Title: On Wings of Song Title Record # 1439
Author: Thomas M. Disch
Date: 1979-06-00
Type: NOVEL
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Language: English
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Translations	Serializations
Year Language Title 1980ⓘTranslated by Jean Bonnefoy French Sur les ailes du chant 1982ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Irene%20Holicki&amp;type=Name&amp;mode=exact">Irene Holicki</a> German Auf Flügeln des Gesangs 1996 Italian Le ali della mente [as by Thomas Disch] 2003ⓘTranslated by Luis G. Prado Spanish En alas de la canción	Year Title 1979 On Wings of Song (Part 1 of 3) 1979 On Wings of Song (Part 2 of 3) 1979 On Wings of Song (Part 3 of 3)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nomination	1979 BSFA	Best Novel
1	1980 Campbell Memorial	Best Science Fiction Novel
Nomination	1980 Nebula	Novel
5	1980 Hugo	Best Novel
5	1980 Locus	Best SF Novel
Nomination	1981 Balrog	Novel
Preliminary Nominees	1982 Prometheus	Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel
2 (as En alas de la canción)	2004 Premio Ignotus	Mejor novela extranjera - Best Foreign Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
On Wings of Song	1979-06-00	Thomas M. Disch	Gollancz (Gollancz Fantasy)	0-575-02547-6	£5.95?£: UK pound	315	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Malcolm Ashman
On Wings of Song	1979-08-03	Thomas M. Disch	St. Martin's Press	0-312-58466-0	$10.95?$: US dollar	359	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Michael Mariano
On Wings of Song	1980-08-00	Thomas M. Disch	Bantam Books	0-553-13667-4	$2.25?$: US dollar	359	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	Lou Feck
On Wings of Song	1981-00-00	Thomas M. Disch	Magnum	0-417-05580-3	£1.50?£: UK pound	315	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
On Wings of Song	1985-05-00	Thomas M. Disch	Bantam Books	0-553-25076-0	$3.50?$: US dollar	359	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	Kid Kane
On Wings of Song	1988-12-00	Thomas M. Disch	Carroll & Graf (Masters of Science Fiction (Carroll & Graf))	0-88184-443-8	$3.95?$: US dollar	359	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
On Wings of Song	1993-00-00	Thomas M. Disch	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)			xii+ 359	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
On Wings of Song	2003-01-00	Thomas M. Disch	Carroll & Graf	0-7867-1122-1	$12.00?$: US dollar	315	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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Reviews

• Review by Steve Carper (1979) in Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, November 1979 , reprinted in:
•     Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
•     Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
• Review by Richard A. Lupoff [as by Richard Lupoff] (1979) in Starship, Winter 1979-1980, (1980)
• Review by Joanna Russ (1980) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1980
• Review by Bob Mecoy (1980) in Future Life, February 1980
• Review by Norman Spinrad (1980) in Destinies, Spring 1980
• Review by John Clute (1980) in Foundation, #19 June 1980
• Review [French] by Pierre K. Rey (1980) in Fiction, #309
• Review by Baird Searles (1980) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 1980
• Review by Doug Fratz (1980) in Thrust, #16, Fall 1980
• Review by Michael Bishop (1981) in A Reverie for Mister Ray: Reflections on Life, Death, and Speculative Fiction, (2005) , reprinted in:
•     A Reverie for Mister Ray: Reflections on Life, Death, and Speculative Fiction (2005)
• Review by Spider Robinson (1981) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 22, 1981
• Review by Paul Campbell (1980s) (1982) in Extro Science Fiction, February/March 1982
• Review [German] by Christian Hellmann (1983) in Science Fiction Times, April 1983
• 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 Graham Sleight (2011) in Locus, #609 October 2011
• Review by Jo Walton (2018) in An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000 , reprinted in:
•     An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000 (2018)