Title: The Girl Who Knew What They Meant

Title: The Girl Who Knew What They Meant Title Record # 45043
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Date: 1970-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: First appeared in the February 1970 issue of "Knight". Marginal SF content; "When people talked to her she knew what they meant" with apparently more accuracy than normal.

Synopsis: A man who is soon to be the subject of a revenge killing meets a beautiful woman and they fall in love.

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Year	Language	Title
1974^ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr	German	Das Mädchen, das wußte, was sie meinten^?Das Maedchen, das wusste, was sie meinten
1975^ⓘTranslated by Daniel Bish	Dutch	Het meisje dat wist waar het om ging
1978^ⓘTranslated by Didier Pemerle	French	La fille qui savait
1999^ⓘTranslated by Roberta Rambelli	Italian	La ragazza che sapeva quel che volevano fare

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ...: A Collection of Short Stories	1971-03-26	Theodore Sturgeon	G. P. Putnam's Sons		$4.95^?$: US dollar	221	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Paul Lehr
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ...	1971-05-00	Theodore Sturgeon	G. P. Putnam's Sons / SFBC	3287	$1.49^?$: US dollar	xii+ 207	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Paul Lehr
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ...	1971-08-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Berkley Medallion	0-425-02045-2 / S2045	$0.75^?$: US dollar	224	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
Sein Name war Mensch	1974-00-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #0184)	3-442-23184-1	DM 4.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	182	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	F. Jürgen Rogner
De werelden van Theodore Sturgeon	1975-00-00	Theodore Sturgeon	De Fontein (Fontein SF)	90-261-0115-5		190	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	Karel Thole
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ...	1978-01-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Pocket Books	0-671-81415-X	$1.50^?$: 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
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ...	1978-01-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Pocket Books	0-671-81415-X	C$1.50^?C$: 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
Le livre d'or de la Science-Fiction: Theodore Sturgeon	1978-01-30	Theodore Sturgeon	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5013)	2-266-00455-7		413	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	W. Siudmak
Le livre d'or de la Science-Fiction: Theodore Sturgeon	1981-07-20	Theodore Sturgeon	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5013)	2-266-00455-7		413	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	W. Siudmak
Un soupçon d'étrange^?Un soupcon d'etrange	1991-11-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5103)	2-266-04799-X		413	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	W. Siudmak
Lo scrigno delle 15 perle	1999-11-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Editrice Nord (Cosmo Collana di Fantascienza #304)	88-429-1113-5	Lit 20,000^?Lit: Italian lira	iv+ 224	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
Slow Sculpture	2009-10-20	Theodore Sturgeon	North Atlantic Books	978-1-55643-834-9	$35.00^?$: US dollar	xi+ 299	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Paula Morrison
Slow Sculpture	2013-04-23	Theodore Sturgeon	North Atlantic Books	978-1-58394-756-2	$18.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Slow Sculpture	2013-09-30	Theodore Sturgeon	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-11007-6	£2.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll

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