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Title: The Very Pulse of the Machine Title Record # 79951
Author: Michael Swanwick
Date: 1998-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: escapepod.org, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1998Translated by Joachim Pente
German Der Puls der Maschine
2000Translated by Agnieszka Fulińska
Polish
Wewnętrzne tętno maszyny?Wewnetrzne tetno maszyny
2004 French Le pouls brutal de la machine

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Asimovs Science Fiction 52. Folge 1998-00-00 ed. Friedel Wahren Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #5989) 3-453-14982-3
DM 16.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
346+
[1]
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 Karel Thole Checkmark
Asimov's Science Fiction, February 1998 1998-02-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Dell Magazines  
$2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
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 Mike Carron Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection 1999-06-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-20445-0
$17.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
lix+
609
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 Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection 1999-06-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-20963-0
$29.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
lix+
609
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of the Best New Science Fiction 12 1999-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 1-84119-053-5
£9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
lxiv+
671
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 Phil Marritt  
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection 1999-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press / SFBC 02285
$14.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
lix+
609
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Isaac Asimov's Solar System 1999-12-00 ed. Gardner Dozois, Sheila Williams Ace Books 0-441-00698-1
$6.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
x+
290
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 Danilo Ducak Checkmark
Tales of Old Earth 2000-05-00 Michael Swanwick North Atlantic Books/Tachyon Publications/Frog, Ltd. 1-58394-016-2
$25.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
277
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Michael Dashow Checkmark
Fenix, V11 #9, September 2000 2000-09-00 ed.
Jaroslaw Grzędowicz?Jaroslaw Grzedowicz
Radwan      
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
Przemysław Ulatowski?Przemyslaw Ulatowski
 
Tales of Old Earth 2001-09-00 Michael Swanwick North Atlantic Books/Tachyon Publications/Frog, Ltd. 1-58394-056-1
$16.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xi+
277
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 Michael Dashow  
The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction 2002-05-00 ed. Mike Ashley Robinson 1-84119-375-5
£6.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
xiii+
498
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 Pete Rozycki Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction 2002-05-00 ed. Mike Ashley Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1004-7
$11.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xiii+
498
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 Pete Rozycki Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection 2002-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-26474-7
$17.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Bob Eggleton  
Bifrost, #35 2004-07-00 ed. Olivier Girard
Le Bélial'?Le Belial'
2-913039-29-4
€10.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR
196
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 Gil Formosa  
The Best of Michael Swanwick 2008-10-00 Michael Swanwick Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-178-1
$38.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
476
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Lee Moyer  
The Best of Michael Swanwick 2008-10-31 Michael Swanwick Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-178-1
$6.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Best of Michael Swanwick 2010-08-12 Michael Swanwick Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-350-1
$2.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Lee Moyer  
Escape Pod, EP385 2013-02-28 ed. Norm Sherman Escape Artists, Inc.  
$0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
mag Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction 2013-11-28 ed. Mike Ashley Robinson 978-1-4721-1486-0
£5.49?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Pete Rozycki Checkmark
Galaxy's Edge, Issue 9: July 2014 2014-07-00 ed. Mike Resnick Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-212-1
$6.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
124
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 Checkmark
Galaxy's Edge, Issue 9: July 2014 2014-07-00 ed. Mike Resnick Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-213-8
$3.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
mag Checkmark
Tales of Old Earth 2016-05-31 Michael Swanwick Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-5040-3651-1
$7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Clarkesworld Magazine, October 2016 2016-10-00 ed. Neil Clarke Wyrm Publishing  
$3.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
mag Peter Mohrbacher  
Clarkesworld, October 2016 2016-10-00 ed. Neil Clarke Wyrm Publishing 978-1-890464-77-6
$6.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
148
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 Peter Mohrbacher  
Love, Death + Robots: The Official Anthology: Volume Two and Three 2022-05-20 ed. Geoff Brown, Amanda J. Spedding Cohesion Press  
$6.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Tales of Old Earth date unknown Michael Swanwick North Atlantic Books/Tachyon Publications/Frog, Ltd. 1-58394-056-1
$16.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xi+
277
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 Michael Dashow  
The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction date unknown ed. Mike Ashley Robinson 1-84119-375-5
£7.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
xiii+
498
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 Pete Rozycki Checkmark
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