Title: The Lucky Strike Title Record # 41189
Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
Date: 1984-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English User Rating: 8.57 (7 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Translations
Year Language Title 1988ⓘTranslated by Paula Reis Portuguese Lucky Strike 1988ⓘTranslated by Michael Nagula German Der Flug der Lucky Strike 1988ⓘTranslated by Michel Demuth French Le «Lucky Strike» 1990ⓘTranslated by Michael Windgassen German Lucky Strike

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nomination	1985 SF Chronicle	Novelette
4	1985 Locus	Best Novelette
8	1985 Hugo	Best Novelette
Nomination	1985 Nebula	Novelette

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Universe 14	1984-06-00	ed. Terry Carr	Doubleday	0-385-19134-0	$11.95?$: US dollar	182	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Peter R. Kruzan
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection	1985-04-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Bluejay Books	0-312-94485-3	$10.95?$: US dollar	573	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	Thomas Kidd
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection	1985-04-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Bluejay Books	0-312-94484-5	$19.95?$: US dollar	573	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Thomas Kidd
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year	1985-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Tor	0-812-53273-2	$3.50?$: US dollar	384	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	Michael W. Carroll
Best Science Fiction of the Year 14	1985-10-00	ed. Terry Carr	Gollancz	0-575-03714-8	£9.95?£: UK pound	376	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Best SF of the Year #14	1985-10-00	ed. Terry Carr	Gollancz	0-575-03747-4	£4.95?£: UK pound	376	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
Nebula Awards 20	1985-11-00	ed. George Zebrowski	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	0-15-164927-8	$17.95?$: US dollar	xi+ 372	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Nebula Awards 20	1985-11-00	ed. George Zebrowski	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	0-15-665477-6	$8.95?$: US dollar	xi+ 372	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	H. Wendler
Universe 14	1986-05-00	ed. Terry Carr	Tor	0-812-53271-6	$2.95?$: US dollar	216	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	Peter Goodfellow
The Planet on the Table	1986-07-00	Kim Stanley Robinson	Tor	0-312-93595-1	$14.95?$: US dollar	xiv+ 241	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Michael Tedesco
Alternative Histories	1986-12-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Garland Publishing (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities #623)	0-8240-8659-7	$19.95?$: US dollar	363	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	M. C. Escher
The Planet on the Table	1987-07-00	Kim Stanley Robinson	Tor	0-812-55237-7	$3.50?$: US dollar	xiv+ 241	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	Michael Tedesco
The Planet on the Table	1987-08-00	Kim Stanley Robinson	Orbit / Futura	0-7088-8232-3	£2.95?£: UK pound	xiv+ 241	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	Peter Elson
O Planeta sobre a Mesa	1988-01-00	Kim Stanley Robinson	Caminho ( Caminho ficção científica?Caminho ficcao cientifica #63)			189+ [2]	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	Henrique Cayatte
Geschöpfe der Sonne	1988-03-00	Kim Stanley Robinson	Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe ( Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special #24104)	3-404-24104-5	DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	286	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	David B. Mattingly
La planète sur la table	1988-05-27	Kim Stanley Robinson	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #2389)	2-277-22389-1		310+ [10]	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	M. Miani
Hiroshima soll leben!	1990-00-00	ed. Karl Michael Armer	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4740)	3-453-04308-1	DM 16.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	475	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	Jan Heinecke
There Won't Be War	1991-11-00	ed. Harry Harrison, Bruce McAllister	Tor	0-812-51941-8	$3.99?$: US dollar	viii+ 309	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	Alan Gutierrez
Hiroshima soll leben!	1993-00-00	ed. Karl Michael Armer	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4740)	3-453-04308-1	DM 16.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	474	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	Jan Heinecke
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990	1993-10-00	ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin	W. W. Norton & Company	0-393-03546-8	$27.50?$: US dollar	869	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Dale O'Dell
Remaking History and Other Stories	1994-10-00	Kim Stanley Robinson	Orb	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 Way It Wasn't: Great Science Fiction Stories of Alternate History	1996-04-00	ed. Martin Greenberg (1941-2011)	Citadel Twilight	0-8065-1769-7	$14.95?$: US dollar	xii+ 365	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	Kevin Kelly
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990	1999-06-00	ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin	W. W. Norton & Company	0-393-97241-0	$36.60?$: US dollar	870	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	Dale O'Dell
Fernes Licht	2000-00-00	ed. Wolfgang Jeschke	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #2100)	3-453-17117-9	DM 15.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	1051	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	Thomas Thiemeyer
The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century	2001-10-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Harry Turtledove	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-43990-2	$18.00?$: US dollar	xiii+ 415	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	David Stevenson
The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century	2001-11-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Harry Turtledove	Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC	03880	$12.99?$: US dollar	416	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	David Stevenson
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
ParaSpheres: Extending Beyond the Spheres of Literary and Genre Fiction: Fabulist and New Wave Fabulist Stories	2006-04-00	ed. Ken Keegan, Rusty Morrison	Omnidawn Publishing	1-890650-18-8	$19.95?$: US dollar	638	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	Michael Parkes
ParaSpheres: Extending Beyond the Spheres of Literary and Genre Fiction: Fabulist and New Wave Fabulist Stories	2006-04-00	ed. Ken Keegan, Rusty Morrison	Omnidawn Publishing	1-890650-18-8	$19.95?$: US dollar	637+ [1]	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	Michael Parkes
History Revisited: The Great Battles: Eminent Historians Take On the Great Works of Alternative History	2008-03-01	ed. J. David Markham, Mike Resnick	BenBella Books	978-1-933771-10-6	$17.95?$: US dollar	vi+ 304	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	Ralph Voltz
Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts	2008-12-19	ed. Heather Masri	Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press	978-0-312-45015-1	$170.39?$: US dollar	xix+ 1242	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	René Magritte?Rene Magritte
The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century	2009-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Harry Turtledove	Del Rey / Ballantine	978-0-307-29167-7		xiii+ 415	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	David Stevenson
History Revisited: The Great Battles: Eminent Historians Take On the Great Works of Alternative History	2009-06-22	ed. J. David Markham, Mike Resnick	BenBella Books	978-1-935251-61-3	$17.95?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Ralph Voltz
The Lucky Strike Plus A Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions and "A Real Joy to be Had" Outspoken Interview	2009-10-01	Kim Stanley Robinson	PM Press (Outspoken Authors #2)	978-1-60486-085-6	$12.00?$: US dollar	123	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	John Yates
The Lucky Strike: Plus ...	2009-10-01	Kim Stanley Robinson	PM Press	978-1-60486-248-5	$10.00?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	John Yates
The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories	2010-02-25	ed. Ian Watson, Ian Whates	Robinson	978-1-84529-779-4	£7.99?£: UK pound	xiv+ 591	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 Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories	2010-02-25	ed. Ian Watson, Ian Whates	Robinson	978-1-84901-428-1	£7.99?£: UK pound		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories	2010-04-20	ed. Ian Watson, Ian Whates	Perseus Books	978-0-7624-3842-6	$13.95?$: US dollar	xiv+ 591	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
The Lucky Strike: Plus ...	2010-07-05	Kim Stanley Robinson	ReadHowYouWant	978-1-4587-7516-0	$15.99?$: US dollar	152	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 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
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction	2011-06-00	ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-3079-3	$49.99?$: US dollar	991	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
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction	2011-12-20	ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-4035-8	$39.99?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
Lightspeed, March 2014	2014-03-00	ed. John Joseph Adams	Lightspeed Magazine		$3.99?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	mag	Mark Zug
Strange Horizons, 22 September 2014	2014-09-22	ed. Niall Harrison	strangehorizons.com				webzine?Used for Internet-based periodical publications which are otherwise not downloadable as an "ebook".	mag
Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts	2015-00-00	ed. Heather Masri	Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press	978-1-4576-7446-4	$45.00?$: US dollar	xix+ 796	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	René Magritte?Rene Magritte
The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century	date unknown	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Harry Turtledove	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-43990-2	$18.00?$: US dollar	xiii+ 415+ [3]	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	David Stevenson
The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century	date unknown	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Harry Turtledove	Del Rey / Ballantine	978-0-345-44951-1			ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	David Stevenson
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990	date unknown	ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin	W. W. Norton & Company	0-393-03546-8	$27.50?$: US dollar	869	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Dale O'Dell
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990	date unknown	ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin	W. W. Norton & Company	0-393-97241-0		869	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	Dale O'Dell
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990	date unknown	ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin	W. W. Norton & Company	0-393-03546-8	$27.50?$: US dollar	869	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Dale O'Dell

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