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Title: 5,271,009 Title Record # 40432
Author: Alfred Bester
Date: 1954-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Synopsis: An unusual character enlightens a man to the consequences of his decisions.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1958 The Starcomber
Year Language Title
1956 Spanish Un Adán para 5.271.009 Evas
1974ⓘTranslated by Gunnar Gällmo and/or Kjell Rehnström
 Swedish 5 271 009
1976ⓘTranslated by Abramo Luraschi.
 Italian Lo stellaiolo
1977ⓘTranslated by Warner Flamen
 Dutch 5.271.009 of Solon de strandjutter
1978ⓘTranslated by Uwe Anton
 German Eine schwerwiegende Entscheidung
1984ⓘTranslated by B. Samarbete
 Spanish 5.271.009
1993ⓘTranslated by Ю. Белова / Yu. Belova.
 Russian 5,271,009 [as by
Альфред Бестер?Al'fred Bester
]
1999ⓘTranslated by Maria Manuel Tinoco.
 Portuguese 5 271 009
2003ⓘTranslated by Josep María Verger.
 Spanish 5.271.009
2013ⓘTranslated by Annarita Guarnieri
 Italian 5.271.009

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1954 1954-03-00 ed. Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas Fantasy House, Inc.  
$0.35?$: 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 Kirberger Checkmark
Assignment in Tomorrow 1954-09-07 ed. Frederik Pohl Hanover House  
$2.95?$: US dollar
 317
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Richard M. Powers Checkmark
Assignment in Tomorrow 1954-11-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Hanover House / SFBC  
$1.15?$: US dollar
 317
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Richard Powers Checkmark
Ciencia y fantasía numero 2?Ciencia y fantasia numero 2
 1956-00-00 ed. uncredited Novaro     128
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".
 anth Bill Stone  
Starburst 1958-05-00 Alfred Bester Signet / New American Library S1524
$0.35?$: US dollar
 160
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Starburst 1965-04-00 Alfred Bester Signet / New American Library D2672
$0.50?$: US dollar
 160
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Starburst 1965-04-00 Alfred Bester Signet / New American Library of Canada D2672
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 160
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Starburst 1968-10-00 Alfred Bester Sphere Books 16071
5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
 158
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 Checkmark
Twenty Years of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1970-06-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman, Robert P. Mills G. P. Putnam's Sons  
$5.95?$: US dollar
 264
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Mel Hunter Checkmark
Twenty Years of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1970-12-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman, Robert P. Mills Berkley Medallion 0-425-01923-3 / #N1923
$0.95?$: US dollar
 320
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 Mel Hunter Checkmark
Twenty Years of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1970-12-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman, Robert P. Mills Berkley Medallion 0-425-01923-3 / N1923
C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 320
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 Mel Hunter Checkmark
Starburst 1970-12-00 Alfred Bester Signet / New American Library of Canada T4460
C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar
 160
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 Bob Pepper Checkmark
Assignment in Tomorrow 1972-04-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Lancer Books 447-78699-125
$1.25?$: US dollar
 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.
 anth Mike Hinge Checkmark
Starburst 1973-03-00 Alfred Bester Sphere Books 0-7221-1610-1
£0.30?£: UK pound
 158
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 Colin Hay Checkmark
Alpha 4 1973-10-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Ballantine Books 0-345-23564-9
C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar
 279
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Alpha 4 1973-10-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Ballantine Books 0-345-23564-9
$1.25?$: US dollar
 279
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Modern Science Fiction 1974-00-00 ed. Norman Spinrad Anchor Press / Doubleday 0-385-02263-8 / A978
$3.50?$: US dollar
 xiv+
540
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
Modern Science Fiction 1974-00-00 ed. Norman Spinrad Anchor Press / Doubleday 0-385-02263-8
$3.50?$: US dollar
 xiv+
540
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  
Det hände i morgon 3?Det hande i morgon 3
 1974-00-00 ed. Sam J. Lundwall Delta (Stockholm) (Delta Science Fiction #16) 91-7228-032-8
skr 30.00?skr: Swedish krona (crown)
 207
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 Virgil Finlay  
The Light Fantastic: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Best Volume I 1976-04-00 Alfred Bester Berkley/Putnam 0-399-11614-1
$7.95?$: US dollar
 254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Richard Powers Checkmark
Modern Science Fiction 1976-06-00 ed. Norman Spinrad Gregg Press (The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series) 0-8398-2339-8
$25.00?$: US dollar
 x+
xiv+
540
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Robot - Rivista di Fantascienza, #4 1976-07-00 ed. Vittorio Curtoni Armenia Editore  
Lit 700?Lit: Italian lira
 128
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 Checkmark
Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester 1976-12-00 Alfred Bester Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 3140
$3.98?$: US dollar
 409
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni Jack Woolhiser Checkmark
Verrukkelijk Fahrenheit 1977-00-00 Alfred Bester Meulenhoff (M=SF #123) 90-290-0516-5   349
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 Paul Lehr Checkmark
The Light Fantastic 1977-05-00 Alfred Bester Gollancz 0-575-02294-9
£4.25?£: UK pound
 254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Starburst 1977-06-00 Alfred Bester Pan Books 0-330-25111-2
£0.60?£: UK pound
 155
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 Gino D'Achille Checkmark
Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester 1977-07-00 Alfred Bester Berkley Medallion 0-425-03451-8
$1.95?$: US dollar
 452
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.
 omni Richard Powers Checkmark
Hände weg von Zeitmaschinen 1978-09-00 Alfred Bester Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy #705) 3-426-00705-3
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 176
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 George Jones Checkmark
The Light Fantastic: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Volume 1 1979-07-00 Alfred Bester Fontana 0-00-615281-3
£0.95?£: UK pound
 223
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 Tim White Checkmark
Science Fiction of the Fifties 1979-09-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander Avon 0-380-46409-8
$4.95?$: US dollar
 xxiii+
438
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 Stanislaw Fernandes Checkmark
Science Fiction of the Fifties 1980-02-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander Avon / SFBC 3671
$3.98?$: US dollar
 xxii+
393
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Gary Viskupic Checkmark
Starburst 1980-03-00 Alfred Bester Signet / New American Library 0-451-09132-9
$1.75?$: US dollar
 160
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 Bob Pepper Checkmark
Starburst 1980-03-00 Alfred Bester Signet / New American Library of Canada 0-451-09132-9
C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 160
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 Bob Pepper Checkmark
Hände weg von Zeitmaschinen 1981-06-00 Alfred Bester Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy #5705) 3-426-05705-0
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 175+
[1]
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 George Jones Checkmark
La fantástica luz 1984-00-00 Alfred Bester Teorema (Visión Arcadia) 84-85958-87-X   271
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 Tim White  
Aller Glanz der Sterne 1991-00-00 Alfred Bester Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #278) 3-518-38455-4
DM 12.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 184
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  
Фата-Моргана 6?Fata-Morgana 6
 1993-00-00 ed.
Сергей Барсов?Sergey Barsov
Sergei Barsov
Флокс?Floks
(
Фантастика, приключения, детектив?Fantastika, priklyuchenniya, detektiv
)		 5-87198-032-5   496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth
Борис Вальехо?Boris Val'ekho
Boris Vallejo
  
Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester 1997-11-00 Alfred Bester Vintage Books 0-679-76783-5
$14.00?$: US dollar
 xiii+
366
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 Evan Gaffney Checkmark
Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester 1997-11-00 Alfred Bester Topeka Bindery 1-4177-1932-X
$17.92?$: US dollar
  
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester 1998-08-00 Alfred Bester Vintage Books / SFBC 1-56865-805-2 / 17770
$10.98?$: US dollar
 366
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Irrealidades Virtuais, 1º volume 1999-05-00 Alfred Bester
Publicações Europa-América?Publicacoes Europa-America
(Livros de Bolso, série Ficção Científica #241)		 972-1-04623-X   138
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 Estúdios PEA  
Irrealidades virtuales 2003-03-00 Alfred Bester Minotauro 84-450-7307-9   420
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Starcomber 2013-05-01 Alfred Bester Positronic Publishing 978-1-62755-087-1   40
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.
 chap Nejron Checkmark
Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester 2013-05-30 Alfred Bester Byron Preiss Visual Publications 0-679-76783-5
$16.95?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Evan Gaffney  
Fantasy & ScienceFiction - Edizione Italiana, #5 2013-11-00 ed. Armando Corridore Elara  
€5.90?€: Euro
 160
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.
 mag Checkmark
The Starcomber 2013-12-06 Alfred Bester Start Publishing 978-1-62793-993-5
$0.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 chap Nejron  
Alpha 4 2022-07-15 ed. Robert Silverberg ReAnimus Press 978-1-00-507413-5
$3.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Bruce Pennington  
Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester date unknown Alfred Bester Berkley Medallion 0-425-03451-8
$1.95?$: US dollar
 452
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.
 omni Richard Powers Checkmark
Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester date unknown Alfred Bester Vintage Books 0-679-76783-5
$14.00?$: US dollar
 xiii+
366
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 Evan Gaffney Checkmark
Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester date unknown Alfred Bester Vintage Books 978-0-679-76783-1
$16.95?$: US dollar
 xiii+
366
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 Evan Gaffney Checkmark
Starburst date unknown Alfred Bester Signet / New American Library T4460
$0.75?$: US dollar
 160
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 Bob Pepper Checkmark
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