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Title: The Screwfly Solution Title Record # 40964
Author: James Tiptree, Jr.
Date: 1977-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: pseudopod.org, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
User Rating: 9.33 (12 votes) Including variants and translations: 9.31 (13 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: horror (1), science fiction (1), into-tv (1), sex (1), Masters of Horror (1), alien invasion (1), misogyny (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1977 The Screwfly Solution [as by Raccoona Sheldon]
Year Language Title
1979Translated by Mark Wynants
Dutch Biologische bestrijding [as by Raccoona Sheldon]
1980Translated by J. Verheydt and H. M. Verheydt
Dutch De schroefvliegen [as by Raccoona Sheldon]
1983Translated by Bernd W. Holzrichter
German
Schmeißfliegen?Schmeissfliegen
1985 Swedish Lövskogsnunnans lösning
1985
  • Title means "The Way to Fly".
  • Translated by Jacek Manicki.
Polish Sposób na muchy
1986Translated by Jean-Daniel Brèque
French Comme des mouches
1988Translated by Predrag Raos
Croatian Biološko rješenje [as by Raccoona Sheldon]
1989Translated by Jürgen Langowski
German Die Goldfliegen-Lösung
1993Translated by Mihai-Dan Pavelescu
Romanian
Veriga slabă?Veriga slaba
[as by Racoona Sheldon]
1999Translated by 浅倉久志(Asakura Hisashi)
Japanese
ラセンウジバエ解決法?ラセンウジバエかいけつほう
Rasenujibae Kaiketsuhō
Rasenujibae Kaiketsuhou
[as by
ラクーナ・シェルドン?Rakūna Sherudon
Rakuuna Sherudon
]
2006This translation was previously published as Lövskogsnunnans lösning.
Swedish Parasitflugelösningen [as by James Tiptree jr.]
2012Translated by Frank Böhmert
German Die Screwfly Solution
2023Translated by Marcia Men.
Portuguese A solução da mosca da bicheira

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Out of the Everywhere and Other Extraordinary Visions 1981-12-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-28485-2
$2.75?$: US dollar
276
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Out of the Everywhere, and Other Extraordinary Visions 1981-12-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-28485-2
C$3.25?C$: Canadian dollar
276
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
A Treasury of American Horror Stories 1985-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers 0-517-48075-1
$10.00?$: US dollar
xii+
670
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Hector Garrido  
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever 1990-06-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Arkham House 0-87054-160-9
$25.95?$: US dollar
xv+
520
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Andrew Smith (artist) Checkmark
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever 1991-07-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Arkham House / BOMC  
$19.95?$: US dollar
xv+
520
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Andrew Smith (artist) Checkmark
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever 2004-11-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Tachyon Publications 1-892391-20-1
$15.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
508
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 John Picacio Checkmark
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever 2005-07-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection #20) 0-7394-5512-5 / 1180883
$12.99?$: US dollar
xv+
492
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bruce Jensen Checkmark
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever 2014-07-10 James Tiptree, Jr. Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-1-4732-0324-2
£9.99?£: UK pound
xxi+
508
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 Christopher Gibbs Checkmark
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever 2014-07-10 James Tiptree, Jr. Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-1-4732-0325-9
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Christopher Gibbs  
Pseudopod, #400 2014-08-22 ed. Shawn Garrett Escape Artists, Inc.  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
mag Checkmark
Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology 2015-06-01 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer PM Press 978-1-62963-035-9
$15.95?$: US dollar
341
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
Out of the Everywhere and Other Extraordinary Visions 2016-01-28 James Tiptree, Jr. Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-0318-1
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
This Way to the End Times: Classic Tales of the Apocalypse 2016-10-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Three Rooms Press 978-1-941110-47-8
$19.95?$: US dollar
xvii+
452
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 A. V. Flores Checkmark
This Way to the End Times: Classic Tales of the Apocalypse 2016-10-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Three Rooms Press 978-1-941110-48-5
$4.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth A. V. Flores  
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever 2020-07-14 James Tiptree, Jr. Audible Studios  
$34.94?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll John Picacio Checkmark
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever 2020-10-06 James Tiptree, Jr. Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio 978-1-71356-170-5
$29.99?$: US dollar
 
audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks
coll John Picacio  
The Future Is Female! More Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, Volume Two: The 1970s 2022-09-00 ed. Lisa Yaszek The Library of America 978-1-59853-732-1
$27.95?$: US dollar
xxxii+
492
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Karel Thole Checkmark
A Treasury of American Horror Stories date unknown ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers 0-517-48075-1   xii+
670
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Hector Garrido  
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever date unknown James Tiptree, Jr. Tachyon Publications 1-892391-20-1
$15.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
508
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 John Picacio Checkmark
Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology date unknown ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer PM Press 978-1-62963-035-9
$15.95?$: US dollar
341
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  
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