Title: The Gods Themselves

Title: The Gods Themselves Title Record # 1861
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1972-00-00
Type: NOVEL
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Year	Language	Title
1972^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Thomas%20Schl%FCck&type=Name&mode=exact">Thomas Schlück</a> (1972)	German	Die nächste Welt
1972^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Thomas%20Schl%FCck&type=Name&mode=exact">Thomas Schlück</a>	German	Lunatico oder Die nächste Welt
1974^ⓘTranslated by Ari Koskinen	Finnish	Itse jumalat
1974^ⓘTranslated by Pilar Giralt Gorina.	Spanish	Los propios dioses
1974^ⓘTranslated by Jeanne Fillon, revised from 2002 onwards by Sylvie Denis	French	Les dieux eux-mêmes^?Les dieux eux-memes
1976^ⓘTranslated by Cornelis J. Keeren	Dutch	Zelfs de goden
1976	Italian	Neanche gli dei
1980	Portuguese	O Planeta dos Deuses
1987^ⓘTranslated by Peter Cuijpers	Dutch	Zelfs de goden
1992^ⓘTranslated by Jász István, Mesterházi Márton	Hungarian	Az istenek is...
1993^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Mihai-Dan%20Pavelescu&type=Name&mode=exact">Mihai-Dan Pavelescu</a>	Romanian	Zeii înșiși^?Zeii însisi Zeii înshishi
2010^ⓘTranslated by Silvia Mourão	Portuguese	Os Proprios Deuses

Year	Title
1972	The Gods Themselves (Part 1 of 3)
1972	The Gods Themselves (Part 2 of 3)
1972	The Gods Themselves (Part 3 of 3)

Year	Language	Title
1972	Italian	Neanche gli Dei (Complete Novel)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1973 Ditmar	Best International Long Fiction
1	1973 Hugo	Best Novel
1	1973 Locus	Best SF Novel
Win	1973 Nebula	Novel
52	1998 Locus	All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Galaxy Magazine, March-April 1972	1972-03-00	ed. Ejler Jakobsson	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	Gaughan
Worlds of If, March-April 1972	1972-03-00	ed. Ejler Jakobsson	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	Jack Gaughan
The Gods Themselves	1972-05-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday	0-385-02701-X	$5.95^?$: US dollar	288	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	David November
Galaxy Magazine, May-June 1972	1972-05-00	ed. Ejler Jakobsson	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	Gaughan
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], May-June 1972	1972-05-00	ed. Ejler Jakobsson	Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd.		£0.25^?£: 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	Jack Gaughan
The Gods Themselves	1972-06-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday & Company / SFBC	2942	$1.98^?$: US dollar	288	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	David November
The Gods Themselves	1972-08-00	Isaac Asimov	Gollancz	0-575-01412-1		288	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Gods Themselves	1973-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-03772-1	£0.40^?£: UK pound	252	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 Foss
The Gods Themselves	1973-06-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	P1829	$1.25^?$: US dollar	288	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	Charles Moll
The Gods Themselves	1973-06-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	P1829	C$1.25^?C$: Canadian dollar	288	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	Charles Moll
The Gods Themselves	1973-08-00	Isaac Asimov	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	1075		288	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Gods Themselves	1975-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-03772-1	£0.50^?£: UK pound	252	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 Foss
The Gods Themselves	1976-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	X2883	$1.75^?$: US dollar	288	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	Charles Moll
The Gods Themselves	1976-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-03772-1	£0.60^?£: UK pound	252	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 Foss
The Gods Themselves	1976-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	X2883	$1.75^?$: US dollar	288	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	Charles Moll
The Gods Themselves	1978-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther / Granada	0-586-03772-1	£0.80^?£: UK pound	252	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 Foss
The Gods Themselves	1982-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23756-7	$2.50^?$: US dollar	288	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
The Gods Themselves	1982-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther / Granada	0-586-03772-1	£1.50^?£: UK pound	252	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 Foss
The Gods Themselves	1984-10-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31831-5	$2.95^?$: US dollar	288	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	Barclay Shaw
The Gods Themselves	1984-11-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31831-5	$2.95^?$: US dollar	288	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	Barclay Shaw
The Gods Themselves	1985-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther / Granada	0-586-03772-1	£1.95^?£: UK pound	252	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 Foss
The Gods Themselves	1985-06-00	Isaac Asimov	Gollancz	0-575-03647-8	£10.95^?£: UK pound	288	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Gods Themselves	1986-00-00	Isaac Asimov	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)			288	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Other Worlds of Isaac Asimov	1987-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Avenel Books	0-517-64375-8	$8.98^?$: US dollar	651	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Gods Themselves	1987-06-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-33778-6	$3.50^?$: US dollar	288	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	Barclay Shaw
The Gods Themselves	1988-04-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-33778-6	$3.95^?$: US dollar	288	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	Barclay Shaw
The Gods Themselves	1991-11-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday (The Isaac Asimov Collection)	0-385-41951-1	$12.95^?$: US dollar	293	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Don Dixon
The Gods Themselves	1995-08-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday / SFBC	07685	$8.98^?$: US dollar	288	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Gods Themselves	2000-02-00	Isaac Asimov	Millennium	1-85798-934-1	£6.99^?£: UK pound	288	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	John Harris
The Gods Themselves	2011-05-04	Isaac Asimov	Bantam Books	978-0-307-79238-9	$7.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Gods Themselves	2013-06-13	Isaac Asimov	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-12905-4	£8.99^?£: UK pound	xi+ 269	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
The Gods Themselves	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Bantam Spectra	0-553-28810-5	$4.95^?$: US dollar	293+ [35]	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	Don Dixon
The Gods Themselves	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	Q2460	$1.50^?$: US dollar	288	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
The Gods Themselves	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	449-01829-125 / #P1829	$1.25^?$: US dollar	288	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
The Gods Themselves	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Bantam Spectra	0-553-28810-5	$7.99^?$: US dollar	293+ [19]	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	Don Dixon
The Gods Themselves	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Gollancz	978-1-85798-934-2	£7.99^?£: UK pound	288	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	John Harris
The Gods Themselves	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23756-7	$1.95^?$: US dollar	288	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
The Gods Themselves	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23756-7	$1.95^?$: US dollar	288	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
Isaac Asimov: Five Books by the Master of Science Fiction	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23733-8	$8.70^?$: US dollar	192+ 288+ 191+ 176+ 208	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.	omni	Paul Lehr
The Gods Themselves	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-12905-4	£8.99^?£: UK pound	xi+ 269	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
The Gods Themselves	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-12905-4	£8.99^?£: UK pound	xi+ 269	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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Review by Joseph F. Patrouch, Jr. [as by Joseph Patrouch, Jr.] (1972) in Extrapolation, May 1972
Review by Charles N. Brown [as by Charlie Brown] (1972) in Locus, #118 August 4, 1972
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1972) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1972
Review by Richard E. Geis (1973) in The Alien Critic, January 1973
Review by Cy Chauvin (1973) in Amazing Science Fiction, August 1973
Review by Douglas Barbour (1973) in Riverside Quarterly, August 1973
Review [French] by
Alain Dorémieux^?Alain Doremieux
(1974) in Fiction, #241
Review [French] by George W. Barlow (1974) in Fiction, #246
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
Review by Mark Greener (1985) in Vector 127
Review by M. H. Zool (1989) in Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy
Review by Steve Jeffery (2000) in Vector 211
Review [Spanish] by Eugenio Sánchez Arrate (2001) in Las 100 mejores novelas de ciencia ficción del siglo XX
Review [French] by
Éric Vial^?Eric Vial
(2003) in Galaxies, #28
Review by Darrell Bain (2005) in My 100 Most Readable (and Re-Readable) Science Fiction Novels
Review by Gwyneth Jones (2009) in Imagination/Space: Essays and Talks on Fiction, Feminism, Technology, and Politics
Review [French] by Patrice Lajoye (2012) in Bifrost, #66
Review by Rob Weber (2014) in Big Sky, #4: SF Masterworks 2
Review by Manny Rayner (2014) in Big Sky, #4: SF Masterworks 2
Review [Portuguese] by Ricardo Guilherme dos Santos (2014) in Somnium, Novembro 2014
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)
Review [German] by Matthias Hofmann (2019) in phantastisch!, #73

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