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Title: First Star I See Tonight Title Record # 1008973
Author: Jack Vance
Date: 1954-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in Malcolm's March 1954, according to Locus1. "Hard Luck Diggings" states: First published in Malcolm's Mystery Magazine for March 1954 (under the pseudonym John Van See)
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Year Title
1954 The Absent-Minded Professor
Year Language Title
2018Translated by Karin Langeveld and Zeno ter Brughe
Dutch De verstrooide professor
2019Translated by Pierre-Paul Durastanti
French Le professeur distrait
2021Translated by Marco Riva.
Italian Il professore distratto

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Light from a Lone Star 1985-08-00 Jack Vance NESFA Press 0-915368-31-5
$13.00?$: US dollar
xiii+
125
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
Light from a Lone Star 1985-08-00 Jack Vance NESFA Press 0-915368-86-2
$18.85?$: US dollar
xiii+
125
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Richard Powers  
The Dark Side of the Moon 1986-05-00 Jack Vance Underwood-Miller 0-88733-021-5
$40.00?$: US dollar
275
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ned Dameron  
The Dark Side of the Moon 1986-05-00 Jack Vance Underwood-Miller 0-88733-022-3
$25.00?$: US dollar
275
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ned Dameron  
The Dark Side of the Moon 1986-05-00 Jack Vance Underwood-Miller 0-88733-021-5
$0.00?$: US dollar
275
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ned Dameron Checkmark
The Dark Side of the Moon 1989-09-00 Jack Vance New English Library 0-450-50257-0
£3.50?£: UK pound
365
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 Steve Crisp Checkmark
The World-Thinker and Other Stories 2005-00-00 Jack Vance Vance Integral Edition (Vance Integral Edition #2) 0-9712375-1-4   [viii]+
381
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Hard-Luck Diggings: The Early Jack Vance 2010-06-00 Jack Vance Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-301-3
$40.00?$: US dollar
294
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Tom Kidd Checkmark
Hard-Luck Diggings: The Early Jack Vance 2010-06-00 Jack Vance Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-301-3
$300.00?$: US dollar
294
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Tom Kidd Checkmark
The World-Thinker and Other Stories 2011-11-24 Jack Vance Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10987-2
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The World-Thinker and Other Stories 2012-04-17 Jack Vance Spatterlight Press (Vance Digital Edition #1) 978-1-61947-000-2
$6.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Tais Teng  
Hard-Luck Diggings: The Early Jack Vance 2015-03-10 Jack Vance Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-732-5
$4.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The World-Thinker and Other Stories 2017-10-18 Jack Vance Spatterlight Press (Signature Series #1) 978-1-61947-148-1
$15.99?$: US dollar
330
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 Howard Kistler  
De wereldbedenker en andere verhalen 2018-11-06 Jack Vance Spatterlight Press (Het verzameld werk van Jack Vance #1) 978-1-61947-231-0
€17.99?€: Euro
342
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 Howard Kistler  
De wereldbedenker en andere verhalen 2019-02-19 Jack Vance Spatterlight Press (Het verzameld werk van Jack Vance #1) 978-1-61947-170-2
€5.99?€: Euro
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Howard Kistler  
Nouvelles - tome 1: 1945-1954 2019-02-28 Jack Vance
Le Bélial'?Le Belial'
(Kvasar #13)
978-2-84344-945-1
€34.00?€: Euro
1053
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 Guillaume Sorel  
Stelle nane: Tredici racconti rari e inediti 2021-11-20 Jack Vance Spatterlight Press (I Mondi di Jack Vance #7) 978-1-61947-428-4
€14.99?€: Euro
296
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 Justinas Vitkus  
Stelle nane: Tredici racconti rari e inediti 2021-12-07 Jack Vance Delos Digital (I Mondi di Jack Vance #7) 978-88-254-1849-1
€4.99?€: Euro
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Justinas Vitkus  
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