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Author: David Brin
Year: 2002
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiln_People
ISFDB Record Number: 22723
Synopsis: When people can just "bake" a temporary replacement body in a kiln (pottery-oven) and "upload" their conscience into it, and when it "expires" just "download" the experiences into their own mind, dangerous jobs and extreme sports lose their danger, but not their appeal.
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Current Tags: science fiction (1), read by dgeiser13 (1), hugo award for best novel finalist (1), to read 2002 (1) Add Tags
Variant Titles:
- Kil'n People (2002) - David Brin
- Dettó [Hungarian] (2009) - David Brin
Awards:
- 2003 Arthur C. Clarke Award - Shortlist (Nomination)
- 2003 Hugo Award - Best Novel (Nomination)
- 2003 Locus Poll Award - Best SF Novel (Place: 2)
- 2003 Nebula Award - Novel (Preliminary Nominee)
- 2003 John W. Campbell Memorial Award - Second Place (Place: 2)
Publications:
- Kiln People, (Jan 2002, David Brin, publ. Tor, 0-765-30355-8, $25.95, 460pp, hc) Cover: Jim Burns - [VERIFIED]
- Kiln People, (Jan 2002, David Brin, publ. Tor / SFBC, #15326, $12.99, 459pp, hc) Cover: Jim Burns - [VERIFIED]
- Kil'n People, (May 2002, David Brin, publ. Orbit, 1-84149-138-1, Ł10.99, 502pp, tp)
- Kiln People, (Dec 2002, David Brin, publ. Tor, 0-765-34261-8, $7.99, 568pp, pb) Cover: Jim Burns - [VERIFIED]
- Kil'n People, (Dec 2002, David Brin, publ. Orbit, 1-84149-152-7, Ł6.99, 611pp, pb)
- Kil'n People, (Jul 2004, David Brin, publ. Orbit, 1-84149-152-7, Ł6.99, 612pp, pb)
- Dettó, (2009, David Brin, publ. Metropolis Media Group (Hungary) (Galaktika Fantasztikus Könyvek), 978-963-9866-41-6, Ft 3990, 647pp, pb) Cover: Sallai Péter
- Kiln People, (2012, David Brin, publ. Tor, 978-0-765-34261-4, $7.99, 568pp, pb) Cover: Jim Burns
Reviews:
- Review by Jonathan Strahan (2002) in Locus, #492 January 2002
- Review by Gary K. Wolfe (2002) in Locus, #493 February 2002
- Review by Nick Gevers (2002) in Locus, #494 March 2002
- Review by Stuart Carter (2002) in Vector 223
- Review by Tom Easton (2002) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2002
- Review by Michael Levy (2002) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2002
- Review by uncredited (2002) in Vector 224
- Review by Bill Dynes (2002) in SFRA Review #259-60