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Title: The Only Death in the City Title Record # 59851
Author: C. J. Cherryh
Date: 1981-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1981 The Only Death in the City (Paris)
Year Language Title
1982ⓘTranslated by Iawa Tate
 French La mort en ce palais [as by Carolyn J. Cherryh]
1985ⓘTranslated by Thomas Schichtel
 German Der einzige Tod in der Stadt (Paris)
1989ⓘTranslated by Fernando Mendonça
 Portuguese A Única Morte da Cidade

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
4 1982 Locus Best Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Sunfall 1981-05-00 C. J. Cherryh DAW Books (DAW Collectors #433) 0-87997-618-7 / UE1818
$2.25?$: US dollar
 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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
Sunfall 1981-05-00 C. J. Cherryh DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-618-7 / UE1618
C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
Sunfall 1981-09-00 C. J. Cherryh DAW Books / SFBC 5728
$4.50?$: US dollar
 vi+
153
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Gary Viskupic Checkmark
Les adieux du soleil 1982-08-05 Carolyn J. Cherryh J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1354) 2-277-21354-3   219
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 Frank Frazetta Checkmark
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 8 1982-10-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha DAW Books (DAW Collectors #501) 0-87997-770-1 / UE1770
$2.50?$: 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.
 anth Oliviero Berni Checkmark
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 8 1982-10-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-770-1 / UE1770
C$2.95?C$: 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.
 anth Oliviero Berni Checkmark
Sunfall 1983-11-00 C. J. Cherryh DAW Books 0-87997-881-3
$2.50?$: US dollar
 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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
Les adieux du soleil 1984-02-20 Carolyn J. Cherryh J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1354) 2-277-21354-3   219
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 Frank Frazetta  
Die letzten Städte der Erde 1985-04-00 C. J. Cherryh Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4174) 3-453-31139-6
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 235
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 Harris  
O Sol caíu 1989-00-00 C. J. Cherryh Europress (BolsoNoite #35) 972-559-124-0   184
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 Whelan  
Sunfall 1990-06-00 C. J. Cherryh Mandarin 0-7493-0356-5
£3.50?£: 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 Brian Salmon Checkmark
Sunfall 1990-07-00 C. J. Cherryh Mandarin 0-7493-0356-5
£3.50?£: 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 Brian Salmon Checkmark
Earth Is But a Star: Excursions Through Science Fiction to the Far Future 2001-00-00 ed. Damien Broderick UWA Press 1-876268-54-9
A$34.95?A$: Australian dollar
 xiv+
466
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 Anders Sandberg  
The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh 2004-02-00 C. J. Cherryh DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1283) 0-7564-0217-4
$23.95?$: US dollar
 xi+
642
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Michael Whelan Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh 2005-02-00 C. J. Cherryh DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1283) 0-7564-0256-5
$15.95?$: US dollar
 xi+
642
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of C.J. Cherryh 2008-10-00 C. J. Cherryh DAW Books 978-0-7564-0526-7
$8.99?$: US dollar
 ix+
726
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 Whelan Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh 2008-10-07 C. J. Cherryh DAW Books  
$16.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Michael Whelan  
Lightspeed, April 2014 2014-04-00 ed. John Joseph Adams Lightspeed Magazine  
$3.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 mag Remi Le Capon Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh 2019-06-11 C. J. Cherryh DAW Books 978-0-7564-1556-3
$22.00?$: US dollar
 736
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 Michael Whelan  
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