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Title: The Day the Aliens Came

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Title: The Day the Aliens Came Title Record # 43683
Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1995-05-04
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in New Legends, ed. Greg Bear & Martin H. Greenberg, Legend, 1995.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1997 Italian Quando arrivano gli alieni
1998<ul><li>Translated by Ljiljana Anđelković </ul>
Serbian Dan kada su došli svemirci [as by
Robert Šekli?Robert Sekli
Robert Shekli
]
2008Translated by Laura Serra
Italian Il Giorno Che Vennero Gli Alieni

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
11 1996 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 Verif
New Legends 1995-05-04 ed. Greg Bear, Martin H. Greenberg Legend 0-09-931881-4
£15.99?£: UK pound
x+
419
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Chris Moore Checkmark
New Legends 1995-08-00 ed. Greg Bear, Martin H. Greenberg Tor 0-312-85930-9
$22.95?$: US dollar
379
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth John Harris Checkmark
Year's Best SF 1996-05-00 ed. David G. Hartwell HarperPrism 0-06-105641-3
$5.50?$: US dollar
xi+
479
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 Bob Eggleton Checkmark
New Legends 1996-05-00 ed. Greg Bear, Martin H. Greenberg Legend 0-09-931901-2
£5.99?£: UK pound
x+
419
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 Chris Moore  
New Legends 1996-06-00 ed. Greg Bear, Martin H. Greenberg Tor 0-312-86201-6
$13.95?$: US dollar
378
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 John Harris Checkmark
Year's Best SF 1996-08-00 ed. David G. Hartwell HarperPrism / SFBC 12346
$9.98?$: US dollar
xi+
479
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Le meraviglie dell'invisibile 1997-09-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Mondadori (Millemondi (quarterly) #12)  
Lit 9,000?Lit: Italian lira
396
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 Marco Patrito  
Polarisova SF antologija '98. 1998-00-00 ed.
Zoran Živković?Zoran Zivkovic
Polaris Beograd (SF biblioteka Polaris)     208
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
Uncanny Tales 2003-07-00 Robert Sheckley Five Star 0-7862-5341-X
$25.95?$: US dollar
252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Urania #1537 2008-08-00 ed. Giuseppe Lippi Mondadori 1537
€3.90?€: Euro
330
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 Franco Brambilla  
Year's Best SF 2009-10-00 ed. David G. Hartwell HarperCollins e-books 978-0-06-175774-7
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Uncanny Tales 2014-05-13 Robert Sheckley Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4976-4854-8
$3.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Uncanny Tales 2014-10-30 Robert Sheckley Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-0769-1
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Masters of Science Fiction: Robert Sheckley 2022-02-00 Robert Sheckley Centipede Press (Masters of Science Fiction (Centipede Press)) 978-1-61347-311-5
$65.00?$: US dollar
727
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jim Keegan , Ruth Keegan Checkmark
Year's Best SF date unknown ed. David G. Hartwell HarperPrism 0-06-105641-3
$6.99?$: US dollar
xi+
479
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 Bob Eggleton  
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