Title: The Psychologist Who Wouldn't Do Awful Things to Rats

Title: The Psychologist Who Wouldn't Do Awful Things to Rats Title Record # 44124
Author: James Tiptree, Jr.
Date: 1976-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English

Note: The main character is a psychologist who is trying to study "genetic influences on tolerance of perceptual novelty". This was essentially the work of the author, as Alice Sheldon, for her Ph.D. thesis in Experimental Psychology, as described in her paper Preference for Familiar vs. Novel Stimuli as a Function of the Familiarity of the Environment, J. of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 67(4), April, 1969, pp. 516-521.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1979^ⓘTranslated by J. W. Korthals	Dutch	De psycholoog die geen afschuwelijke dingen met ratten wilde doen
1980^ⓘTranslated by Arturo Casals.	Spanish	El psicólogo que no quería maltratar a las ratas
1980^ⓘ Translated by Tomislav Ladan	Croatian	Psiholog koji nije htio činiti strašne stvari štakorima^?Psiholog koji nije htio ciniti strasne stvari stakorima Psiholog koji nije htio chiniti strashne stvari shtakorima
1981^ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm	German	Der Psychologe, der keine Ratten quälen wollte^?Der Psychologe, der keine Ratten quaelen wollte
2013^ⓘTranslated by Samuel N. D. Wohl	German	Der Psychologe, der Ratten keine schrecklichen Dinge antun wollte

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
6	1977 Locus	Best Novelette

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
New Dimensions Science Fiction Number 6	1976-05-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Harper & Row	0-06-013864-5	$8.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	247	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Irving Freeman
New Dimensions Science Fiction Number 6	1976-08-12	ed. Robert Silverberg	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4))	0-575-02173-X	£3.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	vii+ 247	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6	1977-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Holt, Rinehart and Winston	0-03-020716-9	$9.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 388	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Fred Marcellino
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6	1977-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25758-8	$1.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xi+ 388	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
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6	1977-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25758-8	C$1.95^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	xi+ 388	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
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6	1977-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Victor Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4))	0-575-02338-4		viii+ 379	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Star Songs of an Old Primate	1978-01-00	James Tiptree, Jr.	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25417-1	C$1.75^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	xii+ 270	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	Darrell K. Sweet
Star Songs of an Old Primate	1978-01-00	James Tiptree, Jr.	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25417-1	$1.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 270	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	Darrell K. Sweet
Wonderen in een oogwenk	1979-00-00	ed. Terry Carr	Het Spectrum (Prisma #1875)	90-274-1005-4		189	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	Pieter Jan Grasmayer
Star Songs of an Old Primate	1979-02-00	James Tiptree, Jr.	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25417-1	C$2.25^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	xii+ 270	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	Darrell K. Sweet
Star Songs of an Old Primate	1979-02-00	James Tiptree, Jr.	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25417-1 / 25417	$1.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 270	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	Darrell K. Sweet
The Best of New Dimensions	1979-11-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Pocket Books	0-671-82976-9	$2.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 333	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	Richard Powers
The Best of New Dimensions	1979-11-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Pocket Books	0-671-82976-9	C$2.75^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	xiv+ 333	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	Richard Powers
Cantos estelares de un viejo primate	1980-00-00	James Tiptree, Jr.	Edhasa (Nebulae (2ª época) #42)	84-350-0287-X		273	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
Odabrane naučno-fantastične priče^?Odabrane naucno-fantasticne price Odabrane nauchno-fantastichne priche	1980-00-00	ed. Terry Carr	Stvarnost			385	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Heyne Science Fiction Magazin, #1	1981-11-00	ed. Wolfgang Jeschke	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3848)	3-453-30777-1	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	432+ [8]	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	Karel Thole
Sternenlieder eines alten Primaten	1987-12-00	James Tiptree, Jr.	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4459)	3-453-00974-6	DM 9.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	383	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	Tiziano Cremonini
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF	1994-07-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Tor	0-312-85062-X	$35.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	990+ [2]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Berkey
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF	1994-10-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Orbit	1-85723-271-2	£25.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	990	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Berkey
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF	1994-10-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Tor / SFBC	05435	$17.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	990	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Berkey
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF	1997-09-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Orb	0-312-85509-5	$27.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	990	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
Fernes Licht	2000-00-00	ed. Wolfgang Jeschke	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #2100)	3-453-17117-9	DM 15.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	1051	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	Thomas Thiemeyer
Izabrane znanstveno-fantastične priče^?Izabrane znanstveno-fantasticne pričce	2001-09-00	ed. Terry Carr	Medicinska naklada (Sabrana djela Tomislava Ladana #7)	953-176-153-1		428	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories	2011-10-31	ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer	Corvus	978-0-85789-487-8	£25.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Nic Cheetham
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories	2012-05-08	ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer	Tor	978-0-7653-3360-5	$39.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xx+ 1126	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Nic Cheetham
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories	2012-05-08	ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer	Tor / SFBC	1356431	$22.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xx+ 1126	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Nic Cheetham
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories	2012-05-08	ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer	Tor	978-0-7653-3362-9	$29.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xx+ 1126	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	Nic Cheetham
Houston, Houston!	2013-06-00	James Tiptree, Jr.	Septime (James Tiptree, Jr.: Sämtliche Erzählungen #3)	978-3-902711-07-6	€23.90^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	485+ [2]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jürgen Schütz^?Juergen Schuetz
Star Songs of an Old Primate	2015-12-17	James Tiptree, Jr.	Gateway / Orion	978-1-4732-0317-4	£2.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Voice That Murmurs in the Darkness	2023-10-00	James Tiptree, Jr.	Subterranean Press	978-1-64524-107-2	$45.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	376	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	David Ho
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories	date unknown	ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer	Tor	978-0-7653-3362-9		xx+ 1126	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	Nic Cheetham

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