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Title: Rainbird Title Record # 41022
Author: R. A. Lafferty
Date: 1961-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1963Translated by Ugo Malaguti
Italian Rainbird
1975Translated by A. Kindt-van Ewijck and G. Suurmeijer
Dutch Rainbird
1993 Italian Uccello della pioggia
2017Translated by Gilson Cesar Cardoso De Sousa
Portuguese Rainbird

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Magazine, December 1961 1961-12-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.50?$: US dollar
196
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 Dember Checkmark
Galaxy #63 1963-08-00 ed. Luigi Vitali Casa Editrice La Tribuna 63
Lit 200?Lit: Italian lira
160
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 Walker Checkmark
The Seventh Galaxy Reader 1964-02-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Doubleday  
$3.95?$: US dollar
xii+
247
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Roger Zimmerman Checkmark
The Seventh Galaxy Reader 1964-10-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.20?$: US dollar
xii+
247
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Roger Zimmerman Checkmark
The Seventh Galaxy Reader 1965-00-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (3))  
18/-?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).
247
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Seventh Galaxy Reader 1966-04-00 ed. Frederik Pohl The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 108   247
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth John Griffiths Checkmark
The Seventh Galaxy Reader 1967-00-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Pan Books M192
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).
237+
[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.
anth Checkmark
Strange Doings 1972-03-20 R. A. Lafferty Charles Scribner's Sons 0-684-12530-7
$5.95?$: US dollar
276
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll ONI Checkmark
Strange Doings 1973-04-00 R. A. Lafferty DAW Books / New American Library of Canada UQ1050
C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar
192
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
Strange Doings 1973-04-00 R. A. Lafferty DAW Books (DAW Collectors #50) 0-87997-050-2 / UQ1050
$0.95?$: US dollar
192
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
Niet pluis 1975-00-00 R. A. Lafferty Het Spectrum (Prisma #1664) 90-274-0791-6   206
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 Alfons Koppelman Checkmark
Beyond Tomorrow 1976-00-00 ed. Lee Harding Wren (Australia) 0-85885-169-5
£4.95?£: UK pound
320
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Michael Payne Checkmark
Against Tomorrow 1979-03-00 ed. Robert Hoskins Fawcett Crest 0-449-23899-7
$1.75?$: US dollar
287
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
The Great SF Stories #23 (1961) 1991-07-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books (DAW Collectors #856) 0-88677-478-0 / UE2478
$5.50?$: US dollar
367
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 Angus McKie Checkmark
The Great SF Stories #23 (1961) 1991-07-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books 0-88677-478-0 / UE2478
C$5.99?C$: Canadian dollar
367
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 Angus McKie Checkmark
Le grandi storie della fantascienza: 1961 1993-08-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg Mondadori (Classici Urania #197)  
Lit 6,000?Lit: Italian lira
432
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 Barclay Shaw  
Le grandi storie della fantascienza: 1961 1994-06-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg Mondadori (I Libri di Urania #14) 88-04-37674-0
Lit 8,000?Lit: Italian lira
432
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 Barclay Shaw  
The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century 2005-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Harry Turtledove Del Rey / Ballantine 978-0-345-48190-0    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth David Stevenson Checkmark
The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century 2005-01-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Harry Turtledove Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-46094-4
$17.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
425+
[3]
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 Checkmark
As melhores histórias de viagem no tempo: Os contos dos autores mais consagrados da ficção científica 2017-04-04 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Harry Turtledove Editora Jangada  
R$34.10?R$: Brazilian real
473
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
The Man Who Never Was 2021-03-14 R. A. Lafferty Centipede Press 978-1-61347-266-8
$65.00?$: US dollar
383
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jacob McMurray Checkmark
The Man Who Never Was 2021-03-14 R. A. Lafferty Centipede Press 978-1-61347-266-8
$65.00?$: US dollar
383
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jacob McMurray Checkmark
The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century date unknown ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Harry Turtledove Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-46094-4
$17.95?$: US dollar
xii+
[1]+
425+
[9]
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 David Stevenson Checkmark
The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century date unknown ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Harry Turtledove Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-46094-4
$17.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
425
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 David Stevenson  
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