Title: The Saliva Tree

Title: The Saliva Tree Title Record # 54009
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1965-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English

Synopsis: In the late nineteenth century, a modern-thinking young man and friend of H. G. Wells's resides in the old-fashioned town of Cottersall. When a meteor lands in a pond in the neighbouring farming district, the man decides to investigate the odd occurrences in the area, where the farmer family of his beloved comes into danger courtesy of the stranded alien(s).

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Year	Title
1965	The Saliva Tree [as by Brian Aldiss]

Year	Language	Title
1966^ⓘTranslated by Paul Alpérine	French	L'arbre à salive^?L'arbre a salive
1967^ⓘTranslated by Beata Della Frattina	Italian	Peste suina
1971^ⓘTranslated by Hans Maeter.	German	Der Speichelbaum
1972^ⓘTranslated by Sam J. Lundwall.	Swedish	Salivträdet^?Salivtraedet Salivtradet
1975^ⓘTranslated by Marjan J. J. Oleff	Dutch	De speekselboom
1990^ⓘ Translated by Borislav Tošković	Serbian	Balavo drvo [as by Brajan Oldis]
1992^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand	Russian	Слюнное дерево^?Slyunnoe derevo [as by Б. Олдисс^?B. Oldiss ]
1998^ⓘTranslated by Alexandra Tavares.	Portuguese	A Árvore da Saliva [as by Brian Aldiss]
2014^ⓘ Translated by Katarina Hanžek	Croatian	Stablo sline

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1966 Nebula	Novella

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1965	1965-09-00	ed. Joseph W. Ferman	Mercury Press, Inc.		$0.50^?$: 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	Bert Tanner
Nebula Award Stories 1965	1966-00-00	ed. Damon Knight	Doubleday (Doubleday Science Fiction)		$4.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	299	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Saliva Tree and Other Strange Growths	1966-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Faber and Faber		18/-^?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).	232	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Charles Mozley
Fiction, #153	1966-08-00	ed. Alain Dorémieux^?Alain Doremieux	OPTA		F3.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	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	Gilles de Cock
Nebula Award Stories 1965	1966-10-00	ed. Damon Knight	Doubleday / SFBC		$1.20^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 299	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Donald Crews , Ann Crews
Nebula Award Stories 1	1967-03-00	ed. Damon Knight	Gollancz		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).	253+ [2]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Saliva Tree and Other Strange Growths	1967-06-00	Brian W. Aldiss	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	122		232	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Urania #473	1967-10-22	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori	473	Lit 250^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	168	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
Nebula Award Stories	1967-11-00	ed. Damon Knight	Pocket Books	75275	$0.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 244	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 Saliva Tree and Other Growths	1968-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Sphere Books	10839	5/-^?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).	253	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 Davies (artist)
The Saliva Tree and Other Growths	1968-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Sphere Books	10898	5/-^?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).	253	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
Nebula Award Stories	1968-10-00	ed. Damon Knight	Pocket Books	75275	$0.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 244	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
Nebula Award Stories	1968-10-00	ed. Damon Knight	Pocket Books	75275	C$0.75^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	x+ 244	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
A Brian Aldiss Omnibus	1969-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Sidgwick & Jackson	0-283-98052-4	£2.25^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	191+ 191+ 126	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Nebula Award Stories 1	1969-04-00	ed. Damon Knight	New English Library	0-450-00289-6 / 2410	7/6^?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).	224	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	Bruce Pennington
Nebula Award Stories	1969-12-00	ed. Damon Knight	Pocket Books	0-671-75275-8	$0.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 244	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
Nebula Award Stories	1969-12-00	ed. Damon Knight	Pocket Books	0-671-75275-8	C$0.75^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	x+ 244	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
Dimension X	1970-00-00	ed. Damon Knight	Simon & Schuster	0-671-65129-3	$5.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	351	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Charles E. White, III
Dimension X	1970-00-00	ed. Damon Knight	Simon & Schuster	0-671-65128-5	$5.70^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	351	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Charles E. White, III
Der Gigant	1971-00-00	ed. Damon Knight	Lichtenberg (Science Fiction für Kenner #5)	3-7852-2005-7	DM 11.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	181	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	W. Baum , E. Baum
Der Gigant	1971-00-00	ed. Damon Knight	Éditions Rencontre (Science Fiction (Éditions Rencontre))			181	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Saliva Tree and Other Growths	1971-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Sphere Books	10960	£0.30^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	253	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
Dimension X	1971-03-00	ed. Damon Knight	Simon & Schuster / SFBC	3240	$1.69^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	309	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Charles E. White, III
Salivträdet	1972-00-00	ed. uncredited	B. Wahlström^?B. Wahlstrom B. Wahlstroem ( Kalla Kårar, ryslig midnattsläsning^?Kalla Karar, ryslig midnattslasning Kalla Kaarar, ryslig midnattslaesning #14)	91-32-40419-0	skr 3.95^?skr: Swedish krona (crown). ISO code: SEK	154	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
Dimension X	1972-03-00	ed. Damon Knight	Gollancz	0-575-01378-8	£1.60^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	350	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	David Smee
The Saliva Tree	1973-00-00	Brian Aldiss	Sphere Books	0-7221-1102-9	£0.35^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	253	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
Panne in der Hölle^?Panne in der Hoelle	1973-06-00	ed. Damon Knight	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3344)	3344	DM 2.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	127	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	Atelier Frank & Zaugg
Elsewhere X 3	1974-06-00	ed. Damon Knight	Coronet Books	0-340-18616-X	£0.35^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	192	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	Haydon Williams
De speekselboom	1975-00-00	ed. Damon Knight	Luitingh (Luitingh SF Verhalen)	90-245-0327-2		240	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	Karel Thole
Salivträdet	1979-00-00	ed. uncredited	B. Wahlström^?B. Wahlstrom B. Wahlstroem ( Rysare ur Kalla Kårar^?Rysare ur Kalla Karar Rysare ur Kalla Kaarar #13)	91-32-50221-4	skr 8.95^?skr: Swedish krona (crown). ISO code: SEK	154	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	George Ziel
The Saliva Tree and Other Growths	1979-00-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Sphere Books	0-7221-1073-1	£1.25^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	253	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	Les Edwards
Aufbruch in die Galaxis	1980-00-00	ed. Wolfgang Jeschke	Lentz	3-88010-074-8	DM 24.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	380+ [2]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	R. Susanne Berner
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Four	1981-00-00	ed. Arthur C. Clarke	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4))	0-575-02989-7		672	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Saliva Tree and Other Strange Growths	1981-02-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Gregg Press	0-8398-2566-8	$16.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 232	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Four	1981-11-00	ed. Arthur C. Clarke	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4))	0-575-02989-7	£8.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xi+ 672	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III	1982-03-00	ed. Arthur C. Clarke, George W. Proctor	Avon	0-380-79335-0	$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 672	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 Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III	1982-10-00	ed. Arthur C. Clarke, George W. Proctor	Avon / SFBC	5179	$6.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xi+ 623	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Aufbruch in die Galaxis	1983-08-00	ed. Wolfgang Jeschke	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4001)	3-453-30938-3	DM 8.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	495	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
Étoile Double #5	1984-04-00	ed. Robert Louit	Denoël^?Denoel ( Étoile Double^?Etoile Double #5)	2-207-34005-8	F19.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	154	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	Donald Grant
Best SF Stories of Brian W. Aldiss	1988-04-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Gollancz	0-575-04210-9	£11.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	328	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Born with the Dead / The Saliva Tree	1988-12-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Robert Silverberg	Tor (Tor Double #3)	0-812-55952-5	$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	96+ 87	dos^?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.	anth	Ron Walotsky , Les Edwards
Man in His Time: Best SF Stories	1989-05-00	Brian Aldiss	VGSF	0-575-04530-2	£3.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	328	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
Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss	1989-09-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Atheneum / Macmillan	0-689-12052-4	$19.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	328	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ed Soyka
Alef, #21	1990-08-00	ed. Boban Knežević^?Boban Knezevic	Dnevnik		Din 21.50^?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar. ISO codes: YUF in 1945-1966, YUD in 1966-1989, YUN in 1990-1992, YUR in July 1992-September 1993, YUO in October-December 1993, YUG in early January 1994, YUM in 1994-2003, CSD in 2003-2006, RSD since 2006	132	A5^?14.8 cm by 21 cm or 5.8" by 8.3" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines	mag	Tim White
Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss	1990-10-00	Brian W. Aldiss	Collier / Macmillan	0-02-030225-8	$4.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	328	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	Ed Soyka
Империя мрака^?Imperiya mraka	1992-00-00	ed. uncredited	Сибирская Речь^?Sibirskaya Rech' ( Армагеддон^?Armageddon )	5-87251-001-2		544	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	М. Шараев^?M. Sharaev
A Árvore da Saliva	1998-00-00	Brian Aldiss	Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #490)	972-38-1666-0			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	A. Pedro
Nebula Award Stories	2001-02-00	ed. Damon Knight	Stealth Press	1-58881-018-6	$29.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 310	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Frank R. Paul
Nebula 1 1965. - 1969.	2014-00-00	ed. Davorin Horak	Hangar 7 (Nebula (Hangar 7) #1)	978-953-57638-2-6	kn 290.00^?kn: Croatian kuna. ISO code: HRK in 1994-2023	639	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Arthur Haas
The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s (Part 3)	2015-09-24	Brian Aldiss	Harper Voyager (UK)	978-0-00-814894-2	£10.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	412	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
Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss	date unknown	Brian W. Aldiss	Atheneum / Macmillan	0-689-12052-4	$19.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	328	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ed Soyka

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