Title: Hothouse
Title Record # 41305
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1961-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Hothouse
Language: English
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Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1961-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Hothouse
Language: English
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- First published in the magazine The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1961
- This story is available, in fixup form, as part of the the novel Hothouse (1962) which was also released, in slightly abridged form, as The Long Afternoon of Earth (1962).
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2012 Locus Online | 20th Century Novelette |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1961 | 1961-02-00 | ed. Robert P. Mills | Mercury Press, Inc. | $0.40?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
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 | Emsh | ||
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [UK], June 1961 | 1961-06-00 | ed. uncredited | Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd | 2/-?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). |
116 | 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 | Emsh | ||
| Fiction, #100 | 1962-03-00 |
ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux |
OPTA | F2.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999 |
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 | Jean-Claude Forest | ||
| Out of This World 4 | 1964-00-00 | ed. Mably Owen, Amabel Williams-Ellis | Blackie | 12/6?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). |
187 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Gaynor Chapman | ||
| Out of This World | 1971-00-00 | Mably Owen, Amabel Williams-Ellis | Blackie | 0-216-88408-X | £1.25?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
175+ 187 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Geoffrey Bargery | |
| Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction | 1974-12-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Thomas Nelson | 0-8407-6412-X | $6.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
224 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | James Barry (I) | |
| Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction | 1975-01-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Thomas Nelson / SFBC | 6434 | $1.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
x+ 182 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | James Barry (I) | |
| Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction | 1976-05-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Abelard-Schuman | 0-200-72455-X | £3.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
224 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | James Barry (I) | |
| Mutants | 1977-02-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Corgi | 0-552-10387-X | £0.65?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
204 | 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 | Peter Jones | |
| 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. ISO code: USD |
x+ 419 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Jon Weiman | |
| Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder | 1987-10-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Warner Books | 0-446-51369-5 | $17.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xiv+ 352 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Stanislaw Fernandez | |
| Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder | 1988-11-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Victor Gollancz | 0-575-04355-5 | £11.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
349 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Terry Pastor | |
| Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder | 1988-11-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | VGSF / Victor Gollancz | 0-575-04356-3 | £4.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
xiv+ 349 |
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 | Terry Pastor | |
| Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder | 1989-04-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Warner Books | 0-446-39012-7 | $12.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xiv+ 352 |
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 | Stanislaw Fernandez | |
| The Great SF Stories #23 (1961) | 1991-07-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #856) | 0-88677-478-0 / UE2478 | $5.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
367 | 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 | Angus McKie | |
| The Great SF Stories #23 (1961) | 1991-07-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books | 0-88677-478-0 / UE2478 | C$5.99?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
367 | 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 | Angus McKie | |
| Le grandi storie della fantascienza: 1961 | 1993-08-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Mondadori (Classici Urania #197) | Lit 6,000?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
432 | 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 | Barclay Shaw | ||
| Le grandi storie della fantascienza: 1961 | 1994-06-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Mondadori (I Libri di Urania #14) | 88-04-37674-0 | Lit 8,000?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
432 | 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 | Barclay Shaw | |
| Science Fiction: 101 | 2001-03-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | ibooks | 0-7434-1294-X | $14.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xvi+ 544 |
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 | Debbie Silva | |
| Science Fiction: 101 | 2005-10-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | ibooks | 0-7434-1294-X | $14.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xvi+ 544 |
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 | Debbie Silva | |
| Mutants | 2009-03-05 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Wildside Press | 978-1-4344-5512-3 | $14.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
228 | 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 | Jesse-lee Lang | |
| Science Fiction: 101: Exploring the Craft of Science Fiction | 2014-05-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Roc / New American Library | 978-0-451-46676-1 | $16.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xvi+ 489 |
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 | ||
| Science Fiction: 101 | date unknown | ed. Robert Silverberg | ibooks | 0-7434-1294-X | $14.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xvi+ 544 |
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 | Debbie Silva |
Reviews
- Review by Leslie Flood (1962) in New Worlds Science Fiction, #123 October
- Review by Darrell Schweitzer (1977) in Science Fiction Review, August 1977
- Review by Charles N. Brown (1977) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Winter 1977
- Review by David Pringle (1985) in Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels , reprinted in:
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1985)
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1986)
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1987)
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1997)
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (2014)