pound
 295
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 Alfred Pasieka  
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 11th Annual Collection 1998-10-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 1-85487-599-X
£8.99?£: UK pound
 lxvi+
668
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 Phil Marritt  
Luminous 1999-08-00 Greg Egan Millennium 1-85798-573-7
£5.99?£: UK pound
 295
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
Reasons to Be Cheeful 2001-09-00 Greg Egan Fictionwise.com  
$1.50?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 chap  
The Hard SF Renaissance 2002-11-00 ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell Tor 0-312-87635-1
$39.95?$: US dollar
 960
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Gregory Manchess Checkmark
The Hard SF Renaissance 2002-12-00 ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell Tor / SFBC 54747
$14.99?$: US dollar
 960
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Gregory Manchess Checkmark
Luminous 2003-00-00 Greg Egan Gollancz 1-85798-573-7
£6.99?£: UK pound
 295
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
The Hard SF Renaissance 2003-10-00 ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell Orb 0-312-87636-X
$21.95?$: US dollar
 960
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 Gregory Manchess Checkmark
Luminous 2008-02-07 Greg Egan Gollancz 978-0-575-08208-3
£7.99?£: UK pound
 330
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 Chad Baker Checkmark
Luminous 2010-12-30 Greg Egan Gollancz 978-0-575-10544-7
£8.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection 2013-00-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 978-0-312-20753-3
$17.95?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth John Foster  
The Best of Greg Egan 2019-12-00 Greg Egan Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-942-8
$45.00?$: US dollar
 731
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll David Ho Checkmark
Luminous 2020-05-17 Greg Egan Greg Egan 978-1-922240-34-7
$12.99?$: US dollar
 323
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 Best of Greg Egan 2020-07-27 Greg Egan Night Shade Books 978-1-949102-25-3
$19.99?$: US dollar
 679
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 Best of Greg Egan 2021-03-18 Greg Egan Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-1-4732-3229-7
£14.99?£: UK pound
 729
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 Checkmark
The Best of Greg Egan 2021-03-18 Greg Egan Gateway / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-1-4732-3230-3
£14.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The Hard SF Renaissance date unknown ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell Orb 978-0-312-87636-4
$25.99?$: US dollar
 960
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 Gregory Manchess Checkmark
The Hard SF Renaissance date unknown ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell Orb 0-312-87636-X
$21.95?$: US dollar
 960
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 Gregory Manchess Checkmark
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