Title: The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything
Title Record # 57410
Author: George Alec Effinger
Date: 1984-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: George Alec Effinger
Date: 1984-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Current Tags: science fiction (1), aliens (1), Namibia (1), africa (1), flowers (1), humor (1), first contact (1) Add Tags
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| 2 | 1985 Hugo | Best Short Story |
| 3 | 1985 Locus | Best Short Story |
| Nomination | 1985 SF Chronicle | Short Story |
| Nomination | 1985 Nebula | Short Story |
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 & Science Fiction, October 1984 | 1984-10-00 | 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 | Ron Walotsky |  |
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| The 1985 Annual World's Best SF | 1985-06-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #630) | 0-88677-047-5 / UE2047 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
302 | 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 | Frank Kelly Freas | |
| The 1985 Annual World's Best SF | 1985-06-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | 0-88677-047-5 / UE2047 | C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
302 | 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 | Frank Kelly Freas | |
| World's Best SF 4 | 1985-06-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special #24069) |
3-404-24069-3 | DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
362 | 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 | Chris Foss (in error) | |
| Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year | 1985-07-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Tor | 0-812-53273-2 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
384 | 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 | Michael W. Carroll | |
| The 1985 Annual World's Best SF | 1985-09-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books / SFBC | 04755 | $4.98?$: US dollar |
ix+ 239 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Richard Powers | |
| Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 | 1985-10-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Gollancz | 0-575-03714-8 | £9.95?£: UK pound |
376 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| Best SF of the Year #14 | 1985-10-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Gollancz | 0-575-03747-4 | £4.95?£: UK pound |
376 | 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 | |
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| Nebula Awards 20 | 1985-11-00 | ed. George Zebrowski | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich | 0-15-164927-8 | $17.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 372 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| Nebula Awards 20 | 1985-11-00 | ed. George Zebrowski | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich | 0-15-665477-6 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 372 |
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 | H. Wendler | |
| Der Zeitseher | 1986-00-00 | ed. Ronald M. Hahn | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4265) | 3-453-31244-9 | DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
253 | 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 | Pete Lyon | |
| Sirius, #120 | 1986-06-05 |
ed.
Milivoj Pašiček?Milivoj Pasicek Milivoj Pashichek |
Vjesnik | Din 250?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar |
132 | 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. |
mag |
Kiro Vinokić-Viki?Kiro Vinokic-Viki
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| The Old Funny Stuff | 1989-10-00 | George Alec Effinger | Pulphouse Publishing (Author's Choice Monthly #1) | $4.95?$: US dollar |
116 | 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 | George Barr | |
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| The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 40th Anniversary Anthology | 1989-10-00 | ed. Edward L. Ferman | St. Martin's Press | 0-312-03293-5 | $18.95?$: US dollar |
xix+ 376 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Armand Cabrera | |
| The Old Funny Stuff | 1989-10-00 | George Alec Effinger | Pulphouse Publishing (Author's Choice Monthly #1) | $25.00?$: US dollar |
116 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | George Barr | ||
| The Old Funny Stuff | 1989-10-00 | George Alec Effinger | Pulphouse Publishing (Author's Choice Monthly #1) | $50.00?$: US dollar |
116 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
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| The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy | 1999-10-00 | ed. Mike Ashley | Robinson | 1-84119-089-6 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
xiv+ 494 |
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 | Julek Heller | |
| The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy II | 1999-12-00 | ed. Mike Ashley | Carroll & Graf | 0-7867-0694-5 | $10.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 494 |
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 | ||
| The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy II | 2000-01-00 | ed. Mike Ashley | Carroll & Graf / SFBC | 0-7394-0714-7 / 06812 | $11.98?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 494 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Julek Heller | |
| George Alec Effinger Live! From Planet Earth | 2005-05-00 | George Alec Effinger | Golden Gryphon Press (Golden Gryphon #39) | 1-930846-32-0 | $25.95?$: US dollar |
[x]+ 365 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | John Picacio | |
| Alien Contact | 2011-11-00 | ed. Marty Halpern | Night Shade Books | 978-1-59780-359-5 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | J. F. Parnell | |
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| Alien Contact | 2012-01-00 | ed. Marty Halpern | Night Shade Books | 978-1-59780-281-9 | $15.99?$: US dollar |
491 | 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 | J. F. Parnell | |
| Live! From Planet Earth | 2014-04-00 | George Alec Effinger | Open Road Integrated Media | 978-1-4976-0558-9 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |
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| The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything & Target: Berlin! | 2014-04-01 | George Alec Effinger | Open Road Integrated Media | 978-1-4976-0556-5 | $0.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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| The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume 2 | 2014-07-15 | ed. Gordon Van Gelder | Tachyon Publications | 978-1-61696-163-3 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
419 | 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 | Thomas Canty | |