Title: Tau Zero

Title: Tau Zero Title Record # 1044
Author: Poul Anderson
Date: 1970-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: Expansion of "To Outlive Eternity" which appeared in Galaxy Magazine, June and August issues 1967.

Synopsis: During an epic voyage to a planet 30 light years away, the engines of the starship the 'Leonora Christine' are damaged. Unable to slow down, it attains light speed (the tau zero of the title). The disparity between time for those on board and external time becomes impossibly great. Eons and galaxies hurtle by, as the crew speed helplessly into the great unknown.

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Other Titles

Translations

Year	Language	Title
1972^ⓘTranslated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch	German	Universum ohne Ende
1981^ⓘTranslated by Veikko Rekunen	Finnish	Tau nolla
1983	Portuguese	Tau Zero
1989	Italian	Tau Zero
1991^ⓘ<ul><li>Translated by Vojislav Despotov </ul>	Serbian	Tau zero [as by Pol Anderson]
1992^ⓘTranslated by 浅倉久志	Japanese	タウ・ゼロ^?Tau Zero [as by ポール・アンダースン^?Pōru Andāsun Pooru Andaasun ]
2012^ⓘTranslated by Jean-Daniel Brèque	French	Tau Zéro^?Tau Zero

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
2	1971 Hugo	Best Novel
7	1971 Locus	Best SF Novel
Win (as タウ・ゼロ^?Tau Zero )	1993 Seiun	Best Translated Long Story
Preliminary Nominees (as Tau Zéro^?Tau Zero )	2013 Imaginaire	Roman étranger

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Tau Zero	1970-00-00	Poul Anderson	Doubleday (Doubleday Science Fiction)		$4.95^?$: US dollar	208	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Anita Siegel
Tau Zero	1971-00-00	Poul Anderson	Gollancz	0-575-00672-2	£1.60^?£: UK pound	208	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Tau Zero	1971-06-00	Poul Anderson	Lancer Books	75185	$0.95^?$: US dollar	207	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.	novel
Tau Zero	1971-06-00	Poul Anderson	Lancer Books	75185	C$0.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	207	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.	novel
Tau Zero	1972-07-00	Poul Anderson	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	183		208	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Tau Zero	1973-00-00	Poul Anderson	Coronet Books	0-340-16336-4	£0.35^?£: UK pound	190	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.	novel
Tau Zero	1976-09-00	Poul Anderson	Berkley Medallion	0-425-03210-8	$1.50^?$: US dollar	188	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.	novel	Richard Powers
Tau Zero	1980-00-00	Poul Anderson	Coronet Books	0-340-16336-4	£0.95^?£: UK pound	190	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.	novel	Geoff Taylor
Tau Zero	1980-05-00	Poul Anderson	Berkley Books	0-425-04726-1	$1.95^?$: US dollar	188	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.	novel	David Egge
Tau Zero	1981-02-00	Poul Anderson	Berkley Books	0-425-05077-7	$2.25^?$: US dollar	188	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.	novel	David Egge
Tau Zero	1989-12-00	Poul Anderson	VGSF / Gollancz (VGSF Classics #38)	0-575-04617-1	£3.50^?£: UK pound	190	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.	novel	Les Edwards
Tau Zero	1994-00-00	Poul Anderson	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)			x+ 208	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Tau Zero	1997-03-00	Poul Anderson	GuildAmerica Books / SFBC	1-56865-278-X / 14776	$7.98^?$: US dollar	160	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Ron Walotsky
Tau Zero	2000-05-00	Poul Anderson	Gollancz (SF Collectors' Editions)	0-575-07099-4	£9.99^?£: UK pound	190	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.	novel
Tau Zero	2006-02-00	Poul Anderson	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #64)	0-575-07732-8	£6.99^?£: UK pound	190	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.	novel	Dominic Harman
Tau Zero	2009-04-00	Poul Anderson	Gollancz / Orion (Space Opera Collection)	978-0-575-08258-8	£7.99^?£: UK pound	187	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.	novel	Sanda Zahirovic
Tau Zero	2010-06-29	Poul Anderson	RosettaBooks	978-0-7953-0746-1	$8.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Tau Zero	2010-12-30	Poul Anderson	Gollancz / Orion	978-0-575-08804-7	£4.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Sanda Zahirovic
Tau Zero	2018-09-18	Poul Anderson	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-5040-5456-0	$12.99^?$: US dollar	232	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.	novel
Tau Zero	2018-09-18	Poul Anderson	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-5040-5370-9	$7.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Tau Zero	date unknown	Poul Anderson	Berkley Medallion	0-425-03210-8	$1.50^?$: US dollar	188	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.	novel	Richard Powers
Tau Zero	date unknown	Poul Anderson	Berkley Medallion	0-425-03909-9	$1.75^?$: US dollar	188	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.	novel	Richard Powers
Tau Zero	date unknown	Poul Anderson	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #64)	0-575-07732-8	£6.99^?£: UK pound	190	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.	novel	Dominic Harman
Tau Zero	date unknown	Poul Anderson	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #64)	0-575-07732-8	£6.99^?£: UK pound	190	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.	novel	Dominic Harman
Tau Zero	date unknown	Poul Anderson	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	0-575-07732-8	£7.99^?£: UK pound	190	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.	novel	Dominic Harman

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Reviews

Review by Joe R. Christopher [as by J. R. Christopher] (1970) in Science Fiction Review, November 1970
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1971) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1971
Review by Charles N. Brown [as by Charlie Brown] (1971) in Locus, #71 January 6, 1971
Review by James Blish (1971) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1971
Review by Peter Nicholls (1972) in Foundation, #2 June 1972 , reprinted in:
Genre Fiction: The Roaring Years: A Collection of Commentaries and Reviews (2022)
Genre Fiction: The Roaring Years: A Collection of Commentaries and Reviews (2022)
Review by Fritz Leiber (1972) in Fantastic, October 1972
Review by Leon Taylor (1973) in Riverside Quarterly, August 1973
Review by Fred Patten [as by Frederick Patten] (1977) in Delap's F & SF Review, March 1977
Review by Keith Plunkett (1980) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 4, Number 2
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
Review by David Pringle (1985) in Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels , reprinted in:
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1985)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1986)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1987)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1997)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (2014)
Review by Norman Beswick (1990) in Paperback Inferno, #83
Review by Bruce Gillespie (1991) in SF Commentary, #69/70
Review by Darrell Bain (2005) in My 100 Most Readable (and Re-Readable) Science Fiction Novels
Review by Tony C. Smith (2009) in StarShipSofa, No 81
Review by Kate Atherton (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1
Review by Tony Atkins (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1
Review by Chris Mander (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1
Review by Anthony G. Williams (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1

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