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Title: Alphas Title Record # 41390
Author: Gregory Benford
Date: 1989-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1990Translated by Michael Schönenbröcher
German Alphas
1991Translated by Marzia Iori
Italian Alpha

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
21 1990 Locus Best Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Amazing Stories, March 1989 1989-03-00 ed. Patrick Lucien Price TSR  
$1.75?$: US dollar
164
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 Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection 1990-06-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-04451-8
$24.95?$: US dollar
xxvi+
598
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Thomas Kidd Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection 1990-06-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-04452-6
$14.95?$: US dollar
xxvi+
598
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 Thomas Kidd Checkmark
The 1990 Annual World's Best SF 1990-07-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books (DAW Collectors #820) 0-88677-424-1 / UE2424
$4.50?$: US dollar
vii+
341
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
Die besten Stories der amerikanischen Science Fiction: Worlds Best SF 9 1990-07-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24132)
3-404-24132-0
DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
381
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
The 1990 Annual World's Best SF 1990-08-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / SFBC 17365
$5.98?$: US dollar
vii+
254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Richard Powers Checkmark
Best New SF 4 1990-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 1-85487-057-2
£6.99?£: UK pound
xxvi+
598
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 Ian Craig Checkmark
Urania #1169 1991-12-29 ed. Giuseppe Lippi Mondadori 1169
Lit 5,000?Lit: Italian lira
256
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 Vicente Segrelles Checkmark
Millemondi Primavera 1995 1995-02-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Mondadori (Millemondi (quarterly) #2)  
Lit 9,000?Lit: Italian lira
350
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 Marco Patrito  
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection date unknown ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press / BOMC 0-312-04452-6   xxvi+
598
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 Tom Kidd Checkmark
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