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Title: Good News from the Vatican Title Record # 41355
Author: Robert Silverberg
Date: 1971-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1973ⓘTranslated by Ursula Olmini Soergel
 Italian Buone notizie dal Vaticano
1975ⓘTranslated by Marjan J. J. Oleff
 Dutch Goede Tijding uit het Vaticaan
1977ⓘTranslated by Beatriz Podestá.
 Spanish Buenas noticias del Vaticano
1981ⓘTranslated by Leni Sobez
 German Gute Nachrichten aus dem Vatikan
1983ⓘTranslated by Philippe Hupp later revised by Pierre-Paul Dusratanti.
 French Bonnes nouvelles du Vatican
1984ⓘTranslated by Nina George Daian
 Romanian
Vești bune de la Vatican?Vesti bune de la Vatican
1988ⓘTranslated by Zoran Milović
 Croatian Dobre vijesti iz Vatikana
1989ⓘTranslated by Александр Корженевский / Alexandr Korzhenevskiy.
 Russian
Добрые вести из Ватикана?Dobryye vesti iz Vatikana
[as by
Роберт Силверберг?Robert Silverberg
]
1993ⓘTranslated by Krzysztof Sokołowski
 Polish
Dobre wieści z Watykanu?Dobre wiesci z Watykanu
1994ⓘTranslated by Dan Popescu
 Romanian
Vești bune de la Vatican?Vesti bune de la Vatican

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Win 1972 Nebula Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Universe 1 1971-00-00 ed. Terry Carr Ace Books 84600 $0.95 249
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 Davis Meltzer Checkmark
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 1972-07-00 ed. Lester del Rey E. P. Dutton 0-525-06490-7 $6.95 250
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Larry Ratzkin Checkmark
Nebula Award Stories 7 1972-11-00 ed. Lloyd Biggle, Jr. Gollancz 0-575-01591-8 £2.50 320
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Unfamiliar Territory 1973-00-00 Robert Silverberg Charles Scribner's Sons 0-684-13432-2 $5.95 212
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Nebula Award Stories Seven 1973-00-00 ed. Lloyd Biggle, Jr. Harrow Books 0-06-087055-9 / HW 7055 $1.25 xx+
289
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 Barry Kiperman Checkmark
Nebula Award Stories Seven 1973-01-00 ed. Lloyd Biggle, Jr. Harper & Row 0-06-010328-0 $6.95 xx+
289
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Al Nagy Checkmark
Nebula Award Stories Seven 1973-03-00 ed. Lloyd Biggle, Jr. Harper & Row / SFBC 5632 $1.69 xv+
234
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Urania #623 1973-07-22 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Mondadori 623 350 Lit 168
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 Karel Thole  
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 1973-08-00 ed. Lester del Rey Ace Books 05475 $1.25 286
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 Checkmark
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 1973-10-00 ed. Lester del Rey Kaye & Ward 0-7182-0966-4 £ 245
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Nebula Award Stories 7 1974-12-00 ed. Lloyd Biggle, Jr. Panther 0-586-04022-6 £0.60 286
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 Peter Jones Checkmark
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 1974-12-00 ed. Lester del Rey Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 1095   245
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Social Problems Through Science Fiction 1975-00-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, John W. Milstead, Joseph D. Olander, Patricia Warrick St. Martin's Press     xv+
356
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 New Awareness 1975-00-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Patricia Warrick Delacorte Press 0-440-05989-5 $9.95 xii+
485
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Susan Gebel  
Universe 1 1975-00-00 ed. Terry Carr Dennis Dobson 0-234-77228-X   249
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
De Macht van de Zin 1975-00-00 ed. Lester del Rey Luitingh (Luitingh SF Verhalen #7) 90-245-0242-X   187
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 Checkmark
Unfamiliar Territory 1975-01-00 Robert Silverberg Gollancz 0-575-01919-0 £2.50 212
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Best of Robert Silverberg 1976-02-00 Robert Silverberg Pocket Books 0-671-80282-8 $1.95 xiv+
258
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 Alan Magee Checkmark
Unfamiliar Territory 1977-00-00 Robert Silverberg Coronet 0-340-21978-5 £0.90 204
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 Checkmark
Lo mejor de Silverberg 1977-00-00 Robert Silverberg Bruguera (Libro Amigo #463) 84-02-05003-4   317
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 Chris Foss  
The Best of Robert Silverberg 1977-08-00 Robert Silverberg Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-98400-7 £3.95 xiv+
258
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
The Best of Robert Silverberg, Volume I 1978-06-00 Robert Silverberg Gregg Press 0-8398-2445-9 $13.00 xiv+
258
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
The Best of Robert Silverberg 1978-08-00 Robert Silverberg Orbit / Futura 0-86007-950-3 £0.95 xiv+
258
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 Jones Checkmark
Unfamiliar Territory 1978-12-00 Robert Silverberg Berkley Books 0-425-03882-3 $1.95 xii+
207
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 Paul Alexander Checkmark
Buone notizie dal Vaticano 1979-01-08 Robert Silverberg Mondadori (Oscar #917) 13740-6 1,800 Lit 176
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 Karel Thole  
The Best of Robert Silverberg 1980-09-00 Robert Silverberg Pocket Books 0-671-83497-5 $2.50 vii+
258
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 Gerry Daly Checkmark
The Best of Robert Silverberg 1980-09-00 Robert Silverberg Pocket Books 0-671-83497-5 C$2.75 vii+
258
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 Gerry Daly Checkmark
Unfamiliar Territory 1981-00-00 Robert Silverberg Coronet Books 0-340-21978-5 £1.10 204
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 Checkmark
Gute Nachrichten aus dem Vatikan und andere »Nebula«-Preis-Stories 1 1981-00-00 ed. Lloyd Biggle, Jr. Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6721) 3-8118-6721-0 DM 6.80 271
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 Kevin Eugene Johnson Checkmark
Histoires divines 1983-06-00 ed. Jacques Goimard,
Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis
,
Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein
 Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3782) 2-253-03152-6   477
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 Philippe Adamov Checkmark
Almanah Anticipația 1985?Almanah Anticipatia 1985
Almanah Anticipatsia 1985
 1984-00-00 ed. Adrian Rogoz
Știință & Tehnică?Shtiintsa & Tehnicah
(
Almanah Anticipația?Almanah Anticipatia
Almanah Anticipatsia
#3)		   Lei 25 312
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
Alexandru Andrieș?Alexandru Andries
  
The Best from Universe 1984-02-00 ed. Terry Carr Doubleday 0-385-17512-4 $11.95 ix+
[3]+
209
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Julie Linden Checkmark
Beyond the Safe Zone: Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg 1986-04-00 Robert Silverberg Donald I. Fine 0-917657-60-8 $19.95 472
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Loretta Trezzo Checkmark
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV 1986-07-00 ed. Terry Carr Avon 0-380-89710-5 $4.95 xiv+
434
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 Tony Roberts Checkmark
The Best of Robert Silverberg 1986-08-00 Robert Silverberg Baen 0-671-65586-8 $2.95 viii+
277
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 Tom Kidd Checkmark
The Best of Robert Silverberg 1986-08-00 Robert Silverberg Baen Science Fiction Books 0-671-65586-8 C$3.95 viii+
277
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 Tom Kidd Checkmark
Beyond the Safe Zone 1987-06-00 Robert Silverberg Warner Books 0-446-30173-6 $3.95 x+
565
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 Don Dixon Checkmark
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV 1987-12-00 ed. Terry Carr Avon / SFBC 11628 $6.98 xi+
462
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Sirius, #140 1988-01-05 ed.
Hrvoje Prćić?Hrvoje Prcic
 Vjesnik   1000 din. 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.
 mag Checkmark
Чего стоят крылья?Chego stoyat kryl'ya
 1989-00-00 ed.
С. В. Белозёров?S. V. Belozyorov
Советская Россия?Sovetskaya Rossiya
 5-268-00279-1   524
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth
П. С. Сацкий?P. S. Satskiy
  
Beyond the Safe Zone 1989-04-00 Robert Silverberg Warner Books 0-446-30173-6 $3.95 x+
565
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 Don Dixon Checkmark
Fenix, V4 #1, 1993 1993-00-00 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
Andrzej Łaski?Andrzej Laski
  
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 1993-10-00 ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-03546-8 $27.50 869
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Dale O'Dell Checkmark
Beyond the Safe Zone 1994-00-00 Robert Silverberg HarperCollins (The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg #3) 0-586-21371-6 £6.99 605
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 Fred Gambino Checkmark
Pasagerii 1994-00-00 Robert Silverberg Editura Nemira (Nautilus #019) 973-36-9002-3 Lei 1,500 252
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  
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 1999-06-00 ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-97241-0 $36.60 870
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 Dale O'Dell  
Les jeux du capricorne 2002-09-00 Robert Silverberg Flammarion (Imagine) 2-08-068253-9 €25.00 712
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 Pictor Checkmark
Phases of the Moon 2004-08-00 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 1-931081-99-9 $40.00 625
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jim Burns Checkmark
Phases of the Moon 2004-08-00 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 1-931081-99-9 $150.00 625
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jim Burns  
Phases of the Moon 2004-10-00 Robert Silverberg ibooks 0-7434-9801-1 $15.95 623
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 Checkmark
Phases of the Moon 2004-11-01 Robert Silverberg ibooks 1-59687-057-5 $15.95 624
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  
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Three: Something Wild Is Loose: 1969-72 2008-03-24 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-143-9 $35.00 408
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Three: Something Wild Is Loose: 1969-72 2008-03-24 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-143-9 $65.00 408
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Something Wild Is Loose: 1969-72 2011-01-17 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-387-7 $2.99  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Something Wild Is Loose 2011-09-29 Robert Silverberg Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10666-6 £2.99  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Three: Something Wild Is Loose: 1969-72 2012-06-30 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-509-3 $18.95 410
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  
The Best of Robert Silverberg: Stories of Six Decades 2012-12-31 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-472-0 $24.95 722
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
Galaxy's Edge, Issue 4, September 2013 2013-09-00 ed. Mike Resnick Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-161-2 $3.99  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 mag Checkmark
Galaxy's Edge, Issue 4: September 2013 2013-09-00 ed. Mike Resnick Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-160-5 $5.99 132
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 Checkmark
Phases of the Moon 2015-02-27 Robert Silverberg Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10661-1 £4.99  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Galaxy's Edge: Omnibus #2: Complete Contents from Issues 4, 5 & 6 2016-03-21 ed. Mike Resnick Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-282-4 $9.99  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth  
The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection 2016-07-12 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books 978-1-101-91009-2 $25.00 xxxi+
1178
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection 2016-07-12 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books 978-1-101-91010-8 $25.00  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Bruce Pennington  
The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection 2016-07-12 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Vintage Crime/Black Lizard / SFBC 14-1016912 $19.55 xxxi+
1178
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 Bruce Pennington  
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 date unknown ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-03546-8 $27.50 869
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Dale O'Dell  
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 date unknown ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-97241-0   869
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 Dale O'Dell Checkmark
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 date unknown ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-03546-8 $27.50 869
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Dale O'Dell  
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