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Title: Bright Segment Title Record # 43729
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Date: 1955-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: First published in Caviar, Ballantine, 1955.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1960Translated by María Teresa Vidal Parellada
Spanish La Claridad de una Rendija
1971Translated by C. A. G. van den Broek
Dutch Sprankelend fragment
1972Translated by Alain Dorémieux
French Parcelle brillante
1974Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Kurzes Erwachen
1989Translated by Massimo Patti
Italian Frammento luminoso
1990
  • Translated by Vojislav Karanović
Serbian Svetli trenutak [as by Teodor Sterdžen]
1997Translated by Alain Dorémieux
French Séquence éblouissante
2003Translated by Edgar Selker
German Ein lichter Augenblick

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Caviar 1955-11-00 Theodore Sturgeon Ballantine Books 119
$0.35?$: US dollar
167
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Caviar 1955-11-00 Theodore Sturgeon Ballantine Books H-119
$2.00?$: US dollar
167
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Richard Powers  
Caviar 1960-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon E.D.H.A.S.A. (Nebulae #68) 68   272
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  
Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales, July 1960 1960-07-00 ed. uncredited Winston Publications  
$0.35?$: US dollar
134
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 Jack Davis  
Caviar 1962-01-00 Theodore Sturgeon Ballantine Books F562
$0.50?$: US dollar
167
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Caviar 1962-01-00 Theodore Sturgeon Ballantine Books F562
3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
167
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Caviar 1968-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon Sphere Books 82244
5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
158
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 David Davies (artist) Checkmark
Caviar 1968-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon Sphere Books 82260
5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
158
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 Checkmark
Caviar 1968-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon Sidgwick & Jackson  
21/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Caviar 1970-01-00 Theodore Sturgeon Ballantine Books 01829
$0.75?$: US dollar
167+
[1]
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 Robert Pepper Checkmark
Science Fiction Special (3) 1971-00-00 uncredited Sidgwick & Jackson (Science Fiction Special #3) 0-283-48474-8
£?£: UK pound
284+
182+
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
De man die de zee verloor 1971-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon Bruna (Bruna SF #6) 90-229-9006-0 ƒ3.50 192
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 Bob van Blommestein Checkmark
Territoires de l'inquiétude 1972-08-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
Casterman     342
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Caviar 1974-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon Sphere 0-7221-8227-9
£0.30?£: UK pound
158
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 Les Edwards Checkmark
Der Gott des Mikrokosmos 1974-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #0195) 3-442-23195-7
DM 4.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
186
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 F. Jürgen Rogner  
Caviar 1977-04-00 Theodore Sturgeon Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-25783-9
$1.50?$: US dollar
v+
182
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 Darrell K. Sweet  
Caviar 1977-04-00 Theodore Sturgeon Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-25783-9
C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar
v+
182
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 Darrell K. Sweet Checkmark
Le livre d'or de la Science-Fiction: Theodore Sturgeon 1978-01-30 Theodore Sturgeon Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5013) 2-266-00455-7   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.
coll W. Siudmak Checkmark
Le livre d'or de la Science-Fiction: Theodore Sturgeon 1981-07-20 Theodore Sturgeon Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5013) 2-266-00455-7   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.
coll W. Siudmak Checkmark
Alien Cargo 1984-06-00 Theodore Sturgeon Bluejay Books 0-312-94008-4
$14.95?$: US dollar
284
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Rowena Morrill Checkmark
Night Cry, Winter 1985 1985-00-00 ed. Alan Rodgers TZ Publications, Inc.  
$2.95?$: 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 J. K. Potter Checkmark
Alien Cargo 1986-04-00 Theodore Sturgeon Bluejay Books (Bluejay Special Edition #13) 0-312-94007-6
$8.95?$: US dollar
284
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 Rowena Morrill Checkmark
The Dark Descent 1987-10-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-312-93035-6
$29.95?$: US dollar
1011
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Doug Fornuff Checkmark
The Dark Descent 1988-08-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor / BOMC  
$12.95?$: US dollar
1011
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 Doug Fornuff Checkmark
Urania #1114 1989-11-19 ed. Gianni Montanari Mondadori 1114
Lit 4,000?Lit: Italian lira
160
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 Vicente Segrelles  
Alef, #19 1990-04-00 ed.
Boban Knežević?Boban Knezevic
Dnevnik  
Din 21.50?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar
132
A5?14.8 cm by 21 cm or 5.8" by 8.3" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
mag Tim White Checkmark
The Medusa in the Shield 1990-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Grafton 0-246-13751-7
£7.99?£: UK pound
368
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 Tim White  
The Medusa in the Shield 1990-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Grafton 0-246-13750-9
£12.99?£: UK pound
368
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Tim White  
The Medusa in the Shield 1991-00-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Grafton 0-586-21429-1
£4.99?£: UK pound
607
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 Tim White Checkmark
The Medusa in the Shield 1991-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-812-50966-8
$4.99?$: US dollar
498
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 Thomas Canty Checkmark
Un soupçon d'étrange?Un soupcon d'etrange
1991-11-00 Theodore Sturgeon Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5103) 2-266-04799-X   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.
coll W. Siudmak  
The Dark Descent 1997-02-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-312-86217-2
$27.95?$: US dollar
1011
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  
La grande anthologie du fantastique: 3 1997-02-00 ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati Omnibus (France) (La grande anthologie du fantastique (Omnibus) #3) 2-258-03654-2
F155.00?F: French frank
1349
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
Arnold Böcklin?Arnold Boecklin
 
Selected Stories 2000-10-00 Theodore Sturgeon Vintage Books 0-375-70375-6
$14.00?$: US dollar
439
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  
Bright Segment 2002-05-00 Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books 1-55643-398-0
$35.00?$: US dollar
xiv+
408
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Lichte Augenblicke 2003-12-00 Theodore Sturgeon Shayol (Shayol SF #1006) 3-926126-29-9
€14.90?€: Euro
231
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 Rainer Schorm  
Medusa e altre incognite 2004-04-00 Theodore Sturgeon Mondadori (Millemondi (quarterly) #38)  
€5.10?€: Euro
442
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 Franco Brambilla  
Romans et nouvelles 2005-09-00 Theodore Sturgeon Omnibus (France) 2-258-06642-5
€25.00?€: Euro
xi+
1161
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.
omni Georges Rohner  
Some of Your Blood 2006-07-00 Theodore Sturgeon Millipede Press 1-933618-00-0
$12.00?$: US dollar
192
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.
novel Harry O. Morris  
Some of Your Blood 2006-07-00 Theodore Sturgeon Millipede Press 1-933618-01-9
$50.00?$: US dollar
192+
[1]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Harry O. Morris Checkmark
Bright Segment 2010-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books 978-1-55643-398-6
$35.00?$: US dollar
xiv+
408
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Bright Segment 2013-04-16 Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books 978-1-58394-752-4
$18.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Selected Stories 2013-04-30 Theodore Sturgeon Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4532-9547-2
$11.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Selected Stories 2013-04-30 Theodore Sturgeon Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4804-1051-0
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Checkmark
Bright Segment 2013-10-31 Theodore Sturgeon Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-11002-1
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Selected Stories date unknown Theodore Sturgeon Vintage Books 978-0-375-70375-1
$15.95?$: US dollar
439
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 Evan Gaffney Checkmark
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