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Title: The Long Afternoon of Earth Title Record # 118
Author: Brian Aldiss
Date: 1962-01-00
Variant Title of: Hothouse (1962) (by Brian W. Aldiss) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: NOVEL
Series: Hothouse
Language: English
Note: This novel was published, in slightly different form, in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, in installments entitled Hothouse, Nomansland, Undergrowth, Timberline, and Evergreen. The US edition, The Long Afternoon of Earth, is slightly abridged from the UK edition, Hothouse.
Synopsis: The far future. The sun is about to go nova. Earth and moon have ceased their axial rotation and present one face continuously to the sun. The bright side of Earth is covered with a a vast carnivorous forest. The protagonists, Gren and his lady, journey to the terrifying dark side of the earth.
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Awards

Place Year and Award Category
1 (as The Long Afternoon of Earth) 1962 Hugo Best Short Fiction

Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Long Afternoon of Earth 1962-01-00 Brian Aldiss Signet / New American Library D2018
$0.50?$: US dollar
 192
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.
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The Long Afternoon of Earth 1971-03-00 Brian Aldiss Signet / New American Library of Canada T4557
C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar
 192
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.
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The Long Afternoon of Earth 1979-07-00 Brian Aldiss Signet / New American Library 0-451-08575-2
$1.75?$: US dollar
 192
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.
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The Long Afternoon of Earth 1981-03-00 Brian Aldiss Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 5853
$3.98?$: US dollar
 217
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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The Long Afternoon of Earth 1985-08-00 Brian Aldiss Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 05853   217
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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The Long Afternoon of Earth date unknown Brian Aldiss Signet 0-451-08575-2
$1.75?$: US dollar
 192
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.
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The Long Afternoon of Earth date unknown Brian Aldiss Signet / New American Library T4557
$0.75?$: US dollar
 192
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.
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The Long Afternoon of Earth date unknown Brian Aldiss Signet 0-451-08575-2
$1.75?$: US dollar
 192
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.
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