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Title: Unaccompanied Sonata Title Record # 40836
Author: Orson Scott Card
Date: 1979-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Current Tags: dystopia (2), science fiction (1), music (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1981ⓘTranslated by Michel Deutsch
 French Sonate sans accompagnement
1982ⓘTranslated by Rolf W. Liersch
 German Solo-Sonate
1982ⓘTranslated by Luc Carissimo
 French Sonate sans accompagnement
1983ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr
 German Sonate ohne Begleitung
1985ⓘTranslated by Dana Frišić
 Croatian Nijema sonata
1987ⓘTranslated by Edda Petri
 German Sonate ohne Begleitung
1993ⓘTranslated by Carlos Gardini.
 Spanish Sonata sin acompañamiento

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
2 1980 Hugo Best Short Story
Nomination 1980 Nebula Short Story
6 1980 Locus Best Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Omni, March 1979 1979-03-00 ed. Ben Bova, Frank Kendig Omni Publications International Ltd. 0149-8711
$2.00?$: US dollar
 148
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
 mag Ernst Fuchs Checkmark
The Best of Omni Science Fiction 1980-04-00 ed. Ben Bova, Don Myrus Omni Society  
$3.50?$: US dollar
 144
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 Pierre Lacombe Checkmark
The Best of Omni Science Fiction 1980-04-00 ed. Ben Bova, Don Myrus Omni Society  
C$3.75?C$: Canadian dollar
 144
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 Pierre Lacombe Checkmark
The 1980 Annual World's Best SF 1980-05-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books (DAW Collectors #384) 0-87997-535-0 / UE1535
$2.25?$: US dollar
 284
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 Checkmark
The 1980 Annual World's Best SF 1980-05-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-535-0 / UE1535
C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 284
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 Checkmark
The Best of Omni Science Fiction 1980-08-00 ed. Ben Bova, Don Myrus Omni Society / SFBC 3957
$6.50?$: US dollar
 144
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Pierre Lacombe Checkmark
The 1980 Annual World's Best SF 1980-09-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / SFBC 3997
$3.50?$: US dollar
 x+
278
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Gary Viskupic Checkmark
Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories 1981-01-00 Orson Scott Card The Dial Press (Quantum Science Fiction #9) 0-8037-9175-5
$10.95?$: US dollar
 272
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Lucinda Cowell Checkmark
Nebula Winners Fifteen 1981-04-00 ed. Frank Herbert Harper & Row 0-06-014830-6
$12.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
223
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Egon Lauterberg Checkmark
Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories 1981-06-00 Orson Scott Card The Dial Press / SFBC 2683
$5.00?$: US dollar
 209
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Lucinda Cowell  
Unaccompanied Sonata 1981-11-00 Orson Scott Card Dell 0-440-19235-8
$2.95?$: US dollar
 282
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.
 coll Lucinda Cowell Checkmark
Nebula Winners Fifteen 1982-04-00 ed. Frank Herbert W. H. Allen 0-491-02855-5
£8.50?£: UK pound
 xiv+
223
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Bruce Pennington  
Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories 1983-00-00 Orson Scott Card Macdonald 0-356-09198-8
£7.95?£: UK pound
 [9]+
272
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Chris Moore Checkmark
Nebula Winners Fifteen 1983-01-00 ed. Frank Herbert Star 0-352-31227-0
£1.75?£: UK pound
 xvi+
223
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Nebula Winners Fifteen 1983-03-00 ed. Frank Herbert Bantam Books 0-553-23035-2
$2.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
219
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 Gary LaSasso Checkmark
Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories 1983-03-00 Orson Scott Card Orbit 0-7088-8098-3
£2.25?£: UK pound
 272
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.
 coll Chris Moore Checkmark
The Fourth Omni Book of Science Fiction 1985-07-00 ed. Ellen Datlow Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. 0-8217-1630-1
$3.95?$: US dollar
 397
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 John Berkey Checkmark
The Fourth Omni Book of Science Fiction 1985-07-00 ed. Ellen Datlow General Paperbacks 0-7737-8404-7
C$4.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 397
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 John Berkey Checkmark
Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Nine 1985-12-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books 0-88677-099-8
$2.95?$: US dollar
 284
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 Segrelles  
Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Nine 1985-12-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books 0-88677-099-8 / UE2099
C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 284
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 Segrelles Checkmark
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card 1990-10-00 Orson Scott Card Tor 0-312-85047-6
$22.95?$: US dollar
 x+
675
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Neuwirth & Associates , Carol Russo Checkmark
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card 1990-11-00 Orson Scott Card Tor / BOMC  
$17.95?$: US dollar
 675
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card 1990-11-00 Orson Scott Card The Easton Press (Signed First Editions of Science Fiction #24) 106-024   675
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card 1991-05-00 Orson Scott Card Legend 0-7126-4855-0
£8.99?£: UK pound
 ix+
675
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 Nick Rodgers Checkmark
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card 1991-05-00 Orson Scott Card Tor / QPBC  
$9.95?$: US dollar
 675
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  
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card 1991-05-00 Orson Scott Card Legend 0-7126-4854-2
£14.99?£: UK pound
 ix+
675
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Nick Rodgers Checkmark
Unaccompanied Sonata 1992-02-00 Orson Scott Card Pulphouse Publishing (Pulphouse Short Story Hardbacks #29) 1-56146-929-7
$20.00?$: US dollar
 44
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 chap  
Unaccompanied Sonata 1992-02-00 Orson Scott Card Pulphouse Publishing (Pulphouse Short Story Paperbacks #49) 1-56146-549-6
$1.95?$: US dollar
 44
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 Gregorio Montejo Checkmark
Maps in a Mirror: Volume Two: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card 1992-05-00 Orson Scott Card Legend 0-09-988480-1
£4.99?£: UK pound
 552
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.
 coll Nick Rodgers Checkmark
Monkey Sonatas 1993-03-00 Orson Scott Card Tor 0-812-52367-9
$4.99?$: US dollar
 viii+
309
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.
 coll Peter Scanlan Checkmark
The Elephants of Posnan and Other Stories 2001-00-00 Orson Scott Card Fantastic Audio / American Audio Literature, Inc. 1-57453-458-0
$32.00?$: US dollar
  
audio cassette?Cassette tape
 coll Checkmark
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card 2004-01-00 Orson Scott Card Orb 0-765-30840-1
$16.95?$: US dollar
 ix+
675
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 Peter Scanlan  
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card date unknown Orson Scott Card Orb 0-765-30840-1
$16.95?$: US dollar
 ix+
675
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 Peter Scanlan Checkmark
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card date unknown Orson Scott Card Tor 0-312-85047-6
$24.95?$: US dollar
 x+
675
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Neuwirth & Associates , Carol Russo Checkmark
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