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Title: Pi in the Sky Title Record # 41065
Author: Fredric Brown
Date: 1945-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Synopsis: To scientists' amazement, a certain number of stars have started moving across the sky. These unexplained movements will turn out to be meaningful…
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Current Tags: humorous (1), science fiction (1), mad scientist (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1954ⓘTranslated by Jacques Papy
 French Anarchie dans le ciel
1956ⓘTranslated by Félix Monteagudo
 Spanish Pi en el cielo
1959 Italian Parallasse celeste
1960ⓘTranslated by 福島正実(Fukushima Masami)
 Japanese
狂った星座?くるったせいざ
Kurutta Seiza
[as by
フレドリック・ブラウン?Furedorikk Buraun
]
1962ⓘTranslated by Mário-Henrique Leiria
 Portuguese Mecânica celeste
1969ⓘTranslated by Beata Della Frattina
 Italian Che Succede Lassù?
1970ⓘTranslated by Inge R. L. Larsson.
 Swedish Fixa stjärnor
1971ⓘTranslated by Henk Bouwman
 Dutch Hé, wat doen de sterren raar!
1978ⓘTranslated by Ljerka Pustišek
 Croatian Zbrka sa zvijezdama [as by Frederic Brown]
1981ⓘTranslated by Leni Sobez
 German Zeichen am Himmel
1995ⓘTranslated by Claudiu Florian
 Romanian
Gâlceavă pe cer?Galceava pe cer
2005ⓘTranslated by Núria Gres and Máximo Miguel
 Spanish Pi en el cielo

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
2 1996 Retro Hugo Best Novelette

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1945 1945-02-00 ed. Sam Merwin, Jr. Standard Magazines, Inc.  
$0.15?$: US dollar
 116
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
 mag Earle Bergey  
Space on My Hands 1951-07-00 Fredric Brown Shasta  
$2.50?$: US dollar
 224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Malcolm Smith Checkmark
Space on My Hands 1953-00-00 Fredric Brown Corgi 1077
2/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
 239
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  
Space on My Hands 1953-01-00 Fredric Brown Bantam Books 1077
$0.25?$: US dollar
 239
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 Charles Binger  
Space on My Hands 1953-01-00 Fredric Brown Bantam Books 1077
$0.25?$: US dollar
 239
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 Charles Binger Checkmark
Fantastic Story Magazine, July 1953 1953-07-00 ed. Samuel Mines Best Books, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
 148
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
 mag Walter Popp Checkmark
Daymares 1968-00-00 Fredric Brown Lancer Books 73-727
$0.60?$: US dollar
 317
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 Howard Winters Checkmark
The Best of Fredric Brown 1977-01-00 Fredric Brown Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 3180
$2.49?$: US dollar
 280
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Richard V. Corben Checkmark
The Best of Fredric Brown 1977-05-00 Fredric Brown Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-25700-6
$1.95?$: US dollar
 xvi+
315
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 H. R. Van Dongen Checkmark
Science Fiction of the Forties 1978-10-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Frederik Pohl Avon 0-380-40097-9
$4.95?$: US dollar
 377
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 Earle Bergey Checkmark
Space on My Hands 1980-05-00 Fredric Brown Bantam Books 0-553-13400-0
$1.95?$: US dollar
 239
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 John Holmes Checkmark
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 7, 1945 1982-07-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books (DAW Collectors #489) 0-87997-746-9
$3.50?$: US dollar
 368
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 Bernal Checkmark
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 7, 1945 1982-07-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-746-9
C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 368
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 Bernal Checkmark
The Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown 1982-09-00 Fredric Brown New English Library 0-450-05501-9
£1.75?£: UK pound
 447
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 Tim White Checkmark
Space on My Hands 1993-06-00 Fredric Brown Lightyear Press 0-89968-332-0    
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown 2001-02-00 Fredric Brown NESFA Press 1-886778-18-3
$29.00?$: US dollar
 693
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown 2001-10-00 Fredric Brown NESFA Press / SFBC 01122
$14.50?$: US dollar
 693
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown 2002-07-00 Fredric Brown NESFA Press 1-886778-18-3
$29.00?$: US dollar
 693
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown 2011-06-00 Fredric Brown NESFA Press 978-1-886778-18-4
$29.00?$: US dollar
 693
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Fredric Brown Megapack: 33 Classic Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy 2013-11-26 Fredric Brown Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4344-4280-2
$0.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Checkmark
The Fredric Brown Megapack: 33 Classic Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy 2014-07-29 Fredric Brown Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4794-0202-1
$13.99?$: US dollar
 259
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  
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