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Title: The Lonely Habit Title Record # 56861
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1966-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Year Title
1966 The Lonely Habit [as by Brian Aldiss]
Year Language Title
1978 French Plaisir solitaire [as by Brian Aldiss]
1998Translated by Alexandra Tavares.
Portuguese O Hábito Solitário [as by Brian Aldiss]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Saliva Tree and Other Strange Growths 1966-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Faber and Faber  
18/-?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).
232
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Charles Mozley Checkmark
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 1966 1966-06-00 ed. Editors of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine    
$0.50?$: US dollar
 
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  
The Saliva Tree and Other Strange Growths 1967-06-00 Brian W. Aldiss The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 122   232
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Saliva Tree and Other Growths 1968-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Sphere Books 10839
5/-?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).
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.
coll David Davies (artist) Checkmark
The Saliva Tree and Other Growths 1968-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Sphere Books 10898
5/-?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).
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.
coll Checkmark
The Saliva Tree and Other Growths 1971-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Sphere Books 10960
£0.30?£: 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.
coll Checkmark
The Saliva Tree 1973-00-00 Brian Aldiss Sphere Books 0-7221-1102-9
£0.35?£: 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.
coll Checkmark
Univers 14 1978-08-04 ed.
Yves Frémion?Yves Fremion
J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #857) 2-277-11857-5   157
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 Marcel Laverdet Checkmark
The Saliva Tree and Other Growths 1979-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Sphere Books 0-7221-1073-1
£1.25?£: 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.
coll Les Edwards Checkmark
The Saliva Tree and Other Strange Growths 1981-02-00 Brian W. Aldiss Gregg Press 0-8398-2566-8
$16.95?$: US dollar
xii+
232
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
A Árvore da Saliva 1998-00-00 Brian Aldiss Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #490) 972-38-1666-0    
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
coll A. Pedro  
The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s (Part 3) 2015-09-24 Brian Aldiss Harper Voyager (UK) 978-0-00-814894-2
£10.99?£: UK pound
412
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  
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