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Title: Cryptic Title Record # 41522
Author: Jack McDevitt
Date: 1983-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Current Tags: science fiction (1), SETI (1), radiotelescopes (1), radioastronomy (1), cryptology (1), cryptography (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1985Translated by Peter Pape
German Geheim
1989Translated by Sonja Lovasić
Croatian Zagonetni signali
1993Translated by Sonja Janoski & Mirjana Živković
Serbian Tajanstvena poruka [as by
Džek Mekdevit?Dzhek Mekdevit
]

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Nomination 1984 Nebula Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1983 1983-04-00 ed. Shawna McCarthy Davis Publications  
$1.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
180
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 Marc Yankus Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction, First Annual Collection 1984-04-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Bluejay Books 0-312-94483-7
$9.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
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 Tom Kidd Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction, First Annual Collection 1984-04-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Bluejay Books 0-312-94482-9
$17.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
575
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Tom Kidd Checkmark
Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazin 25. Folge 1985-09-00 ed. Friedel Wahren Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4222) 3-453-31201-5
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
287+
[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 Checkmark
Sirius, #152 1989-01-05 ed.
Hrvoje Prćić?Hrvoje Prcic
Vjesnik  
Din 4,000?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
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
Vladimir Vesović?Vladimir Vesovic
Checkmark
Isaac Asimov's Aliens 1991-01-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Ace Books 0-441-01672-3
$3.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
240
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 Wayne Barlowe Checkmark
Polarisova SF antologija 1993. 1993-00-00 ed.
Zoran Živković?Zoran Zivkovic
Polaris Beograd (SF biblioteka Polaris)     287
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 Foss Checkmark
Standard Candles 1996-10-00 Jack McDevitt Tachyon Publications 0-9648320-4-6
$40.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
x+
250
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Michael Dashow Checkmark
Standard Candles 1996-10-00 Jack McDevitt Tachyon Publications 0-9648320-4-6
$100.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
x+
250
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Michael Dashow  
Standard Candles 1999-05-00 Jack McDevitt Tachyon Publications / SFBC 19487
$10.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
248
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Michael Dashow Checkmark
Breach the Hull 2007-10-31 ed. Mike McPhail Marietta Publishing 1-892669-43-9
$16.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
232
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 Mike McPhail  
Cryptic: The Best Short Fiction of Jack McDevitt 2009-02-00 Jack McDevitt Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-195-8
$38.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
590
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Lee Moyer Checkmark
Cryptic: The Best Short Fiction of Jack McDevitt 2009-02-00 Jack McDevitt Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-195-8
$6.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Lee Moyer  
Breach the Hull 2009-06-26 ed. Mike McPhail Dark Quest Books 978-0-9796901-9-8
$14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
v+
205
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 Mike McPhail  
Cryptic: The Best Short Fiction of Jack McDevitt 2010-08-03 Jack McDevitt Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-322-8
$4.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Year's Best Science Fiction, First Annual Collection 2011-12-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Bluejay Books 978-1-4668-0730-3    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Tom Kidd Checkmark
Galaxy's Edge, Issue 11, November 2014 2014-11-00 ed. Mike Resnick Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-243-5
$3.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
mag Checkmark
Galaxy's Edge, Issue 11: November 2014 2014-11-00 ed. Mike Resnick Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-242-8
$6.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
114
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 Checkmark
Standard Candles date unknown Jack McDevitt Tachyon Publications 0-9648320-4-6
$25.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
x+
250
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Michael Dashow Checkmark
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