Title: The Four-Hour Fugue
Title Record # 50933
Author: Alfred Bester
Date: 1974-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Alfred Bester
Date: 1974-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Current Tags: science fiction (1), detective (1), scientists (1), water shortage (1), perfume (1), murder (1), fugue state (1), pheromones (1) Add Tags
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| 6 | 1975 Locus | Best Short Story |
| Finalists | 1975 Hugo | Best Short Story |
Publications
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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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| Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1974 | 1974-06-00 | ed. Ben Bova | Condé Nast | $0.60?$: US dollar |
180 | 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 | Frank Kelly Freas |  |
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| The 1975 Annual World's Best SF | 1975-05-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #148) | 0-87997-170-3 / UW1170 | $1.50?$: US dollar |
269 | 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 | Jack Gaughan | |
| Best SF: 1974 | 1975-06-00 | ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison | Bobbs-Merrill Company | 0-672-52012-5 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
viii+ 253 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Glen Heller | |
| The 1975 Annual World's Best SF | 1975-09-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books / SFBC | 1260 | $2.49?$: US dollar |
ix+ 277 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Richard V. Corben | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 8 | 1976-01-00 | ed. Brian Aldiss, Harry Harrison | Sphere Books | 0-7221-4398-2 | £0.65?£: UK pound |
253 | 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 | Angus McKie | |
| The Light Fantastic: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Best Volume I | 1976-04-00 | Alfred Bester | Berkley/Putnam | 0-399-11614-1 | $7.95?$: US dollar |
254 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Richard Powers | |
| The World's Best SF Short Stories No. 2 | 1976-11-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | The Elmfield Press | 0-7057-0076-3 | 269 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | John Leeder | |
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| 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 | |
| Robot - Rivista di Fantascienza, #12 | 1977-03-00 | ed. Vittorio Curtoni | Armenia Editore | Lit 800?Lit: Italian lira |
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 | Giuseppe Festino | |
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| The Light Fantastic | 1977-05-00 | Alfred Bester | Gollancz | 0-575-02294-9 | £4.25?£: UK pound |
254 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
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| 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 | |
| The Best of Analog | 1978-10-00 | ed. Ben Bova | Baronet Publishing Co. (A Baronet/Analog Book) | 0-89437-034-0 | $5.95?$: US dollar |
418 | 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 | Alex Schomburg | |
| The Best of Analog | 1979-03-00 | ed. Ben Bova | Ace Books (An Analog Book) | 0-441-05470-6 | $2.25?$: US dollar |
418 | 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 | Alex Schomburg | |
| The Light Fantastic: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Volume 1 | 1979-07-00 | Alfred Bester | Fontana | 0-00-615281-3 | £0.95?£: UK pound |
223 | 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 | |
| Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Four | 1980-12-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books | 0-87997-585-1 | $2.25?$: US dollar |
269 | 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 | Segrelles | |
| Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Four | 1980-12-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | 0-87997-585-1, UE1585 | C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
269 | 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 | Segrelles | |
| La fantástica luz | 1984-00-00 | Alfred Bester | Teorema (Visión Arcadia) | 84-85958-87-X | 271 | 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 | ||
| The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume Two | 2000-04-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Tor | 0-312-86879-0 | $25.95?$: US dollar |
432 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| 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 | |
| The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 2 | 2001-04-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Tor | 0-312-86878-2 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
432 | 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 | ||
| Urania #1442 | 2002-06-30 | ed. Giuseppe Lippi | Mondadori | 1442 | €4.05?€: Euro |
460 | 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 | Franco Brambilla | |
| 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 | |