Title: Giant Killer

Title: Giant Killer Title Record # 45646
Author: A. Bertram Chandler
Date: 1945-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: Story length is approximately 18,500 words based upon analysis of the electronic reprint of the story in "Baen's Universe".

Synopsis: Mutants of a nonhuman species have enough intelligence to gain some insight into the nature of their reality, and their relationship to humans.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1983^ⓘTranslated by Martin Eisele	German	Shrick, der Riesentöter
1988^ⓘTranslated by either Veikko Rekunen, Tapani Ronni, Jorma-Veikko Sappinen, Seppo Sipilä, or Leena Peltonen	Finnish	Jättiläisentappaja

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
3	1996 Retro Hugo	Best Novella
Nominations Below Cutoff ^ⓘ1 nomination with 0.25 final points	2020 Retro Hugo	Best Novella

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Astounding Science Fiction, October 1945	1945-10-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.25^?$: 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	Timmins
World of Wonder	1951-08-00	ed. Fletcher Pratt	Twayne Publishers		$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	445	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Herbstman
World of Wonder	1951-10-00	ed. Fletcher Pratt	Twayne Publishers		$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	445	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Herbstman
Great Short Novels of Science Fiction	1970-07-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Ballantine Books	0-345-01960-1	$0.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 373	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	Donna Violetti
Great Short Novels of Science Fiction	1970-07-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Ballantine Books	0-345-01960-1	C$0.95^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	viii+ 373	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	Donna Violetti
Great Short Novels of Science Fiction	1971-12-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Ballantine Books (UK)	0-345-01960-1	£0.35^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	viii+ 373	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
The Astounding-Analog Reader, Volume 1	1972-00-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison	Doubleday	0-385-02334-0	$7.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xvi+ 530	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Astounding-Analog Reader, Book Two	1973-10-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison	Sphere	0-7221-4364-8	£0.40^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	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	Chris Foss
Novella: 3	1978-00-00	ed. Ben Bova	Orbit / Futura	0-7088-8015-0	£0.85^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	159	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
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels	1980-11-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg	Priam Books / Arbor House	0-87795-295-7	$9.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 768	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 Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels	1980-12-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg	Arbor House	0-87795-295-7	$19.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 768	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Antler & Baldwin, Inc.
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels	1981-05-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg	Arbor House / SFBC	5754	$6.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 753	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Antler & Baldwin, Inc.
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 / UE1746	$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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
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. ISO code: CAD	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
Die Vierziger Jahre II	1983-04-00	ed. Hans Joachim Alpers, Werner Fuchs	Hohenheim (Edition SF im Hohenheim Verlag)	3-8147-0033-3	DM 32.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	381+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Oliviero Berni
The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Fourth Series	1984-12-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers	0-517-44735-5	$6.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	632	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Fernandez
Ensimmäinen yhteys: tieteisnovelleja	1988-00-00	ed. Jyrki Ijäs	Pirkanmaan Kirjapaino (Tieteissarja #1)	951-99942-9-7		367	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	Kari T. Leppänen^?Kari T. Leppaenen Kari T. Leppanen
The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940s	1989-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Robinson	1-85487-017-3	£4.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	504	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	Bob Layzell
The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940s	1989-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Carroll & Graf	0-88184-480-2	$8.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	504	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	Bob Layzell
The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940s	1989-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Carroll & Graf	0-88184-480-2	$8.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	504	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Bob Layzell
Worlds Imagined	1989-04-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg	Avenel Books	0-517-68029-7	$8.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 704	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
From Sea to Shining Star	1990-11-00	A. Bertram Chandler	Dreamstone	0-9587968-1-5	A$70.00^?A$: Australian dollar. ISO code: AUD	342	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Nick Stathopoulos
From Sea to Shining Star	1990-11-00	A. Bertram Chandler	Dreamstone	0-9587968-0-7	A$100.00^?A$: Australian dollar. ISO code: AUD	342	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Nick Stathopoulos
Great Tales of the Golden Age of Science Fiction	1991-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Galahad Books	0-88365-772-4		xii+ 466	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Karen Nelson
Science Fiction: Classic Stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction	1991-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Galahad Books	1-57866-106-4		466	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction	1991-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Jaico Publishing House	J-648		504	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
Science Fiction: Classic Stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction	2000-08-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Galahad Books	1-57866-106-4	$9.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	466	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction	2007-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Robinson	1-84529-096-8	£7.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	viii+ 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.	anth	Corbis
The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction	2007-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Carroll & Graf	0-7867-1905-2	$13.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 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.	anth	Corbis
Jim Baen's Universe, June 2007	2007-06-00	ed. Eric Flint, Mike Resnick	Baen Books	1932093022	$6.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	mag
Science Fiction: Classic Stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction	2010-03-01	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Galahad Books	978-1-57866-178-7	$9.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	466	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth

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