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Title: The Soft Predicament

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Title: The Soft Predicament Title Record # 53525
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1969-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1969 The Soft Predicament [as by Brian Aldiss]
Year Language Title
1970Translated by Arlette Rosenblum
French Ce petit drame
1976Translated by Tony Westermayr
German
Angstträume?Angsttraeume
1976Translated by Gabriele Tamburini.
Italian L'imbroglio morbido
1980Translated by Roland Delouya
French Douces vissicitudes
1980Translated by Kerstin Blomqvist First published in JVM #382, 1980.
Swedish Dilemmat

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 and Science Fiction, October 1969 1969-10-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$0.60?$: US dollar
132
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 Ronald Walotsky Checkmark
Fiction, #201 1970-09-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
OPTA  
F4.00?F: French frank
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 Claude Auclair  
The Book of Brian Aldiss 1972-11-00 Brian W. Aldiss DAW Books (DAW Collectors #29) UQ1029
$0.95?$: US dollar
ix+
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 Karel Thole Checkmark
The Book of Brian Aldiss 1972-11-00 Brian W. Aldiss DAW Books / New American Library of Canada UQ1029
C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar
ix+
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 Karel Thole Checkmark
The Comic Inferno 1973-10-00 Brian Aldiss New English Library 0-450-01636-6
£0.40?£: UK pound
158
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Alle Tränen dieser Erde?Alle Traenen dieser Erde
1976-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #0238) 3-442-23238-4
DM 4.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
187
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
Robot - Rivista di Fantascienza, #4 1976-07-00 ed. Vittorio Curtoni Armenia Editore  
Lit 700?Lit: Italian lira
128
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 Checkmark
New Arrivals, Old Encounters 1979-08-00 Brian Aldiss Jonathan Cape 0-224-01681-4
£4.50?£: UK pound
223+
[1]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bill Botten Checkmark
Nouveaux venus, vieilles connaissances 1980-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#312)
    221
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
Checkmark
New Arrivals, Old Encounters 1980-01-00 Brian W. Aldiss Harper & Row 0-06-010055-9
$9.95?$: US dollar
224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jim Cherry Checkmark
Det hände i morgon 14?Det hande i morgon 14
1981-00-00 ed. Sam J. Lundwall Delta (Stockholm) (Delta Science Fiction #130) 91-7228-272-X
skr 75.00?skr: Swedish krona (crown)
278
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth David A. Hardy  
New Arrivals, Old Encounters 1981-09-00 Brian Aldiss Avon 0-380-56101-8
$2.25?$: US dollar
206
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 Checkmark
New Arrivals, Old Encounters 1983-08-00 Brian Aldiss Triad / Granada 0-586-05011-6
£?£: UK pound
240
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 White Checkmark
New Arrivals, Old Encounters 1985-00-00 Brian Aldiss Triad Granada 0-586-05011-6
£1.95?£: UK pound
240
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 White Checkmark
The Night Fantastic 1991-04-00 ed. Karen Anderson, Poul Anderson DAW Books (DAW Collectors #848) 0-88677-484-5 / UE2484
$4.50?$: US dollar
382
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 Peter Goodfellow Checkmark
The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s (Part 4) 2015-09-24 Brian Aldiss Harper Voyager (UK) 978-0-00-814896-6
£10.99?£: UK pound
620
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  
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