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Title: Return of the Moon Man Title Record # 97953
Author: E. L. Malpass
Date: 1955-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Winner of the The Observer Prize Stories 1954 competition on the AD 2500 theme. First published in The London Observer, January 1955.
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1955This story first published in January 1955 in The London Observer as "Return of the Moon Man". Re-published under that title in October 1955 anthology A.D. 2500. Per Judith Merril's introduction in SF: 57, it was published in 1956 in the Canadian magazine MacLean's as "When Grandfather Flew to the Moon".
When Grandfather Flew to the Moon

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
A.D. 2500: The Observer Prize Stories 1954 1955-10-31 ed. uncredited William Heinemann  
15/-?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).
xi+
241
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mudge-Marriott Checkmark
SF: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy: Second Annual Volume 1957-06-00 ed. Judith Merril Dell B110
$0.35?$: US dollar
320
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
SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy 1957-07-00 ed. Judith Merril Gnome Press  
$3.95?$: US dollar
320
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth W. I. Van der Poel Checkmark
SF: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy: Second Annual Volume 1957-11-00 ed. Judith Merril Dell B110
$0.35?$: US dollar
320
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
Tales of Science Fiction 1964-00-00 ed. Brian N. Ball Hamish Hamilton  
8/6?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).
158
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Roger Payne Checkmark
The Starlit Corridor 1967-00-00 ed. Roger Mansfield Pergamon Press Ltd.  
21/-?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).
xi+
145
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Starlit Corridor 1967-00-00 ed. Roger Mansfield Pergamon Press Ltd. 0-08-303370-X   xii+
145
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 Checkmark
The Starlit Corridor 1967-00-00 ed. Roger Mansfield Pergamon Press Ltd.  
$4.00?$: US dollar
xi+
145
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Starlit Corridor 1967-00-00 ed. Roger Mansfield Pergamon Press Ltd.  
$2.00?$: US dollar
145
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  
Tales of Science Fiction 1968-00-00 ed. Brian N. Ball Peacock Books / Penguin PK63
4/-?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).
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.
anth Peter Barrett Checkmark
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