Title: Nothing Sirius

Title: Nothing Sirius Title Record # 57252
Author: Fredric Brown
Date: 1944-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Synopsis: The owner of an itinerant penny-arcade stumbles upon an unchartered planet inside the orbit of Sirius I, dubbed by him Nothing Sirius (from Sirius 0). It only consists of clay hills and rare bushes, but some strange sights soon impose themselves to its explorers : a giant ostrich wearing a hat and a bow-tie, birds with propellors, a road leading nowhere, and more — not to mention normal-looking cockroaches. Or are they ?

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1956^ⓘTranslated by Félix Monteagudo	Spanish	Sirio Cero
1962^ⓘTranslated by Mário-Henrique Leiria	Portuguese	Sirius coisa nenhuma
1965^ⓘTranslated by Helmuth W. Mommers.	German	Nichts-Sirius
1974^ⓘTranslated by Jean Sendy	French	Sirius et Pas-Coutume
1976^ⓘTranslated by C. van den Broek	Dutch	Te gek
1981^ⓘTranslated by Leni Sobez	German	Kein Sirius
1982	Italian	Niente di Sirio
1988^ⓘTranslated by María Teresa Segur Giralt.	Spanish	Nada Sirio
1993^ⓘTranslated by Raul Pontbriant	Romanian	Sirius Anormal
1995^ⓘTranslated by Claudiu Florian	Romanian	Nesiriuzitate
2005^ⓘTranslated by Núria Gres and Máximo Miguel	Spanish	Nada Sirio

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Captain Future, Spring 1944	1944-03-00	ed. Oscar J. Friend	Better Publications, Inc.		$0.15^?$: US dollar	132	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	mag	Earle K. Bergey
My Best Science Fiction Story	1949-11-00	ed. Oscar J. Friend, Leo Margulies	Merlin Press		$3.95^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 556	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
My Best Science Fiction Story	1950-08-00	ed. Oscar J. Friend, Leo Margulies	Merlin Press			xiv+ 556	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Space on My Hands	1951-07-00	Fredric Brown	Shasta		$2.50^?$: US dollar	224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Malcolm Smith
Space on My Hands	1953-00-00	Fredric Brown	Corgi	1077	2/-^?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).	239	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
Space on My Hands	1953-01-00	Fredric Brown	Bantam Books	1077	$0.25^?$: US dollar	239	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	Charles Binger
Space on My Hands	1953-01-00	Fredric Brown	Bantam Books	1077	$0.25^?$: US dollar	239	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	Charles Binger
Wonder Story Annual, 1953	1953-01-00	ed. Samuel Mines	Best Books, Inc.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	164	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	mag	Emsh
Amo del espacio	1956-00-00	Fredric Brown	E.D.H.A.S.A. (Nebulae #21)	21		254	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	Llobera
O espaço será pequeno	1962-00-00	Fredric Brown	Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #68)			177	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	Lima de Freitas
Sehnsucht nach der grünen Erde und andere Stories^?Sehnsucht nach der gruenen Erde und andere Stories	1965-03-12	Fredric Brown	Moewig (Terra Sonderband #94)	TSB94	DM 1.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	96	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
Paradox Lost and Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories	1973-05-00	Fredric Brown	Random House	0-394-48448-7	$5.95^?$: US dollar	xi+ 210	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Wendell Minor
Paradoxe perdu	1974-00-00	Fredric Brown	Calmann-Lévy (Dimensions SF)			193	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
Paradox Lost, and Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories	1974-09-00	Fredric Brown	Berkley Medallion	0-425-02656-6 / N2656	$0.95^?$: US dollar	176	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	Vincent DiFate
Paradox Lost, and Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories	1974-09-00	Fredric Brown	Berkley Medallion	0-425-02656-6	C$0.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	176	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	Vincent DiFate
Paradox Lost and Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories	1975-00-00	Fredric Brown	Robert Hale (Hale SF)	0-7091-4848-8	£2.40^?£: UK pound	xi+ 210	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Nooit gebeurd	1976-00-00	Fredric Brown	Bruna (Bruna SF #50)	90-229-9050-8		191	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	Sjef Nix
The Best of Fredric Brown	1977-01-00	Fredric Brown	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	3180	$2.49^?$: US dollar	280	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Richard V. Corben
The Best of Fredric Brown	1977-05-00	Fredric Brown	Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction)	0-345-25700-6	$1.95^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 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.	coll	H. R. Van Dongen
Paradoxe perdu	1977-08-05	Fredric Brown	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #767)	2-277-11767-6		188	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
Space on My Hands	1980-05-00	Fredric Brown	Bantam Books	0-553-13400-0	$1.95^?$: US dollar	239	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	John Holmes
Die besten SF-Stories von Fredric Brown	1981-05-00	Fredric Brown	Moewig (Bibliothek Science Fiction)	3-8118-2016-8	DM 19.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	333	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Peter Goodfellow
Cosmolinea B-1	1982-09-00	Fredric Brown	Mondadori (Biblioteca di Urania #11)		Lit 8,000^?Lit: Italian lira	xii+ 540	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	Karel Thole
The Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown	1982-09-00	Fredric Brown	New English Library	0-450-05501-9	£1.75^?£: UK pound	447	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	Tim White
Lo mejor de Fredric Brown	1988-03-00	Fredric Brown	Ediciones B (Libro Amigo Ciencia Ficción #60)	84-7735-781-1		361	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
Paradoxul pierdut	1993-00-00	Fredric Brown	Editura Nemira (Nautilus #021)	973-9144-82-9		166	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
Space on My Hands	1993-06-00	Fredric Brown	Lightyear Press	0-89968-332-0			hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Atingerea spațiului^?Atingerea spatiului Atingerea spatsiului	1995-00-00	Fredric Brown	Editura Nemira (Nautilus #096)	973-569-159-0	Lei 10,000^?Lei: Romanian leu	240	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Tudor Popa
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown	2001-02-00	Fredric Brown	NESFA Press	1-886778-18-3	$29.00^?$: US dollar	693	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown	2001-10-00	Fredric Brown	NESFA Press / SFBC	01122	$14.50^?$: US dollar	693	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown	2002-07-00	Fredric Brown	NESFA Press	1-886778-18-3	$29.00^?$: US dollar	693	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
Ven y enloquece y otros cuentos de marcianos	2005-03-00	Fredric Brown	Gigamesh (Gigamesh Ficción #29)	84-96208-03-6		478	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	Juan Miguel Aguilera
High Adventure, #99 March 2008	2008-03-00	ed. John P. Gunnison	Adventure House	987-1-59798-133-0	$7.95^?$: US dollar	107	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	Earle Bergey
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown	2011-06-00	Fredric Brown	NESFA Press	978-1-886778-18-4	$29.00^?$: US dollar	693	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
The Fredric Brown Megapack: 33 Classic Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy	2013-11-26	Fredric Brown	Wildside Press (Megapack)	978-1-4344-4280-2	$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Fredric Brown Megapack: 33 Classic Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy	2014-07-29	Fredric Brown	Wildside Press (Megapack)	978-1-4794-0202-1	$13.99^?$: US dollar	259	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
Captain Future, Spring 1944	2022-01-18	ed. Oscar J. Friend	Fiction House Press	978-1-64720-455-6	$14.95^?$: US dollar	132	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	Earle K. Bergey

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