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Title: The Plague

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Title: The Plague Title Record # 1631853
Author: Ken Liu
Date: 2013-05-15
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: nature.com, tor.com
Language: English
Note: First published on the Nature.com website May 15, 2013, followed by a print edition in Nature, May 16, 2013.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
2013Translated by an uncredited hand
German Die Seuche
2015Translated by Pierre-Paul Durastanti
French La peste

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Nature, May 16, 2013 2013-05-16 ed. Editors of Nature Nature Publishing Group     116
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag  
Tor.com, July 11, 2013 2013-07-11 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden Tor  
$0.00?$: US dollar
0
webzine?Used for Internet-based periodical publications which are otherwise not downloadable as an "ebook".
mag  
Spektrum der Wissenschaft, Dezember 2013 2013-12-00 ed. Editors of Spektrum der Wissenschaft Spektrum der Wissenschaft  
€8.20?€: Euro
108
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag Checkmark
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2014 2014-06-17 ed. Paula Guran Prime Books 978-1-60701-431-7
$19.95?$: US dollar
569
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 Fer Gregory Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection 2014-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 978-1-250-04620-8
$40.00?$: US dollar
xliii+
705
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jim Burns Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection 2014-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 978-1-250-04621-5
$22.99?$: US dollar
705
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 27 2014-11-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 978-1-4721-1876-9
£13.99?£: UK pound
xlv+
734
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 Joe Roberts Checkmark
La ménagerie de papier 2015-04-02 Ken Liu
Le Bélial'?Le Belial'
978-2-84344-133-2
€23.00?€: Euro
438
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
Aurélien Police?Aurelien Police
 
La ménagerie de papier?La menagerie de papier
2017-10-05 Ken Liu Gallimard (Folio SF #586) 978-2-07-079310-5
€8.30?€: Euro
512
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 Manchu  
La ménagerie de papier?La menagerie de papier
2017-11-06 Ken Liu Gallimard (Folio SF #586) 978-2-07-079310-5   503
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 Manchu  
La ménagerie de papier?La menagerie de papier
2017-12-28 Ken Liu Gallimard (Folio SF #586) 978-2-07-079310-5   503
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 Manchu  
Sins and Other Worlds 2018-10-27 ed. Eric S. Fomley Eric S. Fomley 978-1-72933-029-6
$9.99?$: US dollar
257
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  
Wastelands: The New Apocalypse 2019-06-04 ed. John Joseph Adams Titan Books 978-1-78565-895-2
£8.99?£: UK pound
524
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  
Wastelands: The New Apocalypse 2019-06-04 ed. John Joseph Adams Titan Books 978-1-78565-896-9
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Wastelands: The New Apocalypse 2020-04-20 ed. John Joseph Adams Titan Books 978-1-78565-897-6
$9.99?$: US dollar
528
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  
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 27 date unknown ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 978-1-4721-1876-9
£14.99?£: UK pound
xlv+
734
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 Joe Roberts Checkmark
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