Title: Reasons to Be Cheerful Title Record # 69645
Author: Greg Egan
Date: 1997-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English User Rating: 9.25 (8 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Translations

Year Language Title 1998ⓘTranslated by Kurt Bracharz. German Gute Gründe, fröhlich zu sein?Gute Gruende, froehlich zu sein 1999ⓘTranslated by Francis Lustman & Quarante-deux. French Des raisons d'être heureux?Des raisons d'etre heureux 2001 Italian I Miei Motivi Per Stare Allegro 2001ⓘTranslated by 山岸真(Yamagishi Makoto) Japanese しあわせの理由?しあわせのりゆう Shiawase no Riyū Shiawase no Riyuu [as by グレッグ・イーガン?Gureggu Iigan Gureggu Īgan ] 2001ⓘTranslated by 山岸真 (Makoto Yamagishi) Japanese しあわせの理由?しあわせ の りゆう Shiawase no Riyuu [as by グレッグ・イーガン?Gureggu Iigan Gureggu Īgan ] 2002ⓘTranslated by Carlos Pavón. Spanish Motivos para ser feliz

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nomination	1997 Aurealis	SF Short Story
5	1998 Locus	Best Novelette
Withdrawn	1998 Ditmar	Best Short Fiction
Win (as しあわせの理由?しあわせのりゆう Shiawase no Riyū Shiawase no Riyuu )	2002 Seiun	Best Translated Short Story
2 (as Motivos para ser feliz)	2003 Premio Ignotus	Mejor cuento extranjero - Best Foreign Story

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Interzone, April 1997	1997-04-00	ed. David Pringle	David Pringle		£3.00?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	68	A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines	mag	Ian Brooks
The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume Two	1998-04-00	ed. Jeremy G. Byrne, Jonathon Strahan	Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia)	0-7322-5942-8	A$14.95?A$: Australian dollar. ISO code: AUD	xx+ 443	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 Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection	1998-06-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Griffin	0-312-19033-6	$17.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	lxii+ 623	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	John Foster (artist)
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection	1998-06-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Press	0-312-18779-3	$29.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	lxii+ 623	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Foster (artist)
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection	1998-08-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Press / SFBC	18485	$14.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	lxii+ 623	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Foster (artist)
Luminous	1998-09-00	Greg Egan	Millennium / Orion	1-85798-551-6	£16.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	295	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Alfred Pasieka
Luminous	1998-09-00	Greg Egan	Millennium / Orion	1-85798-552-4	£9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	295	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	Alfred Pasieka
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 11th Annual Collection	1998-10-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Robinson	1-85487-599-X	£8.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	lxvi+ 668	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
Die Vergangenheit der Zukunft	1998-11-00	ed. Wolfgang Jeschke	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #5950)	3-453-13337-4	DM 16.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	572	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	Attila Boros
Etoiles vives: numéro 7	1999-08-00	ed. André-François Ruaud?Andre-Francois Ruaud	Bifrost/Étoiles vives?Bifrost/Etoiles vives	2-84344-028-9	F69.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	160	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	Philippe Caza
Luminous	1999-08-00	Greg Egan	Millennium	1-85798-573-7	£5.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	295	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
Urania #1412	2001-04-22	ed. Giuseppe Lippi	Mondadori	1412	Lit 6,900?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	332	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	Franco Brambilla
Reasons to Be Cheerful	2001-09-00	Greg Egan	Fictionwise.com		$1.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	chap
1990年代―遺伝子戦争?1990ねんだい―いでんしせんそう 1990 Nendai: Idenshi Sensō 1990 Nendai: Idenshi Sensou	2001-09-20	ed. 中村融?なかむらとおる Nakamura Tōru Nakamura Tohru Nakamura Tooru , 山岸真?やまぎしまこと Makoto Yamagishi	河出書房新社?Kawade Shobō Shinsha Kawade Shobo Shinsha ( 河出文庫?かわでぶんこ Kawade Bunko #ン2-6)	4-309-46207-3		498	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	早川モトヒロ?はやかわモトヒロ Hayakawa Motohiro
2001, No. 6	2002-00-00	ed. Luis G. Prado	Equipo Sirius		€3.75?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	76	A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines	mag	Jesús Gallego , Emilio Gallego
The Hard SF Renaissance	2002-11-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Tor	0-312-87635-1	$39.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	960	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Gregory Manchess
The Hard SF Renaissance	2002-12-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Tor / SFBC	54747	$14.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	960	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Gregory Manchess
Luminous	2003-00-00	Greg Egan	Gollancz	1-85798-573-7	£6.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	295	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
The Hard SF Renaissance	2003-10-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Orb	0-312-87636-X	$21.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	960	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	Gregory Manchess
Radieux	2007-10-00	Greg Egan	Le Bélial'?Le Belial'	978-2-84344-082-3	€23.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	426	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	Nicolas Fructus
Luminous	2008-02-07	Greg Egan	Gollancz	978-0-575-08208-3	£7.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	330	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	Chad Baker
Luminoso	2010-09-00	Greg Egan	Bibliópolis (Bibliópolis Fantástica #66)	978-84-15157-00-7	€19.95?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	288	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
Luminous	2010-12-30	Greg Egan	Gollancz	978-0-575-10544-7	£8.99?£: 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 Hard SF Renaissance	2011-04-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Orb		$11.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Gregory Manchess
Radieux	2011-09-00	Greg Egan	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #32342)	978-2-253-15989-6		480	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	Manchu
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection	2013-00-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Griffin	978-0-312-20753-3	$17.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	John Foster (artist)
しあわせの理由?しあわせ の りゆう Shiawase no Riyuu	2014-12-25	グレッグ・イーガン?Gureggu Iigan Gureggu Īgan	早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼう ハヤカワショボウ		¥644?¥: Japanese yen. ISO code: JPY		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Rey Hori
The Best of Greg Egan	2019-12-00	Greg Egan	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-942-8	$45.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	731	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	David Ho
Luminous	2020-05-17	Greg Egan	Greg Egan	978-1-922240-34-7	$12.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	323	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
The Best of Greg Egan	2020-07-27	Greg Egan	Night Shade Books	978-1-949102-25-3	$19.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	679	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
The Best of Greg Egan	2021-03-18	Greg Egan	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4732-3229-7	£14.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	729	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	Shutterstock
The Best of Greg Egan	2021-03-18	Greg Egan	Gateway / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4732-3230-3	£14.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Shutterstock
The Hard SF Renaissance	date unknown	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Orb	978-0-312-87636-4	$25.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	960	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	Gregory Manchess
The Hard SF Renaissance	date unknown	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Orb	0-312-87636-X	$21.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	960	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	Gregory Manchess

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