Title: The Giving Plague

Title: The Giving Plague Title Record # 41369
Author: David Brin
Date: 1988-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
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Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations

Year	Language	Title
1989^ⓘTranslated by Mariëlla Snel	Dutch	De geefplaag
1989^ⓘTranslated by Mihai-Dan Pavelescu	Romanian	Generoasa molimă^?Generoasa molima
1989^ⓘTranslated by Michael Kubiak.	German	Die Spender-Pest
1990^ⓘTranslated by 金子浩(Kaneko Hiroshi)	Japanese	益病^?えきびょう Ekibyō Ekibyou [as by デイヴィッド・ブリン^?Deividdo Burin ]
1990^ⓘTranslated by Paola Tomaselli	Italian	Il flagello dell'altruismo
1991^ⓘ Translated by Predrag Raos	Croatian	Kuga Davanja [as by Dejvid Brin]
1995^ⓘTranslated by Elvin Post	Dutch	De geefziekte
1995^ⓘTranslated by Delio Zinoni	Italian	Il Morbo Dell'altruismo
2003^ⓘTranslated by Laurence Le Maire	French	L'épidémie de générosité^?L'epidemie de generosite

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
2	1989 Hugo	Best Short Story
4	1989 Locus	Best Short Story

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Interzone, #23 Spring 1988	1988-00-00	ed. Simon Ounsley, David Pringle			£1.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	68	quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag	David A. Hardy
Interzone: The 3rd Anthology	1988-09-00	ed. John Clute, Simon Ounsley, David Pringle	Simon & Schuster UK	0-671-69944-X	£10.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	viii+ 184	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Brian Waugh
Almanah Anticipația 1990^?Almanah Anticipatia 1990	1989-00-00	ed. Ioan Albescu, Viorica Podină^?Viorica Podinah Viorica Podina	Știință & Tehnică^?Shtiintsa & Tehnicah		Lei 25^?Lei: Romanian leu. ISO codes: ROK in 1947-1952, ROL in 1952-2005, RON since 2005	320	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	Călin Popovici^?Calin Popovici
De beste science fiction verhalen van het jaar	1989-00-00	ed. Donald A. Wollheim	Loeb	90-379-0079-8		292	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	Ken Kelly
Full Spectrum 2	1989-04-00	ed. Lou Aronica, Pat LoBrutto, Shawna McCarthy, Amy Stout	Doubleday Foundation	0-385-26019-9	$19.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xi+ 464	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Peter Stallard
The 1989 Annual World's Best SF	1989-06-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #783)	0-88677-353-9 / UE2353	$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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.	anth	Jim Burns
The 1989 Annual World's Best SF	1989-06-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books	0-88677-353-9 / UE2353	C$4.95^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	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.	anth	Jim Burns
Die besten Stories der amerikanischen Science Fiction: Worlds Best SF 8	1989-07-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	Bastei Lübbe^?Bastei Luebbe ( Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special^?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special #24120)	3-404-24120-7	DM 9.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	379	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	Don Maitz
Interzone: The 3rd Anthology	1989-08-00	ed. John Clute, Simon Ounsley, David Pringle	New English Library	0-450-50532-4	£2.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	248	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 1989 Annual World's Best SF	1989-09-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books / SFBC	15197	$4.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	vi+ 282	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Richard Powers
S-Fマガジン 1990年01月号, #388^?S-F Magajin - 1990-nen 01-gatsu-gō, #388 Esu-Efu Magajin - 1990-nen 01-gatsu-gou, #388 Esu-Efu Magajin - 1990-nen 01-gatsu-gō, #388 S-F Magajin - 1990-nen 01-gatsu-gou, #388	1990-01-00	ed. 今岡清^?いまおかきよし Imaoka Kiyoshi	早川書房^?Hayakawa Shobō Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼうハヤカワショボウ			288	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
Full Spectrum 2	1990-05-00	ed. Lou Aronica, Pat LoBrutto, Shawna McCarthy, Amy Stout	Bantam Spectra (Spectra Special Editions)	0-553-28530-0	$4.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 548	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 Stallard
Urania #1142	1990-12-16	ed. Giuseppe Lippi	Mondadori	1142	Lit 4,500^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	256	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	Marco Patrito
Alef, #24	1991-03-00	ed. Boban Knežević^?Boban Knezevic	Dnevnik		Din 90^?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar. ISO codes: YUF in 1945-1966, YUD in 1966-1989, YUN in 1990-1992, YUR in July 1992-September 1993, YUO in October-December 1993, YUG in early January 1994, YUM in 1994-2003, CSD in 2003-2006, RSD since 2006	132	A5^?14.8 cm by 21 cm or 5.8" by 8.3" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines	mag	Tim White
Otherness	1994-06-00	David Brin	Orbit	1-85723-207-0	£16.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	387	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Fred Gambino
Otherness	1994-09-00	David Brin	Bantam Spectra	0-553-29528-4	$5.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	357	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	Donato Giancola
ZomerSFtijd	1995-05-00	ed. Redactie Meulenhoff *M	Meulenhoff (M=SF #325)	90-290-4664-3		223	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	Nico Keulers
Otherness	1995-06-00	David Brin	Orbit	1-85723-310-7	£5.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	387	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	Fred Gambino
Urania #1269	1995-10-29	ed. Giuseppe Lippi	Mondadori	1269	Lit 5,500^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	270	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	Oscar Chichoni
Otherness	1998-00-00	David Brin	Orbit	1-85723-310-7	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	387	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	Fred Gambino
Les sphères de cristal	2003-04-00	David Brin	Imaginaires sans frontières^?Imaginaires sans frontieres (ISF - Visions Futures)	2-84727-018-3	€17.00^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	310	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	Afif Khaled
Escape Pod, EP112	2007-06-28	ed. Steve Eley	Escape Artists, Inc.		$0.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	mag
Transmissions from Beyond, 17 January 2011	2011-01-17	ed. Editors of Transmissions from Beyond	TTA Press		$0.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	mag	David A. Hardy
The Giving Plague	2012-05-26	David Brin	Smashwords	978-1-4762-1817-5	$0.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	chap
Lightspeed, July 2012	2012-07-00	ed. John Joseph Adams	Lightspeed Magazine		$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	mag	Chris Cold , Tobias Roetsch
Galaxy's Edge, Issue 8: May 2014	2014-05-00	ed. Mike Resnick	Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick	978-1-61242-202-2	$6.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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
Galaxy's Edge, Issue 8: May 2014	2014-05-00	ed. Mike Resnick	Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick	978-1-61242-203-9	$3.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	mag
Otherness	2015-04-00	David Brin	Futures Unlimited	978-1-5025-4042-3	$13.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	306	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	Patrick Farley
The Best of David Brin	2021-07-31	David Brin	Subterranean Press	978-1-64524-009-9	$45.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	622	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Patrick Farley
Vital: The Future of Healthcare	2021-12-31	ed. R. M. Ambrose	Inlandia Books	978-1-955969-05-5	$2.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth

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