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Title: The Temporary King

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Title: The Temporary King Title Record # 48881
Author: Paul J. McAuley
Date: 1987-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Year Title
1987 The Temporary King [as by Paul McAuley]
Year Language Title
1987Translated by Marie-Christine Guérin-Jodin
French Le roi temporaire
1996Translated by Peter Pape
German
König auf Zeit?Koenig auf Zeit

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1987 1987-01-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$1.75?$: 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 David Hardy Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection 1988-05-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-01854-1
$12.95?$: US dollar
xxv+
678
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 Alan Gutierrez Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection 1988-05-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-01853-3
$19.95?$: US dollar
xxv+
678
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Alan Gutierrez Checkmark
Best New SF 2 1988-09-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 0-948164-77-8
£5.95?£: UK pound
xxv+
678
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
Best New SF 2 1988-09-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 0-948164-78-6
£11.95?£: UK pound
xxv+
678
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ian Craig Checkmark
The King of the Hill and Other Stories 1991-03-00 Paul J. McAuley Gollancz 0-575-05001-2
£13.99?£: UK pound
216
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The King of the Hill and Other Stories 1992-04-00 Paul J. McAuley Orbit 1-85723-008-6
£4.99?£: UK pound
216
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 Alan G. Brooks Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection 1994-06-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-01854-1
$15.95?$: US dollar
xxv+
678
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 Alan Gutierrez  
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