Title: Memnon: Histoire Orientale

Title: Memnon: Histoire Orientale Title Record # 1388791
Author: Voltaire
Date: 1747-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: French

Note: An initial version of what becomes (much expanded) "Zadig". Word count (from Project Gutenberg) = 2,062.

Synopsis: Borderline speculative fiction, but does include the six-winged angel who lives "500 million leagues from the sun".

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Year	Title
1934	Memnon: ou: La sagesse humaine

Year	Language	Title
1794^ⓘTranslated by unknown hands	English	Memnon the Philosopher; or, Human Wisdom [as by M. de Voltaire]
1794^ⓘFrom Romances, Tales & Smaller Pieces of M. de Voltaire Vol.1. Translated by an unknown translator	English	Memnon, or Human Wisdom
1928^ⓘTranslated by R. Bruce Boswell	English	Memnon
1931^ⓘTranslated by unknown hands	English	Memnon, the Philosopher
1959^ⓘTranslated by unknown hands	English	Memnon, the Philosopher
1961^ⓘTranslated by Donald M. Frame	English	Memnon
2002^ⓘSubtitled in English "Or Human Wisdom". Translated by Theo Cuffe	English	Memnon

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Memnon: Histoire Orientale	1747-00-00	Voltaire	Pour la Compagnie			172	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap
Romances, Tales and Smaller Pieces	1794-00-00	M. de Voltaire	P. Dodsley			340+ 341	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Romances of Voltaire	1928-00-00	Voltaire	Lincoln MacVeagh / The Dial Press			350	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Best Known Works of Voltaire: The Complete Romances	1931-00-00	Voltaire	Blue Ribbon Books			504	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Romans et contes de Voltaire I	1934-10-15	Voltaire	Horizons de France			vi+ 356	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
Voltaire: A Laurel Reader	1959-06-00	Voltaire	Dell	LC134	$0.30^?$: US dollar	383	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	Saul Lambert
Candide, Zadig, and Selected Stories	1961-00-00	Voltaire	Indiana University Press			xvi+ 351	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Forgotten Fantasy, December 1970	1970-12-00	ed. Douglas Menville, Robert Reginald	Nectar Press		$0.60^?$: 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	George Barr
Candide ou l'optimisme: La princesse de Balylone et autres contes	1981-00-00	Voltaire	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Classique)	2-253-00425-1		510	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
The Book of Fantasy	1988-11-00	ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo	Viking	0-670-82393-7	$19.95^?$: US dollar	384	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Book of Fantasy	1988-11-00	ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo	Xanadu	0-947761-44-6	£14.95^?£: UK pound	384	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Book of Fantasy	1989-06-00	ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo	Viking / QPBC		$9.95^?$: US dollar	384	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
The Book of Fantasy	1990-08-00	ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo	Black Swan	0-552-99401-4	£5.99^?£: UK pound	523	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	Stephen Player
The Book of Fantasy	1990-09-00	ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo	Carroll & Graf	0-88184-656-2	$10.95^?$: US dollar	384	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
Micromégas and other Short Fictions	2002-05-30	Voltaire	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics)	0-14-044686-9	£7.99^?£: UK pound	xxxvi+ 162	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	Pietro Longhi
Forgotten Fantasy: Issue #2, December 1970	2007-11-25	ed. Douglas Menville, Robert Reginald	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-9144-2	$14.95^?$: US dollar	130	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
Forgotten Fantasy: Issue #2, December 1970	2007-11-25	ed. Douglas Menville, Robert Reginald	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-9238-8	$24.95^?$: US dollar	130	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth

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