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Title: Falling Star Title Record # 194455
Author: Brendan DuBois
Date: 2004-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: After a virus destroys all computer chips, driving mankind back into a preindustrial age, a former astronaut is regarded with suspicion by superstitious neighbors who feel God punished man for scientific arrogance.
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Year Language Title
2008Translated by Silviu Genescu and/or Roxana Brinceanu and/or Laura Bocancios and/or Gabriel Stoian and/or Antuza Genescu and/or Ana-Veronica Mircea
Romanian
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Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Space Stations 2004-03-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, John Helfers DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1288) 0-7564-0176-3
$6.99?$: US dollar
320
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 Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection 2005-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin / SFBC 1188574
$14.99?$: US dollar
lii+
822
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stephan Martiniere  
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection 2005-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-33659-4
$35.00?$: US dollar
xl+
663
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stephan Martiniere Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection 2005-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-33660-8
$19.95?$: US dollar
xl+
663
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 Stephan Martiniere Checkmark
Galileo's Children: Tales of Science vs. Superstition 2005-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Pyr 1-59102-315-7
$25.00?$: US dollar
346
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth David Brian Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 18th Annual Collection 2005-09-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 1-84529-116-6
£9.99?£: UK pound
xlv+
722
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  
The Year's Best Science Fiction (vol. III) 2008-05-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Editura Nemira (Nautilus) 978-973-143-175-8   736
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 Stephan Martiniere  
Galileo's Children: Tales of Science vs. Superstition 2009-00-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Pyr  
$11.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth David Brian  
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 18th Annual Collection 2012-03-01 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 978-1-78033-721-0
£2.49?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Checkmark
Clarkesworld Magazine Podcast, September 2014 2014-09-00 ed. Neil Clarke Wyrm Publishing      
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
mag  
Clarkesworld Magazine, September 2014 2014-09-00 ed. Neil Clarke Wyrm Publishing      
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
mag Ian McQue  
Clarkesworld, September 2014 2014-09-04 ed. Neil Clarke Clarkesworld Magazine 978-0-692-28586-2
$6.99?$: US dollar
120
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.
mag Ian McQue  
Galileo's Children: Tales of Science vs. Superstition 2014-09-30 ed. Gardner Dozois Baen Books 978-1-62579-344-7
$4.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
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