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Title: The Mothballed Spaceship

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Title: The Mothballed Spaceship Title Record # 63479
Author: Harry Harrison
Date: 1973-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Deathworld
Language: English
Synopsis: A crew are tasked with resurrecting the most powerful space warship ever constructed, now mothballed, but in the absence of the proper recognition codes, now long forgotten, the ship defends itself against all who approach.
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Current Tags: hard sf (1), artificial intelligence (1), interstellar colonization (1), space warship (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1978ⓘTranslated by John Beek.
 Dutch De Slagkruiser
1985ⓘTranslated by Vesna Mahečić
 Croatian
Začahureni svemirski brod?Zacahureni svemirski brod
Zachahureni svemirski brod
1995ⓘTranslated by Michael Windgassen
 German Eingemottet
2006ⓘTranslated by Frédéric Le Berre according to OCLC and nooSFere
 French Le vaisseau en sommeil

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Astounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology 1973-11-00 ed. Harry Harrison Random House 0-394-48167-4
$7.95?$: US dollar
 xvii+
332
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth John Sposato Checkmark
Astounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology 1974-02-00 ed. Harry Harrison Random House / SFBC 6066
$2.49?$: US dollar
 xiv+
302
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth John Sposato Checkmark
The John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology 1974-10-00 ed. Harry Harrison Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-98158-X
£2.95?£: UK pound
 297
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Astounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology 1974-12-00 ed. Harry Harrison Ballantine Books 0-345-24329-3
$1.95?$: US dollar
 xii+
324
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 Kelly Freas Checkmark
The John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology 1975-05-00 ed. Harry Harrison Sphere 0-7221-4371-0
£0.65?£: UK pound
 297
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 Eddie Jones Checkmark
The Best of Harry Harrison 1976-00-00 Harry Harrison Orbit / Futura 0-86007-898-1
£0.80?£: UK pound
 315
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 Best of Harry Harrison 1976-06-00 Harry Harrison Pocket Books 0-671-80525-8
$1.95?$: US dollar
 ix+
302
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 Best of Harry Harrison 1976-09-00 Harry Harrison Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-98340-X
£4.95?£: UK pound
 315
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Orbit, Zomer 1978 1978-06-21 ed. Kees van Toorn Kees van Toorn   ƒ4.95 48
A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
 mag Eddie Jones Checkmark
The Best of Harry Harrison 1980-00-00 Harry Harrison Orbit 0-86007-898-1
£1.50?£: UK pound
 315
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 Alan Craddock Checkmark
The Best of Harry Harrison 1981-11-00 Harry Harrison Timescape / Pocket Books 0-671-42426-2
$2.95?$: US dollar
 ix+
302
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  
The Best of Harry Harrison 1981-11-00 Harry Harrison Timescape / Pocket Books 0-671-42426-2
C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 ix+
302
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 Best of Harry Harrison 1985-00-00 Harry Harrison Orbit 0-86007-898-1
£2.50?£: UK pound
 315
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
Sirius, #109 1985-07-05 ed.
Milivoj Pašiček?Milivoj Pasicek
Milivoj Pashichek
 Vjesnik  
Din 120?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar
 132
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 Igor Kordej Checkmark
The Best of Harry Harrison 1988-00-00 Harry Harrison Orbit 0-86007-898-1
£2.99?£: UK pound
 315
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  
The Best of Harry Harrison 1991-05-00 Harry Harrison Orbit 0-86007-898-1
£3.99?£: UK pound
 315
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 Elson Checkmark
Stainless Steel Visions 1993-03-00 Harry Harrison Tor 0-312-85245-2
$18.95?$: US dollar
 254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Keith Parkinson Checkmark
Stainless Steel Visions 1993-03-00 Harry Harrison Legend 0-09-926201-0
£14.99?£: UK pound
 254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Keith Parkinson Checkmark
Stainless Steel Visions 1993-03-00 Harry Harrison Legend 0-09-926021-2
£8.99?£: UK pound
 254
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 Keith Parkinson Checkmark
Stainless Steel Visions 1994-02-00 Harry Harrison Tor 0-812-53529-4
$4.99?$: 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 Keith Parkinson Checkmark
Stainless Steel Visions 1994-04-00 Harry Harrison Legend 0-09-992560-5
£4.99?£: UK pound
 254
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 Keith Parkinson Checkmark
Visionen einer Stahlratte 1995-00-00 Harry Harrison Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #5297) 3-453-08557-4
DM 14.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 347
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 Karel Thole Checkmark
Deathworld 2005-04-00 Harry Harrison BenBella Books 1-932100-41-5
$14.95?$: US dollar
 456
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.
 omni Don Maitz  
Deathworld: Le monde de la mort 2006-03-29 Harry Harrison Bragelonne 2-915549-69-9   492
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.
 omni Stephan Martiniere  
Deathworld 2006-06-00 Harry Harrison Benbella Books / SFBC 978-0-7394-6991-0
$12.99?$: US dollar
 456
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni Don Maitz Checkmark
Stainless Steel Visions 2012-10-29 Harry Harrison Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-11547-7
£2.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Visionen einer Stahlratte 2014-00-00 Harry Harrison Heyne 978-3-641-13886-8
€5.99?€: Euro
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Deathworld: Le monde de la mort 2014-06-18 Harry Harrison Bragelonne 978-2-35294-777-6
€10.00?€: Euro
 493
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.
 omni Anne-Claire Payet  
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