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Title: Nine Hundred Grandmothers Title Record # 54132
Author: R. A. Lafferty
Date: 1966-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Habitable Worlds
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
2019 Nine-Hundred Grandmothers
Year Language Title
1969Translated by Aline Ditcharry
French
Neuf cents grand-mères?Neuf cents grand-meres
1972Translated by F. Lancel
Dutch Negenhonderd grootmoeders
1973Translated by Elisabeth Böhm
German Am Anfang war die Grossmutter
1974Translated by Karl H. Kosmehl
German Neunhundert Großmütter
1980Translated by Hilia Brinis
Italian Novecento Nonne
1981Translated by 浅倉久志
Japanese
九百人のお祖母さん?きゅうひゃくにんのおばあさん
Kyūhyakkunin no Obaasan
Kyuuhyakkunin no Obaasan
[as by ]
1984Translated by Jacques Polanis
French
Neuf cents grand-mères?Neuf cents grand-meres
1984Translated by Ozren Podnar
Croatian 900 baka

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
If, February 1966 1966-02-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
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 Pederson Checkmark
World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 1967-00-00 ed. Terry Carr, Donald A. Wollheim Ace Books (World's Best Science Fiction #3) A-10
$0.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
285
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 Checkmark
La machine à tuer 1969-10-03 Jack Vance OPTA (OPTA - Galaxie Bis #12)  
F6.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999
255
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.
novel Ed Emshwiller  
Nine Hundred Grandmothers 1970-00-00 R. A. Lafferty Ace Books (Ace SF Special, Series 1 #58050) 58050
$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
318
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 Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon Checkmark
World's Best Science Fiction: Third Series 1970-00-00 ed. Terry Carr, Donald A. Wollheim Ace Books (World's Best Science Fiction #3) 91355
$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
285
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 Checkmark
Negenhonderd grootmoeders 1972-00-00 R. A. Lafferty Meulenhoff (M=SF #50) 90-290-0094-5   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.
coll Bouke IJlstra Checkmark
Alpha Three 1972-10-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Ballantine Books 0-345-02883-X
$1.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
277
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
Alpha Three 1972-10-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Ballantine Books 0-345-02883-X
C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD
277
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
Science-Fiction-Stories 27 1973-08-00 ed. uncredited Ullstein (Ullstein 2000 #49 (2976)) 3-548-02976-0
DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
126
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 Frank Frazetta Checkmark
900 Grossmütter Band 1 1974-06-00 R. A. Lafferty Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Orbit #38) 3-436-01920-8
DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
158
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 Eddie Jones Checkmark
Nine Hundred Grandmothers 1975-05-00 R. A. Lafferty Dennis Dobson (Dobson Science Fiction) 0-234-77286-7
£3.50?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
De beste science fiction verhalen van Meulenhoff 1978-00-00 ed. Mark Carpentier Alting Meulenhoff (M=SF #141) 90-290-0549-1   388
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
Urania #852 1980-09-07 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Mondadori 852
Lit 1,000?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999
168
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  
九百人のお祖母さん?きゅうひゃくにんのおばあさん
Kyūhyakkunin no Obaasan
Kyuuhyakkunin no Obaasan
1981-02-28
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō
Hayakawa Shobo
はやかわしょぼう
ハヤカワショボウ
(
海外SFノヴェルズ?Kaigai SF Noveruzu
)
    368
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll
畑農照雄?はたのてるお
Hatano Teruo
 
Nine Hundred Grandmothers 1982-01-00 R. A. Lafferty Ace Books 0-441-58051-3
$2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
318
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 Charles Mikolaycak Checkmark
Histoires d'immortels 1984-01-00 ed. Jacques Goimard,
Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis
,
Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3784) 2-253-03371-5   443
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 Philippe Adamov Checkmark
Sirius, #99 1984-09-05 ed.
Borivoj Jurković?Borivoj Jurkovic
Borivoj Jurkovich
Vjesnik  
Din 60?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar. ISO codes: YUF in 1945-1966, YUD in 1966-1989, YUN in 1990-1992, YUR in July 1992-September 1993, YUO in October-December 1993, YUG in early January 1994, YUM in 1994-2003, CSD in 2003-2006, RSD since 2006
132
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 Frank Kelly Freas Checkmark
Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology 1986-09-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl Bluejay Books 0-312-94471-3
$19.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
438
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Alan Gutierrez Checkmark
Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology 1986-09-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl Bluejay Books 0-312-94472-1
$10.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
438
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 Alan Gutierrez Checkmark
九百人のお祖母さん?きゅうひゃくにんのおばあさん
Kyūhyakkunin no Obaasan
Kyuuhyakkunin no Obaasan
1988-02-15
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō
Hayakawa Shobo
はやかわしょぼう
ハヤカワショボウ
(
ハヤカワ文庫SF?Hayakawa Bunko SF
#757)
4-15-010757-2   539
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
横山えいじ?Eiji Yokoyama
 
So frustrieren wir Karl den Grossen 1993-00-00 R. A. Lafferty Heyne (Bibliothek der Science Fiction Literatur #89) 3-453-06243-4
DM 16.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
383
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 Gervasio Gallardo Checkmark
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 1993-10-00 ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-03546-8
$27.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
869
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Dale O'Dell Checkmark
Nine Hundred Grandmothers 1999-00-00 R. A. Lafferty Wildside Press 1-880448-97-1
$15.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
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.
coll Checkmark
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 1999-06-00 ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-97241-0
$36.60?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
870
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 Dale O'Dell  
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons 2000-04-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-25462-8
$17.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xi+
481
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 Chesley Bonestell Checkmark
Exploring the Horizons: Explorers, and the Furthest Horizon 2000-05-00 Gardner Dozois Science Fiction Book Club 0-7394-1009-1 / 11247
$17.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
916
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni John Berkey Checkmark
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons 2002-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois   0-312-27150-6
$17.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Chesley Bonestell  
The Man Underneath 2016-01-28 R. A. Lafferty Centipede Press 978-1-61347-164-7
$100.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
351
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jacob McMurray Checkmark
Nine Hundred Grandmothers 2016-01-29 R. A. Lafferty Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-1366-1
£2.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection 2016-07-12 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books 978-1-101-91009-2
$25.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xxxi+
1178
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection 2016-07-12 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books 978-1-101-91010-8
$25.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Bruce Pennington Checkmark
The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection 2016-07-12 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Vintage Crime/Black Lizard / SFBC 14-1016912
$19.55?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xxxi+
1178
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 Bruce Pennington  
The Best of R. A. Lafferty 2019-04-04 R. A. Lafferty Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-1-4732-1344-9
£9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
xiv+
446
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 Emanuel Santos Checkmark
The Best of R. A. Lafferty 2021-02-02 R. A. Lafferty Tor (Tor Essentials) 978-1-250-77853-6
$18.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
288
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  
The Best of R. A. Lafferty 2021-02-02 R. A. Lafferty Tor (Tor Essentials) 978-1-250-79481-9
$30.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
285
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Danny Xu Checkmark
The Best of R. A. Lafferty 2021-02-02 R. A. Lafferty Tor (Tor Essentials) 978-1-250-77868-0
$12.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Alpha 3 2022-07-07 ed. Robert Silverberg ReAnimus Press 978-1-005-95359-1
$3.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons date unknown ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 978-0-312-27150-3
$7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Chesley Bonestell  
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 date unknown ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-03546-8
$27.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
869
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Dale O'Dell  
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 date unknown ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-97241-0   869
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 Dale O'Dell Checkmark
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 date unknown ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-03546-8
$27.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
869
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Dale O'Dell  
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