ISFDB banner

Title: The Bright Illusion

You are not logged in. If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed.

Title: The Bright Illusion Title Record # 45451
Author: C. L. Moore
Date: 1934-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: Available on page 299, Bleiler (Gernsback).
User Rating: This title has no votes. VOTE
Current Tags: supernatural (1), telepathy (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1982Translated by Arlette Rosenblum
French L'illusion lumineuse [as by Catherine Moore (pseudonym)]
1982Translated by Arlette Rosenblum.
French L'illusion lumineuse [as by Catherine L. Moore]
1982Translated by Irene Holicki
German Das glänzende Trugbild
1991Translated by Delio Zinoni
Italian Luminosa illusione [as by Catherine L. Moore]

Publications

Displaying all variants and translations • Do not display translationsDo not display variants or translations

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Astounding Stories, October 1934 1934-10-00 ed. F. Orlin Tremaine Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.20?$: US dollar
164
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Howard V. Brown Checkmark
Masters' Choice 1966-00-00 ed. Laurence M. Janifer Simon & Schuster  
$5.95?$: US dollar
350
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Carl Smith Checkmark
Masters' Choice 1968-00-00 ed. Laurence M. Janifer Herbert Jenkins (Herbert Jenkins SF)  
25/-?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).
327
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Masters' Choice 2 1969-00-00 ed. Laurence M. Janifer Tandem 3287 / PB 381
3/6?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).
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.
anth Panos Checkmark
18 Greatest Science Fiction Stories 1971-01-00 ed. Laurence M. Janifer Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap 0-448-05375-6
$0.95?$: US dollar
x+
310
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
The Best of C. L. Moore 1975-11-00 C. L. Moore Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 1471
$2.49?$: US dollar
309
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Chet Jezierski Checkmark
The Best of C. L. Moore 1976-03-00 C. L. Moore Ballantine Books (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-24752-3
$1.95?$: US dollar
xv+
368
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 The Brothers Hildebrandt Checkmark
The Best of C. L. Moore 1976-03-00 C. L. Moore Ballantine Books (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-24752-3
C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar
xv+
368
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 The Brothers Hildebrandt Checkmark
The Best of C. L. Moore 1977-00-00 C. L. Moore Taplinger 0-8008-0722-7
$9.95?$: US dollar
309
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Rus Anderson Checkmark
The Best of C. L. Moore 1980-12-00 C. L. Moore Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-28952-8
$2.25?$: US dollar
xv+
368
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 Hildebrandt , Greg Hildebrandt Checkmark
The Best of C. L. Moore 1981-01-00 C. L. Moore Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-28952-8   xv+
368
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 Hildebrandt , Greg Hildebrandt  
Magies et merveilles 1982-00-00 Catherine L. Moore Casterman 2-203-22633-1   264
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Der Kuß des schwarzen Gottes?Der Kuss des schwarzen Gottes
1982-03-00 C. L. Moore Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3874) 3-453-30760-7
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
415
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 Patrick Woodroffe Checkmark
Writers' Choice, Volume II 1984-00-00 ed. Stanley Schmidt Davis Publications 0-385-27996-5
$3.50?$: US dollar
285
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 Karl Kofoed Checkmark
Writers' Choice, Volume II 1984-08-00 ed. Stanley Schmidt The Dial Press 0-385-27996-5
$12.95?$: US dollar
285
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Karl Kofoed Checkmark
Magies et merveilles 1988-10-00 Catherine Moore (pseudonym) Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5306) 2-266-02281-4   315
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  
Shambleau 1990-02-00 C. L. Moore Heyne (Bibliothek der Science Fiction Literatur #77) 3-453-03929-7
DM 14.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
415
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
La stagione della vendemmia 1991-06-00 Catherine L. Moore Mondadori (Classici Urania #171)  
Lit 6,000?Lit: Italian lira
350
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 Oscar Chichoni  
Miracle in Three Dimensions 2008-02-28 C. L. Moore Isle Press (Lost Pulp Classics #1) 978-0-9729258-8-4
$16.95?$: US dollar
309
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 Checkmark
18 Greatest Science Fiction Stories date unknown ed. Laurence M. Janifer Tempo Books 0-448-12128-X
$1.50?$: US dollar
x+
310
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
View all covers for The Bright Illusion (logged in users can change User Preferences to always display covers on this page)
Copyright © 1995-2022 Al von Ruff and the ISFDB team
ISFDB Engine - Version 4.00 (04/24/06)