Title: The Man Who Had No Idea
Title Record # 49969
Author: Thomas M. Disch
Date: 1978-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Author: Thomas M. Disch
Date: 1978-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Synopsis: A man living in a near future where only individuals who score highly on an ability test are licensed to converse with others attempts to win his license.
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| 3 | 1979 Hugo | Best Novelette |
| 8 | 1979 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 |
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| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1978 | 1978-10-00 | 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 |  |
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| The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8 | 1979-00-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Gollancz | 0-575-02727-4 | £6.50?£: UK pound |
viii+ 363 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| Fiction, #300 | 1979-04-00 | ed. Daniel Riche | OPTA | F15.00?F: French frank |
228 | 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 |
Jean-François Jamoul?Jean-Francois Jamoul
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| The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 | 1979-07-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-28083-0 | $2.25?$: US dollar |
xi+ 372 |
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 | |
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| The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 | 1979-07-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-28083-0 | C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar |
xi+ 372 |
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 | |
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| The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 | 1979-08-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC | 3355 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
viii+ 311 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Gary Viskupic | |
| De man die geen idee had | 1980-00-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Het Spectrum (Prisma #1922) | 90-274-1052-6 | 255 | 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 | John Verberk | |
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| The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 23rd Series | 1980-05-00 | ed. Edward L. Ferman | Doubleday | 0-385-15225-6 | $10.00?$: US dollar |
273 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Peter Rauch | |
| Jeffty ist fünf | 1980-07-00 | ed. Manfred Kluge | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3739) | 3-453-30642-2 | DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
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 | Karel Thole | |
| The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 23rd Edition | 1981-11-00 | ed. Edward L. Ferman | Ace Books | 0-441-05484-6 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
273 | 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 | |
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| The Man Who Had No Idea | 1982-04-00 | Thomas M. Disch | Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) | 0-575-03057-7 | £7.95?£: UK pound |
186 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
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| The Man Who Had No Idea: A Collection of Stories | 1982-11-00 | Thomas M. Disch | Bantam Books | 0-553-22667-3 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
231 | 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 | John Holmes | |
| L'homme sans idées | 1983-01-00 | Thomas Disch | Denoël?Denoel (Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #352) |
2-207-30352-7 | 282 | 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
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| Der Mann ohne jede Idee | 1991-00-00 | Thomas M. Disch | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4828) | 3-453-05015-0 | DM 14.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
300 | 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 | Michael Hasted | |