Title: Press Enter ▮

Title: Title Record # 41040
Author: John Varley
Date: 1984-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English

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Synopsis: Victor Apfel, a troubled war vet, gets an odd, pre-recorded phone message, instructing him to go inside the house next door. He opens the door to find his neighbor shot through the head. But is it suicide - or murder? And is it possible that a computer is to blame? (fantasticfiction.com)

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1985^ⓘTranslated by Jean Bonnefoy	French	Frappez: Entrée []^?Frappez: Entree []
1985^ⓘTranslated by Michael Kubiak as Frank Stein	German	Terminal
1985^ⓘTranslated by Inge Holm	German	Eingang drücken
1985^ⓘTranslated by Inge Holm	German	Drücke Enter
1986^ⓘTranslated by 風見潤 (Jun Kazami)	Japanese	Press Enter ▮^?Press Enter [] [as by ジョン・ヴァーリイ^?Jon Vārii ]
1986^ⓘTranslated by Goran Pavelić	Croatian	Pritisni »Enter«
1989^ⓘTranslated by Mara Arduini	Italian	Premi "Enter"
1993^ⓘTranslated by Mihai-Dan Pavelescu	Romanian	Apasă tasta Enter^?Apasa tasta Enter

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1985 SF Chronicle	Novella
1	1985 Hugo	Best Novella
1	1985 Locus	Best Novella
Win	1985 Nebula	Novella
Win	1987 Seiun	Best Translated Short Story
17 ^ⓘ23 votes.	2012 Locus Online	20th Century Novella

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1984	1984-05-00	ed. Shawna McCarthy	Davis Publications		$1.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	180	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	Hisaki Yasuda
Étoile Double #14	1985-04-00	ed. Robert Louit	Denoël^?Denoel ( Étoile Double^?Etoile Double #14)	2-207-34014-7	F19.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	158	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	François Allot^?Francois Allot
La science-fiction chez Denoël	1985-04-00	ed. Gérard Bourgadier	Denoël^?Denoel			60	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	Didier Eberoni
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection	1985-04-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Bluejay Books	0-312-94485-3	$10.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	573	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	Thomas Kidd
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection	1985-04-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Bluejay Books	0-312-94484-5	$19.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	573	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Thomas Kidd
The 1985 Annual World's Best SF	1985-06-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #630)	0-88677-047-5 / UE2047	$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	302	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	Frank Kelly Freas
The 1985 Annual World's Best SF	1985-06-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	0-88677-047-5 / UE2047	C$3.95^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	302	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	Frank Kelly Freas
World's Best SF 4	1985-06-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	Bastei Lübbe^?Bastei Luebbe ( Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special^?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special #24069)	3-404-24069-3	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	362	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	Chris Foss (in error)
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year	1985-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Tor	0-812-53273-2	$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	384	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 W. Carroll
Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazin 25. Folge	1985-09-00	ed. Friedel Wahren	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4222)	3-453-31201-5	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	287+ [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	Karel Thole
The 1985 Annual World's Best SF	1985-09-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books / SFBC	04755	$4.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ 239	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Richard Powers
Best Science Fiction of the Year 14	1985-10-00	ed. Terry Carr	Gollancz	0-575-03714-8	£9.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	376	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Best Science Fiction of the Year 14	1985-10-00	ed. Terry Carr	Gollancz	0-575-03747-4	£4.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	376	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
Nebula Awards 20	1985-11-00	ed. George Zebrowski	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	0-15-164927-8	$17.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xi+ 372	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Nebula Awards 20	1985-11-00	ed. George Zebrowski	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	0-15-665477-6	$8.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xi+ 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	H. Wendler
Blue Champagne	1986-01-00	John Varley	Dark Harvest	0-913165-09-3	$18.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	400	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Todd Cameron Hamilton
Blue Champagne	1986-01-00	John Varley	Dark Harvest	0-913165-08-5	$45.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	400	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Todd Cameron Hamilton
S-Fマガジン 1986年02月号, #335^?Esu-Efu Magajin 1986-nen 02-gatsu Gō, #335 Esu-Efu Magajin 1986-nen 02-gatsu Gou, #335 S-F Magajin 1986-nen 02-gatsu Gō, #335 S-F Magajin 1986-nen 02-gatsu Gou, #335	1986-02-00	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				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
Sirius, #118	1986-04-05	ed. Milivoj Pašiček^?Milivoj Pasicek Milivoj Pashichek	Vjesnik		Din 150^?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar. ISO codes: YUF in 1945-1966, YUD in 1966-1989, YUN in 1990-1992, YUR in July 1992-September 1993, YUO in October-December 1993, YUG in early January 1994, YUM in 1994-2003, CSD in 2003-2006, RSD since 2006	132	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.	mag	Zoran Škrlin-Hrle
Blue Champagne	1986-11-00	John Varley	Berkley Books	0-425-09336-0	$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	290	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	Todd Cameron Hamilton
Blue Champagne	1987-09-00	John Varley	Ace Books	0-441-06868-5	$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	290	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	Todd Cameron Hamilton
The Best of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine	1988-02-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Ace Books	0-441-05498-6	$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ 258	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	John Harris
Urania #1102	1989-06-04	ed. Gianni Montanari	Mondadori	1102	Lit 4,000^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	192	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	Vicente Segrelles
The New Hugo Winners: Award-Winning Science Fiction Stories	1989-12-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	Wynwood Press	0-922066-21-3	$17.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	320	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Britt Taylor Collins
The New Hugo Winners	1990-05-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	Wynwood / SFBC	17008	$8.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	320	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Britt Taylor Collins
Press Enter ▮ / Hawksbill Station^?Press Enter [] / Hawksbill Station	1990-10-00	ed. Robert Silverberg, John Varley	Tor (Tor Double #26)	0-812-55948-7	$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	98+ 86	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 Gudynas , Jim Warren
The New Hugo Winners	1991-09-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	Baen Books	0-671-72081-3	$4.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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	Vincent Di Fate
Champagne bleu	1992-01-00	John Varley	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #527)	2-207-30527-9		319	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	Sato Yamamoto
Almanah Anticipația 1994^?Almanah Anticipatia 1994	1993-00-00	ed. Mihai-Dan Pavelescu	Știință & Tehnică^?Shtiintsa & Tehnicah	973-96236-4-6	Lei 2,700^?Lei: Romanian leu. ISO codes: ROK in 1947-1952, ROL in 1952-2005, RON since 2005	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.	anth	Walter Riess
Hugo and Nebula Award Winners from Asimov's Science Fiction	1995-12-00	ed. Sheila Williams	Wings Books	0-517-12410-6	$12.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	558	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Chris Moore
Press Enter ▮^?Press Enter []	1997-03-00	John Varley	Science Fiction Book Club (The Science Fiction Book Club Collection)	1-56865-279-8 / 13973	$7.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 148	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap	Bob Eggleton
Future on Ice	1998-10-00	ed. Orson Scott Card	Tor	0-312-86694-1	$24.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	432	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	The Chopping Block, Inc.
Fernes Licht	2000-00-00	ed. Wolfgang Jeschke	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #2100)	3-453-17117-9	DM 15.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	1051	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	Thomas Thiemeyer
Future on Ice	2000-01-00	ed. Orson Scott Card	Tor	0-312-87296-8	$15.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	432	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 John Varley Reader	2004-09-00	John Varley	Ace Books	0-441-01195-0	$16.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ 532	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	Ian McKinnell , Ralph Mercer
The John Varley Reader	2004-10-00	John Varley	Ace Books / SFBC	0-7394-4671-1 / 1173161	$12.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	532	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ian McKinnell , Ralph Mercer
The John Varley Reader	2020-09-22	John Varley	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-5040-6341-8	$11.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The John Varley Reader	date unknown	John Varley	Ace Books	978-1-4406-2512-1	$20.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Ian McKinnell , Ralph Mercer

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