Title: QRM - Interplanetary
Title Record # 46549
Author: George O. Smith
Date: 1942-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Venus Equilateral
Language: English
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Author: George O. Smith
Date: 1942-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Venus Equilateral
Language: English
Synopsis: On a communications satellite key to the interplanetary communications within the Solar System, the chief engineer has to deal with the disastrous innovations decreed by a new boss who has no understanding of the technical details behind how the stations actually operates.
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Awards
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| Nominations Below Cutoff | 2018 Retro Hugo | Best Novelette |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1942 | 1942-10-00 | ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. | Street & Smith Publications, Inc. | $0.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
132 | bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding. |
mag | A. von Munchhausen |  |
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| Astounding Science-Fiction, January 1943 | 1943-01-00 | ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. | Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd | -/9?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
64 | pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75 |
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| Venus Equilateral | 1947-00-00 | George O. Smith | Prime Press | $3.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
455 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | George O. Smith | |
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| Venus Equilateral | 1967-11-00 | George O. Smith | Pyramid Books | T-1724 | $0.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
367 | 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 | Jack Gaughan | |
| Future Tense | 1968-09-00 | ed. Richard Curtis | Dell | 2769 | $0.60?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
220 | 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 | Hoot von Zitzewitz | |
| Future Tense | 1968-09-00 | ed. Richard Curtis | Dell | 2769 | C$0.60?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
220 | 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 | Hoot von Zitzewitz | |
| Relaisstation Venus | 1968-11-08 | George O. Smith | Moewig (Terra Nova #29/30) | TN029/030 | DM 1.60?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
128 | 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". |
coll | Karl Stephan | |
| Venus Equilateral: Volume One | 1975-00-00 | George O. Smith | Orbit / Futura | 0-86007-860-4 | £0.75?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
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. |
coll | Chris Foss | |
| Venus Equilateral | 1975-10-00 | George O. Smith | Garland Publishing (Garland Library of Science Fiction) | 0-8240-1431-6 | $11.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
367 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| The Complete Venus Equilateral | 1976-11-00 | George O. Smith | Ballantine Books | 0-345-25551-8 | $1.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xi+ 468 |
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 | Rick Sternbach | |
| The Complete Venus Equilateral | 1980-10-00 | George O. Smith | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-28953-6 | $2.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xi+ 468 |
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 | Rick Sternbach | |
| The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 4, 1942 | 1980-10-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #405) | 0-87997-570-9 / UE1570 | $2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
448 | 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 | Antonio Bernal | |
| The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 4, 1942 | 1980-10-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | 0-87997-570-9 | C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
448 | 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 | Antonio Bernal | |
| The Analog Anthology #1 | 1980-12-00 | ed. Stanley Schmidt | Davis Publications | $2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
380 | 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". |
anth | Dean Ellis | |
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| Analog's Golden Anniversary Anthology | 1981-00-00 | ed. Stanley Schmidt | The Dial Press | 0-8037-0217-5 | $10.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
380 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| Die besten Stories von 1942 | 1981-06-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6717) | 3-8118-6717-2 | DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
335 | 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 | |
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| Fifty Years of the Best Science Fiction from Analog | 1982-00-00 | ed. Stanley Schmidt | Davis Publications | $2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
380 | 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". |
anth | |
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| Relaisstation Venus | 1982-02-00 | George O. Smith | Pabel (Terra Taschenbuch #347) | TTB347 | DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
160 | 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 | Jeff Ridge | |
| Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: 2nd Series | 1983-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | 0-517-41367-1 | 723 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| Le grandi storie della fantascienza 4 | 1990-09-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Bompiani (I grandi tascabili Bompiani #155) | 88-452-1638-1 / 268474 | Lit 10,000?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
444 | 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 | Aurelia Raffo | |
| Venus Equilateral | 2013-08-17 | George O. Smith | Literary Licensing | 978-1-258-78133-0 | $57.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
456 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Venus Equilateral | 2013-08-17 | George O. Smith | Literary Licensing | 978-1-258-78534-5 | $42.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
456 | 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. |
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| QRM - Interplanetary | 2022-05-06 | George O. Smith | Project Gutenberg | 68005 | $0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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| Venus Equilateral | 2022-05-06 | George O. Smith | Project Gutenberg | 68008 | $0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| QRM - Interplanetary | 2022-05-25 | George O. Smith | LibriVox | $0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
chap |
Reviews
- Review by Harry Warner, Jr. (1943) in Horizons, June 1943