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Title: Something Bright Title Record # 58934
Author: Zenna Henderson
Date: 1960-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1960Translated by Vanna Lombardi
Italian Qualcosa di luminoso
1969Translated by Iet Houwer
Dutch Iets stralends

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Magazine, February 1960 1960-02-00 ed. H. L. Gold Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.50?$: US dollar
196
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 Checkmark
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 78 1960-03-00 ed. H. L. Gold Strato Publications  
3/6?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).
196
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 Checkmark
Galaxy #28-29 1960-09-00 ed. R. Sgroi Casa Editrice La Tribuna 28-29
Lit 300?Lit: Italian lira
240
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 G. Crepax Checkmark
The 6th Annual of the Year's Best S-F 1961-10-00 ed. Judith Merril Simon & Schuster  
$3.95?$: US dollar
384
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth H. Lawrence Hoffman Checkmark
6th Annual Edition: the Year's Best S-F 1962-06-00 ed. Judith Merril Dell 9772
$0.50?$: US dollar
384
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 Van Zwienen Checkmark
6th Annual Edition: the Year's Best S-F 1962-06-00 ed. Judith Merril Dell 9772
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
384
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 Van Zwienen Checkmark
6th Annual Edition: the Year's Best S-F 1962-12-00 ed. Judith Merril Dell 9772
$0.50?$: US dollar
384
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 Van Zwienen Checkmark
The Best of Sci-Fi 1963-00-00 ed. Judith Merril Mayflower-Dell 0543-8
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).
384
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 Van Zwienen Checkmark
The Best of Sci-Fi 1963-00-00 ed. Judith Merril Mayflower-Dell 0543-8
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).
384
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 Van Zwienen Checkmark
The Seventh Galaxy Reader 1964-02-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Doubleday  
$3.95?$: US dollar
xii+
247
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Roger Zimmerman Checkmark
The Seventh Galaxy Reader 1964-10-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.20?$: US dollar
xii+
247
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Roger Zimmerman Checkmark
The Anything Box 1965-00-00 Zenna Henderson Doubleday  
$3.95?$: US dollar
205
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Tom Chibbaro Checkmark
The Seventh Galaxy Reader 1965-00-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (3))  
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).
247
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Anything Box 1966-00-00 Zenna Henderson Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (2))  
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).
205
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Seventh Galaxy Reader 1966-04-00 ed. Frederik Pohl The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 108   247
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth John Griffiths Checkmark
The Seventh Galaxy Reader 1967-00-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Pan Books M192
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).
237+
[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.
anth Checkmark
The Anything Box 1967-03-00 Zenna Henderson The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 119   205
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Terry James  
The Anything Box 1969-00-00 Zenna Henderson Panther 0-586-02821-8
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).
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 Checkmark
Science-fiction verhalen 1969-00-00 ed. uncredited Het Spectrum     600
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Anything Box 1969-02-00 Zenna Henderson Avon V2264
$0.75?$: US dollar
191
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 Hector Garrido Checkmark
Science Fiction 2 1973-00-00 ed. Robert Pierce Houghton Mifflin 0-395-13808-6    
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  
Tales Beyond Time: From Fantasy to Science Fiction 1973-00-00 ed. Catherine Crook de Camp, L. Sprague de Camp Lothrop, Lee & Shepard  
$4.95?$: US dollar
159
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ati Forberg Checkmark
Tales Beyond Time 1974-00-00 ed. Catherine Crook de Camp, L. Sprague de Camp G. K. Hall & Co. 0-8161-6165-8   247
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ati Forberg  
The Anything Box 1977-12-00 Zenna Henderson Avon 0-380-01745-8 / 34579
$1.50?$: US dollar
191
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 Hector Garrido Checkmark
The Anything Box 1978-07-00 Zenna Henderson Avon 0-380-01745-8 / 34579
$1.50?$: US dollar
191
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 Hector Garrido Checkmark
The Anything Box 1980-00-00 Zenna Henderson Avon 0-380-01745-8
$1.95?$: US dollar
191
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 Hector Garrido Checkmark
Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction 1980-03-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl Playboy Press 0-87223-568-8
$10.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
465
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Tommy Soloski Checkmark
Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction 1980-07-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl Playboy Press / SFBC 3888
$6.98?$: US dollar
xv+
481
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Tommy Soloski Checkmark
Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction 1981-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl Wideview Books 0-87223-647-1
$7.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
465
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 Tommy Soloski Checkmark
Galaxy: Volume 1 1981-10-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl Playboy Paperbacks 0-87216-917-0
$2.50?$: US dollar
240
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 Paul Alexander Checkmark
Believing: The Other Stories of Zenna Henderson 2020-02-00 Zenna Henderson NESFA Press 978-1-61037-338-8
$32.00?$: US dollar
470
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Believing: The Other Stories of Zenna Henderson 2020-02-00 Zenna Henderson NESFA Press 978-1-61037-339-5
$9.95?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Believing: The Other Stories of Zenna Henderson 2020-02-00 Zenna Henderson NESFA Press 978-1-61037-017-2
$9.95?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Bob Eggleton  
The Anything Box date unknown Zenna Henderson Avon 0-380-01745-8
$1.50?$: US dollar
191
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 Hector Garrido Checkmark
The Anything Box date unknown Zenna Henderson Avon 0-380-01745-8
C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar
191
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 Hector Garrido Checkmark
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