Title: The Game of God
Title Record # 56844
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1963-00-00
Variant Title of: Segregation (1958) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1963-00-00
Variant Title of: Segregation (1958) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: Word count is around 16,500, a novelette. The cover of New Worlds (US), July 1960 also describes it as a "novelet" [sic].
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Current Tags: alien ecology (1), human explorers (1), alien species (1), alien planet (1), castaway (1), parasites (1), primitive religions (1), documentary films (1), degenerate species (1), parthenogenicity (1), reptiles (1), sexual dimorphism (1)
Publications
Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Airs of Earth: Science Fiction Stories | 1963-00-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | Faber and Faber | 18/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
256 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | M. C. Escher | ||
The Airs of Earth | 1965-01-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | 93 | 6/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
256 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
The Airs of Earth | 1965-09-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | Four Square Books | 1325 | 3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
190 | 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 Airs of Earth | 1971-05-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | New English Library | 0-450-00707-3 | £0.30?£: UK pound |
190 | 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 | Bruce Pennington | |
The Airs of Earth | 1972-00-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | New English Library | 0-450-01329-4 | £0.35?£: UK pound |
190 | 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 | Bruce Pennington | |
The Airs of Earth | 1975-05-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | New English Library | 0-450-02097-5 | £0.40?£: UK pound |
190 | 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 | Bruce Pennington | |
Starswarm | 1985-12-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | Baen Books (Baen Science Fiction Books) | 0-671-55999-0 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
246 | 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 | Joe Bergeron | |
Starswarm | 1985-12-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | Baen Books (Baen Science Fiction Books) | 0-671-55999-0 | C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
246 | 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 | Joe Bergeron | |
The Airs of Earth | 2000-00-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | House of Stratus | 0-7551-0061-1 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
230 | 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 |