Title: A Relic of the Empire
Title Record # 58984
Author: Larry Niven
Date: 1966-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Known Space
Language: English
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Author: Larry Niven
Date: 1966-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Known Space
Language: English
Note: In the original publication in ''If'' (December 1966), the title was given as "A Relic of Empire" on the cover. It was listed as "A Relic of the Empire" in the table of contents and on the first page of the story.
Synopsis: A xenobiologist captured on an isolated planet by a crew of space pirates uses his knowledge of the unique species he is studying to escape.
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(as 帝国の異物?ていこくのいぶつ )
Teikoku no Ibutsu |
1981 Seiun | Best Translated Short Story |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| If, December 1966 | 1966-12-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Galaxy Publishing Corporation | $0.50?$: US dollar |
164 | 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". |
mag | Jack Gaughan |  |
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| Neutron Star | 1968-04-00 | Larry Niven | Ballantine Books | U6120 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
285 | 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 | |
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| Neutron Star | 1968-04-00 | Larry Niven | Ballantine Books | U6120 | C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar |
285 | 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 | |
|
| Neutron Star | 1969-00-00 | Larry Niven | Macdonald | 0-356-02652-3 | 25/-?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). |
285 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Neutronster | 1970-11-00 | Larry Niven | Meulenhoff (M=SF #39) | 39 | 320 | 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 | Reindert van Briemen | |
|
| Neutron Star | 1971-07-00 | Larry Niven | Ballantine Books | 0-345-02297-1 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
285 | 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 McInnerney | |
| Neutron Star | 1971-08-00 | Larry Niven | Ballantine Books | 0-345-02297-1 | C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
285 | 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 McInnerney | |
| Neutron Star | 1971-10-00 | Larry Niven | Sphere Books | 63894 | £0.35?£: UK pound |
285 | 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 | |
|
| Neutron Star | 1972-00-00 | Larry Niven | Sphere (Sphere Science Fiction Classics #8) | 0-7221-6385-1 | £0.35?£: UK pound |
285 | 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 | Eddie Jones | |
| Neutron Star | 1972-00-00 | Larry Niven | Sphere (Sphere Science Fiction Classics #8) | 0-7221-6385-1 | £0.35?£: UK pound |
285 | 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 | Eddie Jones | |
| Neutron Star | 1973-08-00 | Larry Niven | Ballantine Books | 0-345-23441-3 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
285 | 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 McInnerney | |
| Urania #642 | 1974-04-14 | ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini | Mondadori | 642 | Lit 350?Lit: Italian lira |
176 | 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". |
mag | Karel Thole | |
| Neutron Star | 1974-10-00 | Larry Niven | Ballantine Books | 0-345-24047-2 | $1.25?$: US dollar |
285 | 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 McInnerney | |
| Neutron Star | 1975-08-00 | Larry Niven | Ballantine Books | 0-345-24794-9 | $1.50?$: US dollar |
285 | 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 | |
| Neutron Star | 1976-06-00 | Larry Niven | Ballantine Books | 0-345-24794-9 | $1.50?$: US dollar |
285 | 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 | |
| Neutron Star | 1977-07-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-27065-7 | $1.75?$: US dollar |
285 | 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 | |
| Neutron Star | 1978-03-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-27065-7 | $1.75?$: US dollar |
285 | 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 | |
| Neutron Star | 1978-04-00 | Larry Niven | Orbit | 0-7088-8011-8 | £0.90?£: UK pound |
285 | 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 | Peter Jones | |
| Neutron Star | 1979-01-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-28378-3 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
285 | 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 | |
| Neutronster | 1979-08-00 | Larry Niven | Meulenhoff (M=SF #39) | 90-290-5002-0 | 320 | 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 | |
|
S-Fマガジン 1980年02月号, #257?Esu-Efu Magajin 1980-nen 02-gatsu Gō, #257 Esu-Efu Magajin 1980-nen 02-gatsu Gou, #257 S-F Magajin 1980-nen 02-gatsu Gō, #257 S-F Magajin 1980-nen 02-gatsu Gou, #257 |
1980-02-00 |
ed.
今岡清?いまおかきよし Imaoka Kiyoshi |
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼう ハヤカワショボウ |
472 | 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. |
mag |
加藤直之?かとうなおゆき
Katō Naoyuki Katou Naoyuki |
|||
| Neutron Star | 1980-11-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-29665-6 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
285 | 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 Series | 1980-11-00 | ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Frederik Pohl | Harper & Row | 0-06-013382-1 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
x+ 419 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Jon Weiman | |
| Neutron Star | 1981-09-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-29665-6 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
285 | 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 | |
| Neutron Star | 1982-09-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-29665-6 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
285 | 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 | |
| Neutron Star | 1983-06-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-29665-6 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
285 | 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 | |
| Neutron Star | 1985-00-00 | Larry Niven | Orbit | 0-7088-8011-8 | £2.25?£: UK pound |
285 | 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 | Peter Jones | |
| Neutron Star | 1986-01-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-33694-1 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
285 | 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 | |
| Neutron Star | 1986-02-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-33694-1 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
285 | 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 | |
| Neutron Star | 1987-00-00 | Larry Niven | Orbit | 0-7088-8011-8 | £2.50?£: UK pound |
285 | 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 | Peter Jones | |
| Neutron Star | 1989-04-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-33694-1 | C$5.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
285 | 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 | |
| World of Ptavvs; A Gift from Earth; Neutron Star | 1991-06-00 | Larry Niven | Book-of-the-Month Club | $11.95?$: US dollar |
160+ 254+ 285 |
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. |
omni | |||
| Playgrounds of the Mind | 1991-10-00 | Larry Niven | Tor | 0-312-85219-3 | $22.95?$: US dollar |
487 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | David Archer | |
| Neutron Star | 1992-00-00 | Larry Niven | Orbit | 1-85723-106-6 | £2.50?£: UK pound |
285 | 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 | Keith Scaife | |
| Playgrounds of the Mind | 1992-07-00 | Larry Niven | Tor | 0-812-51695-8 | $5.99?$: US dollar |
vii+ 696 |
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 | David Archer | |
| Neutron Star | 1993-00-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-33694-1 | C$6.99?C$: Canadian dollar |
285 | 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 | |
| Neutron Star | 1993-07-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-33694-1 | $4.95?$: US dollar |
285 | 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 | |
| Playgrounds of the Mind | 1996-04-00 | Larry Niven | Tor | 0-812-51695-8 | $5.99?$: US dollar |
viii+ 696 |
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 | David Archer | |
| Playgrounds of the Mind | 2003-08-00 | Larry Niven | Tor | 0-812-51695-8 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
vii+ 696 |
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 | David Archer | |
| Neutron Star | 2013-04-27 | Larry Niven | Spectrum Literary Agency | $7.99?$: US dollar |
285 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| Cosmic Corsairs | 2020-08-04 | ed. Hank Davis, Christopher Ruocchio | Baen | 978-1-62579-779-7 | $8.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Tom Kidd | ||
| Cosmic Corsairs | 2020-08-04 | ed. Hank Davis, Christopher Ruocchio | Baen | 978-1-982124-78-6 | $16.00?$: US dollar |
321 | 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 | Tom Kidd | |
| Cosmic Corsairs | 2021-02-23 | ed. Hank Davis, Christopher Ruocchio | Tantor and Blackstone Publishing | 979-820016205-5 | $39.99?$: US dollar |
audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks |
anth | |||
| Cosmic Corsairs | 2021-02-23 | ed. Hank Davis, Christopher Ruocchio | Tantor and Blackstone Publishing | 979-820016204-8 | $44.99?$: US dollar |
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
anth | |||
| Cosmic Corsairs | 2021-02-23 | ed. Hank Davis, Christopher Ruocchio | Tantor Audio | 979-820016203-1 | $69.99?$: US dollar |
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
anth | |||
| Cosmic Corsairs | 2021-02-23 | ed. Hank Davis, Christopher Ruocchio | Tantor Audio | 978-1-66610-030-3 | $24.99?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
anth | |||
| Cosmic Corsairs | 2021-10-00 | ed. Hank Davis, Christopher Ruocchio | Baen | 978-1-982125-69-1 | $8.99?$: US dollar |
451 | 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 | Tom Kidd | |
| Neutron Star | date unknown | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-33694-1 | C$6.99?C$: Canadian dollar |
285 | 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 | |