Title: The Homesick Chicken
Title Record # 43451
Author: Edward D. Hoch
Date: 1977-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Edward D. Hoch
Date: 1977-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: The genetically engineered chicken had a beak like a wire-cutter so it could eat the hard-shelled nuts on the world it was bred for. That explains how it bit through the fence - but why did it cross the road?
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Spring 1977 | 1977-01-00 | ed. George H. Scithers | Davis Publications | $1.00?$: US dollar |
196 | 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 |  |
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| Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazin 1. Folge | 1978-08-00 |
ed.
Birgit Reß-Bohusch?Birgit Ress-Bohusch |
Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3608) | 3-453-30515-9 | DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
143 | 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 | Karel Thole | |
| 101 Science Fiction Stories | 1986-06-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, Jenny-Lynn Waugh | Avenel Books | 0-517-60669-0 | $7.98?$: US dollar |
xvii+ 651 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Romas | |
| Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers and Other Stories from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine | 1990-06-00 | ed. Charles Ardai, Sheila Williams | Delacorte Press | 0-385-30044-1 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
xv+ 285+ [2] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Joel Iskowitz | |
| The Giant Book of Science Fiction Stories | 1992-00-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, Jenny-Lynn Waugh | Magpie Books | 1-85487-150-1 | £3.99?£: UK pound |
xvii+ 651 |
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 | Jim Burns | |
| Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers and Other Stories from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine | 1992-12-00 | ed. Charles Ardai, Sheila Williams | Dell Laurel-Leaf | 0-440-21394-0 | $3.99?$: US dollar |
304 | 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 | Joel Iskowitz | |
| Holt Anthology of Science Fiction | 2000-05-00 | ed. uncredited | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | 0-03-052947-6 |
x+ 310 |
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 | Dave Cutler Studios | ||
| The Future Is Ours | 2015-07-00 | Edward D. Hoch | Wildside Press | 978-1-4794-0316-5 | $13.99?$: US dollar |
224 | 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 | ||
| The Future Is Ours | 2015-12-09 | Edward D. Hoch | Wildside Press | 978-1-4794-0730-9 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
237 | 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 | |
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| The Future Is Ours | 2015-12-09 | Edward D. Hoch | Wildside Press | 978-1-4794-0792-7 | $29.95?$: US dollar |
238 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| The Future Is Ours | 2016-03-31 | Edward D. Hoch | Wildside Press | 978-1-4794-2108-4 | $4.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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| 101 Science Fiction Stories | date unknown | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, Jenny-Lynn Waugh | Avenel Books | 0-517-60669-0 | $7.98?$: US dollar |
651 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Romas | |