Also published as: "My Sister's Brother".
Nominated for the Hugo
Award (1961).
This story would have been published as "The Strange Birth" in the by
Leo Margulies edited magazine Satellite
of June 1959. This magazine folded up before any copies were run off
the presses. It seems there exists some sets of page proofs, but I never
saw any proof of it.
DESCRIPTION:
The Magazine of Fantasy and
Science Fiction: "A
tale about a man marooned on Mars, and the extraordinary
ecology
which, despite its occasionally unpleasant aspects, gives him a chance
to go on living. While not a story for those who are squeamish about
biological details, it does present intriguing speculation about
possible extra-terrestrial life forms ... together with adventure and
an extraordinary love affair."
Phil in his introduction: "Of all my shorter fiction, this is, after my
"Riders of the Purple Wage," my favorite."
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FIRST PUBLICATION
in The Magazine of
Fantasy and Science Fiction
Robert P. Mills
New York, NY: Mercury Press, Inc.
Volume 18, No. 5, Whole No. 108
magazine (19,5×13,5cm)
May 1960
132
$ 0.40
Mel Hunter
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"My Sister's Brother"
in Strange
Relations
New York, NY: Ballantine Books
391 K
no ISBN
paperback (18×11cm)
06/1960
06/1960 [Canadian printing]
190
$ 0.35
Bob Blanchard
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in Once and Future Tales
Edward L. Ferman
Jacksonville, IL: Delphi Press / Harris-Wolfe & Co.
-
no ISBN
hardcover (21,5×14,5cm)
-/1968
366
$ 5.95
Bert Tanner
-
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"My Sister's Brother"
in The Sociology of the
Possible
Richard Ofshe
Englewoods Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Prentice-Hall sociology series
ISBN 0-13-821496-4
hardcover (23,5×15cm)
06/1970
391
not priced
Herb Davis
A sociology textbook. Story abridged. With a sociological introduction,
"A Difference That Makes a Difference", and an editorial bridging
comment.
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"My Sister's Brother"
in The Sociology of the
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Richard Ofshe
Englewoods Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Prentice-Hall sociology series
ISBN 0-13-821488-3
trade paperback (23×14,5cm)
06/1970
391
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Herb Davis
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"My Sister's
Brother"
in The
Book of Philip José Farmer
New York, NY: DAW Books
UQ1063 / No. 63
SBN 451-UQ1063-095
paperback (18×10,5cm)
07/1973 (1st)
07/1973 (1st) [Canadian printing]
239
$ 0.95
Jack Gaughan
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by Farmer.
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"My Sister's Brother"
in Strange
Relations
New York, NY: Avon / Equinox
Books
#20578 / SF Rediscovery #1
ISBN 0-380-00095-4
trade paperback (20,5×13,5cm)
11/1974 (1st)
undated [= 01/1975] (2nd)
189
$ 1.95
Vincent Calabrese
-
Vincent
Calabrese
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"My Sister's Brother"
in The Sociology of the
Possible
Richard Ofshe
Englewoods Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Prentice-Hall Sociology Series
ISBN 0-13-821595-2
trade paperback (23×14,5cm)
03/1977
381
not priced
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A sociology textbook, Second Edition. Story abridged. With a
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an editorial bridging comment.
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"My Sister's Brother"
in Strange
Relations
New York, NY: Avon Books
-
ISBN 0-380-41418-X
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12/1978 (3rd)
207
$ 1.75
David Palladini
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"My Sister's Brother"
in The
Classic Philip
José Farmer 1952-1964
Martin H. Greenberg
New York, NY: Crown Publishers
Classics of Modern Science Fiction, Volume 4
ISBN 0-517-55193-4
hardcover (18,5×13cm)
02/1984
xii + 215
$ 7.95
Michael Booth
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"My Sister's Brother"
in The
Classic Philip
José Farmer 1952-1964
Martin H. Greenberg
New York, NY: Crown Publishers
# 5451 / Classics of Modern Science Fiction
no ISBN
hardcover (21,5×14,5cm)
06/1984
viii + 215
$ 3.98
Michael Booth
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"My Sister's Brother"
in Strange
Relations
Riverdale, NY: Baen Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 1-4165-0934-9
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02/2006
476
$ 13.00
Clyde Caldwell
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"My Sister's Brother"
in Strange
Relations
Riverdale, NY: Baen Books
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(476)
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"My Sister's Brother"
in The
Best of Philip José Farmer
Dorman T. Skindler
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press
-
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hardcover (23,5×16cm)
02/2006 (trade)
03/2006 (numbered, signed, in slipcase)
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572
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Michael Komark
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Michael Komark
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"My Sister's Brother"
in Strange
Relations
Riverdale, NY: Baen Books
Science Fiction
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709
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Clyde Caldwell
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"My Sister's Brother"
in Strange
Relations
Riverdale, NY: Baen Books
Book Club Edition, # 1342248
ISBN 978-1-61793-375-2
hardcover (21,5×14,5cm)
10/2011
476
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Clyde Caldwell
The collection Strange Relations is
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Clyde
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UK
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in The Magazine of Fantasy and
Science Fiction
uncredited
London: Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd.
Vol. 1, No. 9
magazine (19×13,5cm)
08/1960
128
2/-
Mel Hunter
With a short introduction, the same as in the US edition.
Mel
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"My Sister's Brother"
in Strange
Relations
London: Gollancz
Gollancz SF
no ISBN
hardcover (19×13cm)
03/1964
189
15/-
-
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"My Sister's Brother"
in Strange
Relations
London: Panther Books
Science Fiction, # 2092
no ISBN
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1966
189
3/6
uncredited [= unknown]
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"My Sister's Brother"
in Strange
Relations
St Albans, Herts: Granada / Panther Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-02092-6
paperback (18×11cm)
11/1973 (2nd)
189
£ 0.35
uncredited [= unknown]
-
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"My Sister's Brother"
in The
Book of Philip
José Farmer
West Yorkshire: The Elmfield Press
-
ISBN 0-7057-0067-4
hardcover (21,5×13,5cm
07/1976
239
£ 4.95
Josh Kirby
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"My Sister's Brother"
in Strange
Relations
St Albans, Herts: Granada /
Panther Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-02092-6
paperback (18×11cm)
11/1982 (3rd)
189
£ 1.25
George Underwood
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George
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"My Sister's Brother"
in The
Book of Philip
José Farmer
London: Granada Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-05656-4
paperback (18×11cm)
07/1983
318
£ 1.95
Richard Clifton-Dey
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"My Sister's Brother"
in The
Classic Philip José Farmer 1952-1964
Martin H. Greenberg
London: Robson Books
Classics of Modern Science Fiction, Volume 4
ISBN 0-86051-333-5
hardcover (18,5×12,5cm)
03/1985
8 unnumbered + 215
£ 5.95
Michael Booth
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Michael
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"My Sister's Brother"
in Strange
Relations
London: Granada / Panther Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-02092-6
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-/1985 (4th)
189
£ 1.95
Mark Salwowski
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Mark
Salwowski
ARGENTINA
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Spanish: "Hermano de mi
hermana"
in Relaciones
extrañas
Buenos Aires: Andrómeda
Más Allá Ciencia-Ficción
no ISBN
paperback (17,5×13cm)
-/1976
284
not priced
Matilde Horne
Oscar Díaz
-
Oscar
Díaz
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Spanish: "Hermano de mi
hermana"
in Relaciones
extrañas
Buenos Aires: Adiax
Fénix (24)
no ISBN
paperback (18×11cm)
08/1980
287
not priced
Matilde Horne
Oscar Díaz
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Oscar
Díaz
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Spanish: "Hermano de mi hermana"
in Relaciones
extrañas
Buenos Aires: Hyspamérica
Biblioteca de Ciencia Ficciön 34
ISBN ?
trade paperback (19,5×12cm)
11/1986
192
not priced
Matilde Horne
not credited [= Tomás C. Gilsanz]
See also the edition from Orbis in Spain.
Tomás
C. Gilsanz
AUSTRALIA
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"My Sister's Brother"
in The
Classic Philip
José Farmer 1952-1964
Martin H. Greenberg
Richmond, Victoria: Greenhouse
Classics of Modern Science Fiction, Volume 4
ISBN 0-909104-94-8
hardcover (18,5×12,5cm)
-/1985
xii + 215
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Michael Booth
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FRANCE
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French: "Ouvre-moi,
ô ma soeur"
in Fiction
Alain Dorémieux
Paris: Opta
Volume 9, No. 93
magazine (19×13,5cm)
August 1961
144
FF 1,60
François Valorbe
Jean-Claude Forest
With an introduction by the editor. The cover illustrates Farmer's
story.
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Forest
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French: "La frère
de ma soeur"
in Des
rapports étranges
Paris: J'ai Lu
Science-Fiction, No. 712
no ISBN
paperback (16,5×11cm)
11/1976
250
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Michel Deutsch
Christopher Foss
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Christopher
Foss
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French: "Ouvre-moi,
ô ma soeur"
in Histoires de
créatures
Demètre Ioakimidis, Jacques Goimard &
Gérard Klein
Paris: Le livre de poche
La Grande anthologie de la science-fiction, No. 3787
ISBN 2-253-03428-2
paperback (16,5×11cm)
04/1984
11/1989
415
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François Valorbe
Philippe Adamov
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Philippe
Adamov
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French: "La frère
de ma soeur"
in Des
rapports étranges
Paris: J'ai Lu
Science-Fiction, No. 712
ISBN 2-277-11712-9
paperback (16,5×11cm)
06/1985
250
not priced
Michel Deutsch
Boris Vallejo
-
Boris
Vallejo
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French: "La frère
de ma soeur"
in Des
rapports étranges
Paris: J'ai Lu
Science-Fiction, No. 712
ISBN 2-277-11712-9
paperback (16,5×11cm)
12/1990
250
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Michel Deutsch
Boris Vallejo
-
Boris
Vallejo
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French: "La frère
de ma soeur"
in Des
rapports étranges
Paris: J'ai Lu
Science-Fiction, No. 712
ISBN 2-277-11712-9
paperback (16,5×11cm)
11/1993
250
not priced
Michel Deutsch
Boris Vallejo
-
Boris
Vallejo
GERMANY
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German: "Der Bruder meiner
Schwester"
in Bizarre
Beziehungen
München: Knaur
Science Fiction, Band 5771
ISBN 3-426-05771-9
paperback (18×11,5cm)
12/1983
239
DM 4,80
Martin Eisele
Oliviero Berni
-
Oliviero
Berni
Title
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German: "Der Bruder meiner
Schwester"
in Jenseits
von Raum und Zeit
München: Heyne
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Band 4387
ISBN 3-453-00978-9
paperback (18×11,5cm)
-/1987
617
DM 14,80
Martin Eisele
John Harris
-
John
Harris
Title
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German: "Der Bruder meiner
Schwester"
in Bizarre
Beziehungen
München: Heyne
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Band 4935
ISBN 3-453-05854-2
paperback (18×11,5cm)
-/1992 (1st)
-/1993 (2nd)
-/1995 (3rd)
668
DM 18,00
Martin Eisele
Boris Vallejo
-
Boris
Vallejo
ITALY
Title
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Italian: "Il fratello di mia
sorella"
in Relazioni
aliene
Rome: Fanucci
Futuro, biblioteca di fantascienza, 3
no ISBN
trade paperback (21×15cm)
11/1973
256
L 2.500
Alfredo Pollini
Massimo Jacoponi
-
Massimo
Jacoponi
JAPAN
Title
Latin
Collection
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Japanese: "妹の兄"
"Imōto no ani"
in 奇
妙な関係
in Kimyo na
Kankei
Tokyo: Sogen
SF Bunko # 670-01
ISBN 4-488-67001-6
paperback (15x10,5cm)
05/1981
316
¥ 360
Ohtaki Keisuke
Iwasaki Masashi
-
Iwasaki Masashi
NETHERLANDS
Title
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Date
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Dutch: "Mijn zuster d'r broer"
in Vreemde
verwanten
Amsterdam: Meulenhoff
Science Fiction, M=SF 30
no ISBN
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1970
253
ƒ 3,50
E.A. van Leent-Sieburgh
Reindert van Briemen
-
Reindert
van Briemen
PORTUGAL
Title
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Publisher
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Date
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Portuguese: "Irmão
de Minha irmã"
in Relações
estranhas
Lisbon: Circulo de Leitores
Colecção Romances de Ficção
Científica (#12)
no ISBN
hardcover (21×14cm)
06/1989
258
-
Eduardo Saló
Rochinha Diogo
-
Rochinha
Diogo
RUSSIA
Title
Latin
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Russian: "Брат моей сестры"
"Brat moyey sestry"
in Летающие киты Исмаэля
in Letayushchiye kity Ismaelya
Moscow: Centerpoligraf
Osiris 19
ISBN 5-7001-0004-5
hardcover [no dustjacket] (20×14,5cm)
-/1992
587
not priced
uncredited
A.B. Derzhavin
Pictorial boards.
A.B.
Derzhavin
Title
Latin
Omnibus
Latin
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
Russian: "Отвори, сестра моя"
"Otvory, sestra moya"
in Одиссея Грина
in Odisseya Grina
Nizhny Novgorod: Parallel
Mir Fantastiki
ISBN 5-86067-008-9
hardcover [no dustjacket] (20×13cm)
04/1994
542
not priced
A. Sokolov
Peter A. Jones (front and back cover)
Illustrated by M. Raev.
Peter
A. Jones
Title
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Russian: "Отвори мне, сестра"
"Otvori mne, sestra"
in Миры
Филипа Фармера - T. 15
in Miry Filipa Farmera - T. 15
Riga & Moscow: Polaris
-
ISBN 5-88132-275-4
hardcover [no dustjacket] (20,5×13,5cm)
03/1997
400
not priced
A. Sverchkov
V. Kovalev
-
V.
Kovalev
SPAIN
Title
Anthology
Edited by
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Spanish: "Ábrete a
mi, hermana"
in Ciencie
Ficción - Selección 30
Carlo Frabetti
Barcelona: Bruguera, S.A.
Libro Amigo 508
ISBN 84-02-05155-3
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
05/1977
185
Ps 100
José Manuel Pomares & Beatriz Podestá
uncredited [= unknown]
-
-
Title
Collection
Publisher
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Date
Pages
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Catalan: "El germà
de la meva germana"
in Relacions
estranyes
Barcelona: Alella
Pleniluni 2001-4
ISBN 84-85752-13-9
paperback (18×12cm)
07/1985
228
Ps 580
Antoni Ibarz & Joaquim Martí
Peret
-
Peret
Title
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
Catalan: "El germà
de la meva germana"
in Relacions
estranyes
Barcelona: Alella
Pleniluni Ciencia ficció 2001-4
ISBN 84-85752-13-9
paperback (18×12cm)
07/1985
228
Ps 580
Antoni Ibarz & Joaquim Martí
Herikberto
Possibly a second, undated, printing of the book.
Herikberto
Title
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
Spanish: "Hermano de mi
hermana"
in Relaciones
extrañas
Barcelona: Orbis
Biblioteca de Ciencia Ficciön 34
ISBN 84-7634-391-4
trade paperback (19,5×12cm)
11/1985
192
not priced
Matilde Horne
uncredited [= Tomás C. Gilsanz]
See also the edition from Hypamérica in Argentina.
Tomás
C. Gilsanz
SWEDEN
Title
Collection
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover photo
Notes
Swedish: "Min systers bror"
in Efter
King Kongs fall
Stockholm: Delta Förlags AB
Science fiction ABC
ISBN 91-7228-276-2
trade paperback (21,5×14cm)
-/1981
248
not priced
Karin Malmsjö
(of PJF)
-
-
Title
Magazine
Edited by
Publisher
Series+no.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
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Notes
Swedish: "Min systers bror"
in Jules Verne Magasinet
Sam J. Lundwall
Bromma: Sam J. Lundwall Fakta & Fantasi AB
Volume 54, Nr. 462
magazine (25×17,5cm)
December 1993
64
not priced
Karin Malmsjö
not credited
-