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Posted by equadicle (Member # 12978) on :

Hi, Does anyone know where I can get a copy of The Elephants of Poznan written in Polish? I want to give a copy to my niece that is half polish. Any information is appreciated. Even if you know the name of the story in polish or a book store in Poland that might carry it. Or where a PDF of it is located. I am flying blind and could use a direction. THANKS! [Confused]

Posted by le.corbeau (Member # 12194) on :

I'm not Polish, nor do I read the language, but what I found out in a quick search is that the story originally appeared in the Polish magazine "Nowa Fantastyka" in the May 1999 edition (possibly # 200) under the title "Poznańskie słonie".

Don't know whether this is the only place where the Polish story was published.

Hope that helps a little.

Sources:
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?100322
http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/galaxy_online
http://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/118921/nowa-fantastyka-200-5-1999

Posted by le.corbeau (Member # 12194) on :

Me again.
I found this site that offers a .pdf scan of the magazine as download (there's even a preview of the first few pages including the first page of Card's story):
http://chomikuj.pl/sopelma/Czasopisma/Fantastyka/200.+Nowa+Fantastyka+05-99,1041986463.pdf
Not sure if it's legal, though.
It seems that one has to pay by SMS.

Posted by equadicle (Member # 12978) on :

Hey, Thanks so much! Just getting the name in Polish made a big difference [Smile]

. Took some looking and some cut and pastes' from different websites, but I got the whole story in Polish!! This is awesome, appreciate all the help.