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Author: Robert Silverberg
Year: 1967
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorns_(novel)
ISFDB Record Number: 1022
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Variant Titles:
- Der Gesang der Neuronen [German] (1971) - Robert Silverberg
- Twee Sterren [Dutch] (1972) - Robert Silverberg
- Brivido crudele [Italian] (1972) - Robert Silverberg
- Espinhos [Portuguese] (1987) - Robert Silverberg
Awards:
- 1968 Hugo Award - Best Novel (Nomination)
- 1968 Nebula Award - Novel (Nomination)
Publications:
- Thorns, (Aug 1967, Robert Silverberg, publ. Ballantine, #U6097, $0.75, 222pp, pb) Cover: Robert Foster - [VERIFIED]
- Thorns, (Oct 1969, Robert Silverberg, publ. Rapp & Whiting, 0-85391-132-0, 25/-, 222pp, hc) Cover: Lawrence Edwards - [VERIFIED]
- Thorns, (Oct 1969, Robert Silverberg, publ. Walker & Co., $4.95, 222pp, hc) Cover: Jack Gaughan - [VERIFIED]
- Thorns, (Sep 1970, Robert Silverberg, publ. Ballantine, 0-345-02026-X, $0.75, 222pp, pb) Cover: Tom Adams
- Der Gesang der Neuronen, (1971, Robert Silverberg, publ. Lichtenberg (Science Fiction für Kenner #12), 3-7852-2012-X, DM 11.00, 199pp, tp) Cover: W. Baum , E. Baum - [VERIFIED]
- Twee Sterren, (1972, Robert Silverberg, publ. Meulenhoff (M=SF #52), 90-290-0064-3, 204pp, pb) Cover: Bouke IJlstra - [VERIFIED]
- Brivido crudele, (Mar 1972, Robert Silverberg, publ. Editrice Nord (Cosmo Collana di Fantascienza #15), 1,200 Lit, 194pp, hc) Cover: Antonio Atza
- Thorns, (Aug 1973, Robert Silverberg, publ. Ballantine Books, 0-345-23447-2, $1.25, 222pp, pb) Cover: Phil Kirkland - [VERIFIED]
- Thorns, (May 1977, Robert Silverberg, publ. NEL, 0-450-03193-4, £0.65, 158pp, pb) Cover: Keith Laban - [VERIFIED]
- Thorns, (Jul 1978, Robert Silverberg, publ. NEL, 0-450-03967-6, £0.80, 158pp, pb) Cover: Tim White - [VERIFIED]
- Thorns, (Mar 1979, Robert Silverberg, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-27968-9, $1.95, 222pp, pb) Cover: Murray Tinkelman - [VERIFIED]
- Thorns, (Aug 1983, Robert Silverberg, publ. Bantam, 0-553-23573-7, $2.75, 222pp, pb) Cover: Jim Burns
- Espinhos, (1987, Robert Silverberg, publ. Publicações Europa-America (Livros de Bolso, série Ficção Científica #132), 160pp)
- Thorns, (Dec 1987, Robert Silverberg, publ. Orbit / Futura, 0-7088-8238-2, £2.50, 158pp, pb) Cover: Mark Salwowski - [VERIFIED]
- The World Inside / Thorns / Downward to the Earth, (May 1988, Robert Silverberg, publ. Bantam Spectra, 0-553-27287-X, $4.95, viii+487pp, pb, omni)
- Brivido crudele, (Jan 1991, Robert Silverberg, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Classici Urania #166), 6,000 Lit, 192pp, pb) Cover: Oscar Chichoni
- Thorns, (Dec 2000, Robert Silverberg, publ. Gollancz (SF Collectors' Editions), 0-575-07146-X, £9.99, 222pp, tp) - [VERIFIED]
Reviews:
- Review by uncredited (1967) in Speculation, Autumn 1967
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1968) in Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, May 1968
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1969) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 1969
- Review by Bob Parkinson (1970) in Vector 56
- Review by Philip Stephensen-Payne (1977) in Paperback Parlour, June 1977
- Review by Phil Nichols (1988) in Paperback Inferno, 71
- Review by uncredited (2001) in Vector 215
- Review by Stephen Theaker (2008) in Theaker's Quarterly Fiction, #24