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Title: The Mother Trip

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Title: The Mother Trip Title Record # 50767
Author: Frederik Pohl
Date: 1975-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: Multiple versions of what could happen when an alien team surreptitiously visits Earth to decide whether humanity presents a threat.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1977First published in JVM #362, 1977. Translated by Gunnar Gällmo
Swedish Modertrippen
1977Translated by Paul Bayart
French Le voyage de la portée
1978Translated by Horst Pukallus
German Der Mutterwahn
1986 Italian Il complesso della mamma

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
2 1976 Locus Best Short Story

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, October 1975 1975-10-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$1.00?$: US dollar
164
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 Mazey , Schell Checkmark
Det hände i morgon 7?Det hande i morgon 7
1977-00-00 ed. Sam J. Lundwall Delta (Stockholm) (Delta Science Fiction #67) 91-7228-145-6
skr 45.00?skr: Swedish krona (crown)
215
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 Karel Thole  
Fiction, #279 1977-04-00 ed. Editors of Fiction OPTA  
F8.50?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 B. Fawzi  
Jupiters Amboß 1978-00-00 ed. Manfred Kluge Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3587) 3-453-30482-9
DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
157
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 Johann Peter Reuter Checkmark
Pohlstars 1984-10-00 Frederik Pohl Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31545-6
$2.95?$: US dollar
x+
257
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Pohlstars 1984-10-00 Frederik Pohl Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31545-6
C$3.75?C$: Canadian dollar
x+
257
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Pohlstars 1986-01-00 Frederik Pohl Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) 0-575-03718-0
£8.95?£: UK pound
x+
203
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Urania #1019 1986-03-30 ed. Gianni Montanari Mondadori 1019
Lit 3,000?Lit: Italian lira
160
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 Karel Thole  
Pohlstars 1990-11-00 Frederik Pohl VGSF 0-575-04855-7
£3.50?£: UK pound
203
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 The Image Bank Checkmark
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