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Title: And the Gods Laughed

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Title: And the Gods Laughed Title Record # 61779
Author: Fredric Brown
Date: 1944-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1962Translated by Antonio Ribera
Spanish Y los dioses rieron
1964Translated by Jean Sendy
French Et les dieux rirent
1971Translated by Henk Bouwman
Dutch En de goden lachten ...
1982Translated by Giuseppe Lippi
Italian ... E gli dei risero
1999Translated by Mihai-Dan Pavelescu and Dan Popescu
Romanian
Și zeii râd?Si zeii rad
2005Translated by Núria Gres and Máximo Miguel
Spanish Y los dioses rieron
2007Translated by Jean Sendy revised by Thomas Day for the Folio printings
French Les dieux en rient encore

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
5
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2
And the Gods Laughed 134 136
Far Centaurus 129 131
No Award 23
11 nominations with 6.17 final points.
2020 Retro Hugo 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
Planet Stories, Spring 1944 1944-02-00 ed. W. Scott Peacock Love Romances Publishing Co., Inc.  
$0.20?$: US dollar
132
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Ingels  
Tops in Science Fiction, Fall 1953 1953-00-00 ed. Malcolm Reiss Love Romances Publishing Co., Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
132
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 Frank Kelly Freas  
Honeymoon in Hell 1958-08-00 Fredric Brown Bantam Books A1812
$0.35?$: US dollar
170
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 Hieronymus Bosch Checkmark
Luna de miel en el infierno 1962-00-00 Fredric Brown E.D.H.A.S.A. (Nebulae #79) 79   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  
Honeymoon in Hell 1963-09-00 Fredric Brown Bantam Books J2650
$0.40?$: US dollar
150
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 Louis S. Glanzman Checkmark
Lune de miel en enfer 1964-05-22 Fredric Brown
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#75)
 
F6.15?F: French frank
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  
Hé, wat doen de sterren raar! 1971-00-00 Fredric Brown Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1399) 90-229-1399-6
ƒ2.95?ƒ: Dutch guilder
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.
coll Dick Bruna Checkmark
Lune de miel en enfer 1977-00-00 Fredric Brown
Éditions Famot?Editions Famot
    252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Lune de miel en enfer 1977-04-01 Fredric Brown
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#75)
    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
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
 
Lune de miel en enfer 1981-04-16 Fredric Brown
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#75)
    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
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
 
Honeymoon in Hell 1982-05-00 Fredric Brown Bantam Books 0-553-20752-0
$2.25?$: US dollar
150
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 John Holmes Checkmark
Cosmolinea B-1 1982-09-00 Fredric Brown Mondadori (Biblioteca di Urania #11)  
Lit 8,000?Lit: Italian lira
xii+
540
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 Karel Thole  
Nachtmerrie in groen 1985-00-00 Fredric Brown Loeb 90-6213-963-9   341
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 Kate Higgins Checkmark
And the Gods Laughed 1987-10-00 Fredric Brown Phantasia Press 0-932096-47-6
$19.00?$: US dollar
xxii+
431
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Frank Kelly Freas Checkmark
And the Gods Laughed 1987-10-00 Fredric Brown Phantasia Press 0-932096-47-6
$50.00?$: US dollar
xxii+
431+
[3]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Frank Kelly Freas Checkmark
Lune de miel en enfer 1990-06-00 Fredric Brown
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#75)
2-207-50075-6   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
Joëlle Coulombeau?Joelle Coulombeau
 
Lune de miel en enfer 1995-07-00 Fredric Brown
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#75)
2-207-50075-6   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 Michel Jakubowicz  
Lune de miel en enfer 1997-10-00 Fredric Brown
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#75)
2-207-50075-6   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 Michel Jakubowicz  
Arena 1999-00-00 Fredric Brown Editura Nemira (Nautilus #154) 973-569-322-x   184
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  
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown 2001-02-00 Fredric Brown NESFA Press 1-886778-18-3
$29.00?$: US dollar
693
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown 2001-10-00 Fredric Brown NESFA Press / SFBC 01122
$14.50?$: US dollar
693
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown 2002-07-00 Fredric Brown NESFA Press 1-886778-18-3
$29.00?$: US dollar
693
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Ven y enloquece y otros cuentos de marcianos 2005-03-00 Fredric Brown Gigamesh (Gigamesh Ficción #29) 84-96208-03-6   478
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 Juan Miguel Aguilera  
Lune de miel en enfer 2007-06-02 Fredric Brown
Denoël?Denoel
(Folio SF #280)
978-2-07-034272-3   364
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 Laudator  
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown 2011-06-00 Fredric Brown NESFA Press 978-1-886778-18-4
$29.00?$: US dollar
693
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Second Fredric Brown Megapack: 27 Classic Science Fiction Stories 2014-02-07 Fredric Brown Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4794-0935-8
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Checkmark
And the Gods Laughed 2020-08-12 Fredric Brown Project Gutenberg 62915
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
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