Title: Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life
Title Record # 772557
Author: Roald Dahl
Date: 1974-09-14
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Roald Dahl
Date: 1974-09-14
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Speculative in the manner of a ribald tall tale: the farmer controls whether male or female calves are produced by facing the bull toward or away from the sun during sex, and claims that it works for humans too. First published in the New York Times, September 14, 1974.
Synopsis: Rummins the farmer explains how it is that he can control whether matings with his bull produce male or female calves.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life | 1990-00-00 | Roald Dahl | Penguin Books | 0-14-011847-0 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
ix+ 162 |
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 | John Caple | |
| Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life | 1990-04-00 | Roald Dahl | Alfred A. Knopf | 0-394-58265-9 | $18.95?$: US dollar |
ix+ 179 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | John Lawrence | |
| The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl | 1991-09-00 | Roald Dahl | Michael Joseph | 0-7181-3545-8 | £15.99?£: UK pound |
iv+ 762 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | ||
| The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy | 1997-08-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Souvenir Press | 0-285-63388-0 | £16.99?£: UK pound |
270 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Josh Kirby | |
| The Flying Sorcerers | 1998-11-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Ace Books | 0-441-00577-2 | $5.99?$: US dollar |
x+ 304 |
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 | Walter Velez |  |
| The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy | 1999-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Orbit | 1-85723-725-0 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
xi+ 372 |
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 | Josh Kirby | |
| Scheibenwahn | 1999-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #9037) | 3-453-15602-1 | DM 14.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
430 | 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 | Josh Kirby | |
| The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy | 1999-02-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Orbit | 1-85723-725-0 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
xi+ 372 |
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 | Josh Kirby | |
| The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy | 2001-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Orbit | 1-85723-725-0 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
xi+ 372 |
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 | Josh Kirby | |
| Collected Stories | 2006-10-17 | Roald Dahl | Alfred A. Knopf (Everyman's Library #300) | 0-307-26490-4 | $30.00?$: US dollar |
xxxviii+ 850 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl | date unknown | Roald Dahl | Penguin Books India | 978-0-14-015807-6 | Rs 499.00 | 762 | 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 | Elizabeth Thomas |