Title: Can These Bones Live?
Title Record # 49928
Author: Ted Reynolds
Date: 1979-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Ted Reynolds
Date: 1979-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A woman resurrected by visiting aliens long after the extinction of humanity debates whether to request the resurrection of the rest of the race, and how to convince the aliens to do so.
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1979 Analog | Best Short Story |
| 18 | 1980 Locus | Best Short Story |
| 3 | 1980 Hugo | Best Short Story |
Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1979 | 1979-03-00 | ed. Stanley Schmidt | Condé Nast | $1.25?$: US dollar |
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 | Mike Hinge |  |
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| The 1980 Annual World's Best SF | 1980-05-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #384) | 0-87997-535-0 / UE1535 | $2.25?$: US dollar |
284 | 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 | Jack Gaughan | |
| The 1980 Annual World's Best SF | 1980-05-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | 0-87997-535-0 / UE1535 | C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
284 | 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 | Jack Gaughan | |
| The 1980 Annual World's Best SF | 1980-09-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books / SFBC | 3997 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
x+ 278 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Gary Viskupic | |
| The Analog Anthology #1 | 1980-12-00 | ed. Stanley Schmidt | Davis Publications | $2.95?$: US dollar |
380 | 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". |
anth | Dean Ellis | |
|
| Analog's Golden Anniversary Anthology | 1981-00-00 | ed. Stanley Schmidt | The Dial Press | 0-8037-0217-5 | $10.95?$: US dollar |
380 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| Fifty Years of the Best Science Fiction from Analog | 1982-00-00 | ed. Stanley Schmidt | Davis Publications | $2.95?$: US dollar |
380 | 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". |
anth | |
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| Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Nine | 1985-12-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books | 0-88677-099-8 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
284 | 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 | Segrelles | |
| Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Nine | 1985-12-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books | 0-88677-099-8 / UE2099 | C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
284 | 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 | Segrelles | |