Title: Wish Upon a Star
Title Record # 57844
Author: Judith Merril
Date: 1958-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Current Tags: gender role reversal (1), powerful women (1), generation ship (1), puberty (1) Add Tags
Author: Judith Merril
Date: 1958-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A young man aboard a generation ship where the officers are women and the men have jobs like taking care of the plants and the children begins to have doubts about the gender roles.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1958 | 1958-12-00 | ed. Robert P. Mills | Mercury Press, Inc. | $0.35?$: US dollar |
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 | Emsh |  |
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| Fiction, #63 | 1959-02-00 |
ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux |
OPTA | F140?F: French frank |
148 | 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 | Lucien Lepiez | |
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| Venture Science Fiction [UK], June 1964 | 1964-06-00 | ed. uncredited | Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd | 2/6?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). |
116 | 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 | |||
| Survival Ship and Other Stories | 1974-00-00 | Judith Merril | Kakabeka Publishing | 0-919588-07-7 | C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
ix+ 229 |
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 | Derek Carter | |
| Histoires de cosmonautes | 1974-04-19 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3765) | 2-253-00062-0 | 413 | 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 | Pierre Faucheux | |
|
| Histoires de cosmonautes | 1974-06-10 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3765) | 2-253-00062-0 | 413 | 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 | Pierre Faucheux | ||
| Histoires de cosmonautes | 1976-00-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3765) | 2-253-00062-0 | 413 | 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 | Pierre Faucheux | ||
| The Best of Judith Merril | 1976-01-00 | Judith Merril | Warner Books | 0-446-86058-1 | $1.25?$: US dollar |
254 | 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 | Gray Morrow | |
| The Best of Judith Merril | 1976-01-00 | Judith Merril | Warner Books | 0-446-86058-1 | C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar |
254 | 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 | Gray Morrow | |
| The Best of Judith Merril | 1976-04-00 | Judith Merril | Warner Books | 0-446-86058-1 | $1.25?$: US dollar |
254 | 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 | Gray Morrow | |
| Töchter der Erde | 1983-08-00 | Judith Merril | Ullstein (Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy #31051) | 3-548-31051-6 | DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
256 | 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 | |
| Histoires de cosmonautes | 1984-03-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3765) | 2-253-03765-2 | 413 | 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 | Manchu | ||
| Daughters of Earth and Other Stories | 1985-00-00 | Judith Merril | McClelland & Stewart | 0-7710-5837-3 | C$5.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
383 | 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 | Jon Lomberg | |
| Histoires de cosmonautes | 1986-09-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3765) | 2-253-03765-2 | 413 | 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 | Manchu | ||
| Homecalling and Other Stories: The Complete Solo Short SF of Judith Merril | 2005-01-00 | Judith Merril | NESFA Press | 1-886778-54-X | $29.00?$: US dollar |
558 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | James Warhola | |
| Science Fiction by Women (1958-1963) | 2019-08-00 | ed. uncredited | Journey Press | 978-1-951320-00-3 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
[4]+ viii+ 263 |
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 | Frank Kelly Freas | |
| Science Fiction by Women (1958-1963) | 2019-09-02 | ed. uncredited | Journey Press | 978-1-951320-01-0 | $5.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Frank Kelly Freas |
Reviews
- Review by Erica L. Frank [as by Erica Frank] (2019) in Science Fiction by Women (1958-1963) , reprinted in:
- [as by Erica Frank] Science Fiction by Women (1958-1963) (2019)