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Title: The Man Who Learned Loving

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Title: The Man Who Learned Loving Title Record # 45046
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Date: 1969-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Originally published as "Brownshoes" in Adam (May, 1969)
Synopsis: A man who invents a new source of infinite clean power must shed his countercultural lifestyle and become a rich and powerful member of society in order to ensure that it becomes accepted and put to positive uses.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1969 Brownshoes
Year Language Title
1970Translated by Arlette Rosenblum
French
L'homme qui apprit à aimer?L'homme qui apprit a aimer
1971Translated by an unknown hand
Portuguese O homem que aprendeu a amar
1974Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Sein Name war Mensch
1974Translated by Gunnar Gällmo and/or Kjell Rehnström
Swedish Mannen som lärde sig älska
1981Translated by Eva Malsch
German Der Mann, der lieben lernte

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Nomination 1970 Nebula Short Story

Publications

Displaying all variants and translations • Do not display translationsDo not display variants or translations

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1969 1969-10-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$0.60?$: US dollar
132
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 Ronald Walotsky Checkmark
Fiction, #197 1970-05-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
OPTA  
F4.00?F: French frank
164
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 Lacroix Checkmark
Nebula Award Stories Five 1970-11-00 ed. James Blish Gollancz 0-575-00579-3
£?£: UK pound
216
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Nebula Award Stories Five 1970-12-11 ed. James Blish Doubleday  
$4.95?$: US dollar
215
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ann Crews , Donald Crews Checkmark
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ...: A Collection of Short Stories 1971-03-26 Theodore Sturgeon G. P. Putnam's Sons  
$4.95?$: US dollar
221
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paul Lehr Checkmark
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ... 1971-05-00 Theodore Sturgeon G. P. Putnam's Sons / SFBC 3287
$1.49?$: US dollar
xii+
207
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paul Lehr Checkmark
Magazine de Ficção Científica, June 1971 1971-06-00 ed. Flávio J. Cardozo Revista do Globo   Cr$3.00 128
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 Bert Tanner  
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Nineteenth Series 1971-08-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Doubleday  
$5.95?$: US dollar
286
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ronald Barnett , Peggy Barnett Checkmark
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ... 1971-08-00 Theodore Sturgeon Berkley Medallion 0-425-02045-2 / S2045
$0.75?$: US dollar
224
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 Paul Lehr Checkmark
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Nineteenth Series 1971-09-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Doubleday / SFBC 3457
$1.49?$: US dollar
286
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ronald Barnett , Peggy Barnett Checkmark
Nebula Award Stories Five 1972-01-00 ed. James Blish Pocket Books 0-671-77423-9
$0.95?$: US dollar
176
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 Lehr Checkmark
Nebula Award Stories Five 1972-11-00 ed. James Blish Pocket Books 0-671-77423-9
C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar
176
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 Lehr Checkmark
Nebula Award Stories 5 1972-12-00 ed. James Blish Panther 0-586-03785-3
£0.35?£: UK pound
170+
[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.
anth Checkmark
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 19th Series 1973-02-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Ace Books 05458
$0.95?$: US dollar
314
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 Checkmark
Sein Name war Mensch 1974-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #0184) 3-442-23184-1
DM 4.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
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 F. Jürgen Rogner  
Det hände i morgon 3?Det hande i morgon 3
1974-00-00 ed. Sam J. Lundwall Delta (Stockholm) (Delta Science Fiction #16) 91-7228-032-8
skr 30.00?skr: Swedish krona (crown)
207
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 Virgil Finlay  
The New Awareness 1975-05-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Patricia Warrick Delacorte Press 0-440-05989-5
$9.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
485
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Susan Gebel Checkmark
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ... 1978-01-00 Theodore Sturgeon Pocket Books 0-671-81415-X
$1.50?$: US dollar
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 Checkmark
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ... 1978-01-00 Theodore Sturgeon Pocket Books 0-671-81415-X
C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar
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 Checkmark
Ein Junge und sein Hund und andere »Nebula«-Preis-Stories 2 1981-00-00 ed. James Blish Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6723) 3-8118-6723-7
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
189
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 Carl Lundgren Checkmark
La sorcière du marais 1981-00-00 Theodore Sturgeon Néo (Fantastique / Science-fiction / Aventures #25) 2-7304-0087-7   212
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 Jean-Michel Nicollet  
La sorcière du marais 1998-02-00 Theodore Sturgeon Les Belles Lettres (Le Cabinet Noir #8) 2-251-77107-7
F49.00?F: French frank
264
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
Rémi Hamoir?Remi Hamoir
 
The Nail and the Oracle 2007-07-00 Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books 978-1-55643-661-1
$35.00?$: US dollar
xxxii+
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paula Morrison Checkmark
The Nail and the Oracle 2013-04-23 Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books 978-1-58394-755-5
$18.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Nail and the Oracle 2013-09-30 Theodore Sturgeon Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-11006-9
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
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