Title: Something Up There Likes Me

Title: Something Up There Likes Me Title Record # 42529
Author: Alfred Bester
Date: 1973-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Synopsis: An artificial satellite attains self-awareness and extends its reach.

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Year	Language	Title
1977^ⓘTranslated by Pon Ruiter	Dutch	Iets daarboven vindt me aardig
1979^ⓘTranslated by Nikola Popović	Croatian	Nešto me voli odozgo
1985^ⓘTranslated by Jorge Antonio Sánchez Rottner	Spanish	Mi amigo de arriba
1985^ⓘTranslated by Arlette Rosenblum	French	Quelque chose là-haut m'aime bien^?Quelque chose la-haut m'aime bien

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Astounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology	1973-11-00	ed. Harry Harrison	Random House	0-394-48167-4	$7.95^?$: US dollar	xvii+ 332	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Sposato
Astounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology	1974-02-00	ed. Harry Harrison	Random House / SFBC	6066	$2.49^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 302	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Sposato
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3	1974-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Ballantine Books	0-345-24063-4	$1.50^?$: US dollar	xi+ 368	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	Larry Sutton
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Third Annual Collection	1974-07-00	ed. Lester del Rey	E. P. Dutton	0-525-06492-3	$7.95^?$: US dollar	251	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3	1974-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Ballantine Books	0-345-24063-4	C$1.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	xi+ 368	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	Larry Sutton
The John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology	1974-10-00	ed. Harry Harrison	Sidgwick & Jackson	0-283-98158-X	£2.95^?£: UK pound	297	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Astounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology	1974-12-00	ed. Harry Harrison	Ballantine Books	0-345-24329-3	$1.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 324	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	Kelly Freas
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Third Annual Collection	1975-00-00	ed. Lester del Rey	Kaye & Ward	0-7182-1106-5	£^?£: UK pound	251	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology	1975-05-00	ed. Harry Harrison	Sphere	0-7221-4371-0	£0.65^?£: UK pound	297	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	Eddie Jones
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Third Annual Collection	1976-04-00	ed. Lester del Rey	Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	1111		245	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3	1976-06-00	ed. Terry Carr	Ballantine Books	0-345-25015-X	$1.95^?$: US dollar	xi+ 368	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
Star Light, Star Bright	1976-07-00	Alfred Bester	Berkley/Putnam	0-399-11816-0	$7.95^?$: US dollar	248	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Richard Powers
Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester	1976-12-00	Alfred Bester	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	3140	$3.98^?$: US dollar	409	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Jack Woolhiser
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Third Annual Collection	1976-12-00	ed. Lester del Rey	Ace Books	05477	$1.75^?$: US dollar	305	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	Dean Ellis
Nergens: sf-verhalen	1977-00-00	ed. Roderick Lennaert van Rhyn	Meulenhoff (M=SF #119)	90-290-0835-0		333	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	Peter Ramselaar
Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester	1977-07-00	Alfred Bester	Berkley Medallion	0-425-03451-8	$1.95^?$: US dollar	452	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	Richard Powers
Star Light, Star Bright	1978-02-00	Alfred Bester	Gollancz	0-575-02320-1	£4.50^?£: UK pound	248	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Star Light, Star Bright	1979-00-00	Alfred Bester	Fontana	0-00-615406-9	£0.95^?£: UK pound	220	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	Tim White
Sirius, #40	1979-10-05	ed. Borivoj Jurković^?Borivoj Jurkovic Borivoj Jurkovich	Vjesnik		Din 20^?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar	148	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	Rafael Cortiella
Laughing Space	1982-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, J. O. Jeppson	Robson Books	0-86051-181-2		xvi+ 521	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Deborah Taylor
Laughing Space	1982-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, J. O. Jeppson	Robson Books	0-86051-181-2	£7.95^?£: UK pound	xvi+ 521	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Deborah Taylor
Laughing Space	1982-03-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, J. O. Jeppson	Houghton Mifflin	0-395-30519-5	$17.95^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 521	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Laughing Space	1985-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, J. O. Jeppson	Robson Books	0-86051-323-8	£3.95^?£: UK pound	xvi+ 521	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	Deborah Taylor
Oh, luminosa y brillante estrella	1985-00-00	Alfred Bester	Teorema (Visión Arcadia)	84-7604-042-3		281	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	Tim White
Histoires mécaniques	1985-04-00	ed. Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis^?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein^?Gerard Klein	Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3820)	2-253-03659-5		413	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	Manchu
Redemolished	2000-12-00	Alfred Bester	ibooks	0-7434-0725-3	$14.95^?$: US dollar	521	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	Simon Danaher
Redemolished	2004-09-00	Alfred Bester	ibooks	0-7434-8679-X	$7.99^?$: US dollar	559	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	Simon Danaher
Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester	date unknown	Alfred Bester	Berkley Medallion	0-425-03451-8	$1.95^?$: US dollar	452	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	Richard Powers
Redemolished	date unknown	Alfred Bester	ibooks	978-0-7434-0725-0	$29.95^?$: US dollar	521	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 Chaykin

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