Title: Venus Smiles

Title: Venus Smiles Title Record # 54219
Author: J. G. Ballard
Date: 1957-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Vermilion Sands
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: Although the story is mostly the the same, the text of "Mobile" is in many cases very different. "Mobile" does not contain any references to Vermillion Sands.

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Translations

Year	Title
1957	Mobile

Year	Language	Title
1964^ⓘAs the German translation has no references to Vermillion Sands it appears based on the story "Mobile", and not "Venus Smiles". Translated by an uncredited hand	German	Die unheimliche Plastik (Part 1 of 2)
1964^ⓘAs the German translation has no references to Vermillion Sands it appears based on the story "Mobile", and not "Venus Smiles". Translated by an uncredited hand	German	Die unheimliche Plastik (Part 2 of 2)
1968^ⓘTranslated by Hilja Brinis	Italian	Le sculture di Vermillion Sands [as by James G. Ballard]
1969	French	La statue qui chantait
1970^ⓘTranslated by Lionel Massun	French	Mobile
1972^ⓘTranslated by Alfred Scholz	German	Die Venus lächelt^?Die Venus laechelt
1973^ⓘTranslated by G. R. de Bruin	Dutch	Venus Glimlacht
1975	French	Le sourire de Vénus^?Le sourire de Venus
1980^ⓘTranslated by Božidar Stančić	Croatian	Pokretna skulptura
1980^ⓘTranslated by Michael Nagula	German	Das Lächeln der Venus^?Das Laecheln der Venus
1990^ⓘTranslated by Milena Christache	Romanian	Venus ne zâmbește^?Venus ne zambeste [as by James G. Ballard]

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Science Fantasy, June 1957	1957-06-00	ed. John Carnell	Nova Publications Ltd.		2/-^?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).	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	Jose Rubios
Billenium	1962-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Berkley Medallion	F667	$0.50^?$: US dollar	159	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
Vorposten im All	1964-09-01	Wallace West	Pabel (Utopia Zukunftsroman #401)	UZ401	DM 0.70^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	60	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".	coll	Gerhard Görner^?Gerhard Goerner
Der Priester-König^?Der Priester-Koenig	1964-09-15	Adam Lukens	Pabel (Utopia Zukunftsroman #402)	UZ402	DM 0.70^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	63	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".	novel	Gerhard Görner^?Gerhard Goerner
If, September 1967	1967-09-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Galaxy Publishing Corporation		$0.60^?$: US dollar	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	Gray Morrow
Urania #482	1968-02-25	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori	482	Lit 250^?Lit: Italian lira	168	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	Karel Thole
Galaxie (2ème série), #56	1969-01-00	ed. Alain Dorémieux^?Alain Doremieux	OPTA		F3.00^?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	Wenzel
Billenium	1970-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Marabout ( Bibliothèque Marabout - Science Fiction^?Bibliotheque Marabout - Science Fiction #356)			241	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
Vermilion Sands	1971-04-00	J. G. Ballard	Berkley Medallion	0-425-01980-2	$0.75^?$: 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	Richard Powers
Vermilion Sands	1971-04-00	J. G. Ballard	Berkley Medallion	0-425-01980-2	C$0.75^?C$: 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	Richard Powers
Die Tausend Träume von Stellavista und andere Vermilion-Sands-Stories	1972-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Marion von Schröder (Science Fiction & Fantastica)	3-547-71157-6	DM 12.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	251	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	Holger Matthies
De Zingende Beelden	1973-00-00	J. G. Ballard	De Bezige Bij (Literaire Reuzenpocket #438)	90-234-0438-6		347	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	Wout Muller
Vermilion Sands	1973-11-00	J. G. Ballard	Jonathan Cape	0-224-00894-3	£2.25^?£: UK pound	208	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Brian Knight (I)
Billenium	1974-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Marabout ( Bibliothèque Marabout - Science Fiction^?Bibliotheque Marabout - Science Fiction #356)			241+ [15]	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
Die Tausend Träume von Stellavista	1974-06-00	J. G. Ballard	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3394)	3-453-30289-3	DM 3.80^?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.	coll	C. A. M. Thole
Vermilion Sands ou le paysage intérieur	1975-06-30	J. G. Ballard	OPTA ( OPTA - Nébula^?OPTA - Nebula #3)	2-7201-0023-4		233	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-Chrétien Favreau^?Jean-Chretien Favreau
Vermilion Sands	1975-12-00	J. G. Ballard	Panther	0-586-04161-3	£0.60^?£: UK pound	208	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	Peter Jones
Vermilion Sands	1979-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #7053)	2-253-02311-6		319	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	A. Choisnet
Sirius, #44	1980-02-05	ed. Borivoj Jurković^?Borivoj Jurkovic Borivoj Jurkovich	Vjesnik		Din 20^?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar	148	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
Science-Fiction-Stories 81	1980-03-00	ed. Walter Spiegl	Ullstein (Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy #31012)	3-548-31012-5	DM 3.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	124	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
Die Tausend Träume von Stellavista und andere Vermilion-Sands-Stories	1982-08-00	J. G. Ballard	Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #79)	3-518-37333-1	DM 9.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	203	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	Thomas Franke
Vermilion Sands	1985-00-00	J. G. Ballard	J. M. Dent (Everyman Fiction)	0-460-02277-6	£2.95^?£: UK pound	208	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	Grizelda Holderness
Vermilion Sands	1985-00-00	J. G. Ballard	J. M. Dent (Everyman Fiction)	0-460-02277-6	£2.95^?£: UK pound	208	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	Grizelda Holderness
Vermilion Sands ou le paysage intérieur	1988-08-00	J. G. Ballard	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5299)	2-266-02248-2		216	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
Vermilion Sands	1988-09-00	J. G. Ballard	Carroll & Graf (Masters of Science Fiction (Carroll & Graf))	0-88184-422-5	$3.95^?$: US dollar	208	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
Orfeu din Orion, #0	1990-00-00	ed. Viorel Pîrligras^?Viorel Pirligras , Marian Rățulescu^?Marian Ratulescu	GOTA		Lei 300^?Lei: Romanian leu	16	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	mag	Viorel Pîrligras^?Viorel Pirligras
Vermilion Sands	1992-09-00	J. G. Ballard	Phoenix	1-85799-005-6	£4.99^?£: UK pound	208	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	René Magritte^?Rene Magritte
Vermilion Sands	2001-10-00	J. G. Ballard	Vintage (UK)	0-09-927358-6	£6.99^?£: UK pound	208	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	Richard Cummins
The Complete Short Stories	2001-11-00	J. G. Ballard	Flamingo	0-00-712405-8	£25.00^?£: UK pound	ix+ 1189	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jerry Bauer
The Complete Short Stories	2002-11-00	J. G. Ballard	Flamingo	0-00-713812-1	£16.99^?£: UK pound	ix+ 1189	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
Die Stimmen der Zeit	2007-04-02	J. G. Ballard	Heyne (Meisterwerke der Science Fiction)	978-3-453-52229-9	€10.95^?€: Euro	[1]+ 987	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	Ellen Schuster
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard	2009-09-00	J. G. Ballard	W. W. Norton & Company	978-0-393-07262-4	$35.00^?$: US dollar	xv+ 1199	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	David Levenson
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard	2010-00-00	J. G. Ballard	W. W. Norton & Company	978-0-393-33929-1	$24.95^?$: US dollar	xv+ 1199	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	David Levenson
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard	2012-06-01	J. G. Ballard	W. W. Norton & Company	978-0-393-07687-5	$24.95^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll

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