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Title: Hothouse Title Record # 41305
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1961-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Hothouse
Language: English
Note:
  • First published in the magazine The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1961
  • This story is available, in fixup form, as part of the the novel Hothouse (1962) which was also released, in slightly abridged form, as The Long Afternoon of Earth (1962).
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1962Translated by Michel Deutsch
French
Le monde vert: 1/ La grande montée?Le monde vert: 1/ La grande montee
1993 Italian La serra

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1961 1961-02-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Mercury Press, Inc.  
$0.40?$: US dollar
132
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 Emsh Checkmark
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [UK], June 1961 1961-06-00 ed. uncredited Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
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).
116
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 Emsh  
Fiction, #100 1962-03-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
OPTA  
F2.00?F: French frank
196
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 Jean-Claude Forest  
Out of This World 4 1964-00-00 ed. Mably Owen, Amabel Williams-Ellis Blackie  
12/6?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).
187
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gaynor Chapman  
Out of This World 1971-00-00 Mably Owen, Amabel Williams-Ellis Blackie 0-216-88408-X
£1.25?£: UK pound
175+
187
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Geoffrey Bargery Checkmark
Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction 1974-12-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Thomas Nelson 0-8407-6412-X
$6.50?$: US dollar
224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth James Barry (I) Checkmark
Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction 1975-01-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Thomas Nelson / SFBC 6434
$1.98?$: US dollar
x+
182
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth James Barry (I) Checkmark
Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction 1976-05-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Abelard-Schuman 0-200-72455-X
£3.95?£: UK pound
224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth James Barry (I) Checkmark
Mutants 1977-02-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Corgi 0-552-10387-X
£0.65?£: UK pound
204
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 Jones Checkmark
The Great Science Fiction Series 1980-11-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Frederik Pohl Harper & Row 0-06-013382-1
$16.95?$: US dollar
x+
419
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jon Weiman Checkmark
Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder 1987-10-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Warner Books 0-446-51369-5
$17.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
352
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stanislaw Fernandez Checkmark
Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder 1988-11-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Victor Gollancz 0-575-04355-5
£11.95?£: UK pound
349
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Terry Pastor  
Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder 1988-11-00 ed. Robert Silverberg VGSF / Victor Gollancz 0-575-04356-3
£4.99?£: UK pound
xiv+
349
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 Terry Pastor Checkmark
Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder 1989-04-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Warner Books 0-446-39012-7
$12.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
352
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 Stanislaw Fernandez Checkmark
The Great SF Stories #23 (1961) 1991-07-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books (DAW Collectors #856) 0-88677-478-0 / UE2478
$5.50?$: US dollar
367
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 Checkmark
The Great SF Stories #23 (1961) 1991-07-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books 0-88677-478-0 / UE2478
C$5.99?C$: Canadian dollar
367
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 Checkmark
Le grandi storie della fantascienza: 1961 1993-08-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg Mondadori (Classici Urania #197)  
Lit 6,000?Lit: Italian lira
432
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 Barclay Shaw  
Le grandi storie della fantascienza: 1961 1994-06-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg Mondadori (I Libri di Urania #14) 88-04-37674-0
Lit 8,000?Lit: Italian lira
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 Barclay Shaw  
Science Fiction: 101 2001-03-00 ed. Robert Silverberg ibooks 0-7434-1294-X
$14.00?$: US dollar
xvi+
544
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 Debbie Silva Checkmark
Science Fiction: 101 2005-10-00 ed. Robert Silverberg ibooks 0-7434-1294-X
$14.00?$: US dollar
xvi+
544
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 Debbie Silva  
Mutants 2009-03-05 ed. Robert Silverberg Wildside Press 978-1-4344-5512-3
$14.99?$: US dollar
228
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 Jesse-lee Lang Checkmark
Science Fiction: 101: Exploring the Craft of Science Fiction 2014-05-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Roc / New American Library 978-0-451-46676-1
$16.00?$: US dollar
xvi+
489
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
Science Fiction: 101 date unknown ed. Robert Silverberg ibooks 0-7434-1294-X
$14.00?$: US dollar
xvi+
544
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 Debbie Silva Checkmark
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