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Title: Brightness Falls from the Air Title Record # 2312
Author: James Tiptree, Jr.
Date: 1985-02-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Rift
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1986 Italian E sarà la luce
1991 Portuguese O Brilho Escorre do Ar
1997Translated by Andrej Malešević
Croatian Sjaj se s neba ruši
1998Translated by uncredited
Polish
Jasność Spływa z Powietrza?Jasnosc Splywa z Powietrza
2007Translated by 浅倉久志 (Asakura Hisashi)
Japanese
輝くもの天より墜ち?かがやくものてんよりおち
Kagayakumono Ten Yori Ochi
[as by
ジェイムズ・ティプトリー・ジュニア?Jeimuzu Tiputorī Junia
Jeimuzu Tiputorii Junia
]
2018Translated by Andrea Stumpf
German Helligkeit fällt vom Himmel

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
8 1986 Locus Best SF Novel
Win (as
輝くもの天より墜ち?かがやくものてんよりおち
Kagayakumono Ten Yori Ochi
)
2008 Seiun Best Translated Long Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Brightness Falls from the Air 1985-02-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Tor 0-312-93097-6
$14.95?$: US dollar
382
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Joe Bergeron Checkmark
Brightness Falls from the Air 1985-04-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Tor / SFBC 6341
$4.98?$: US dollar
[16]+
270
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Joe Bergeron Checkmark
Brightness Falls from the Air 1986-04-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Tor 0-812-55625-9
$3.50?$: US dollar
382
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.
novel Joe Bergeron Checkmark
E sarà la luce 1986-05-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Mondadori (Altri Mondi #3)  
Lit 18,000?Lit: Italian lira
312
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Vicente Segrelles  
Brightness Falls from the Air 1986-11-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Sphere 0-7221-8533-2
£3.50?£: UK pound
334
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.
novel Les Edwards Checkmark
O Brilho Escorre do Ar 1991-00-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Clássica Editora (Limites #2) 972-561-192-6   406
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
novel  
Brightness Falls from the Air 1993-08-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Orb 0-312-85407-2
$9.95?$: US dollar
382
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.
novel Joe Bergeron Checkmark
Sjaj se s neba ruši 1997-00-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Sara 93 (Biblioteka Daka) 953-6187-32-9   424
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Jasność Spływa z Powietrza?Jasnosc Splywa z Powietrza
1998-00-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Zysk i S-ka 83-7150-431-4
zł 29.50?zł: Polish zloty
382
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.
novel Checkmark
Brightness Falls from the Air 2001-11-00 James Tiptree, Jr. e-reads.com 0-7592-6253-5
$8.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel Checkmark
E Sarà La Luce 2003-06-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Editrice Nord (Cosmo Collana di Fantascienza #333) 88-429-1276-X
€14.50?€: Euro
311
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.
novel Bob Eggleton  
輝くもの天より墜ち?かがやくものてんよりおち
Kagayakumono Ten Yori Ochi
2007-07-25
ジェイムズ・ティプトリー・ジュニア?Jeimuzu Tiputorī Junia
Jeimuzu Tiputorii Junia
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō
Hayakawa Shobo
はやかわしょぼう
ハヤカワショボウ
(
ハヤカワ文庫SF?Hayakawa Bunko SF
#1623)
978-4-15-011623-1
¥940?¥: Japanese yen
586
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.
novel
岩郷重力?Iwagō Jūryoku
いわごう じゅうりょく
Iwagou Juhryoku
Iwagou Juuryoku
 
Brightness Falls From the Air 2014-04-01 James Tiptree, Jr. Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4976-1140-5
$6.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel  
Two Great Novels: Up the Walls of the World / Brightness Falls from the Air 2016-01-14 James Tiptree, Jr. Gollancz 978-1-4732-0310-5
£12.99?£: UK pound
702
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.
omni Nattapon Wongwean Checkmark
Two Great Novels: Up the Walls of the World / Brightness Falls from the Air 2016-02-25 James Tiptree, Jr. Gollancz 978-1-4732-0311-2
£12.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
omni Nattapon Wongwean  
Brightness Falls from the Air 2016-06-09 James Tiptree, Jr. Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-12402-8
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel  
Helligkeit fällt vom Himmel 2018-02-19 James Tiptree, Jr. Septime (James Tiptree Jr. Werkausgabe) 978-3-902711-47-2
€24.90?€: Euro
511
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel
Jürgen Schütz?Juergen Schuetz
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