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Title: I, Rocket Title Record # 64833
Author: Ray Bradbury
Date: 1944-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1969Translated by Wulf H. Bergner
German Ich, die Rakete
1974 Italian Io, astronave
1975Translated by J. Peels
Dutch Ik, een raket

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
1
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Pass 6 Runoff
I, Rocket 117 118 123 136 149 177 279
Desertion 65 65 69 90 117 138
The Wedge 56 56 62 66 71
And the Gods Laughed 46 47 49 54
Huddling Place 44 45 46
Far Centaurus 22 22
No Award 16 18
8 nominations with 4.83 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
Amazing Stories, May 1944 1944-05-00 ed. Raymond A. Palmer Ziff-Davis Publishing Company  
$0.25?$: US dollar
212
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 Malcolm Smith Checkmark
Amazing Stories, April 1961 1961-04-00 ed. Cele Goldsmith Ziff-Davis Publishing Company  
$0.50?$: 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 Frank R. Paul Checkmark
The Human Zero and Other Science-Fiction Masterpieces 1967-00-00 ed. Roger Elwood, Sam Moskowitz Tower Books 43-906
$0.60?$: US dollar
224
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
The Human Zero and Other Science-Fiction Masterpieces 1967-00-00 ed. Roger Elwood, Sam Moskowitz Tower Books 43-906
C$0.60?C$: Canadian dollar
224
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  
Der Robotspion 1969-07-00 ed. Roger Elwood, Sam Moskowitz Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3150) 3150
DM 2.60?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
143
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
Galassia #196 1974-04-01 ed. Vittorio Curtoni, Gianni Montanari Casa Editrice La Tribuna 196
Lit 700?Lit: Italian lira
148
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 Libero Vitali  
Het menselijk nulpunt en andere verhalen 1975-00-00 ed. Roger Elwood, Sam Moskowitz Scala (Scala SF #7) 90-6221-141-0   192
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 Eddie Jones Checkmark
Die imaginäre Größe?Die imaginaere Groesse
1978-00-00 ed. Roger Elwood, Sam Moskowitz Xenos (Super-Science-Fiction #73) 73SF78
DM 3.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
142
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 Victor Prezio Checkmark
Amazing Science Fiction Anthology: The War Years 1936-1945 1987-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg TSR 0-88038-440-9
$3.95?$: US dollar
331
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
The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: A Critical Edition: Volume I: 1938-1943 2011-04-00 Ray Bradbury Kent State University Press 978-1-60635-071-3
$65.00?$: US dollar
xlvi+
498
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Amazing Stories Replicas, May, 1944—Vol. 18, No. 3 2015-00-00 ed. Raymond A. Palmer Amazing Stories Classics Publication / The Experimenter Publishing (Amazing Stories Replicas) 978-1-5007-8510-9
$9.99?$: US dollar
vi+
211
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 Malcolm Smith Checkmark
Black Infinity, Winter/Spring 2022 2021-12-30 ed. Tom English Rocket Science Books 978-1-73243-449-3
$12.95?$: US dollar
232
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.
mag Earle K. Bergey  
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