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Title: How to Talk to Girls at Parties Title Record # 204841
Author: Neil Gaiman
Date: 2006-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: While searching for a party they've been invited to, two teenaged boys have no idea what kind of trouble might occur if they accidentally "crash" a party for aliens!
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Translations
Year Language Title
2007ⓘTranslated by Emmy van Beest and Josephine Ruitenberg
 Dutch Hoe je op feestjes met meisjes in gesprek raakt
2010 Portuguese Como conversar com garotas em festas
2010ⓘTranslated by Hannes Riffel and/or Sara Riffel (the credit for the collection states both of them, but the individual items may have been translated by only one of them)
 German Wie man auf Partys Mädchen anspricht
2019ⓘTranslated by Dietmar Schmidt
 German Wie man sich auf Partys mit Mädchen unterhält

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
1 2007 Locus Best Short Story
2 2007 Hugo Best Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Fragile Things 2006-09-00 Neil Gaiman Headline Review 0-7553-3412-4
£17.99?£: UK pound
 xxix+
366
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll gray318  
Fragile Things 2006-09-00 Neil Gaiman Headline Review 0-7553-3413-2
£11.99?£: UK pound
 xxix+
366
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 gray318  
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders 2006-10-00 Neil Gaiman William Morrow / HarperCollins 0-06-051522-8
$26.95?$: US dollar
 xxxi+
360
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Richard L. Aquan , Henry Gray , Floyd Dean , Lindamarie Ambrose , Paul Ambrose , Jan Cobb Checkmark
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders 2006-10-00 Neil Gaiman William Morrow / HarperCollins / SFBC 1221406
$13.49?$: US dollar
 xxxi+
360
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Richard L. Aquan , Henry Gray , Floyd Dean , Lindamarie Ambrose , Paul Ambrose , Jan Cobb  
Fragile Things 2006-10-26 Neil Gaiman HarperAudio 978-0-06-122995-4
$27.93?$: US dollar
  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 coll Richard L. Aquan , Henry Gray , Floyd Dean , Lindamarie Ambrose , Paul Ambrose , Jan Cobb Checkmark
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2007 2007-01-00 ed. Gordon Van Gelder Spilogale, Inc.  
$4.50?$: 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 David Hardy Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume One 2007-03-00 ed. Jonathan Strahan Night Shade Books 1-59780-068-6
$19.95?$: US dollar
 478
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 Stephan Martiniere Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume One 2007-03-01 ed. Jonathan Strahan Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-267-3
$19.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Stephan Martiniere  
Fragile Things 2007-04-00 Neil Gaiman Headline Review 978-0-7553-3414-8
£7.99?£: UK pound
 440
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 gray318  
Fragile Things 2007-04-05 Neil Gaiman Headline Review 978-0-7553-3415-5
£7.99?£: UK pound
 448
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 gray318  
M Is for Magic 2007-06-19 Neil Gaiman HarperAudio 978-0-06-147582-5
$15.99?$: US dollar
  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 coll Teddy Kristiansen Checkmark
M Is for Magic 2007-06-26 Neil Gaiman HarperCollins 978-0-06-118645-5
$17.89?$: US dollar
 260
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Teddy Kristiansen  
M Is for Magic 2007-07-00 Neil Gaiman HarperCollins 978-0-06-118642-4
$16.99?$: US dollar
 xii+
260
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Teddy Kristiansen Checkmark
M Is for Magic 2007-08-00 Neil Gaiman Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-123-1
$60.00?$: US dollar
 xii+
151
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Gahan Wilson  
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders 2007-10-00 Neil Gaiman Harper Perennial 978-0-06-125202-0
$14.95?$: US dollar
 xxxiii+
360+
16
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  
M Is for Magic 2008-03-00 Neil Gaiman Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-9568-7
£6.99?£: UK pound
 xi1+
248
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 Teddy Kristiansen  
M Is for Magic 2008-05-00 Neil Gaiman HarperTrophy 978-0-06-118647-9
$6.99?$: US dollar
 xii+
260
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 Teddy Kristiansen  
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume One 2009-04-00 ed. Jonathan Strahan Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-068-6
$6.00?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Stephan Martiniere  
M Is for Magic 2009-04-09 Neil Gaiman Paw Prints 978-1-4395-8344-9
$15.99?$: US dollar
 260
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Teddy Kristiansen  
Coraline and Other Stories 2009-10-00 Neil Gaiman Bloomsbury (The Bloomsbury Phantastics) 978-1-4088-0345-5
£8.99?£: UK pound
 x+
277
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 Holly Macdonald  
M Is for Magic 2009-10-06 Neil Gaiman HarperCollins 978-0-06-197267-6
$6.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Teddy Kristiansen  
Fragile Things 2009-10-13 Neil Gaiman William Morrow / HarperCollins 978-0-06-180416-8
$7.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Checkmark
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders 2010-02-01 Neil Gaiman Harper 978-0-06-051523-2
$7.99?$: US dollar
 400
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
Fragile Things 2010-09-30 Neil Gaiman Headline Review 978-0-7553-7994-1
£4.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll gray318  
Alien Contact 2011-11-00 ed. Marty Halpern Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-359-5
$9.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth J. F. Parnell Checkmark
Alien Contact 2012-01-00 ed. Marty Halpern Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-281-9
$15.99?$: US dollar
 491
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 J. F. Parnell Checkmark
Fragile Things 2013-00-00 Neil Gaiman Headline Review 978-0-7553-3415-5
£7.99?£: UK pound
 440
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
How to Talk to Girls at Parties 2013-05-20 Neil Gaiman William Morrow / HarperCollins 978-0-06-229357-2
$0.00?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 chap Checkmark
Futuredaze 2: Reprise 2014-08-07 ed. Nancy Holder, Erin Underwood Underwords Press 978-0-9858934-4-6
$3.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth  
Futuredaze 2: Reprise 2014-08-12 ed. Nancy Holder, Erin Underwood Underwords Press 978-0-9858934-2-2
$15.95?$: US dollar
 290
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  
The Humanity of Monsters 2015-09-25 ed. Michael Matheson ChiZine Publications 978-1-77148-359-9
$16.99?$: US dollar
 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.
 anth Erik Mohr  
How to Talk to Girls at Parties 2016-07-05 Neil Gaiman Dark Horse Books 978-1-61655-955-7
$17.99?$: US dollar
  
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 chap Fabio Moon Checkmark
How to Talk to Girls at Parties 2016-10-18 Neil Gaiman Dark Horse Books 978-1-63008-967-2
$8.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 chap  
Fragile Things 2018-05-22 Neil Gaiman William Morrow / HarperCollins 978-0-06-269954-1
$16.99?$: US dollar
 xxxiii+
355
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  
Fragile Things 2018-05-22 Neil Gaiman William Morrow / HarperCollins 978-0-06-180416-8
$7.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction 2020-10-20 Neil Gaiman Headline 978-1-4722-8230-9
£30.00?£: UK pound
 752
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction 2020-10-20 Neil Gaiman William Morrow / HarperCollins 978-0-06-303185-2
$40.00?$: US dollar
 736
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Ulf Andersen Checkmark
The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction 2020-10-20 Neil Gaiman HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing 978-1-79994-282-5
$55.99?$: US dollar
  
audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks
coll Ulf Andersen  
The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction 2020-10-20 Neil Gaiman William Morrow / HarperCollins 978-0-06-303187-6
$29.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Ulf Andersen Checkmark
The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction 2020-10-20 Neil Gaiman HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing 978-0-06-303188-3
$48.99?$: US dollar
  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 coll Ulf Andersen  
The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction 2020-10-20 Neil Gaiman HarperAudio 978-0-06-303188-3
$55.90?$: US dollar
  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 coll Ulf Andersen Checkmark
The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction 2020-11-10 Neil Gaiman HarperLuxe 978-0-06-303238-5
$42.00?$: US dollar
 608
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 Ulf Andersen  
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders date unknown Neil Gaiman Harper 978-0-06-051523-2
$7.99?$: US dollar
 xxxiii+
363
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  
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders date unknown Neil Gaiman Harper 978-0-06-051523-2
$7.99?$: US dollar
 xxxiii+
363
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
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders date unknown Neil Gaiman Harper 978-0-06-051523-2
$7.99?$: US dollar
 xxxiii+
363
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
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders date unknown Neil Gaiman Harper 978-0-06-051523-2
$7.99?$: US dollar
 xxxiii+
363
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
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