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Title: You Can't Go Back Title Record # 43108
Author: R. A. Lafferty
Date: 1981-09-28
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A group of children visits a very small moon, hanging very close to the surface of the Earth. As adults they come back.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1982Translated by Uta McKechneay
German Es gibt kein Zurück
1985Translated by Annemarie van Ewijc
Dutch Je kunt niet meer terug
1987Translated by Emmanuel Jouanne
French Pas de retour possible [as by
Raphaël Aloysius Lafferty?Raphael Aloysius Lafferty
]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 28, 1981 1981-09-28 ed. George H. Scithers Davis Publications  
$1.50?$: US dollar
180
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 Angelini Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11 1982-07-00 ed. Terry Carr Timescape / Pocket Books 0-671-44483-2
$3.95?$: US dollar
viii+
438
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
Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazin 15. Folge 1982-09-00 ed. Friedel Wahren Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3913) 3-453-30839-5
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
206+
[2]
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 Karel Thole Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 1982-11-00 ed. Terry Carr Gollancz 0-575-03156-5
£9.95?£: UK pound
viii+
430
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Die schönsten Science Fiction Stories des Jahres: Band 2 1984-02-00 ed. Terry Carr Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4047) 3-453-30990-1
DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
526
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
De beste SF van het jaar 1985-00-00 ed. Terry Carr Het Spectrum (Prisma #2410) 90-274-1553-6   254
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 Tim White Checkmark
Tropique des étoiles 1987-03-13 ed. Pierre K. Rey Londreys (
Science & Fiction?Science et Fiction
)
2-904184-60-0
F75.00?F: French frank
273
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 Henri Galeron  
Iron Tears 1992-12-00 R. A. Lafferty Edgewood Press 0-9629066-2-X
$10.00?$: US dollar
v+
219
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 Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon  
Readercon 15 Souvenir Book 2003-07-00 Michael Matthew, Steve Pasechnick Readercon     80
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
non-fic Hal Clement Checkmark
The Man Underneath 2016-01-28 R. A. Lafferty Centipede Press 978-1-61347-164-7
$100.00?$: US dollar
351
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jacob McMurray Checkmark
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