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Author: Iain M. Banks
Year: 1993
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against_a_Dark_Background
ISFDB Record Number: 2464
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Current Tags: space opera (2), quest (1), to read 1993 (1) Add Tags
Variant Titles:
- L'arma finale [Italian] (1993) - Iain M. Banks
- Vor einem dunklen Hintergrund [German] (1997) - Iain M. Banks
Awards:
- 1994 Hugo Award - Best Novel (Nomination Below Cutoff)
- 1994 Locus Poll Award - Best SF Novel (Place: 10)
Publications:
- Against a Dark Background, (1993, Iain M. Banks, publ. TSP, #2386001, £8.99, 487pp, tp)
- Against a Dark Background, (May 1993, Iain M. Banks, publ. Orbit, 1-85723-031-0, £15.99, 487pp, hc) Cover: Mark Salwowski - [VERIFIED]
- Against a Dark Background, (Aug 1993, Iain M. Banks, publ. Bantam Spectra, 0-553-29225-0, $5.99, 515pp, pb) Cover: Paul Youll - [VERIFIED]
- L'arma finale, (Nov 1993, Iain M. Banks, publ. Editrice Nord (Cosmo Collana di Fantascienza #244), 88-429-0737-5, 22,000 Lit, 468pp, tp) Cover: Alan Clark - [VERIFIED]
- Against a Dark Background, (1994, Iain M. Banks, publ. Orbit, 1-85723-185-6, £8.99, 487pp, tp) Cover: Mark Salwowski
- Against a Dark Background, (1995, Iain M. Banks, publ. Orbit, 1-85723-179-1, £6.99, 487pp, tp) Cover: Mark Salwowski - [VERIFIED]
- Vor einem dunklen Hintergrund, (Jan 1997, Iain M. Banks, publ. Heyne, 3-453-11892-8, 782pp, tp)
- Against a Dark Background, (1998, Iain M. Banks, publ. Orbit, 1-85723-179-1, £6.99, 487pp, tp)
- Against a Dark Background, (2000, Iain M. Banks, publ. Orbit, 1-85723-179-1, £7.99, 487pp, tp) - [VERIFIED]
- Against a Dark Background, (2001, Iain M. Banks, publ. Orbit, 1-85723-179-1, £7.99, 487pp, tp) - [VERIFIED]
- L'arma finale, (Oct 2004, Iain M. Banks, publ. Editrice Nord (Narrativa Nord #197), 88-429-1309-X, € 17.00, 468pp, hc)
- Against a Dark Background, (2005, Iain M. Banks, publ. Orbit, 1-85723-179-1, £7.99, 487pp, tp)
- Against a Dark Background, (2006, Iain M. Banks, publ. Orbit, 1-85723-179-1, £7.99, 487pp, tp)
- Against a Dark Background, (2007, Iain M. Banks, publ. Orbit, 978-1-85723-179-3, £8.99, 487pp, tp) - [VERIFIED]
- Against a Dark Background, (Jul 2009, Iain M. Banks, publ. Orbit (US), 978-0-316-03637-5, $12.99, 480pp, tp)
Reviews:
- Review by Faren Miller (1993) in Locus, #388 May 1993
- Review by Cherith Baldry (1993) in Vector 173
- Review by John Clute (1993) in Interzone, #73 July 1993
- Review by Russell Letson (1993) in Locus, #391 August 1993
- Review by Mark Pitcavage (1993) in Science Fiction Age, September 1993
- Review by Tom Easton (1993) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 1993
- Review by Cliff Burns (1994) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 1994
- Review by Norman Spinrad (1994) in Asimov's Science Fiction, April 1994
- Review by Julie Atkin (1995) in Vector 182 Spring 1995