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Title: Appearance of Life Title Record # 56819
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1976-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1976 An Appearance of Life
1976 An Appearance of Life [as by Brian Aldiss]
Year Language Title
1978ⓘTranslated by Pon Ruiter
 Dutch Schijn van leven
1978ⓘTranslated by Charlotte Winheller
 German Anschein von Leben
1979ⓘTranslated by Françoise Perrin
 French Une apparence de vie
1984ⓘTranslated by Annette von Charpentier.
 German Ein Anschein von Leben
2010ⓘTranslated by 浅倉久志 (Hisashi Asakura).
 Japanese
見せかけの生命?みせかけ の せいめい
Misekake no Seimei
[as by
ブライアン・W・オールディス?Buraian W. Ōrudisu
]

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
10 1977 Locus Best Short Story

Publications

Displaying all variants and translations • Do not display translations • Do not display variants or translations

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Andromeda I 1976-05-00 ed. Peter Weston Orbit / Futura 0-86007-891-4
£0.65?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 206
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 Checkmark
Andromeda I 1977-00-00 ed. Peter Weston Dennis Dobson (Dobson Science Fiction) 0-234-72056-5
£3.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 209
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
The 1977 Annual World's Best SF 1977-05-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books (DAW Collectors #240) 0-87997-297-1 / UE1297
$1.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 280
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
The 1977 Annual World's Best SF 1977-05-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-297-1 / UE1297
C$1.75?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD
 280
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
The 1977 Annual World's Best SF 1977-09-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / SFBC 3148
$2.49?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 279
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Richard V. Corben Checkmark
Last Orders and Other Stories 1977-11-00 Brian W. Aldiss Jonathan Cape 0-224-01487-0
£3.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 223
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Candida Amsden Checkmark
Schijn van leven 1978-00-00 ed. Donald A. Wollheim Het Spectrum (Prisma #1840) 90-274-0969-2   226
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 John Verberk Checkmark
Science Fiction Story Reader 10 1978-07-00 ed. Herbert W. Franke Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3602) 3-453-30509-4
DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
 222
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 Franke Checkmark
Last Orders and Other Stories 1979-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Triad Panther 0-586-04681-X
£0.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 222
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 Checkmark
Galaxies intérieures 2 1979-01-00 ed. Maxim Jakubowski
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#271)		     319
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
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
  
Andromeda 1979-04-00 ed. Peter Weston St. Martin's Press 0-312-03649-3
$8.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 206
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Gary La Sasso Checkmark
Last Orders and Other Stories 1979-08-00 Brian W. Aldiss Triad Panther / Granada 0-586-04681-X
£1.25?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 222
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 Peter Goodfellow Checkmark
The World's Best SF. 4 1979-11-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim Dennis Dobson (Dobson Science Fiction) 0-234-72168-5
£5.25?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 280
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Six 1982-12-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books 0-87997-788-4 / UE1788
$2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 280
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 Bernal Checkmark
Bestsellers Vol. 3, No. 9: Best of Aldiss 1983-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Viaduct Publications  
£0.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 64
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
 coll  
Die letzte Runde 1984-05-00 Brian W. Aldiss
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24056)		 3-404-24056-1
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
 238+
[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.
 coll Don Maitz Checkmark
Last Orders and Other Stories 1985-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Triad Panther 0-586-04681-X
£1.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 222
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 Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
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 Checkmark
Last Orders 1989-04-00 Brian Aldiss Carroll & Graf 0-88184-458-6
$17.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 223
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
Last Orders 1990-08-00 Brian Aldiss Carroll & Graf (Masters of Science Fiction (Carroll & Graf)) 0-88184-617-1
$3.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 223
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 John Harris Checkmark
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 Checkmark
The British Way 1998-02-00 ed. James Gunn Borealis / White Wolf Publishing 1-56504-157-7 / WW 11091
$14.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 622
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 Checkmark
Von Ballard bis Stableford 2001-04-00 ed. James Gunn Heyne (Bibliothek der Science Fiction Literatur #101) 3-453-17953-6
DM 24.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
 508
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
Jürgen Rogner?Juergen Rogner
 Checkmark
ポストヒューマンSF傑作選 スティーヴ・フィーヴァー?ぽすとひゅーまん SF けっさくせん すてぃーう゛・ふぃーう゛ぁー
Posutohyuuman SF Kessakusen Sutiivu Fiivaa
 2010-11-25 ed.
山岸真?やまぎしまこと
Makoto Yamagishi
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō
Hayakawa Shobo
はやかわしょぼう
ハヤカワショボウ
(
ハヤカワ文庫SF?Hayakawa Bunko SF
#1787)		 978-4-15-011787-0
¥960?¥: Japanese yen. ISO code: JPY
 491+
[5]
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
小阪淳?こさかじゅん
Jun Kosaka
 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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