Title: The Better Man

Title: The Better Man Title Record # 77495
Author: Ray Russell
Date: 1966-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Synopsis: Only one woman and two men survived the apocalypse. Now they must choose which of the men gets to stay with the woman and re-start the human race.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1968	Italian	L'ultima Eva
1972^ⓘTranslated by Eduardo Saló	Portuguese	O melhor dos dois
1979^ⓘTranslated by Tjalling Dijkstra	Dutch	Wie het laatst lacht ...
1980^ⓘTranslated by Michelangelo Spada	Italian	L'uomo Migliore

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Playboy, July 1966	1966-07-00	ed. Editors of Playboy					unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	mag
Il pianeta Hellzapoppin	1968-11-00	ed. Valentino De Carlo	De Carlo Editore (Italy)		Lit 1,500^?Lit: Italian lira	268	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
A Wilderness of Stars: Stories of Man in Conflict with Space	1969-00-00	ed. William F. Nolan	Sherbourne Press		$5.95^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 277	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Jim McQuade
A Wilderness of Stars: Stories of Man in Conflict with Space	1970-06-00	ed. William F. Nolan	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (5))	0-575-00540-8	32/-^?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).	xi+ 276	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Fiend	1971-00-00	ed. Editors of Playboy	Playboy Press	16122	$0.75^?$: US dollar	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.	anth	Roger Hane
A Wilderness of Stars	1971-11-00	ed. William F. Nolan	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	175		xi+ 276	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
A Wilderness of Stars: Stories of Man in Conflict with Space	1971-12-00	ed. William F. Nolan	Dell	9582	$0.95^?$: US dollar	xi+ 242	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	Robert Foster
A Wilderness of Stars: Stories of Man in Conflict with Space	1971-12-00	ed. William F. Nolan	Dell	9582	C$0.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	xi+ 242	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	Robert Foster
A Wilderness of Stars: Stories of Man in Conflict with Space	1972-00-00	ed. William F. Nolan	Corgi	0-552-08942-7	£0.30^?£: UK pound	222	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	Bruce Pennington
Uma infinidade de estrelas	1972-00-00	ed. William F. Nolan	Dêagá (Ciência #8)			195	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	Andrade Albuquerque
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories	1978-03-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander	Doubleday	0-385-13044-9	$8.95^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 271	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Peter Rauch
Dwergsterren	1979-06-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Vincent van der Linden, Joseph D. Olander	Bruna (Bruna SF #100)	90-229-9100-8	ƒ8.50	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	Karel Thole
A Wilderness of Stars: Stories of Man in Conflict with Space	1980-00-00	ed. William F. Nolan	Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers	0-552-11362-X	£1.25^?£: UK pound	222	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	Tony Roberts (artist)
Urania #827	1980-03-16	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori	827	Lit 1,000^?Lit: Italian lira	192	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	Karel Thole
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories	1980-08-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander	Avon	0-380-50773-0	$2.50^?$: US dollar	xx+ 296	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
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories	1980-09-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander	Pan Books	0-330-26155-X	£1.75^?£: UK pound	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.	anth	John Harris
The Devil's Mirror	1980-11-20	Ray Russell	Sphere	0-7221-7556-6	£1.10^?£: UK pound	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
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander	Avon	0-380-50773-0	$3.95^?$: US dollar	296	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
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander	Avon	0-380-50773-0	$3.95^?$: US dollar	xx+ 296	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
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander	Avon	0-380-50773-0	C$2.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	xx+ 296	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
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander	Avon	0-380-50773-0	$3.25^?$: US dollar	xx+ 296	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth

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