Title: A History of the Twentieth Century, with Illustrations

Title: A History of the Twentieth Century, with Illustrations Title Record # 40273
Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
Date: 1991-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English

Note: The text of the story was revised after it was published in Asimov's, mostly correcting typographical errors and substituting words, but also adding a paragraph (about 225 extra words) about the Broch of Gurness right before Frank begins his tour of the Ring of Brodgar.

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Year	Title
2006	"A History of the Twentieth Century, with Illustrations"

Year	Language	Title
1991^ⓘTranslated by Anna Mieścicka	Polish	Ilustrowana historia dwudziestego wieku
1992^ⓘTranslated by Ronaldo Sergio de Biasi.	Portuguese	Uma História do Século XX, com Ilustrações
1994^ⓘTranslated by Ralph Tegtmeier	German	Eine Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts mit Illustrationen
1999	French	Histoire illustrée du XXe siècle^?Histoire illustree du XXe siecle

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nomination	1992 SF Chronicle	Novelette
9	1992 Locus	Best Novelette

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1991	1991-04-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Davis Publications		$3.95^?$: US dollar	324	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	Gary Freeman
A Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions	1991-05-00	Kim Stanley Robinson	Pulphouse Publishing (Author's Choice Monthly #20)		$4.95^?$: US dollar	79	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	George Barr
A Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions	1991-05-00	Kim Stanley Robinson	Pulphouse Publishing (Author's Choice Monthly #20)		$25.00^?$: US dollar	79	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	George Barr
A Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions	1991-05-00	Kim Stanley Robinson	Pulphouse Publishing (Author's Choice Monthly #20)		$50.00^?$: US dollar	79	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Remaking History	1991-12-00	Kim Stanley Robinson	Tor	0-312-85126-X	$18.95^?$: US dollar	274	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Peter Gudynus
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Wydanie Polskie, December 1991	1991-12-00	ed. Anna Calikowska, Michał Wroczyński^?Michal Wroczynski	Temark		zł 17,500^?zł: Polish zloty	194	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	Pelaez
Isaac Asimov Magazine, #19	1992-00-00	ed. Ronaldo Sergio de Biasi	Record			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.	mag
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection	1992-07-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Press	0-312-07889-7	$27.95^?$: US dollar	xxxix+ 575	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Bob Eggleton
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection	1992-07-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Press	0-312-07891-9	$15.95^?$: US dollar	xxxix+ 575	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	Bob Eggleton
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection	1992-08-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Press / SFBC	01121	$13.98^?$: US dollar	xxxix+ 575	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Bob Eggleton
Best New SF 6	1992-10-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Robinson	1-85487-131-5	£7.99^?£: UK pound	xxxix+ 575	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	Terry Oakes
Lenins Zahn und Stalins Tränen	1994-00-00	ed. Wolfgang Jeschke	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #5055)	3-453-06627-8	DM 17.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	508+ [1]	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
Remaking History and Other Stories	1994-10-00	Kim Stanley Robinson	Tor	0-312-89012-5	$14.95^?$: US dollar	528	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	Peter Gudynus
The Giant Book of Fantastic SF	1995-00-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Magpie Books	1-85487-607-4		xxxix+ 575	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	Chris Moore
Galaxies, #15	1999-12-00	ed. Stéphane Nicot^?Stephane Nicot	Galaxies		F60.00^?F: French frank	196	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	Philippe Jozelon
Vinland the Dream and Other Stories	2002-05-00	Kim Stanley Robinson	Voyager	0-00-713404-5	£6.99^?£: UK pound	410	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	Chris Moore
Polder: A Festschrift for John Clute and Judith Clute	2006-03-00	ed. Farah Mendlesohn	Old Earth Books (Contemporary Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers)	1-882968-34-4	$40.00^?$: US dollar	308	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Judith Clute
The Savage Humanists	2008-09-06	ed. Fiona Kelleghan	Robert J. Sawyer Books	978-0-88995-425-0	$15.95^?$: US dollar	302	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	NASA , Karen Thomas
The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson	2010-07-27	Kim Stanley Robinson	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-184-3	$27.95^?$: US dollar	[8]+ 389+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Joe Jesus
The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson	2010-08-01	Kim Stanley Robinson	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-251-2	$16.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson	2010-12-14	Kim Stanley Robinson	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-185-0	$16.99^?$: US dollar	[10]+ 389+ [9]	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	Joe Jesus

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