Title: Empire Star

Title: Empire Star Title Record # 4040
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.

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Other Titles

Translations

Year	Language	Title
1971	Portuguese	Metagaláxia
1977^ⓘTranslated by Giampaolo Cossato + Sandro Sandrelli.	Italian	Stella imperiale
1980^ⓘTranslated by Eric Chédaille	French	Empire star
1981^ⓘTranslated by Waltraud Götting (1981)	German	Imperiums-Stern
1981^ⓘTranslated by Waltraud Götting; the translation was revised by Hannes Riffel for the 2023 publication. (Text editor for the 2023 publication: Kai U. Jürgens).	German	Imperiumsstern
2019^ⓘTranslated by Petê Rissati.	Portuguese	Estrela Imperial

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
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 and Empire Star	2022-10-00	Samuel R. Delany	Centipede Press	978-1-61347-297-2	$225.00^?$: US dollar	256+ 128	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Vikki Zhang
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

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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
Review [German] by
Kai U. Jürgens^?Kai U. Juergens
(2023) in Das Science Fiction Jahr 2023