Title: Song in a Minor Key
Title Record # 77445
Author: C. L. Moore
Date: 1940-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Northwest Smith
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English
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Author: C. L. Moore
Date: 1940-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Northwest Smith
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English
Note: First published in the fanzine Scienti-Snap, February 1940.
Synopsis: An exiled criminal contemplates his life during an illicit visit to Earth.
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Nominations Below Cutoff | 2016 Retro Hugo | 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 |
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Scienti-Snaps, February 1940 | 1940-02-00 | ed. Walter E. Marconette, Jack Chapman Miske | Empress Publications | $0.10?$: US dollar |
28 | quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued |
fanzine | Walter E. Marconette | ![]() |
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Fantastic Universe, January 1957 | 1957-01-00 | ed. Hans Stefan Santesson | King-Size Publications, Inc. | $0.35?$: US dollar |
132 | 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 | Hannes Bok | ![]() |
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Scarlet Dream | 1981-00-00 | C. L. Moore | Donald M. Grant | 0-937986-42-9 | $35.00?$: US dollar |
328 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Alicia Austin | ![]() |
Scarlet Dream | 1981-00-00 | C. L. Moore | Donald M. Grant | 0-937986-42-9 | $20.00?$: US dollar |
328 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Alicia Austin | ![]() |
Northwest Smith il terrestre | 1982-09-00 | Catherine L. Moore | Editrice Nord (Fantacollana #44) | 323 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Michael Whelan | ![]() |
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Northwest Smith | 1982-10-00 | C. L. Moore | Ace Books | 0-441-58613-9 | $2.75?$: US dollar |
297 | 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 | ![]() |
Northwest Smith | 1985-12-00 | C. L. Moore | Ace Books | 0-441-58613-9 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
297 | 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 | |
Northwest Smith | 1986-04-00 | C. L. Moore | Ace Books | 0-441-58614-7 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
297 | 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 | ![]() |
Echoes of Valor II | 1989-08-00 | ed. Karl Edward Wagner | Tor | 0-312-93189-1 | $17.95?$: US dollar |
274 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Rick Berry | ![]() |
Echoes of Valor II | 1991-02-00 | ed. Karl Edward Wagner | Tor | 0-812-55752-2 | $3.95?$: US dollar |
274 | 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 | Sam Rakeland | |
Black Gods and Scarlet Dreams | 2002-07-00 | C. L. Moore | Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #31) | 0-575-07417-5 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
439 | 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 | Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio | ![]() |
Northwest of Earth: The Complete Northwest Smith | 2008-01-15 | C. L. Moore | Paizo Publishing (Planet Stories #6) | 978-1-60125-081-0 | $12.99?$: US dollar |
381 | 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 | Andrew Hou | ![]() |
Northwest of Earth: The Complete Northwest Smith | 2009-03-00 | C. L. Moore | Paizo Publishing / SFBC | 978-1-60751-859-4 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
381 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Andrew Hou | |
Song in a Minor Key | 2009-04-10 | C. L. Moore | Project Gutenberg | 28550 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
chap | ![]() |
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Les aventures de Northwest Smith | 2010-10-02 | Catherine L. Moore | Gallimard (Folio SF #379) | 978-2-07-039583-5 | 560 | 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 |
Hervé Leblan?Herve Leblan
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Short Science Fiction Collection 42 | 2010-11-28 | ed. LibriVox | LibriVox | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
anth | ||||
Northwest of Earth | 2011-09-29 | C. L. Moore | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-11936-9 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
Jirel of Joiry / Northwest of Earth / Judgment Night | 2014-01-16 | C. L. Moore | Gollancz (SF Gateway Omnibus) | 978-0-575-11932-1 | £18.99?£: UK pound |
xi+ 656 |
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 | Chris Moore | ![]() |
Northwest Smith | 2015-09-20 | C. L. Moore | Diversion Books | 978-1-68230-111-1 | $2.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
Fantastic Stories Presents: Science Fiction Super Pack #2 | 2016-02-28 | ed. uncredited | Positronic Publishing | 978-1-5154-0500-9 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
426 | 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 | cannjbdmp88 | |
Fantastic Stories Presents: Science Fiction Super Pack #2 | 2016-04-05 | ed. uncredited | Positronic Publishing | 978-1-5154-0477-4 | $1.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | cannjbdmp88 | ||
Fantastic Stories Presents the Fantastic Universe Super Pack | 2016-07-02 | ed. Warren Lapine | Positronic Publishing | 978-1-5154-0981-6 | $16.99?$: US dollar |
394 | 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 | digitalstorm | |
Fantastic Stories Presents the Fantastic Universe Super Pack | 2016-09-03 | ed. Warren Lapine | Positronic Publishing | 978-1-5154-0653-2 | $1.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | digitalstorm | ||
Short Stories Eligible for the 1941 Retro-Hugos | 2016-12-18 | ed. von Dimpleheimer | von Dimpleheimer Press | $1.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | ||||
Fantastic Stories Presents the Fantastic Universe Super Pack | 2018-04-03 | ed. Warren Lapine | Positronic Publishing | 978-1-5154-2094-1 | $24.99?$: US dollar |
394 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | digitalstorm | |
Fantastic Stories Presents: Science Fiction Super Pack #2 | 2018-04-03 | ed. uncredited | Positronic Publishing | 978-1-5154-2118-4 | $24.99?$: US dollar |
426 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | cannjbdmp88 | |
Northwest of Earth | 2019-03-07 | C. L. Moore | Gollancz / Orion (Golden Age Masterworks) | 978-1-4732-2254-0 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
343 | 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 | Tithi Luadthong | ![]() |