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Title: Skinner's Room

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Title: Skinner's Room Title Record # 41960
Author: William Gibson
Date: 1990-06-10
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Bridge Trilogy
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: Originally written for Visionary San Francisco, a 1990 museum exhibition exploring the future of San Francisco.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1994Translated by Matteo Montanari
Italian La camera di Skinner
1995Translated by Ana-Maria Negrilă and Florin Pîtea
Romanian Camera lui Skinner
2001Translated by Stefania Benini
Italian La stanza di Skinner
2001Translated by Nicola Fantini
Italian La stanza di Skinner

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
15 1992 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
Omni, November 1991 1991-11-00 ed. Ellen Datlow, Keith Ferrell Omni Publications International Ltd. 0149-8711
$3.50?$: US dollar
140
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
mag Chris Moore Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection 1992-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-07889-7
$27.95?$: US dollar
xxxix+
575
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection 1992-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-07891-9
$15.95?$: US dollar
xxxix+
575
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 Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection 1992-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press / SFBC 01121
$13.98?$: US dollar
xxxix+
575
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Best New SF 6 1992-10-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 1-85487-131-5
£7.99?£: UK pound
xxxix+
575
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 Terry Oakes Checkmark
Millemondiestate 1994 1994-05-00 ed. Giuseppe Lippi Mondadori (Millemondi #see notes [45])  
Lit 9,000?Lit: Italian lira
400
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 Giuseppe Festino  
The Giant Book of Fantastic SF 1995-00-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Magpie Books 1-85487-607-4   xxxix+
575
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 Chris Moore Checkmark
Anticipația CPSF 522?Anticipatia CPSF 522
1995-05-00 ed. Mihai-Dan Pavelescu
Știință & Tehnică?Shtiintsa & Tehnicah
 
Lei 500?Lei: Romanian leu
32
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.
mag Walter Riess  
After Yesterday's Crash: The Avant-Pop Anthology 1995-08-00 ed. Larry McCaffery Penguin Books (US) 0-14-024085-3
$12.95?$: US dollar
348
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  
Parco giochi con pena di morte 2001-09-00 William Gibson, Bruce Sterling Mondadori (Piccola Biblioteca Oscar #264) 88-04-49552-9
Lit 16,000?Lit: Italian lira
474
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.
non-fic Wanda Lavizzari  
L'universo Cyber 1 2001-10-00 ed. Piergiorgio Nicolazzini Editrice Nord (Cosmo Collana di Fantascienza #319) 88-429-1189-5
Lit 22,000?Lit: Italian lira
288
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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