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Title: The Scapegoat Title Record # 69392
Author: C. J. Cherryh
Date: 1985-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Series: Alliance-Union
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: First published in Alien Stars, ed. Elizabeth Mitchell, Baen, 1985.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1987Translated by Predrag Raos
Croatian Žrtva mira
1988Translated by Irene Holicki
German Der Sündenbock

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
2 1985 Locus Best Novella
5 1986 Hugo Best Novella
6 1986 Locus Best Novella

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Alien Stars 1985-01-00 ed. Elizabeth Mitchell Baen 0-671-55934-6
$2.95?$: US dollar
254
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Alien Stars 1985-01-00 ed. Elizabeth Mitchell Baen 0-671-55934-6
C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar
254
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 Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Body Armor: 2000 1986-04-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joe Haldeman, Charles G. Waugh Ace Science Fiction Books 0-441-06976-2
$3.50?$: US dollar
311
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 Walter Velez Checkmark
Body Armor: 2000 1986-07-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joe Haldeman, Charles G. Waugh Ace Science Fiction Books 0-441-06977-0
$3.50?$: US dollar
311
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 Walter Velez Checkmark
Absolute Magnitude, Spring 1995 1995-00-00 ed. Warren Lapine D.N.A. Publications  
$4.00?$: US dollar
92
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag Bob Eggleton  
The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century 2001-05-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Harry Turtledove Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-43989-9
$18.00?$: US dollar
xii+
[1]+
544+
[2]
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 Jeff Corwin Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh 2004-02-00 C. J. Cherryh DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1283) 0-7564-0217-4
$23.95?$: US dollar
xi+
642
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Michael Whelan Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh 2005-02-00 C. J. Cherryh DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1283) 0-7564-0256-5
$15.95?$: US dollar
xi+
642
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of C.J. Cherryh 2008-10-00 C. J. Cherryh DAW Books 978-0-7564-0526-7
$8.99?$: US dollar
ix+
726
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh 2019-06-11 C. J. Cherryh DAW Books 978-0-7564-1556-3
$22.00?$: US dollar
736
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 Michael Whelan  
Body Armor: 2000 date unknown ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joe Haldeman, Charles G. Waugh Ace Books 0-441-06977-0
$3.50?$: US dollar
311
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 Walter Velez Checkmark
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