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is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>. </div> </div> <div id="content"> <div class="ContentBox"> <b>Title:</b> Junior <span class="recordID"><b>Title Record # </b>45882</span> <br><b>Author:</b> <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1849" dir="ltr">Robert Abernathy</a> <br> <b>Date:</b> 1956-01-00 <br> <b>Type:</b> SHORTFICTION <br> <b>Length:</b> short story <br><b>Language:</b> English <div class="notes"><b>Note:</b> First published in <i>Galaxy Science Fiction</i>, January 1956.</div> <div class="notes"><b>Synopsis:</b> Aliens who resemble sea anemones discuss their son, who is still carefree and swimming around. They think that it is high time that he finds a nice rock, decorate it so that it would catch a nice girl and settle down on the rock for rest of his life. But he has a plan... He assembles a platform on wheels so that he isn't confined to one place.</div> <b>User Rating:</b> This title has no votes. <a class="inverted bold" href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/edit/vote.cgi?45882" dir="ltr">VOTE</a> <br> <b>Current Tags:</b> None <a class="inverted bold" href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/edit/edittags.cgi?45882" dir="ltr">Add Tags</a> </div> <div class="ContentBox"> <h3 class="contentheader">Publications</h3> <table class="publications"> <tr class="table2"> <th class="publication_title">Title</th> <th class="publication_date">Date</th> <th class="publication_author_editor">Author/Editor</th> <th class="publication_publisher">Publisher/Pub. Series</th> <th class="publication_isbn_catalog">ISBN/Catalog ID</th> <th class="publication_price">Price</th> <th class="publication_pages">Pages</th> <th class="publication_format">Format</th> <th class="publication_type">Type</th> <th class="publication_cover_artist">Cover Artist</th> <th class="publication_verif">Verif</th> </tr> <tr class="table1"> <td dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?58515" dir="ltr">Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1956</a></td> <td>1956-01-00</td> <td> ed. <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?392" dir="ltr">H. L. Gold</a></td> <td dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?2578" dir="ltr">Galaxy Publishing Corporation</a></td> <td dir="ltr"> </td> <td dir="ltr"><div class="tooltip tooltipright">$0.35<sup class="mouseover">?</sup><span class="tooltiptext tooltipnarrow tooltipright">$: US dollar. ISO code: USD</span></div></td> <td> 148 </td> <td><div class="tooltip tooltipright">digest<sup class="mouseover">?</sup><span class="tooltiptext tooltipnarrow tooltipright">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".</span></div></td> <td>mag</td> <td> <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?31892" dir="ltr">Emsh</a> </td> <td class="checkmark"><img src="https://www.isfdb.org/checkmark.png" alt="Checkmark" height="15" width="15"></td> </tr> <tr class="table0"> <td dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?191221" dir="ltr">S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy</a></td> <td>1956-05-00</td> <td> ed. <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?157" dir="ltr">Judith Merril</a></td> <td dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?34" dir="ltr">Dell</a></td> <td dir="ltr">B103</td> <td dir="ltr"><div class="tooltip tooltipright">$0.35<sup class="mouseover">?</sup><span class="tooltiptext tooltipnarrow tooltipright">$: US dollar. 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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.</span></div></td> <td>anth</td> <td> <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1811" dir="ltr">Richard Powers</a> </td> <td class="checkmark"><img src="https://www.isfdb.org/checkmark.png" alt="Checkmark" height="15" width="15"></td> </tr> <tr class="table1"> <td dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?29754" dir="ltr">S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy</a></td> <td>1956-07-00</td> <td> ed. <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?157" dir="ltr">Judith Merril</a></td> <td dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?408" dir="ltr">Gnome Press</a></td> <td dir="ltr"> </td> <td dir="ltr"><div class="tooltip tooltipright">$3.95<sup class="mouseover">?</sup><span class="tooltiptext tooltipnarrow tooltipright">$: US dollar. ISO code: USD</span></div></td> <td> 342+<br>[12] </td> <td><div class="tooltip tooltipright">hc<sup class="mouseover">?</sup><span class="tooltiptext tooltipnarrow tooltipright">Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.</span></div></td> <td>anth</td> <td> <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?550" dir="ltr">Ed Emshwiller</a> </td> <td class="checkmark"><img src="https://www.isfdb.org/checkmark.png" alt="Checkmark" height="15" width="15"></td> </tr> <tr class="table0"> <td dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?189469" dir="ltr">SF: The Best of the Best</a></td> <td>1967-11-00</td> <td> ed. <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?157" dir="ltr">Judith Merril</a></td> <td dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?90" dir="ltr">Delacorte Press</a></td> <td dir="ltr"> </td> <td dir="ltr"><div class="tooltip tooltipright">$6.50<sup class="mouseover">?</sup><span class="tooltiptext tooltipnarrow tooltipright">$: US dollar. ISO code: USD</span></div></td> <td> 438 </td> <td><div class="tooltip tooltipright">hc<sup class="mouseover">?</sup><span class="tooltiptext tooltipnarrow tooltipright">Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.</span></div></td> <td>anth</td> <td> </td> <td class="checkmark"><img src="https://www.isfdb.org/checkmark.png" alt="Checkmark" height="15" width="15"></td> </tr> <tr class="table1"> <td dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?29752" dir="ltr">SF: The Best of the Best</a></td> <td>1968-08-00</td> <td> ed. <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?157" dir="ltr">Judith Merril</a></td> <td dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?34" dir="ltr">Dell</a></td> <td dir="ltr">0508</td> <td dir="ltr"><div class="tooltip tooltipright">$0.95<sup class="mouseover">?</sup><span class="tooltiptext tooltipnarrow tooltipright">$: US dollar. 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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.</span></div></td> <td>anth</td> <td> <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?81909" dir="ltr">Adams</a> </td> <td class="checkmark"><img src="https://www.isfdb.org/checkmark.png" alt="Checkmark" height="15" width="15"></td> </tr> <tr class="table1"> <td dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?29753" dir="ltr">SF The Best of the Best Part One</a></td> <td>1970-00-00</td> <td> ed. <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?157" dir="ltr">Judith Merril</a></td> <td dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?122" dir="ltr">Mayflower</a></td> <td dir="ltr">0-583-11725-2</td> <td dir="ltr"><div class="tooltip tooltipright">5/-<sup class="mouseover">?</sup><span class="tooltiptext tooltipnarrow tooltipright">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. 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