Title: Invariant

Title: Invariant Title Record # 57796
Author: John R. Pierce
Date: 1944-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Year	Title
1953	Invariant [as by John Pierce]

Year	Language	Title
1977^ⓘTranslated by Goran Pavelić	Croatian	Nepromjenljivost [as by John Pierce]
1984^ⓘTranslated by Jacques Polanis	French	Invariant [as by John Pierce]
1985	French	Invariant
1989^ⓘTranslated by Anca Cațichi	Romanian	Invariant
1989^ⓘTranslated by Rosemarie Hundertmarck	German	Unveränderlich

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Place	Year and Award	Category
Nominations Below Cutoff	2020 Retro Hugo	Best Short Story

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Astounding Science Fiction, April 1944	1944-04-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.25^?$: 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	Timmins
The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology	1952-02-20	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Simon & Schuster		$3.95^?$: US dollar	xv+ 583	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Leo Manso
The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology	1952-02-20	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Simon & Schuster			xv+ 583, [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Leo Manso
The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology	1953-00-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Simon & Schuster / SFBC		$1.90^?$: US dollar	xv+ 585	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Leo Manso
The First Astounding Science Fiction Anthology	1954-00-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Grayson & Grayson		9/6^?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).	239	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology	1956-12-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Berkley Books	G-41	$0.35^?$: US dollar	188	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 Powers
The First Astounding Science Fiction Anthology	1964-00-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Four Square Books	1166	5/-^?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).	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.	anth
The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology	1964-01-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Berkley Medallion	F875	$0.50^?$: US dollar	192	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 Powers
Science Fiction Inventions	1967-00-00	ed. Damon Knight	Lancer Books	73-691	C$0.60^?C$: Canadian dollar	256	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	Hoot von Zitzewitz
Science Fiction Inventions	1967-00-00	ed. Damon Knight	Lancer Books	73-691	$0.60^?$: US dollar	256	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	Hoot von Zitzewitz
Selections from The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology	1967-12-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Berkley Medallion	X1490	$0.60^?$: US dollar	192	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
Sirius, #17	1977-11-05	ed. Borivoj Jurković^?Borivoj Jurkovic Borivoj Jurkovich	Vjesnik		Din 10^?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar	148	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	Vicente Segrelles
The Best of Astounding	1978-03-00	ed. Tony Lewis	Baronet Publishing Co. (A Baronet/Analog Book)	0-89437-024-3	$5.95^?$: US dollar	244	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	Alex Schomburg
The Best of Astounding	1978-06-00	ed. Tony Lewis	Baronet Publishing Co. (A Baronet/Analog Book)	0-89437-024-3	$5.95^?$: US dollar	244	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	Alex Schomburg
The Best of Astounding	1979-01-00	ed. Tony Lewis	Ace Books (An Analog Book)	0-441-05472-2	$1.95^?$: US dollar	244	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	Alex Schomburg
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 6, 1944	1981-12-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #461)	0-87997-670-5 / UE1670	$2.95^?$: US dollar	368	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	Oliviero Berni
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 6, 1944	1981-12-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	0-87997-670-5	C$3.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	368	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	Oliviero Berni
Caught in the Organ Draft: Biology in Science Fiction	1983-03-14	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Farrar, Straus and Giroux	0-374-31228-1	$12.95^?$: US dollar	xi+ 276	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Christopher Burg
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
The Immortals	1984-03-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles Waugh	Raintree Publishers (Science Fiction Shorts)	0-8172-1741-X	$15.15^?$: US dollar	48	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Joel Naprstek
Invariant	1985-04-29	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Londreys	2-904184-18-X	F75.00^?F: French frank	261	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	Christopher Burg
Analog: The Best of Science Fiction	1985-07-00	ed. uncredited	Galahad Books	0-88365-637-X	$12.95^?$: US dollar	621	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Science Fiction aus den goldenen Jahren	1989-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4600)	3-453-03452-X	DM 16.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	524	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	John Harris
Almanah Anticipația 1990^?Almanah Anticipatia 1990	1989-00-00	ed. Ioan Albescu, Viorica Podină^?Viorica Podinah Viorica Podina	Știință & Tehnică^?Shtiintsa & Tehnicah		Lei 25^?Lei: Romanian leu	320	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	Călin Popovici^?Calin Popovici

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