Title: Empire Star
Title Record # 4040
Author: Samuel R. Delany
Date: 1966-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Current Tags: space travel (1), machine intelligence (1), time travel (1), far future (1), novel within novella range (1), time loop (1), education (1), aliens (1), slavery (1), Tau Ceti (1), shipwreck (1), coming of age (1), Eta Aurigae (1), interstellar travel (1), interplanetary travel (1), Earth (1), Oscar Wilde (1), sadness (1), filth (1), spaceport (1), New York City (1), cats (1) Add Tags
Author: Samuel R. Delany
Date: 1966-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: In the distant future a boy from a world with a simplex culture is tasked to carry a message to the capital world of the galactic empire, in the process evolving himself to a multiplex consciousness.
User Rating:
8.33 (3 votes)
Your vote:
Not cast
VOTE
Current Tags: space travel (1), machine intelligence (1), time travel (1), far future (1), novel within novella range (1), time loop (1), education (1), aliens (1), slavery (1), Tau Ceti (1), shipwreck (1), coming of age (1), Eta Aurigae (1), interstellar travel (1), interplanetary travel (1), Earth (1), Oscar Wilde (1), sadness (1), filth (1), spaceport (1), New York City (1), cats (1) Add Tags
Other Titles
| Translations | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Publications
Not displaying translations • Display all variants and translations • Do not display variants or translations
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Tree Lord of Imeten / Empire Star | 1966-02-00 | Samuel R. Delany, Tom Purdom | Ace Books (Ace Double #M-139) | M-139 | $0.45?$: US dollar |
102+ 152 |
dos?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books. |
omni | Jack Gaughan , John Schoenherr |  |
| Ace Science Fiction Reader | 1971-00-00 | ed. Donald A. Wollheim | Ace Books | 00275 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
251 | 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. |
anth | Jack Gaughan , John Schoenherr , Jack Gaughan | |
| Trilogy of the Future | 1972-08-00 | ed. Donald A. Wollheim | Sidgwick & Jackson | 0-283-97849-X | £1.75?£: UK pound |
251 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Chris Gilbert | |
| The Ballad of Beta-2 / Empire Star | 1975-10-00 | Samuel R. Delany | Ace Books (Ace Double #20571) | 20571 | $1.25?$: US dollar |
124+ 114 |
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 | Davis Meltzer | |
| The Ballad of Beta-2 / Empire Star | 1977-08-00 | Samuel R. Delany | Sphere | 0-7221-2908-4 | £0.75?£: UK pound |
157 | 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 | Angus McKie | |
| Empire Star | 1977-12-00 | Samuel R. Delany | Gregg Press | 0-8398-2394-0 | $8.00?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 87 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
chap | |
|
| The Ballad of Beta-2 / Empire Star | 1978-00-00 | Samuel R. Delany | Robert Hale (Hale SF) | 0-7091-6755-5 | £3.75?£: UK pound |
176 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Helen Hale | |
| Distant Stars | 1981-08-00 | Samuel R. Delany | Bantam Books | 0-553-01336-X | $8.95?$: US dollar |
352 | 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. |
coll | Michael Whelan | |
| Empire Star | 1983-09-00 | Samuel R. Delany | Bantam Books | 0-553-23425-0 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
132 | 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. |
chap | Wayne Barlowe | |
| Babel-17 / Empire Star | 2001-12-00 | Samuel R. Delany | Vintage Books | 0-375-70669-0 | $12.00?$: US dollar |
219+ 92 |
dos?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books. |
omni | |
|
| Distant Stars | 2004-05-00 | Samuel R. Delany | ibooks | 0-7434-8661-7 | $14.00?$: US dollar |
352 | 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. |
coll | Michael Whelan | |
| The Space Opera Renaissance | 2006-07-00 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | Tor | 0-765-30617-4 | $39.95?$: US dollar |
941 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | NASA | |
| The Space Opera Renaissance | 2006-08-00 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | Tor / SFBC | 1215904 | $34.95?$: US dollar |
941 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | NASA | |
| The Space Opera Renaissance | 2007-07-00 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | Orb | 0-765-30618-2 | $24.95?$: US dollar |
941 | 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. |
anth | NASA | |
| The Space Opera Renaissance | 2007-07-10 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | Tor | 978-1-4668-0825-6 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | NASA | ||
| Empire Star | 2012-11-12 | Samuel R. Delany | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-11917-8 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
chap | |||
| Lightspeed, June 2016 | 2016-06-00 | ed. Nalo Hopkinson, Kristine Ong Muslim | Lightspeed Magazine | 978-1-5329-4347-8 | $17.99?$: US dollar |
464 | 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. |
mag | Christopher Park | |
| Babel-17 / Empire Star | date unknown | Samuel R. Delany | Vintage Books | 0-375-70669-0 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
219+ 92 |
dos?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books. |
omni |
Reviews
- Review by Judith Merril (1966) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1966
- Review by L. J. Knapp (1976) in The Science Fiction Review Monthly, January 1976
- Review by Andrew Darlington (1977) in Vector 82
- Review by Charles N. Brown (1978) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July-August 1978