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Title: Assault on a City Title Record # 41647
Author: Jack Vance
Date: 1974-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
2002 The Insufferable Red-headed Daughter of Commander Tynott, O.T.E.
Year Language Title
1976Translated by Warner Flamen, a pseudonym for Mark Carpentier Alting.
Dutch Aanval op een stad
1979Translated by Horst Pukallus
German Heimsuchung einer Stadt
1980Translated by Jean-Pierre Pugi
French
Alice et la cité?Alice et la cite
1983Translated by Roberta Rambelli
Italian Assalto a una città
1986Translated by Reinhard Heinz.
German Sturm auf die Stadt
1998Translated by Mark Carpentier Alting
Dutch Aanval op een stad
French Alice et la cité

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
4 1975 Locus Best Novella
Finalists 1975 Hugo Best Novella

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Universe 4 1974-03-00 ed. Terry Carr Random House 0-394-48182-8
$5.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
241
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Universe 4 1974-07-00 ed. Terry Carr Random House / SFBC 6234
$1.49?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
179
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Universe 4 1975-00-00 ed. Terry Carr Popular Library 445-00290-125
$1.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
190
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 Jack Faragasso Checkmark
Universe 4 1975-00-00 ed. Terry Carr Popular Library 00290
C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD
190
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 Jack Faragasso Checkmark
Sulwens planeet 1976-00-00 Jack Vance Meulenhoff (M=SF #112) 90-290-0804-0   334
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Universe 4 1977-00-00 ed. Terry Carr Dennis Dobson (Dobson Science Fiction) 0-234-72055-7
£3.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
241
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Richard Weaver (artist)  
Der Tod des Dr. Island 1979-11-00 ed. Wolfgang Jeschke Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3674) 3-453-30593-0
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
304
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
Mikuláš Rachlík?Mikulas Rachlik
Checkmark
Le livre d'or de la Science-Fiction: Jack Vance 1980-12-10 Jack Vance Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5097) 2-266-00957-5   412
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 Marcel Laverdet Checkmark
Lost Moons 1982-06-00 Jack Vance Underwood-Miller 0-934438-56-0
$15.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
250
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ned Dameron Checkmark
Lost Moons 1982-06-00 Jack Vance Underwood-Miller 0-934438-55-2
$30.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
250
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ned Dameron Checkmark
Lost Moons 1982-06-00 Jack Vance Underwood-Miller 0-934438-55-2   250
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
La terra di Ern 1983-06-00 Jack Vance Editrice Nord (Cosmo Serie Oro. Classici della Narrativa di Fantascienza #59) 88-429-0356-6
Lit 12,000?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999
iv+
368
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Wayne Barlowe  
Verlorene Monde 1986-00-00 Jack Vance Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4384) 3-453-31386-0
DM 8.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
282
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 Hans-Peter Fischer Checkmark
Papillon de lune 1992-01-00 Jack Vance Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5097) 2-266-02357-8   414
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
J. P. Ferté?J. P. Ferte
 
Aanval op een stad 1998-11-00 Jack Vance Meulenhoff (M=SF #353) 90-290-5733-5   347
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 Jones  
Golden Girl and Other Stories 2002-00-00 Jack Vance Vance Integral Edition (Vance Integral Edition #6) 0-9712375-1-4   [viii]+
348
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Wild Thyme, Green Magic 2009-06-00 Jack Vance Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-226-9
$40.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
360
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Tom Kidd Checkmark
Golden Girl and Other Stories 2012-04-16 Jack Vance Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10990-2
£2.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Golden Girl and Other Stories 2012-04-17 Jack Vance Spatterlight Press (Vance Digital Edition #28) 978-1-61947-027-9
$6.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Tais Teng  
Le dernier château et autres crimes 2013-03-00 Jack Vance
Le Bélial'?Le Belial'
978-2-84344-117-2
€21.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR
369
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 Nicolas Fructus  
Wild Thyme, Green Magic 2015-03-10 Jack Vance Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-737-0
$4.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Tom Kidd  
Le dernier château et autres crimes 2016-03-10 Jack Vance Gallimard (Folio SF #542) 978-2-07-045591-1
€8.90?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR
512
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 Johann Goudart  
Golden Girl and Other Stories 2017-11-11 Jack Vance Spatterlight Press (Signature Series #25) 978-1-61947-151-1
$14.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
270
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  
Nouvelles - tome 2: 1955-1982 2019-03-28 Jack Vance
Le Bélial'?Le Belial'
(Kvasar #14)
978-2-84344-946-8
€34.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR
1026
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 Guillaume Sorel  
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