Title: Orbitsville
Title Record # 1432
Author: Bob Shaw
Date: 1975-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Orbitsville
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Bob Shaw
Date: 1975-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Orbitsville
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
User Rating: This title has no votes. VOTE
Current Tags: dyson sphere (1), mega-engineering (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), space opera (1) Add Tags
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| Win | 1975 BSFA | Best Novel |
| 3 | 1976 Campbell Memorial | Best Science Fiction Novel |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Galaxy, June 1974 | 1974-06-00 | ed. James P. Baen | UPD Publishing Corporation | $0.75?$: US dollar |
180 | digest?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". |
mag | Rick Sternbach |  |
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| Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], June 1974 | 1974-06-00 | ed. James P. Baen | Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd. | £0.30?£: UK pound |
180 | digest?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". |
mag | Rich Sternbach | ||
| Galaxy, July 1974 | 1974-07-00 | ed. James Baen | UPD Publishing Corporation | $0.75?$: US dollar |
180 | digest?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". |
mag | Wendy Pini | |
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| Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], July 1974 | 1974-07-00 | ed. James P. Baen | Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd. | £0.30?£: UK pound |
180 | digest?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". |
mag | Wendy Pini | |
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| Galaxy Science Fiction, August 1974 | 1974-08-00 | ed. James Baen | UPD Publishing Corporation | $0.75?$: US dollar |
180 | digest?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". |
mag | Wendy Pini | |
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| Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], August 1974 | 1974-08-00 | ed. James P. Baen | Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd. | £0.30?£: UK pound |
180 | digest?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". |
mag | Wendy Pini | ||
| Orbitsville | 1975-01-00 | Bob Shaw | Gollancz | 0-575-01909-3 | £2.60?£: UK pound |
224 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
| Orbitsville | 1976-01-00 | Bob Shaw | Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | 1108 | 224 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
| Orbitsville | 1976-01-00 | Bob Shaw | Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #0216) | 3-442-23216-3 | DM 4.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
158 | 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 |
Jürgen Rogner?Juergen Rogner
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| Sfera orbitale | 1976-09-00 | Bob Shaw | Editrice Nord (Cosmo Collana di Fantascienza #55) | Lit 2,000?Lit: Italian lira |
iv+ 166 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Gray Morrow | ||
| Orbitville | 1976-09-15 | Bob Shaw | OPTA (OPTA - Anti-mondes #27) | 2-7201-0063-3 | 259 | 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 | Dider Gaillard | ||
| Orbitsville | 1977-01-00 | Bob Shaw | Ace Books (Ace SF Special, Series 2 #10) | 63780 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
243 | 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 Schleinkofer | |
| Orbitsville | 1977-02-00 | Bob Shaw | Pan Books | 0-330-25013-2 | £0.60?£: UK pound |
187 | 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 | Colin Hay | |
| Het stalen paradijs | 1979-00-00 | Bob Shaw | Gradivus (Gradivus SF) | 90-6317-881-6 | ƒ12.90?ƒ: Dutch guilder |
220 | 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 | Ruud Bal | |
| Orbitsville | 1982-05-00 | Bob Shaw | Ace Books | 0-441-63781-7 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
243 | 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 | |
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| Orbitsville | 1985-00-00 | Bob Shaw | Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #23216) | 3-442-23216-3 | DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
158 | 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 | Chris Moore | |
| Orbitsville | 1985-01-00 | Bob Shaw | Panther | 0-586-06208-4 | £1.95?£: UK pound |
186 | 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 | Tim White | |
| Farmer im All / Orbitsville | 1989-00-00 | Robert A. Heinlein, Bob Shaw | Das Beste (Unterwegs in die Welt von Morgen #115) | 3-87070-341-5 | DM 26.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
351 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni |
Hans-Günter Hauptmann?Hans-Guenter Hauptmann
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| Orbitsville | 1989-04-00 | Bob Shaw | Baen | 0-671-69816-8 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
219 | 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 | Bob Eggleton | |
| Orbitsville | 1991-07-00 | Bob Shaw | Orbit | 0-7088-4917-2 | £3.99?£: UK pound |
219 | 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 | Keith Scaife | |
| Orbitsville | 2000-05-00 | Bob Shaw | Gollancz (SF Collectors' Editions) | 0-575-07098-6 | £9.99?£: 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 | |
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| Orbitsville | 2011-09-29 | Bob Shaw | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-11092-2 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
| Orbitsville / A Wreath of Stars / The Ragged Astronauts | 2013-08-15 | Bob Shaw | Gollancz (SF Gateway Omnibus) | 978-0-575-11120-2 | £18.99?£: UK pound |
xi+ 519 |
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. |
omni | Guy Warley | |
Reviews
- Review by Bruce Gillespie (1975) in SF Commentary, #41/42
- Review by Tom Shippey (1975) in Foundation, #9 November 1975
- Review by Chris Morgan (1977) in Vector 79
- Review [French] by Dominique Douay (1977) in Fiction, #278
- Review by Phil Stephensen-Payne [as by Philip Stephensen-Payne] (1977) in Paperback Parlour, April 1977
- Review by John Harvey (1980) in Matrix, #31
- Review by Joseph Nicholas (1985) in Paperback Inferno, #52
- 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 Lynne Bispham (1991) in Paperback Inferno, #92
- Review by Jack Fennell (unknown) in A Short Guide to Irish Science Fiction