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Title: Bloodchild Title Record # 41597
Author: Octavia E. Butler
Date: 1984-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: drabblecast.org
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1984 Bloodchild [as by Octavia Butler]
Year Language Title
1984ⓘTranslated by Heci Regina Candiani
 Portuguese Filhos de Sangue
1985ⓘTranslated by Bernd Müller
 German Blutsbrut
1986ⓘTranslated by 小野田和子 (Kazuko Onoda)
 Japanese
血をわけた子供?Chi o Waketa Kodomo
[as by
オクテイヴィア・E・バトラー?Okutivia E. Batoraa
Okutivia E. Batorā
]
1986ⓘTranslated by Jürgen Langowski
 German Blutsbande
1986ⓘTranslated by Dana Frišić
 Croatian Dijete krvi
1987ⓘTranslated by Piero Anselmi
 Italian Figlio di sangue
1989ⓘTranslated by К. Артарян
 Russian
Дитя крови?Ditya krovi
[as by
Октавия Батлер?Oktaviya Batler
]
1992ⓘTranslated by А. Лазарчук
 Russian
Мы все — одна семья...?My vse - odna sem'ya...
[as by
О. Батлер?O. Batler
]
1992 Portuguese Os Hospedeiros
2016ⓘTranslated by А. Лазарчук
 Russian
Мы все — одна семья...?My vse - odna sem'ya...
[as by
Октавия Батлер?Oktaviya Batler
]
2021ⓘTranslated by Veronica Raimo
 Italian Figlio di sangue

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Win 1985 SF Chronicle Novelette
1 1985 Hugo Best Novelette
1 1985 Locus Best Novelette
Win 1985 Nebula Novelette

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1984 1984-06-00 ed. Shawna McCarthy Davis Publications  
$1.75?$: US dollar
 180
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 Wayne Barlowe Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection 1985-04-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Bluejay Books 0-312-94485-3
$10.95?$: US dollar
 573
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 Thomas Kidd Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection 1985-04-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Bluejay Books 0-312-94484-5
$19.95?$: US dollar
 573
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Thomas Kidd Checkmark
The 1985 Annual World's Best SF 1985-06-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books (DAW Collectors #630) 0-88677-047-5 / UE2047
$2.95?$: US dollar
 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.
 anth Frank Kelly Freas Checkmark
The 1985 Annual World's Best SF 1985-06-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-88677-047-5 / UE2047
C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 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.
 anth Frank Kelly Freas Checkmark
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year 1985-07-00 ed. Terry Carr Tor 0-812-53273-2
$3.50?$: US dollar
 384
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 Michael W. Carroll Checkmark
The 1985 Annual World's Best SF 1985-09-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / SFBC 04755
$4.98?$: US dollar
 ix+
239
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Richard Powers Checkmark
Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 1985-10-00 ed. Terry Carr Gollancz 0-575-03714-8
£9.95?£: UK pound
 376
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Best SF of the Year #14 1985-10-00 ed. Terry Carr Gollancz 0-575-03747-4
£4.95?£: UK pound
 376
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
Nebula Awards 20 1985-11-00 ed. George Zebrowski Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-164927-8
$17.95?$: US dollar
 372
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Nebula Awards 20 1985-11-00 ed. George Zebrowski Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-665477-6
$8.95?$: US dollar
 xi+
372
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 H. Wendler Checkmark
Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology 1988-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Patricia S. Warrick, Charles G. Waugh Harper & Row 0-06-046941-2
$16.50?$: US dollar
 xi +
522
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 Maria Carella Checkmark
The Best of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 1988-02-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Ace Books 0-441-05498-6
$3.50?$: US dollar
 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.
 anth John Harris Checkmark
The New Hugo Winners: Award-Winning Science Fiction Stories 1989-12-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg Wynwood Press 0-922066-21-3
$17.95?$: US dollar
 320
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Britt Taylor Collins Checkmark
The New Hugo Winners 1990-05-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg Wynwood / SFBC 17008
$8.98?$: US dollar
 320
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Britt Taylor Collins Checkmark
The New Hugo Winners 1991-09-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg Baen 0-671-72081-3
$4.50?$: US dollar
 320
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 Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
Foundations of Fear 1992-09-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-312-85074-3
$27.50?$: US dollar
 660
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Tom Canty Checkmark
Foundations of Fear 1992-10-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor / BOMC  
$21.95?$: US dollar
 660
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Tom Canty  
Foundations of Fear 1993-07-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor / QPBC  
$15.95?$: US dollar
 660
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 Tom Canty  
Invaders! 1993-12-00 ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois Ace Books 0-441-01519-0
$4.50?$: US dollar
 241
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 Joan Pelaez  
Visions of Fear 1994-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-812-55001-3
$5.99?$: US dollar
 433
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 Tom Canty Checkmark
Women of Wonder, the Contemporary Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1970s to the 1990s 1995-07-00 ed. Pamela Sargent Harvest / Harcourt Brace 0-15-600033-4
$15.00?$: US dollar
 vi+
420
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 Cliff Nielsen Checkmark
Bloodchild and Other Stories 1995-08-00 Octavia E. Butler Four Walls Eight Windows 1-56858-055-X
$18.00?$: US dollar
 x+
145
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Barry D. Marcus Checkmark
Bloodchild and Other Stories 1996-11-00 Octavia E. Butler Seven Stories Press 1-888363-36-3
$10.00?$: US dollar
 x+
145
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 Barry D. Marcus  
The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy 2000-07-18 ed. Garyn G. Roberts Prentice-Hall 0-13-021280-6
$47.00?$: US dollar
 xviii+
1166
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 Frank R. Paul Checkmark
Bloodchild and Other Stories 2001-05-00 Octavia E. Butler G. K. Hall & Co. (G.K. Hall Large Print Science Fiction Series) 0-7838-9402-3
$26.95?$: US dollar
 183
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy 2003-00-00 ed. Garyn G. Roberts Prentice-Hall 0-13-021280-6   xviii+
1166
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 Frank R. Paul Checkmark
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction 2004-07-00 ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) 0-7322-7872-4
A$32.95?A$: Australian dollar
 xiii+
559+
[2]
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
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy 2004-07-00 ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan Eos / HarperCollins 0-06-059426-8
$15.95?$: US dollar
 xiii+
512+
[2]
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction 2005-07-00 ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) 0-7322-7873-2
A$19.95?A$: Australian dollar
 xvi+
677
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  
Bloodchild and Other Stories, Second Edition 2005-10-00 Octavia E. Butler Seven Stories Press 1-58322-698-2
$14.00?$: US dollar
 viii+
214
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 Barry D. Marcus Checkmark
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction 2011-00-00 ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman Wildside Press 978-1-4344-3079-3
$49.99?$: US dollar
 992
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  
Bloodchild and Other Stories, Second Edition 2011-01-04 Octavia E. Butler Seven Stories Press  
$14.00?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Barry D. Marcus  
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories 2011-10-31 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Corvus 978-0-85789-487-8
£25.00?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Nic Cheetham Checkmark
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction 2011-12-20 ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman Wildside Press 978-1-4344-4035-8
$39.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Checkmark
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories 2012-05-08 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Tor 978-0-7653-3360-5
$39.99?$: US dollar
 xx+
1126
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Nic Cheetham Checkmark
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories 2012-05-08 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Tor 978-0-7653-3362-9
$29.99?$: US dollar
 xx+
1126
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 Nic Cheetham Checkmark
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories 2012-05-08 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Tor / SFBC 1356431
$22.99?$: US dollar
 xx+
1126
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Nic Cheetham Checkmark
Bloodchild and Other Stories 2012-07-00 Octavia E. Butler Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4532-6547-5
$14.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Mumtaz Mustafa  
Invaders! 2013-03-25 ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois Baen 978-1-62579-119-1
$4.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Ron Miller  
The Drabblecast, #300 2013-10-31 ed. Norm Sherman The Drabblecast  
$0.00?$: US dollar
  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 mag Checkmark
Bloodchild 2014-03-13 Octavia E. Butler Headline 978-1-4722-1874-2
£0.00?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 chap  
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
$25.00?$: US dollar
 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
$25.00?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 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 / SFBC 14-1016912
$19.55?$: US dollar
 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  
Octavia E. Butler: Kindred, Fledgling, Collected Stories 2021-01-19 Octavia E. Butler The Library of America (The Library of America #338) 978-1-59853-675-1
$35.00?$: US dollar
 xv+
[1]+
774+
[6]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni Checkmark
Bloodchild and Other Stories date unknown Octavia E. Butler Seven Stories Press 1-888363-36-3
$10.00?$: US dollar
 x+
145
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 Barry D. Marcus Checkmark
Bloodchild and Other Stories date unknown Octavia E. Butler Seven Stories Press 1-888363-36-3
$10.00?$: US dollar
 x+
145
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 Barry D. Marcus Checkmark
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy date unknown ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan Eos / HarperCollins 0-06-059426-8
$15.95?$: US dollar
 xiii+
514
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
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