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Title: The Machineries of Joy

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Title: The Machineries of Joy Title Record # 118784
Author: Greg Bear
Date: 1988-00-00
Type: ESSAY
Language: English
Note: Essay originally written for Omni, unpublished by Omni and "completed in early 1984", as per the Introduction to this essay that usually accompanies it.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1992Translated by Thomas Wintner
Dutch De technieken van de verpozing
1997Translated by Andreas Irle
German Die Unterhaltungsmachinerie

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Early Harvest 1988-01-29 Greg Bear NESFA Press 0-915368-91-9
$30.00?$: US dollar
vi+
131
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll David Mattingly Checkmark
Early Harvest 1988-03-00 Greg Bear NESFA Press 0-915368-36-6
$15.00?$: US dollar
vi+
131
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll David Mattingly Checkmark
Tangents 1989-08-00 Greg Bear Warner Books 0-446-51401-2
$18.95?$: US dollar
290
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jim Burns Checkmark
Tangents 1989-10-00 Greg Bear Gollancz 0-575-04141-2
£12.95?£: UK pound
290
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll John Harris Checkmark
Tangents 1989-10-00 Greg Bear Warner Books / SFBC 15227
$4.98?$: US dollar
242
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jim Burns Checkmark
Tangents 1990-04-00 Greg Bear VGSF / Gollancz 0-575-04775-5
£3.99?£: UK pound
290
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
Tangents 1990-08-00 Greg Bear Questar / Popular Library 0-445-21044-3
$4.95?$: US dollar
260
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
Tangents 1990-10-00 Greg Bear VGSF / Gollancz 0-575-04775-5   290
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 Jim Burns  
Tangents 1991-12-00 Greg Bear VGSF / Gollancz 0-575-04775-5   290
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  
Digitale dromen 1992-05-00 Greg Bear Meulenhoff (M=SF #304) 90-290-4482-9   198
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 Peter Garriock Checkmark
Tangents 1992-10-00 Greg Bear VGSF / Gollancz 0-575-04775-5   290
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  
Tangents 1995-03-00 Greg Bear VGSF 0-575-04775-5
£5.99?£: UK pound
290
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
Tangenten 1997-00-00 Greg Bear Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #5663) 3-453-11951-7
DM 12.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
302
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 Frank Buchwald Checkmark
Tangents 1997-05-00 Greg Bear Vista 0-575-60159-0
£5.99?£: UK pound
290
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 Jim Burns  
Tangents 2000-06-00 Greg Bear Millennium 1-85798-979-1
£6.99?£: UK pound
290
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
Tangents 2012-10-29 Greg Bear Audible Studios  
$17.35?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll  
Tangents 2016-07-19 Greg Bear Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio 978-1-5226-9697-1
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks
coll  
Tangents date unknown Greg Bear Questar / Popular Library 0-445-21044-3
$4.95?$: US dollar
260
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
Tangents date unknown Greg Bear Popular Library / Warner Books 0-445-21044-3
C$6.50?C$: Canadian dollar
260
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
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