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Title: Midsummer Century Title Record # 21819
Author: James Blish
Date: 1972-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
Note: May or may not have been revised and expanded from the magazine publication; at least, the book publication has around 34,000 words and thus is a novella by ISFDB standards
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1973Translated by H. J. Oolbekkink
Dutch In gevecht met de vogels
1974Translated by Yoma Cap
German
Zeit der Vögel?Zeit der Voegel
1975Translated by Anne Baronian
French
Le siècle de l'éternel été?Le siecle de l'eternel ete
1995Translated by António Porto
Portuguese A era das aves

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
5 1973 Locus Best Novella

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, April 1972 1972-04-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$0.75?$: US dollar
148
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 Judith Blish Checkmark
Midsummer Century 1972-05-00 James Blish Doubleday  
$4.95?$: US dollar
106
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
chap Emanuel Schongut  
Midsummer Century 1972-06-00 James Blish Doubleday / SFBC 2946
$1.49?$: US dollar
110
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
chap Emanuel Schongut Checkmark
In gevecht met de vogels 1973-00-00 James Blish Born (Born SF #53) 90-283-0363-4   159
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.
chap Alex Jagtenberg Checkmark
Midsummer Century 1973-09-00 James Blish Faber and Faber 0-571-10330-8
£1.60?£: UK pound
106
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
chap Emanuel Schongut Checkmark
Midsummer Century 1974-02-00 James Blish DAW Books (DAW Collectors #89) 0-87997-094-4 / UQ1094
$0.95?$: US dollar
159
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 Josh Kirby Checkmark
Midsummer Century 1974-02-00 James Blish DAW Books / New American Library of Canada UQ1094
C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar
159
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 Josh Kirby Checkmark
Zeit der Vögel 1974-03-00 James Blish Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3381) 3-453-30258-3
DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
124
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.
chap Dieter Ziegenfeuter Checkmark
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A Special 25th Anniversary Anthology 1974-08-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Doubleday 0-385-08221-5
$7.95?$: US dollar
326
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lennart G. Johnson Checkmark
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A Special 25th Anniversary Anthology 1975-00-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Robson Books 0-903895-35-8
£3.25?£: UK pound
[10]+
326
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Timothy Jaques Checkmark
Midsummer Century 1975-02-00 James Blish Arrow Books 0-09-909720-6
£0.35?£: UK pound
106
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.
chap Chris Foss Checkmark
Le siècle de l'éternel été 1975-05-22 James Blish Albin Michel (Albin Michel - Super-Fiction #3) 2-226-00193-X   246
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.
chap  
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A Special 25th Anniversary Anthology 1977-03-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Ace Books 0-441-05460-9
$1.95?$: US dollar
x+
433
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 Paul Alexander Checkmark
Welten der Zukunft: Chroniken aus Raum und Zeit Band 10 1986-03-00 Wolfgang Jeschke Heyne (Welten der Zukunft / Chroniken der Zukunft #10) 3-453-31279-1
DM 10.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
556
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.
omni Karel Thole Checkmark
A era das aves 1995-00-00 James Blish Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #454) 972-38-1436-6   178
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.
chap A. Pedro  
Midsummer Century 2011-09-00 James Blish Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10413-6
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
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