Title: A Fire Upon the Deep Title Record # 1952
Author: Vernor Vinge
Date: 1992-04-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Zones of Thought
Series Number: 1
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Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations

Year Language Title 1993ⓘTranslated by M. K. Stuyter, S. J. Dutch Dagen des oordeels 1993 Italian Universo incostante 1994ⓘTranslated by Carlos Gardini. Spanish Un fuego sobre el abismo 1994ⓘTranslated by Guy Abadia, revised by L'Épaule d'Orion (i.e., Renaud Guillemin) and Fabien Le Roy in the 2022 Laffont edition. French Un feu sur l'abîme?Un feu sur l'abime 1995ⓘTranslated by Erik Simon German Ein Feuer auf der Tiefe 2001ⓘTranslated by Hannu Tervaharju Finnish Linnunradan Ääret 2002ⓘTranslated by Kristian Vlašić Croatian Vatra nad dubinom 2012ⓘTranslated by Tamás Gábor Hungarian Tűz lobban a mélyben?Tuz lobban a melyben Tuuez lobban a meelyben 2016ⓘTranslated by Mihai-Dan Pavelescu Romanian Foc în adânc?Foc in adanc

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1993 SF Chronicle	Novel
1	1993 Hugo	Best Novel
3	1993 Campbell Memorial	Best Science Fiction Novel
4	1993 Locus	Best SF Novel
Nomination	1993 Nebula	Novel
2 (as Un fuego sobre el abismo)	1995 Premio Ignotus	Mejor novela extranjera - Best Foreign Novel
Nomination ⓘNomination is for the translator, Guy Abadia in conjunction with his translation, L'envol de Mars. (as Un feu sur l'abîme?Un feu sur l'abime )	1996 Imaginaire	Traduction
Nomination (as Ein Feuer auf der Tiefe)	1996 Kurd Lasswitz Prize	Bester ausländischer SF-Roman

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
A Fire Upon the Deep	1992-04-00	Vernor Vinge	Tor	0-312-85182-0	$21.95?$: US dollar	391	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Boris Vallejo
A Fire Upon the Deep	1992-05-00	Vernor Vinge	Tor / SFBC	19136	$10.98?$: US dollar	391	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Boris Vallejo
A Fire Upon the Deep	1992-09-00	Vernor Vinge	Millennium / Orion	1-85798-003-4	£8.99?£: UK pound	391	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	Boris Vallejo
A Fire Upon the Deep	1992-09-00	Vernor Vinge	The Easton Press (Signed First Editions of Science Fiction #52)	106-052		xi+ 391	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
A Fire Upon the Deep	1992-09-00	Vernor Vinge	Millennium / Orion	1-85798-002-6	£14­.99?£: UK pound	391	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Boris Vallejo
Hugo and Nebula Anthology 1993	1993-00-00	ed. Brad Templeton	ClariNet Communications Corp.	1-56941-012-7	$29.95?$: US dollar	0	other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.	anth
A Fire Upon the Deep	1993-02-00	Vernor Vinge	Tor	0-812-51528-5	$5.99?$: US dollar	[10]+ 613	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	Boris Vallejo
A Fire Upon the Deep	1993-02-00	Vernor Vinge	Tor	0-812-51528-5	$6.99?$: US dollar	[10]+ 613	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	Boris Vallejo
A Fire Upon the Deep	1993-07-00	Vernor Vinge	Millennium / Orion	1-85798-127-8	£4.99?£: UK pound	[10]+ 579	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	Boris Vallejo
A Fire Upon the Deep	1995-10-00	Vernor Vinge	Millennium / Orion	1-85798-127-8	£5.99?£: UK pound	579	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
A Fire Upon the Deep	1999-02-00	Vernor Vinge	Tor	0-812-51528-5	$5.99?$: US dollar	613	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	Boris Vallejo
A Fire Upon the Deep	2000-02-00	Vernor Vinge	Tor	0-812-51528-5	$6.99?$: US dollar	613	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	Boris Vallejo
A Fire Upon the Deep	2000-03-00	Vernor Vinge	Millennium / Orion	1-85798-127-8	£6.99?£: UK pound	579	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
A Fire Upon the Deep	2002-06-00	Vernor Vinge	St. Martin's Press	0-312-70369-4			ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Boris Vallejo
A Fire Upon the Deep	2002-12-00	Vernor Vinge	Gollancz / Orion	1-85798-127-8	£6.99?£: UK pound	579	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
A Fire Upon the Deep	2007-03-20	Vernor Vinge	Tor	978-1-4299-8198-9	$9.99?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Boris Vallejo
A Fire Upon the Deep	2007-12-00	Vernor Vinge	Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection #40)	978-0-7394-9091-4 / 1229220	$12.99?$: US dollar	534	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Stephan Martiniere
A Fire Upon the Deep	2010-01-19	Vernor Vinge	Macmillan Audio	978-1-4272-0934-4	$38.99?$: US dollar	391	digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel	Boris Vallejo
Zones of Thought	2010-10-21	Vernor Vinge	Gollancz / Orion	978-0-575-09369-0	£18.99?£: UK pound	968	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	John Harris
Zones of Thought	2010-10-21	Vernor Vinge	Gollancz / Orion	978-0-575-09370-6	£9.99?£: UK pound		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni	John Harris
A Fire Upon the Deep	2011-08-01	Vernor Vinge	Tor	978-0-7653-2982-0	$14.99?$: US dollar	430	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	Boris Vallejo
A Fire Upon the Deep	2013-01-24	Vernor Vinge	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-12881-1	£2.99?£: UK pound		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
A Fire Upon the Deep	2016-01-07	Vernor Vinge	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4732-1195-7	£9.99?£: UK pound	xi+ 579	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	Arthur Haas
A Fire Upon the Deep	2020-05-05	Vernor Vinge	Tor (Tor Essentials)	978-1-250-23775-0	$18.99?$: US dollar	448	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
A Fire Upon the Deep	date unknown	Vernor Vinge	Tor	0-812-51528-5	$7.99?$: US dollar	613	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	Boris Vallejo
A Fire Upon the Deep	date unknown	Vernor Vinge	Tor	0-812-51528-5	$5.99?$: US dollar	613	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	Boris Vallejo
A Fire Upon the Deep	date unknown	Vernor Vinge	Tor	0-812-51528-5	$5.99?$: US dollar	[10]+ 613	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	Boris Vallejo
A Fire Upon the Deep	date unknown	Vernor Vinge	Tor	0-812-51528-5	$6.99?$: US dollar	613	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	Boris Vallejo
A Fire Upon the Deep	date unknown	Vernor Vinge	Tor	0-812-51528-5	$7.99?$: US dollar	613	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	Boris Vallejo
A Fire Upon the Deep	date unknown	Vernor Vinge	Tor	0-812-51528-5	$7.99?$: US dollar	613	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	Boris Vallejo
A Fire Upon the Deep	date unknown	Vernor Vinge	Tor	978-0-8125-1528-2	$7.99?$: US dollar	613	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	Boris Vallejo
A Fire Upon the Deep	date unknown	Vernor Vinge	Tor	0-812-51528-5	$5.99?$: US dollar	613	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	Boris Vallejo
A Fire Upon the Deep	date unknown	Vernor Vinge	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4732-1195-7	£10.99?£: UK pound	xi+ [3]+ 579	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	Arthur Haas

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Reviews

• Review by Russell Letson (1992) in Locus, #374 March 1992
• Review by John Gregory Betancourt (1992) in Amazing Stories, April 1992
• Review by John Clute (1992) in Interzone, #58 April 1992
• Review by Dan Chow (1992) in Locus, #376 May 1992
• Review by Stephen P. Brown (1992) in Science Fiction Eye, #10, June 1992
• Review by Don D'Ammassa (1992) in Science Fiction Chronicle, 153 July/August 1992
• Review by Martin Morse Wooster (1992) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, August 1992
• Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1992) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 1992
• Review by K. V. Bailey (1992) in Vector 170
• Review by Pauline E. Dungate [as by Pauline Morgan] (1993) in Critical Wave, #29
• Review by Andy Sawyer (1993) in SF Commentary, #73/74/75
• Review by Colin Bird (1993) in Vector 175
• Review by Colin Steele (1993) in SF Commentary, #73/74/75
• Review by Alan Stewart (1993) in SF Commentary, #73/74/75
• Review by Erich Zann (1993) in Territories: The Slipstream Journal, Summer 1993
• Review by Pascal J. Thomas (1993) in Quantum, Spring/Summer 1993
• Review by Roz Kaveney (1993) in Foundation, #57 Spring 1993
• Review [French] by
  Francis Valéry^?Francis Valery
  (1995) in Cyberdreams 02: Banlieues stellaires
• Review [French] by Jan Bardeau (1995) in Yellow Submarine, #116
• Review [French] by
  Joëlle Wintrebert^?Joelle Wintrebert
  (1996) in Le feu aux étoiles
• Review by Steve Jeffery (2000) in Vector 211
• Review by Amy Harlib (2001) in Strange Horizons, 9 July 2001
• Review [French] by Pascal J. Thomas (2001) in Galaxies, #22
• Review [Spanish] by Alberto Cairo (2001) in Las 100 mejores novelas de ciencia ficción del siglo XX
• Review by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison (2006) in 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, (2006) , reprinted in:
•     100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (2007)
•     100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (unknown)
• Review by Jo Walton (2009) in What Makes This Book So Great, (2014)
• Review by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo (2012) in Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 , reprinted in:
•     Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 (2012)
• Review [Portuguese] by Fred Oliveira (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 by Peter Schwartz (2024) in The New York Times, March 30, 2024