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Title: Waiting for the Olympians Title Record # 42440
Author: Frederik Pohl
Date: 1988-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1989Translated by Mariëlla Snel
Dutch Wachten op de olympiërs
1989Translated by Harro Christensen.
German Warten auf die Olympier
1990Translated by Fábio Fernandes
Portuguese Esperando os Olimpianos
1990Translated by Jean-Pierre Pugi
French En attendant les Olympiens
1990Translated by Carla Meazza
Italian Aspettando gli Olimpici
1992Translated by Ralph Tegtmeier
German In Erwartung der Olympier

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
13 1989 Locus Best Novella
7 1989 Asimov's Readers' Best Novella

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, August 1988 1988-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Davis Publications  
$2.00?$: US dollar
196
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 Gary Freeman Checkmark
De beste science fiction verhalen van het jaar 1989-00-00 ed. Donald A. Wollheim Loeb 90-379-0079-8   292
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 Ken Kelly Checkmark
The 1989 Annual World's Best SF 1989-06-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books (DAW Collectors #783) 0-88677-353-9 / UE2353
$3.95?$: US dollar
315
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
The 1989 Annual World's Best SF 1989-06-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books 0-88677-353-9 / UE2353
C$4.95?C$: Canadian dollar
315
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
Die besten Stories der amerikanischen Science Fiction: Worlds Best SF 8 1989-07-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24120)
3-404-24120-7
DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
379
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 Don Maitz Checkmark
Alternate Empires 1989-08-00 ed. Gregory Benford, Martin H. Greenberg Bantam Books 0-553-27845-2
$4.50?$: US dollar
ix+
291
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 Paul Swendsen Checkmark
The 1989 Annual World's Best SF 1989-09-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / SFBC 15197
$4.98?$: US dollar
vi+
282
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Richard Powers Checkmark
Isaac Asimov Magazine, #03 1990-00-00 ed. Ronaldo Sergio de Biasi Record     192
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  
Futurs sans escale 1990-01-00 ed. Patrice Duvic Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5370) 2-266-03441-3   252
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 W. Siudmak  
What Might Have Been: Volumes 1 & 2: Alternate Empires / Alternate Heroes 1990-07-00 Gregory Benford, Martin H. Greenberg Bantam Spectra / SFBC 17261
$12.98?$: US dollar
542
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Pat Morrissey Checkmark
Urania #1142 1990-12-16 ed. Giuseppe Lippi Mondadori 1142
Lit 4,500?Lit: Italian lira
256
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 Marco Patrito  
Heyne Science Fiction Jahresband 1992 1992-02-00 ed. Wolfgang Jeschke Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4865) 3-453-05385-0
DM 12.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
619
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 Hans-Peter Fischer Checkmark
What Might Have Been Volume 1: Alternate Empires 2004-03-00 ed. Gregory Benford, Martin H. Greenberg BP Books / ibooks 0-7434-8729-X
$11.95?$: US dollar
ix+
261
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 Dave Seeley Checkmark
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories 2005-12-00 Frederik Pohl Tor (A Sci Fi Essential Book) 0-312-87527-4
$27.95?$: US dollar
463
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Digital Art / Corbis Checkmark
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories 2006-01-00 Frederik Pohl Tor / SFBC 1198278
$13.99?$: US dollar
463
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Digital Art / Corbis Checkmark
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories 2007-01-00 Frederik Pohl Orb 0-765-30145-8
$16.95?$: US dollar
463
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 Digital Art / Corbis  
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories 2007-01-23 Frederik Pohl Tor 978-1-4668-2644-1
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories 2010-02-25 ed. Ian Watson, Ian Whates Robinson 978-1-84529-779-4
£7.99?£: UK pound
xiv+
591
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 Alternate Histories 2010-02-25 ed. Ian Watson, Ian Whates Robinson 978-1-84901-428-1
£7.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories 2010-04-20 ed. Ian Watson, Ian Whates Perseus Books 978-0-7624-3842-6
$13.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
591
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 Joe Roberts Checkmark
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