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Title: A Braver Thing Title Record # 41586
Author: Charles Sheffield
Date: 1990-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: First published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1990.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1990Translated by Renaldo Sergio de Biasi.
Portuguese Uma Coisa Mais Corajosa
1993Translated by Massimo Patti
Italian Qualcosa di eccezionale
1998Translated by Jacek Manicki.
Polish
Coś wielkiego?Cos wielkiego

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Isaac Asimov Magazine, #08 1990-00-00 ed. Ronaldo Sergio de Biasi Record     240
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  
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1990 1990-02-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Davis Publications  
$2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
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 Hisaki Yasuda Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection 1991-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-06009-2
$15.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xxxii+
624
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection 1991-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-06008-4
$27.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xxxii+
624
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Michael Whelan Checkmark
Best New SF 5 1991-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 1-85487-091-2
£7.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
xxxii+
624
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 Ian Craig Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection 1991-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press / SFBC 18551
$12.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xxxii+
624
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Michael Whelan Checkmark
Dancing with Myself 1993-09-00 Charles Sheffield Baen Books 0-671-72185-2
$4.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
viii+
366
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 Stanislaw Fernandez Checkmark
Supernovę?Supernovae
1993-10-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Interno Giallo / Mondadori (IperFICTION) 88-04-37768-2
Lit 35,000?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999
622
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth F. G. Confalonieri  
Millemondi Primavera 1996 1996-02-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Mondadori (Millemondi (quarterly) #6)  
Lit 9,000?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999
318
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 Giuseppe Festino  
Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology 1996-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell, Milton T. Wolf Tor 0-312-85287-8
$24.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
798
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 John Berkey Checkmark
Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology 1996-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell, Milton T. Wolf Tor 0-312-86224-5
$35.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
798
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth John Berkey Checkmark
Fenix, V9 #9, 1998 1998-00-00 ed.
Jaroslaw Grzędowicz?Jaroslaw Grzedowicz
Radwan      
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
Andrzej Łaski?Andrzej Laski
 
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection 2012-09-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 978-1-4668-2947-3
$7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xxxii+
624
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Michael Whelan  
Dancing with Myself 2018-03-15 Charles Sheffield Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-406-4
$14.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
358
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  
Dancing with Myself 2018-03-16 Charles Sheffield Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-407-1
$2.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
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