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Title: The Brains of Rats Title Record # 46461
Author: Michael Blumlein
Date: 1986-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A scientist develops a virus which can determine the sex of humans.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1989Translated by Michael Nagula
German Die Gehirne von Ratten
1994Translated by 山形浩生
Japanese
ラットの脳?ラットののう
Ratto no Nou
Ratto no Nō
[as by ]

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Nomination 1987 World Fantasy Best Short Fiction

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Interzone, #16 Summer 1986 1986-00-00 ed. Simon Ounsley, David Pringle    
£1.50?£: UK pound
56
A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
mag Jim Burns  
Interzone: The 2nd Anthology 1987-08-00 ed. John Clute, Simon Ounsley, David Pringle Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-65450-0
£10.95?£: UK pound
x+
205
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth George Snow  
Interzone: The 2nd Anthology 1988-01-00 ed. John Clute, Simon Ounsley, David Pringle St. Martin's Press 0-312-01325-6
$16.95?$: US dollar
x+
208
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth George Snow Checkmark
Interzone: The 2nd Anthology 1988-08-00 ed. John Clute, Simon Ounsley, David Pringle New English Library 0-450-42853-2
£2.95?£: UK pound
xiv+
274
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
Zärtlich war die Zukunft: Liebesgeschichten aus der Welt von morgen?Zaertlich war die Zukunft: Liebesgeschichten aus der Welt von morgen
1989-02-00 ed. Karl Michael Armer, Michael Nagula Luchterhand (Sammlung Luchterhand #822) 3-630-61822-7
DM 15.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
187
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 Max Bartholl Checkmark
The Brains of Rats 1989-10-00 Michael Blumlein Scream/Press  
$20.00?$: US dollar
209
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 Brains of Rats 1990-09-00 Michael Blumlein Scream/Press 0-910489-28-9
$25.00?$: US dollar
v+
197
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Stephen Elston Checkmark
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 1993-10-00 ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-03546-8
$27.50?$: US dollar
869
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Dale O'Dell Checkmark
器官切除?キカンセツジョ
Kikan Setsujo
きかんせつじょ
1994-04-00
白水社?はくすいしゃ
Hakusuisha
(
ライターズX?Raitaazu X
Writers X
Raitāzu X
WritersX
)
4-560-04565-8
¥2,300?¥: Japanese yen
235
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  
The Brains of Rats 1997-03-00 Michael Blumlein Dell 0-440-21373-8
$5.50?$: US dollar
xiv+
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 Checkmark
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 1999-06-00 ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-97241-0
$36.60?$: US dollar
870
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 Dale O'Dell  
Lightspeed, March 2015 2015-03-00 ed. John Joseph Adams Lightspeed Magazine  
$3.99?$: US dollar
447
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
mag Wylie Beckert Checkmark
The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection 2016-07-12 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books 978-1-101-91009-2
$25.00?$: US dollar
xxxi+
1178
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection 2016-07-12 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books 978-1-101-91010-8
$25.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Bruce Pennington Checkmark
The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection 2016-07-12 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Vintage Crime/Black Lizard / SFBC 14-1016912
$19.55?$: US dollar
xxxi+
1178
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 Bruce Pennington  
Short 2023-12-01 Michael Blumlein Subterranean Press 978-1-64524-152-2
$45.00?$: US dollar
419
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Aufuldish Checkmark
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 date unknown ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-03546-8
$27.50?$: US dollar
869
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Dale O'Dell  
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 date unknown ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-97241-0   869
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 Dale O'Dell Checkmark
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 date unknown ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-03546-8
$27.50?$: US dollar
869
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Dale O'Dell  
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