Note: Thge variant title 'Mitkey Astromouse' / 'Maicki Astromaus' is a slightly language-juvenilized adaptation which nevertheless tells the same story; it has a few omissions on the professor and the background.

Synopsis: A German professor, living in the USA, has invented a rocket carrying a mouse, in the hope of reaching the moon. But the spacecraft is attracted by an invisible asteroid peopled with tiny beings who increase the animal's intelligence and send him back on Earth, dressed as Mickey Mouse...

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Translations

Year	Title
1942	The Star-Mouse
1942	Star Mouse
1942	The Star-Mouse [as by Frederic Brown]
1971^ⓘIt's stated as adapted for young readers from The Star Mouse, which encompasses language somewhat easy to read and some minor abridgements. The 'Astromouse' part of the title was derived from an idea by H. C. Artmann, according to a note in the German edition.	Mitkey Astromouse

Year	Language	Title
1954^ⓘTranslated by Jacques Papy	French	Mitkey
1956^ⓘTranslated by Félix Monteagudo	Spanish	Ratón estelar
1959^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand	Italian	Mickie, il topolino spaziale
1965	Hungarian	A csillagegér
1969^ⓘTranslated by Bianca Russo	Italian	Astrotopolino
1970^ⓘTranslated by Uwe Friesel, who also did some adaptation into a more juvenile character of the shortfiction piece. The 'Astromaus' part of the title was an idea by H. C. Artmann, according to a note in the German edition.	German	Maicki Astromaus
1981^ⓘTranslated by Leni Sobez	German	Die Sternenmaus
1981^ⓘTranslated by Eva Malsch	German	Der Sternenmäuserich^?Der Sternenmaeuserich
1988^ⓘTranslated by María Teresa Segur Giralt.	Spanish	El ratón estelar
1993^ⓘTranslated by Л. Этуш (L. Etush)	Russian	Звездная мышь^?Zvezdnaya mysh' [as by Фредрик Браун^?Fredrik Braun ]
1995^ⓘTranslated by Claudiu Florian	Romanian	Șoricelul-stea^?Soricelul-stea
2000^ⓘTranslated by 安野玲(Anno Rei)	Japanese	星ねずみ^?ほしねずみ Hoshi Nezumi [as by フレドリック・ブラウン^?Furedorikk Buraun ]
2005^ⓘTranslated by Núria Gres and Máximo Miguel	Spanish	El ratón estelar

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
4	2018 Retro Hugo	Best Novelette

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Planet Stories, Spring 1942	1942-02-00	ed. Malcolm Reiss	Love Romances Publishing Co., Inc.		$0.20^?$: US dollar	132	pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Leydenfrost
Adventures in Time and Space	1946-00-00	ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas	Random House		$2.95^?$: US dollar	xv+ 997	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	George Salter
Adventures in Time and Space	1946-08-26	ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas	Random House		$2.95^?$: US dollar	xv+ 997	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	George Salter
Invasion from Mars: Interplanetary Stories	1949-05-00	ed. Orson Welles	Dell (Dell Mapback)	305	$0.25^?$: US dollar	191	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	Malcolm Smith
Space on My Hands	1951-07-00	Fredric Brown	Shasta		$2.50^?$: US dollar	224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Malcolm Smith
Space on My Hands	1953-00-00	Fredric Brown	Corgi	1077	2/-^?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).	239	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
Space on My Hands	1953-01-00	Fredric Brown	Bantam Books	1077	$0.25^?$: US dollar	239	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	Charles Binger
Space on My Hands	1953-01-00	Fredric Brown	Bantam Books	1077	$0.25^?$: US dollar	239	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	Charles Binger
Une étoile m'a dit	1954-03-25	Fredric Brown	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #2)		F450^?F: French frank	251	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
Amo del espacio	1956-00-00	Fredric Brown	E.D.H.A.S.A. (Nebulae #21)	21		254	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	Llobera
Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space	1957-00-00	ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas	Random House		C$3.45^?C$: Canadian dollar	997	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space	1957-00-00	ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas	Modern Library (Modern Library Giant #31)	G31	$2.95^?$: US dollar	997	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Salter
I Romanzi del Cosmo #34	1959-08-15	ed. Marco Paini	Ponzoni	34	Lit 150^?Lit: Italian lira	144	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	Luigi Garonzi
Riadó a Naprendszerben	1965-00-00	ed. Kulin Katalin, Kuczka Péter	Európa Könyvkiadó^?Europa Konyvkiado		Ft 26,50^?Ft: Hungarian forint	471	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	Hegedűs István^?Hegedus Istvan
Daymares	1968-00-00	Fredric Brown	Lancer Books	73-727	$0.60^?$: US dollar	317	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	Howard Winters
Urania #511	1969-04-06	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori	511	Lit 250^?Lit: Italian lira	167	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
Une étoile m'a dit^?Une etoile m'a dit	1969-05-29	Fredric Brown	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #2)		F8.50^?F: French frank	251	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
Maicki Astromaus	1970-00-00	Fredric Brown	Middelhauve		DM 16.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	29	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap	Heinz Edelmann
Mitkey Astromouse	1971-00-00	Fredric Brown	Harlin Quist	0-8252-0074-1		[28]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap	Heinz Edelmann
Mitkey Astromouse	1971-00-00	Fredric Brown	Harlin Quist	0-8252-0073-3		[28]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap	Heinz Edelmann
The Best of Planet Stories #1: Strange Adventures on Other Worlds	1975-01-00	ed. Leigh Brackett	Ballantine Books	0-345-24334-X	$1.25^?$: US dollar	212	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	Kelly Freas
Adventures in Time and Space	1975-08-00	ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas	Ballantine Books	0-345-25374-4	$4.95^?$: US dollar	[xvii]+ 997	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 Best of Fredric Brown	1977-01-00	Fredric Brown	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	3180	$2.49^?$: US dollar	280	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Richard V. Corben
The Best of Fredric Brown	1977-05-00	Fredric Brown	Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction)	0-345-25700-6	$1.95^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 315	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	H. R. Van Dongen
Une étoile m'a dit	1977-10-24	Fredric Brown	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #2)			251	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	Stéphane Dumont^?Stephane Dumont
Adventures in Time and Space	1978-03-00	ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-27747-3	$6.95^?$: US dollar	xv+ 997	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
Adventures in Time and Space	1978-12-00	ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-28925-0	$9.95^?$: US dollar	997	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
Adventures in Time and Space	1979-12-00	ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-27747-3	$9.95^?$: US dollar	997	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
Space on My Hands	1980-05-00	Fredric Brown	Bantam Books	0-553-13400-0	$1.95^?$: US dollar	239	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	John Holmes
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 4, 1942	1980-10-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	0-87997-570-9	C$2.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	448	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	Antonio Bernal
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 4, 1942	1980-10-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #405)	0-87997-570-9 / UE1570	$2.50^?$: US dollar	448	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	Antonio Bernal
Die besten SF-Stories von Fredric Brown	1981-05-00	Fredric Brown	Moewig (Bibliothek Science Fiction)	3-8118-2016-8	DM 19.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	333	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Peter Goodfellow
Die besten Stories von 1942	1981-06-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6717)	3-8118-6717-2	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	335	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 Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown	1982-09-00	Fredric Brown	New English Library	0-450-05501-9	£1.75^?£: UK pound	447	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	Tim White
Cosmolinea B-1	1982-09-00	Fredric Brown	Mondadori (Biblioteca di Urania #11)		Lit 8,000^?Lit: Italian lira	xii+ 540	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	Karel Thole
Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: 2nd Series	1983-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers	0-517-41367-1		723	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Une étoile m'a dit^?Une etoile m'a dit	1984-03-16	Fredric Brown	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #2)	2-207-30002-1		251	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	Stéphane Dumont^?Stephane Dumont
And the Gods Laughed	1987-10-00	Fredric Brown	Phantasia Press	0-932096-47-6	$50.00^?$: US dollar	xxii+ 431+ [3]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Frank Kelly Freas
And the Gods Laughed	1987-10-00	Fredric Brown	Phantasia Press	0-932096-47-6	$19.00^?$: US dollar	xxii+ 431	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Frank Kelly Freas
Lo mejor de Fredric Brown	1988-03-00	Fredric Brown	Ediciones B (Libro Amigo Ciencia Ficción #60)	84-7735-781-1		361	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
Adventures in Time and Space	1990-08-00	ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas	Random House / SFBC	17325	$14.98^?$: US dollar	1004	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Gary D. Lang
Анаконда^?Anaconda Anakonda	1993-00-00	Геннадий Ануфриев^?Gennady Anufriev , Станислав Солодовников^?Stanislav Solodovnikov	Юнацтва^?Yunatstva ( Библиотека приключений и фантастики (Юнацтва)^?Biblioteka priklyucheniy i fantastiki (Yunatstva) )	5-7880-0929-4		352	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	К. Шарангович^?K. Sharangovich
Space on My Hands	1993-06-00	Fredric Brown	Lightyear Press	0-89968-332-0			hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Atingerea spațiului^?Atingerea spatiului Atingerea spatsiului	1995-00-00	Fredric Brown	Editura Nemira (Nautilus #096)	973-569-159-0	Lei 10,000^?Lei: Romanian leu	240	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Tudor Popa
Une étoile m'a dit	1995-07-00	Fredric Brown	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #2)	2-207-50002-0		291	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	Michel Jakubowicz
Une étoile m'a dit	1996-04-00	Fredric Brown	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #2)	2-207-50002-0		291	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	Michel Jakubowicz
1940年代―星ねずみ^?1940ねんだい―ほしねずみ 1940 Nendai: Hoshi Nezumi	2000-11-02	ed. 中村融^?なかむらとおる Nakamura Tōru Nakamura Tohru Nakamura Tooru , 山岸真^?やまぎしまこと Makoto Yamagishi	河出書房新社^?Kawade Shobō Shinsha Kawade Shobo Shinsha ( 河出文庫^?かわでぶんこ Kawade Bunko #ン2-1)	4-309-46202-2		492	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	Maya Maxx^?マヤマックス Maya Makkusu
Une étoile m'a dit	2000-12-11	Fredric Brown	Denoël^?Denoel (Folio SF #42)	2-07-041669-0		300	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	Adri Berger
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown	2001-02-00	Fredric Brown	NESFA Press	1-886778-18-3	$29.00^?$: US dollar	693	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown	2001-10-00	Fredric Brown	NESFA Press / SFBC	01122	$14.50^?$: US dollar	693	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
Adventures in Time and Space	2001-11-00	ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas	Science Fiction Book Club	0-7394-2214-6 / 05417	$17.99^?$: US dollar	1004	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Gary D. Lang
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown	2002-07-00	Fredric Brown	NESFA Press	1-886778-18-3	$29.00^?$: US dollar	693	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
Ven y enloquece y otros cuentos de marcianos	2005-03-00	Fredric Brown	Gigamesh (Gigamesh Ficción #29)	84-96208-03-6		478	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	Juan Miguel Aguilera
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown	2011-06-00	Fredric Brown	NESFA Press	978-1-886778-18-4	$29.00^?$: US dollar	693	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
Already Among Us: An Anthropomorphic Anthology	2012-06-04	ed. Fred Patten	Legion Publishing	978-0-9829866-4-6	$9.99^?$: US dollar	ix + 389	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	Roz Gibson
The Fredric Brown Megapack: 33 Classic Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy	2013-11-26	Fredric Brown	Wildside Press (Megapack)	978-1-4344-4280-2	$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Fredric Brown Megapack: 33 Classic Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy	2014-07-29	Fredric Brown	Wildside Press (Megapack)	978-1-4794-0202-1	$13.99^?$: US dollar	259	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
The Star Mouse	2020-05-12	Fredric Brown	Project Gutenberg	62109	$0.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	chap
The Star Mouse	2020-08-24	Fredric Brown	Positronic Publishing	978-1-5154-4676-7	$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	chap

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