Title: The Ugly Chickens Title Record # 40841
Author: Howard Waldrop
Date: 1980-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
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Translations
Year Language Title 1982ⓘTranslated by Rainer Schmidt German Die häßlichen Hühner?Die haesslichen Huehner 1982 French Les vilains poulets 1982ⓘTranslated by 黒丸尚(Kuroma Hisashi) Japanese みっともないニワトリ?Mitto mo Nai Niwatori Mittomonai Niwatori [as by ハワード・ウォルドロップ?Hawādo Worudoroppu ] 1983ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm German Die häßlichen Hühnchen

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1981 Nebula	Novelette
Win	1981 World Fantasy	Best Short Fiction
5	1981 Locus	Best Novelette
6	1981 Hugo	Best Novelette
Nomination	1981 Balrog	Short Fiction
50 ⓘ11 votes.	2012 Locus Online	20th Century Novelette

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Universe 10	1980-09-00	ed. Terry Carr	Doubleday	0-385-15477-1	$8.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	182	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Lawrence Ratzkin
Dream's Edge: Science Fiction Stories About the Future of Planet Earth	1980-10-00	ed. Terry Carr	Sierra Club Books	0-87156-238-3	$6.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	[6]+ 313	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	Don Shields
Dream's Edge: Science Fiction Stories About the Future of Planet Earth	1980-10-00	ed. Terry Carr	Sierra Club Books	0-87156-232-4	$14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	vi+ 313	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Don Shields
Universe 10	1980-10-00	ed. Terry Carr	Doubleday / SFBC	1155	$2.49?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	182	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Lawrence Ratzkin
The 1981 Annual World's Best SF	1981-05-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #432)	0-87997-617-9 / UE1617	$2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	252	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	Michael Mariano
The 1981 Annual World's Best SF	1981-05-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	0-87997-617-9 / UE1617	C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	252	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	Michael Mariano
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10	1981-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Timescape / Pocket Books	0-671-42262-6	$3.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 434	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
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Tenth Annual Collection	1981-08-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	E. P. Dutton	0-525-06499-0	$12.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxx+ 225	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Mark Rubin
The 1981 Annual World's Best SF	1981-08-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books / SFBC	5524	$3.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ 243	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Gampert
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10	1981-10-00	ed. Terry Carr	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4))	0-575-03024-0	£8.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	424	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Kopernikus 6	1982-05-00	ed. H. J. Alpers	Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction #3575)	3-8118-3575-0	DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	268+ [1]	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	Carl Lundgren
Univers 1982	1982-06-04	ed. Jacques Sadoul	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1340)	2-277-21340-3		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.	anth	Eric Ladd
Nebula Award Stories Sixteen	1982-08-00	ed. John F. Carr, Jerry Pournelle	Holt, Rinehart and Winston	0-03-059787-0	$15.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	286	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Lucy Castelluccio
S-Fマガジン 1982年09月号, #290?Esu-Efu Magajin 1982-nen 09-gatsu Gō, #290 Esu-Efu Magajin 1982-nen 09-gatsu Gou, #290 S-F Magajin 1982-nen 09-gatsu Gō, #290 S-F Magajin 1982-nen 09-gatsu Gou, #290	1982-09-00	ed. 今岡清?いまおかきよし Imaoka Kiyoshi	早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼう ハヤカワショボウ		¥600?¥: Japanese yen. ISO code: JPY	272	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.	mag	加藤直之?かとうなおゆき Katō Naoyuki Katou Naoyuki
Universe 10	1982-12-00	ed. Terry Carr	Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp.	0-8217-1114-8	$2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	256	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
Die schönsten Science Fiction Stories des Jahres: Band 1	1983-00-00	ed. Terry Carr	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4021)	3-453-30928-6	DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	525	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
Nebula Winners Sixteen	1983-00-00	ed. John F. Carr, Jerry Pournelle	Star	0-352-31423-0	£2.25?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	280	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
Nebula Winners Sixteen	1983-00-00	ed. John F. Carr, Jerry Pournelle	W. H. Allen	0-491-03290-0	£8.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	286	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	David Bergen
Nebula Award Stories Sixteen	1983-09-00	ed. John F. Carr, Jerry Pournelle	Bantam Books	0-553-23493-5	$2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xvii+ 231	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	Gary LoSasso
The Best from Universe	1984-02-00	ed. Terry Carr	Doubleday	0-385-17512-4	$11.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ [3]+ 209	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Julie Linden
Howard Who?	1986-07-00	Howard Waldrop	Doubleday	0-385-19708-X	$12.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	181	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Margo Herr
Strange Things in Close-Up: The Nearly Complete Howard Waldrop	1989-09-00	Howard Waldrop	Legend	0-09-964440-1	£4.50?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	vii+ 363	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.	omni	Mark Salwowski
The Legend Book of Science Fiction	1991-07-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Legend	0-7126-5010-5	£8.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	vii+ 672	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 Legend Book of Science Fiction	1991-07-11	ed. Gardner Dozois	Legend / Century	0-7126-4861-5	£14.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	vii+ 672	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	NASA
Modern Classics of Science Fiction	1992-02-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Press	0-312-07238-4	$27.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	672	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Modern Classics of Science Fiction	1992-04-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Press / SFBC	19603	$12.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	vii+ 672	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
８０年代ＳＦ傑作選〔上〕?80 Nendai SF Kessakusen (Jō)	1992-10-00	ed. 小川,隆?おがわたかし Takashi Ogawa , 山岸真?やまぎしまこと Makoto Yamagishi	早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼう ハヤカワショボウ ( ハヤカワ文庫SF?Hayakawa Bunko SF #988)	4-15-010988-5	¥940?¥: Japanese yen. ISO code: JPY	523	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
Modern Classics of Science Fiction	1993-02-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Press	0-312-08847-7	$15.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	vii+ 672	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
My Favorite Science Fiction Story	1999-03-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1115)	0-88677-830-1 / UE2830	$6.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 372	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	Angus McKie
My Favorite Science Fiction Story	1999-07-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books / SFBC	0-7394-0349-4 / 00941	$9.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 372	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Angus McKie
Sci Fiction, May 31, 2000	2000-05-31	ed. Ellen Datlow	SciFi.com			0	webzine?Used for Internet-based periodical publications which are otherwise not downloadable as an "ebook".	mag
My Favorite Science Fiction Story	2005-09-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg	ibooks	1-59687-121-0	$12.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 372	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	Kimberly Chandler
Howard Who?	2006-11-00	Howard Waldrop	Small Beer Press (Peapod Classics #3)	1-931520-18-6	$14.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	v+ 253	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	Kevin Huizenga
Things Will Never Be the Same: A Howard Waldrop Reader: Selected Short Fiction 1980-2005	2007-03-00	Howard Waldrop	Old Earth Books	1-882968-36-0	$15.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 311	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	Ellen Datlow , Robert T. Garcia
Things Will Never Be the Same: A Howard Waldrop Reader: Selected Short Fiction 1980-2005	2007-03-00	Howard Waldrop	Old Earth Books	978-1-882968-35-0	$45.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 311+ [3]	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ellen Datlow , Robert T. Garcia
The Ugly Chickens	2009-10-29	Howard Waldrop	Old Earth Books		$0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	32	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.	chap	Steve Stiles
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction	2011-06-00	ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-3079-3	$49.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	991	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
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction	2011-12-20	ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-4035-8	$39.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
The Drabblecast, #310	2014-01-16	ed. Norm Sherman	The Drabblecast		$0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	mag

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