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Title: Out There Where the Big Ships Go Title Record # 49813
Author: Richard Cowper
Date: 1979-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1980ⓘTranslated by Keto von Waberer
 German
Wohin die großen Schiffe gehen?Wohin die grossen Schiffe gehen
1980ⓘTranslated by Karin Malmsjö First published in JVM #381, 1980.
 Swedish Där de stora skeppen går
1980ⓘTranslated by Robert Berghe
 French Là-bas où vont les grands vaisseaux
1981ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr
 German Draußen, wo die großen Schiffe fliegen
1981ⓘTranslated by Claude Saunier
 French
Où vont les grands navires?Ou vont les grands navires
1985ⓘTranslated by Robert Berghe
 French Là où s'en vont les grands vaisseaux

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
4 1980 Locus Best Novelette

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, August 1979 1979-08-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$1.25?$: 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
Sterbliche Götter?Sterbliche Goetter
 1980-00-00 ed. Manfred Kluge Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3718) 3-453-30621-X
DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 140
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 Emlyn Duffy Checkmark
The Web of the Magi and Other Stories 1980-04-00 Richard Cowper Gollancz 0-575-02810-6
£5.50?£: UK pound
 160
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
The 1980 Annual World's Best SF 1980-05-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books (DAW Collectors #384) 0-87997-535-0 / UE1535
$2.25?$: US dollar
 284
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
The 1980 Annual World's Best SF 1980-05-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-535-0 / UE1535
C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 284
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
The 1980 Annual World's Best SF 1980-09-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / SFBC 3997
$3.50?$: US dollar
 x+
278
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Gary Viskupic Checkmark
Fiction, #311 1980-09-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
 OPTA  
F15.00?F: French frank
 196
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 Philippe Cousin  
Out There Where the Big Ships Go 1980-10-00 Richard Cowper Pocket Books 0-671-83501-7
$2.50?$: US dollar
 191
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 Don Maitz Checkmark
Out There Where the Big Ships Go 1980-10-00 Richard Cowper Pocket Books 0-671-83501-7
C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar
 191
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 Don Maitz Checkmark
Le réseau des mages 1981-00-00 Richard Cowper
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#313)		     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
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
  
Det hände i morgon 13?Det hande i morgon 13
 1981-00-00 ed. Sam J. Lundwall Delta (Stockholm) (Delta Science Fiction #118) 91-7228-245-2
skr 75.00?skr: Swedish krona (crown)
 312
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
 anth Blair Wilkins  
Das Tal des Schicksals 1981-01-00 Richard Cowper Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #23372) 3-442-23372-0
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 188
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
Jürgen F. Rogner?Juergen F. Rogner
 Checkmark
Le réseau des mages?Le reseau des mages
 1981-01-00 Richard Cowper
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#313)		     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
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
  
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: 24th Series 1982-06-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Charles Scribner's Sons 0-684-17490-1
$14.95?$: US dollar
 viii+
311
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 24th Series 1983-04-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Ace Books 0-441-05485-4
$2.95?$: US dollar
 viii+
311
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 Tito Salamioni Checkmark
Fiction, #359 1985-02-00 ed. Editors of Fiction OPTA  
F32.00?F: French frank
 196
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 Dominique Schmidt  
Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Nine 1985-12-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books 0-88677-099-8
$2.95?$: US dollar
 284
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 Segrelles  
Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Nine 1985-12-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books 0-88677-099-8 / UE2099
C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 284
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 Segrelles Checkmark
The Web of the Magi 2013-08-29 Richard Cowper Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10821-9
£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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