Title: The Embedding Title Record # 2018
Author: Ian Watson
Date: 1973-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title 1974ⓘTranslated by Didier Pemerle French L'enchâssement?L'enchassement 1977ⓘTranslated by Ramón Ibero. Spanish Empotrados 1979ⓘTranslated by Marijke Emeis Dutch Het Sprakeloze Reservaat 1983ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm German Das Babel-Syndrom 1999 Italian Riflusso

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
2	1974 Campbell Memorial	Best Science Fiction Novel
Win	1975 Apollo	Prix Apollo
Nomination	1976 Nebula	Novel
Nomination (as Das Babel-Syndrom)	1984 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
The Embedding	1973-07-00	Ian Watson	Gollancz	0-575-01687-6	£2.20?£: UK pound	254	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Embedding	1975-00-00	Ian Watson	Quartet Books	0-7043-1218-2	£0.60?£: UK pound	185	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 Embedding	1975-04-00	Ian Watson	Charles Scribner's Sons	0-684-13896-4	$6.95?$: US dollar	254	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Jerry Thorp
The Embedding	1977-04-00	Ian Watson	Bantam Books	0-553-02311-X	$1.50?$: US dollar	217	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	Paul Lehr
The Embedding	1977-09-00	Ian Watson	Quartet Books	0-7043-1218-2	£0.65?£: UK pound	185	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
The Embedding	1980-00-00	Ian Watson	Panther / Granada	0-586-05190-2	£1.25?£: UK pound	185	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	Peter Elson
The Embedding	1981-05-00	Ian Watson	Panther / Granada	0-586-05190-2	£1.25?£: UK pound	185	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 Embedding	1990-01-00	Ian Watson	Carroll & Graf (Masters of Science Fiction (Carroll & Graf))	0-88184-554-X	$3.95?$: US dollar	217	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	Paul Lehr
The Embedding	1990-07-00	Ian Watson	VGSF / Gollancz (VGSF Classics #44)	0-575-04784-4	£3.99?£: UK pound	254	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 Embedding	1992-07-00	Ian Watson	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)			xiv+ 254+ [3]	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Embedding	2000-09-00	Ian Watson	Gollancz (SF Collectors' Editions)	0-575-07133-8	£9.99?£: UK pound	254	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
The Embedding	2011-09-29	Ian Watson	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-11452-4	£4.99?£: UK pound		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Embedding	2017-09-07	Ian Watson	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4732-2267-0	£9.99?£: UK pound	xi+ 254	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	Cherezoff
The Embedding	date unknown	Ian Watson	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4732-2267-0		xi+ 254	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	Cherezoff

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Reviews

• Review by David I. Masson (1974) in Foundation, #5 January 1974
• Review [French] by
  François Rivière^?Francois Riviere
  (1974) in Fiction, #248
• Review by Bruce Gillespie (1975) in SF Commentary, #41/42
• Review by Allyn B. Brodsky (1975) in The Science Fiction Review (Monthly), April 1975
• Review by Michael Bishop (1975) in Locus, #176 July 20, 1975
• Review by Joe Sanders (1975) in Delap's F & SF Review, August 1975
• Review by Douglas Barbour (1975) in Riverside Quarterly, August 1975
• Review by Phil Stephensen-Payne [as by Philip Stephensen-Payne] (1977) in Paperback Parlour, December 1977
• Review by John Hobson (1981) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 5, Number 1
• Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
• Review [German] by
  Hans-Ulrich Böttcher^?Hans-Ulrich Boettcher
  (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 [French] by
  Éric Vial^?Eric Vial
  (1986) in Fiction, #370
• Review by Neale Vickery (1990) in Paperback Inferno, #87
• Review by Bruce Gillespie (1992) in SF Commentary, #71/72
• Review [Spanish] by Luis G. Prado (2001) in Las 100 mejores novelas de ciencia ficción del siglo XX
• Review [French] by Jean-Pierre Lion (2015) in Bifrost, #80