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Title: Hell Is the Absence of God Title Record # 100308
Author: Ted Chiang
Date: 2001-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: podcastle.org
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
2003ⓘTranslated by 古沢嘉通 (Yoshimichi Furusawa).
 Japanese
地獄とは神の不在なり?Jigoku towa Kami no Fuzai Nari
じごく とは かみ の ふざいなり
[as by
テッド・チャン?Teddo Chan
]
2003 Italian L'inferno è l'assenza di Dio
2004ⓘTranslated by Luis G. Prado.
 Spanish El infierno es la ausencia de Dios
2006ⓘTranslated by Pierre-Paul Durastanti
 French
L'enfer, quand Dieu n'est pas présent?L'enfer, quand Dieu n'est pas present
2008ⓘTranslated by Emanuel Huţanu
 Romanian
Iadul e acolo unde nu există Dumnezeu?Iadul e acolo unde nu exista Dumnezeu
2011ⓘTranslated by molosovsky (Alexander Müller)
 German Die Hölle ist die Abwesenheit Gottes
2016 Portuguese O Inferno é a ausência de Deus

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
1 2002 Hugo Best Novelette
1 2002 Locus Best Novelette
Finalists 2002 Sturgeon Best Short Science Fiction
Win 2003 Nebula Novelette
Win (as
地獄とは神の不在なり?Jigoku towa Kami no Fuzai Nari
じごく とは かみ の ふざいなり
) 		2004 Seiun Best Translated Short Story
2 (as El infierno es la ausencia de Dios) 2005 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
Starlight 3 2001-07-00 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden Tor 0-312-86780-8
$24.95?$: US dollar
 350
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Edward Miller Checkmark
Starlight 3 2002-05-00 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden Tor 0-312-86779-4
$15.95?$: US dollar
 350
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 Edward Miller Checkmark
Fantasy: The Best of 2001 2002-06-00 ed. Karen Haber, Robert Silverberg ibooks 0-7434-5247-X
$7.99?$: US dollar
 viii+
424
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 Scott Grimando Checkmark
Stories of Your Life and Others 2002-07-00 Ted Chiang Tor 0-765-30418-X
$24.95?$: US dollar
 333
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Gregory Manchess Checkmark
Year's Best Fantasy 2 2002-07-00 ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell Eos / HarperCollins 0-380-81841-8
$7.99?$: US dollar
 xiii+
492
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 Tim White Checkmark
Hell Is the Absence of God 2002-07-00 Ted Chiang Fictionwise  
$0.88?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 chap Checkmark
Year's Best Fantasy 2 2002-08-00 ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell Eos / HarperCollins / SFBC 0-7394-2844-6 / 52272
$10.99?$: US dollar
 xi+
400
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Tim White Checkmark
Stories of Your Life and Others 2002-08-00 Ted Chiang St. Martin's Press 0-312-70716-9
$24.95?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Gregory Manchess  
Stories of Your Life and Others 2003-07-00 Ted Chiang Orb 0-765-30419-8
$14.95?$: US dollar
 333
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 Joe Curcio Checkmark
Stories of Your Life and Others 2004-02-00 Ted Chiang Tor / Pan Macmillan UK 1-4050-4102-1
£10.99?£: UK pound
 331
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 Shelley Eshkar Checkmark
Nebula Awards Showcase 2004 2004-03-00 ed. Vonda N. McIntyre Roc / New American Library 0-451-45957-1
$14.95?$: US dollar
 vi+
280
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 Ray Lundgren Checkmark
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy 2004-07-00 ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan Eos / HarperCollins 0-06-059426-8
$15.95?$: US dollar
 xiii+
512+
[2]
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction 2004-07-00 ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) 0-7322-7872-4
A$32.95?A$: Australian dollar
 xiii+
559+
[2]
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
Stories of Your Life and Others 2005-01-00 Ted Chiang Tor / Pan Macmillan UK 0-330-42664-8
£6.99?£: UK pound
 331
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 Shelley Eshkar  
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction 2005-07-00 ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) 0-7322-7873-2
A$19.95?A$: Australian dollar
 xvi+
677
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  
Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology 2006-06-00 ed. James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel Tachyon Publications 978-1-892391-35-3
$14.95?$: US dollar
 xv+
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.
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Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology 2008-05-22 ed. James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel Paw Prints 978-1-4352-8257-5
$23.95?$: US dollar
 288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
PodCastle, PC040 2009-02-06 ed. Rachel Swirsky Escape Artists, Inc.  
$0.00?$: US dollar
  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
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Year's Best Fantasy 2 2009-10-13 ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell HarperCollins e-books 978-0-06-175769-3
$0.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Tim White  
Stories of Your Life and Others 2010-10-01 Ted Chiang Small Beer Press 978-1-931520-72-0
$16.00?$: US dollar
 281
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 Shelley Eshkar Checkmark
Stories of Your Life and Others 2010-10-22 Ted Chiang Small Beer Press 978-1-931520-89-8
$9.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Shelley Eshkar  
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction 2011-00-00 ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman Wildside Press 978-1-4344-3079-3
$49.99?$: US dollar
 992
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.
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Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction 2011-12-20 ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman Wildside Press 978-1-4344-4035-8
$39.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
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Stories of Your Life and Others 2015-05-21 Ted Chiang Picador 978-1-4472-8923-4   338
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 Konstantin Inozemtsev , Getty Images  
Stories of Your Life and Others 2016-06-14 Ted Chiang Vintage Books 978-1-101-97212-0
$16.00?$: US dollar
 281
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.
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Arrival 2016-11-01 Ted Chiang Vintage Books 978-0-525-43367-5
$16.00?$: US dollar
 281
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 Shelley Eshkar  
Arrival 2016-11-01 Ted Chiang Picador 978-1-5098-3590-4
£8.99?£: UK pound
 338
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.
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Arrival 2016-11-03 Ted Chiang Picador 978-1-5098-5117-1
£8.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
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Stories of Your Life and Others 2018-04-12 Ted Chiang Subterranean Press  
$125.00?$: US dollar
 i+
351
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jacob McMurray Checkmark
Stories of Your Life and Others 2020-06-11 Ted Chiang Picador 978-1-5290-3943-6
£9.99?£: UK pound
 338
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.
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The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy date unknown ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan Eos / HarperCollins 0-06-059426-8
$15.95?$: US dollar
 xiii+
514
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.
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Stories of Your Life and Others date unknown Ted Chiang Picador 978-1-4472-8923-4
£8.99?£: UK pound
 338
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.
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Arrival date unknown Ted Chiang Picador 978-1-5098-3590-4
£8.99?£: UK pound
 338
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.
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Arrival date unknown Ted Chiang Picador 978-1-5098-3590-4
£8.99?£: UK pound
 338
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.
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