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Title: Appearance of Life Title Record # 56819
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1976-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1976 An Appearance of Life
1976 An Appearance of Life [as by Brian Aldiss]
Year Language Title
1978Translated by Pon Ruiter
Dutch Schijn van leven
1978Translated by Charlotte Winheller
German Anschein von Leben
1979Translated by Françoise Perrin
French Une apparence de vie
1984Translated by Annette von Charpentier.
German Ein Anschein von Leben
2010Translated by 浅倉久志 (Hisashi Asakura).
Japanese
見せかけの生命?みせかけ の せいめい
Misekake no Seimei
[as by ]

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
10 1977 Locus 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
Andromeda I 1976-05-00 ed. Peter Weston Orbit / Futura 0-86007-891-4
£0.65?£: UK pound
206
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
Andromeda I 1977-00-00 ed. Peter Weston Dennis Dobson 0-234-72056-5
£3.95?£: UK pound
209
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The 1977 Annual World's Best SF 1977-05-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books (DAW Collectors #240) 0-87997-297-1 / UE1297
$1.75?$: US dollar
280
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 Checkmark
The 1977 Annual World's Best SF 1977-05-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-297-1 / UE1297
C$1.75?C$: Canadian dollar
280
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 Checkmark
The 1977 Annual World's Best SF 1977-09-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / SFBC 3148
$2.49?$: US dollar
279
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Richard V. Corben Checkmark
Last Orders and Other Stories 1977-11-00 Brian W. Aldiss Jonathan Cape 0-224-01487-0
£3.95?£: UK pound
223
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Candida Amsden Checkmark
Schijn van leven 1978-00-00 ed. Donald A. Wollheim Het Spectrum (Prisma #1840) 90-274-0969-2   226
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 John Verberk Checkmark
Science Fiction Story Reader 10 1978-07-00 ed. Herbert W. Franke Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3602) 3-453-30509-4
DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
222
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 Franke Checkmark
Last Orders and Other Stories 1979-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Triad Panther 0-586-04681-X
£0.95?£: UK pound
222
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
Galaxies intérieures 2 1979-01-00 ed. Maxim Jakubowski
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#271)
    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.
anth
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
 
Andromeda 1979-04-00 ed. Peter Weston St. Martin's Press 0-312-03649-3
$8.95?$: US dollar
206
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gary La Sasso Checkmark
Last Orders and Other Stories 1979-08-00 Brian W. Aldiss Triad Panther / Granada 0-586-04681-X
£1.25?£: UK pound
222
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 Goodfellow Checkmark
The World's Best SF. 4 1979-11-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim Dennis Dobson 0-234-72168-5
£5.25?£: UK pound
280
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Six 1982-12-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books 0-87997-788-4 / UE1788
$2.50?$: US dollar
280
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 Bernal Checkmark
Bestsellers Vol. 3, No. 9: Best of Aldiss 1983-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Viaduct Publications  
£0.95?£: UK pound
64
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
coll  
Die letzte Runde 1984-05-00 Brian W. Aldiss
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24056)
3-404-24056-1
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
238+
[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 Don Maitz Checkmark
Last Orders and Other Stories 1985-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Triad Panther 0-586-04681-X
£1.95?£: UK pound
222
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 Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
Best SF Stories of Brian W. Aldiss 1988-04-00 Brian W. Aldiss Gollancz 0-575-04210-9
£11.95?£: UK pound
328
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Last Orders 1989-04-00 Brian Aldiss Carroll & Graf 0-88184-458-6
$17.95?$: US dollar
223
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Man in His Time: Best SF Stories 1989-05-00 Brian Aldiss VGSF 0-575-04530-2
£3.50?£: UK pound
328
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
Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss 1989-09-00 Brian W. Aldiss Atheneum / Macmillan 0-689-12052-4
$19.95?$: US dollar
328
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ed Soyka Checkmark
Last Orders 1990-08-00 Brian Aldiss Carroll & Graf (Masters of Science Fiction (Carroll & Graf)) 0-88184-617-1
$3.95?$: US dollar
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 John Harris Checkmark
Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss 1990-10-00 Brian W. Aldiss Collier / Macmillan 0-02-030225-8
$4.95?$: US dollar
328
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 Ed Soyka Checkmark
The British Way 1998-02-00 ed. James Gunn Borealis / White Wolf Publishing 1-56504-157-7 / WW 11091
$14.99?$: US dollar
622
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 Checkmark
Von Ballard bis Stableford 2001-04-00 ed. James Gunn Heyne (Bibliothek der Science Fiction Literatur #101) 3-453-17953-6
DM 24.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
508
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
Jürgen Rogner?Juergen Rogner
Checkmark
ポストヒューマンSF傑作選 スティーヴ・フィーヴァー?ぽすとひゅーまん SF けっさくせん すてぃーう゛・ふぃーう゛ぁー
Posutohyuuman SF Kessakusen Sutiivu Fiivaa
2010-11-25 ed.
山岸真?やまぎしまこと
Makoto Yamagishi
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō
Hayakawa Shobo
はやかわしょぼう
ハヤカワショボウ
(
ハヤカワ文庫SF?Hayakawa Bunko SF
#1787)
978-4-15-011787-0
¥960?¥: Japanese yen
491+
[5]
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
小阪淳?こさかじゅん
Jun Kosaka
Checkmark
Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss date unknown Brian W. Aldiss Atheneum / Macmillan 0-689-12052-4
$19.95?$: US dollar
328
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ed Soyka Checkmark
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