Title: Tangents Title Record # 40888
Author: Greg Bear
Date: 1986-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
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Translations

Year Language Title 1988 French Tangentes 1988ⓘTranslated by Peter Robert (German) German Tangenten 1989ⓘ Translated by Branislava Miladinov Serbian Tangente 1990ⓘTranslated by Jacek Manicki Source: http://encyklopediafantastyki.pl Polish Styczne 1992ⓘTranslated by Thomas Wintner Dutch Raakvlakken 1993ⓘTranslated by 酒井昭伸 (Sakai Akinobu) Japanese タンジェント?Tanjento [as by グレッグ・ベア?Gureggu Bea ] 1997ⓘTranslated by Andreas Irle German Tangenten

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
1	1987 Hugo	Best Short Story
Win	1987 Nebula	Short Story
Nomination	1987 SF Chronicle	Short Story
4	1987 Locus	Best Short Story
Win (as タンジェント?Tanjento )	1994 Seiun	Best Translated 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, January 1986	1986-01-00	ed. Ellen Datlow, Gurney Williams, III	Omni Publications International Ltd.	0149-8711	$2.50?$: US dollar	116	bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.	mag	Michael Radencich , Steve Hayes
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection	1987-05-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Press	0-312-00710-8	$11.95?$: US dollar	xxi+ 602	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	Alan Gutierrez
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection	1987-05-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Press	0-312-00709-4	$19.95?$: US dollar	xxi+ 602	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Alan Gutierrez
Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder	1987-06-00	ed. Rudy Rucker	Arbor House	0-87795-891-2	$18.95?$: US dollar	xvii+ 300	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Richard Powers
Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder	1987-06-00	ed. Rudy Rucker	Arbor House	0-87795-890-4	$9.95?$: US dollar	xvii+ 300	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	Richard Powers
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction	1987-08-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Robinson	0-948164-31-X	£4.95?£: UK pound	615	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
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction	1987-08-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Robinson	0-948164-50-6	£10.95?£: UK pound	615	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Univers 1988	1988-03-15	ed. Pierre K. Rey	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #2354)	2-277-22354-9		377	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	Caza
Nebula Awards 22: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 1986	1988-04-00	ed. George Zebrowski	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich ( #22)	0-15-665476-8	$11.95?$: US dollar	xii+ 363	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	Vaughn Andrews
Nebula Awards 22: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 1986	1988-04-00	ed. George Zebrowski	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	0-15-164929-4	$19.95?$: US dollar	xii+ 363	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Vaughn Andrews
Kopernikus 15	1988-09-00	ed. H. J. Alpers	Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction #3790)	3-8118-3790-7	DM 12.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	206	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	David B. Mattingly
Alef, #15	1989-07-00	ed. Boban Knežević?Boban Knezevic	Dnevnik		Din 25,000?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar	132	A5?14.8 cm by 21 cm or 5.8" by 8.3" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines	mag	Mario Rosanda Ros
Tangents	1989-08-00	Greg Bear	Warner Books	0-446-51401-2	$18.95?$: US dollar	290	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jim Burns
Mathenauts	1989-10-00	ed. Rudy Rucker	New English Library	0-450-50253-8	£3.50?£: UK pound	xvii+ 300	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
Tangents	1989-10-00	Greg Bear	Gollancz	0-575-04141-2	£12.95?£: UK pound	290	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	John Harris
Tangents	1989-10-00	Greg Bear	Warner Books / SFBC	15227	$4.98?$: US dollar	242	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jim Burns
Fenix, V1 #0, 1990	1990-00-00	ed. Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz?Rafal A. Ziemkiewicz	Radwan				digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Michelangelo Miani
Tangents	1990-04-00	Greg Bear	VGSF / Gollancz	0-575-04775-5	£3.99?£: UK pound	290	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	Jim Burns
Tangents	1990-08-00	Greg Bear	Questar / Popular Library	0-445-21044-3	$4.95?$: US dollar	260	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	Jim Burns
Tangents	1990-10-00	Greg Bear	VGSF / Gollancz	0-575-04775-5		290	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	Jim Burns
Tangents	1991-12-00	Greg Bear	VGSF / Gollancz	0-575-04775-5		290	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
The New Hugo Winners Volume II	1992-01-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Baen Books	0-671-72103-8	$4.99?$: US dollar	368+ [7]	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	Bob Eggleton
The New Hugo Winners, Volume II	1992-01-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Baen Books / SFBC	19248	$9.98?$: US dollar	305	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Bob Eggleton
Digitale dromen	1992-05-00	Greg Bear	Meulenhoff (M=SF #304)	90-290-4482-9		198	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 Garriock
Tangents	1992-10-00	Greg Bear	VGSF / Gollancz	0-575-04775-5		290	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
タンジェント?Tanjento	1993-11-30	グレッグ・ベア?Gureggu Bea	早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼう ハヤカワショボウ ( ハヤカワ文庫SF?Hayakawa Bunko SF #1038)	4-15-011038-7		414	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	大森英樹?Ōmori Hideki Oomori Hideki Ohmori Hideki Omori Hideki おおもりひでき
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF	1994-07-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Tor	0-312-85062-X	$35.00?$: US dollar	990+ [2]	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Carol Russo
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF	1994-10-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Orbit	1-85723-271-2	£25.00?£: UK pound	990	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Berkey
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF	1994-10-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Tor / SFBC	05435	$17.98?$: US dollar	990	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Berkey
Tangents	1995-03-00	Greg Bear	VGSF	0-575-04775-5	£5.99?£: UK pound	290	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	Jim Burns
Hackers	1996-10-00	ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois	Ace Books	0-441-00375-3	$5.50?$: US dollar	239	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	Sharmen Liao
Tangenten	1997-00-00	Greg Bear	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #5663)	3-453-11951-7	DM 12.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	302	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	Frank Buchwald
Tangents	1997-05-00	Greg Bear	Vista	0-575-60159-0	£5.99?£: UK pound	290	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	Jim Burns
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF	1997-09-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Orb	0-312-85509-5	$27.95?$: US dollar	990	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
The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century	1998-10-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg	NewStar Publishing	0-7871-1680-7			audio cassette?Cassette tape	anth
The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century	1999-12-16	ed. Martin H. Greenberg	Phoenix Audio		$11.95?$: US dollar		digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	anth
Tangents	2000-06-00	Greg Bear	Millennium	1-85798-979-1	£6.99?£: UK pound	290	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	Jim Burns
The Collected Stories of Greg Bear	2002-09-00	Greg Bear	Tor	0-765-30160-1	$29.95?$: US dollar	653	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Drive Communications
The Collected Stories of Greg Bear	2002-11-00	Greg Bear	Tor / SFBC	54199	$14.99?$: US dollar	653	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Drive Communications
The Collected Stories of Greg Bear	2003-03-00	Greg Bear	Orb	0-765-30161-X	$17.95?$: US dollar	653	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
New Skies: An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction	2003-09-00	ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden	Tor	0-765-30016-8	$19.95?$: US dollar	288	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Daniel Dos Santos
New Skies: An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction	2004-07-00	ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden	Tor Teen	0-765-34004-6	$6.99?$: US dollar	xii+ 275	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	Daniel Dos Santos
Tangents	2012-10-29	Greg Bear	Audible Studios		$17.35?$: US dollar		digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	coll
Hackers	2013-07-15	ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois	Baen Books	978-1-62579-147-4	$4.99?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
Just Over the Horizon	2016-04-26	Greg Bear	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-5040-2141-8	$14.99?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Tangents	2016-07-19	Greg Bear	Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio	978-1-5226-9697-1	$9.99?$: US dollar		audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks	coll
Tangents	date unknown	Greg Bear	Questar / Popular Library	0-445-21044-3	$4.95?$: US dollar	260	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	Jim Burns
Tangents	date unknown	Greg Bear	Popular Library / Warner Books	0-445-21044-3	C$6.50?C$: Canadian dollar	260	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	Jim Burns

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