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Title: The Grown-Up

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Title: The Grown-Up Title Record # 58776
Author: Thomas M. Disch
Date: 1981-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in ''High Times'', August 1981.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1983Translated by Alain Dorémieux
French L'adulte [as by Thomas Disch]
1989Translated by Albert Solé and/or J. A. Bravo
Spanish El adulto
1991Translated by Michael Windgassen
German Der Erwachsene

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
20 1982 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
The Man Who Had No Idea 1982-04-00 Thomas M. Disch Gollancz 0-575-03057-7
£7.95?£: UK pound
186
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Man Who Had No Idea: A Collection of Stories 1982-11-00 Thomas M. Disch Bantam Books 0-553-22667-3
$2.95?$: US dollar
231
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 Checkmark
Fantasy Annual V 1982-11-00 ed. Terry Carr Timescape / Pocket Books 0-671-45436-6
$2.95?$: US dollar
viii+
264
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
L'homme sans idées 1983-01-00 Thomas Disch
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#352)
2-207-30352-7   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
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
 
Fantasías 1989-00-00 ed. Terry Carr Martínez Roca (Gran Fantasy) 84-270-1274-8   325
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 Tim White  
Der Mann ohne jede Idee 1991-00-00 Thomas M. Disch Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4828) 3-453-05015-0
DM 14.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
300
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 Michael Hasted Checkmark
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