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Title: The Last Flight of Dr. Ain Title Record # 52116
Author: James Tiptree, Jr.
Date: 1969-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note:
  • "The Last Flight of Doctor Ain" copyright © 1974 by Harry Harrison for SF: Author's Choice 4 (heavily revised version of original published in Galaxy for March 1969, © 1969 by Universal Publishing and Distributing Corporation) [source: Acknowledgments page of Warm Worlds and Otherwise)].
  • Originally written in 1968.
  • The "Warm Worlds and Otherwise" edition (1979 Del Rey/Ballantine), the "Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction" edition (1980 Playboy Press), the "Yesterday's Tomorrows" edition (1982 Berkley Books), the "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever" edition (1990 Arkham House), "The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy" edition (2003 Prentice-Hall), the "From Here to Forever" edition (2003 Scarecrow Press), "The Vintage Book of American Women Writers" edition (2011 Vintage Books), and the "Women of Futures Past" edition (2016 Baen) all use the revised text first published in the 1974 anthology "SF: Author's Choice 4". "The Future Is Female!: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, From Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin" edition (2018 The Library of America) uses the original 1969 version published in Galaxy Magazine.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
2003 The Last Flight of Doctor Ain
Year Language Title
1977ⓘTranslated by Roderick van Rhyn
 Dutch De laatste vlucht van dr. Ain [as by James Tiptree]
1981ⓘTranslated by René Mahlow. DON'T MERGE with same-titled translation published in 2014.
 German Doktor Ains letzter Flug
1986ⓘTranslated by Pierre K. Rey
 French Ligne de fuite
1988 Polish Ostatni lot doktora Aina
1991ⓘTranslated by И. Невструев / I. Nevstruev.
 Russian
Последний полёт доктора Айна?Posledniy polyot doktora Ayna
[as by
Джеймс Типтри-младший?Dzheyms Tiptri-mladshiy
]
2006 Swedish Doktor Ains sista resa [as by James Tiptree jr.]
2014ⓘTranslated by Laura Scheifinger
 German Doktor Ains letzter Flug

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Nomination 1970 Nebula Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Magazine, March 1969 1969-03-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.60?$: US dollar
 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 Chaffee Checkmark
SF: Authors' Choice 4 1974-01-00 ed. Harry Harrison Putnam 0-399-11188-3
$5.95?$: US dollar
 248
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Paul Lehr Checkmark
SF: Authors' Choice 4 1974-03-00 ed. Harry Harrison G. P. Putnam's Sons / SFBC 6090
$1.69?$: US dollar
 x+
271
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Paul Lehr Checkmark
SF: Author's Choice 4 1974-08-00 ed. Harry Harrison Berkley Medallion 0-425-02622-1
$1.25?$: US dollar
 271
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 Paul Lehr Checkmark
SF: Author's Choice 4 1974-08-00 ed. Harry Harrison Berkley Medallion 0-425-02622-1
C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar
 271
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 Paul Lehr Checkmark
Warm Worlds and Otherwise 1975-02-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Ballantine Books 0-345-24380-3
$1.50?$: US dollar
 xviii+
222
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 Don R. Smith Checkmark
Warm Worlds and Otherwise 1975-03-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Ballantine Books 0-345-24380-3
C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 xviii+
222
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 Don R. Smith Checkmark
Warm Worlds and Otherwise 1979-02-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-28022-9
$1.95?$: US dollar
 xviii+
222
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 Michael Herring Checkmark
Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction 1980-03-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl Playboy Press 0-87223-568-8
$10.95?$: US dollar
 xiii+
465
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Tommy Soloski Checkmark
Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction 1980-07-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl Playboy Press / SFBC 3888
$6.98?$: US dollar
 xv+
481
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Tommy Soloski Checkmark
Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction 1981-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl Wideview Books 0-87223-647-1
$7.95?$: US dollar
 xiii+
465
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 Tommy Soloski Checkmark
Galaxy: Volume 2 1981-11-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl Playboy Paperbacks 0-87216-926-X
$2.50?$: US dollar
 238
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 Checkmark
Yesterday's Tomorrows 1982-10-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Berkley Books 0-425-05648-1
$9.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
431
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  
From Here to Forever 1982-11-00 ed. James Gunn Mentor / New American Library 0-451-62136-0 / ME2136
$4.95?$: US dollar
 531
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 Richard Courtney Checkmark
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever 1990-06-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Arkham House 0-87054-160-9
$25.95?$: US dollar
 xv+
520
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Andrew Smith (artist) Checkmark
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever 1991-07-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Arkham House / BOMC  
$19.95?$: US dollar
 xv+
520
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Andrew Smith (artist) Checkmark
From Here to Forever 1997-01-00 ed. James Gunn Borealis / White Wolf Publishing 1-56504-822-9 / WW 11090
$14.99?$: US dollar
 601
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
The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy 2000-07-18 ed. Garyn G. Roberts Prentice-Hall 0-13-021280-6
$47.00?$: US dollar
 xviii+
1166
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 Frank R. Paul Checkmark
The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy 2003-00-00 ed. Garyn G. Roberts Prentice-Hall 0-13-021280-6   xviii+
1166
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 Frank R. Paul Checkmark
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever 2004-11-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Tachyon Publications 1-892391-20-1
$15.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
508
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 John Picacio Checkmark
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever 2005-07-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection #20) 0-7394-5512-5 / 1180883
$12.99?$: US dollar
 xv+
492
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Bruce Jensen Checkmark
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever 2014-07-10 James Tiptree, Jr. Gollancz (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-1-4732-0325-9
£4.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Christopher Gibbs  
Warm Worlds and Otherwise 2015-12-17 James Tiptree, Jr. Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-0315-0
£2.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Checkmark
The Future Is Female!: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, From Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin 2018-10-09 ed. Lisa Yaszek The Library of America 978-1-59853-580-8
$27.95?$: US dollar
 xxi+
530
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Richard Avedon Checkmark
The Future Is Female!: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, From Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin 2018-10-09 ed. Lisa Yaszek The Library of America 978-1-59853-585-3
$13.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Richard Avedon  
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever 2020-07-14 James Tiptree, Jr. Audible Studios  
$34.94?$: US dollar
  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 coll John Picacio Checkmark
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever 2020-10-06 James Tiptree, Jr. Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio 978-1-71356-170-5
$29.99?$: US dollar
  
audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks
coll John Picacio  
Warm Worlds and Otherwise 2021-06-03 James Tiptree, Jr. Penguin Books (Penguin Classics Science Fiction) 978-0-241-50975-3
£8.99?£: UK pound
 272
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 Tom Etherington Checkmark
Warm Worlds and Otherwise 2021-06-03 James Tiptree, Jr. Penguin Books (Penguin Classics Science Fiction) 978-0-14-199651-6
£8.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever date unknown James Tiptree, Jr. Tachyon Publications 1-892391-20-1
$15.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
508
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 John Picacio Checkmark
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