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Title: At the Mouse Circus

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Title: At the Mouse Circus Title Record # 56353
Author: Harlan Ellison
Date: 1971-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: An African-American man decides to improve his situation in life.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1972ⓘTranslated by Luis Vigil; first published in Nueva Dimensión 29, 1972.
 Spanish En el circo de los ratones

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
New Dimensions 1: Fourteen Original Science Fiction Stories 1971-00-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Doubleday  
$5.95?$: US dollar
 xi+
246
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Nick Aristovulos Checkmark
Best Science Fiction for 1972 1972-09-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Ace Books (World's Best Science Fiction #8) 91359
$1.25?$: US dollar
 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 David McCall Johnston Checkmark
New Dimensions 1: Fourteen Original Science Fiction Stories 1973-08-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Avon 15925
$0.95?$: US dollar
 256
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 Checkmark
Modern Science Fiction 1974-00-00 ed. Norman Spinrad Anchor Press / Doubleday 0-385-02263-8
$3.50?$: US dollar
 xiv+
540
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  
Modern Science Fiction 1974-00-00 ed. Norman Spinrad Anchor Press / Doubleday 0-385-02263-8 / A978
$3.50?$: US dollar
 xiv+
540
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 Checkmark
Deathbird Stories 1975-02-00 Harlan Ellison Harper & Row 0-06-011176-3
$8.95?$: US dollar
 xv+
334
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon Checkmark
No tengo boca y debo gritar 1976-00-00 Harlan Ellison Producciones Editoriales (Star Books #9) 84-365-0070-9   154
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 Glenn Carwithen  
Modern Science Fiction 1976-06-00 ed. Norman Spinrad Gregg Press (The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series) 0-8398-2339-8
$25.00?$: US dollar
 x+
xiv+
540
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Deathbird Stories 1976-09-00 Harlan Ellison Dell 1737
$1.75?$: US dollar
 346
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 Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon Checkmark
Deathbird Stories 1976-09-00 Harlan Ellison Dell 1737
C$1.75?C$: Canadian dollar
 346
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 Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon Checkmark
Deathbird Stories 1977-03-00 Harlan Ellison Dell 1737
$1.75?$: US dollar
 346
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 Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon Checkmark
Deathbird Stories 1978-04-00 Harlan Ellison Pan Books 0-330-25123-6
£0.80?£: UK pound
 346
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 Checkmark
The Best of New Dimensions 1979-11-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Pocket Books 0-671-82976-9
$2.50?$: US dollar
 xiv+
333
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
The Best of New Dimensions 1979-11-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Pocket Books 0-671-82976-9
C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar
 xiv+
333
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Deathbird Stories 1980-11-00 Harlan Ellison Dell 0-440-11737-2
$2.50?$: US dollar
 346
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 Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon Checkmark
Yesterday's Tomorrows 1982-10-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Berkley Books 0-425-05648-1
$9.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
431
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  
Deathbird Stories 1983-12-00 Harlan Ellison Bluejay Books (Bluejay Special Edition) 0-312-94084-X
$6.95?$: US dollar
 xv+
297
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 Barclay Shaw Checkmark
Deathbird Stories 1984-10-00 Harlan Ellison Bluejay Books / SFBC 01100
$5.98?$: US dollar
 xv+
297
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Barclay Shaw Checkmark
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective 1987-00-00 Harlan Ellison Nemo Press 0-914261-02-9
$60.00?$: US dollar
 xv+
1019
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon Checkmark
The Essential Ellison 1987-08-00 Harlan Ellison Nemo Press 0-914261-01-0
$29.95?$: US dollar
 xv+
1019
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon  
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective 1988-10-00 Harlan Ellison Nemo Press / SFBC     xv+
1019
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon Checkmark
Deathbird Stories 1990-00-00 Harlan Ellison The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)     xviii+
345
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Deathbird Stories 1990-04-00 Harlan Ellison Collier / Macmillan 0-02-028361-X
$4.95?$: US dollar
 295
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
The Essential Ellison 1991-10-00 Harlan Ellison Morpheus International 0-9623447-3-7
$34.95?$: US dollar
 1021
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon  
Deathbird Stories 1993-08-00 Harlan Ellison Collier / Macmillan 0-02-084745-9
$9.00?$: US dollar
 xx+
295
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 Jim Burns  
The Essential Ellison 1997-02-00 Harlan Ellison Morpheus International 0-9623447-4-5
$19.95?$: US dollar
 1021
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 Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon Checkmark
The Essential Ellison: A 50-Year Retrospective 2001-05-00 Harlan Ellison Morpheus International 1-883398-46-0
$24.95?$: US dollar
 xvi+
1249
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 Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon Checkmark
The Essential Ellison: A 50-Year Retrospective 2005-06-00 Harlan Ellison Morpheus International 1-883398-60-6
$24.95?$: US dollar
 1249
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 Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon Checkmark
Deathbird Stories 2006-01-00 Harlan Ellison Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection #24) 0-7394-6228-8 / 1180866
$10.99?$: US dollar
 xiv+
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Bruce Jensen Checkmark
Deathbird Stories 2009-05-25 Harlan Ellison e-reads.com 978-1-58586-798-1
$19.95?$: US dollar
 346
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  
Deathbird Stories 2011-03-00 Harlan Ellison Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-085-2
$45.00?$: US dollar
 xxi +
394
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Gnemo Checkmark
Deathbird Stories 2011-03-00 Harlan Ellison Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-084-5
$125.00?$: US dollar
 xxi+
394
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Gnemo  
Deathbird Stories 2012-03-05 Harlan Ellison Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-12357-1
£2.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Deathbird Stories 2014-04-29 Harlan Ellison Open Road Integrated Media (The Harlan Ellison Collection) 978-1-4976-0476-6
$9.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Checkmark
Deathbird Stories 2014-06-03 Harlan Ellison Open Road Integrated Media (The Harlan Ellison Collection) 978-1-4976-4295-9
$14.99?$: US dollar
 346
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  
Deathbird Stories date unknown Harlan Ellison Collier / Macmillan 0-02-028361-X
$6.00?$: US dollar
 xx+
296
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
Deathbird Stories date unknown Harlan Ellison Collier / Macmillan 0-02-028361-X
$4.95?$: US dollar
 295
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
Deathbird Stories date unknown Harlan Ellison Collier / Macmillan 0-02-028361-X
$4.95?$: US dollar
 295
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 Jim Burns  
Deathbird Stories date unknown Harlan Ellison Collier / Macmillan 0-02-084745-9
$9.00?$: US dollar
 xx+
295
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
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