Title: Darwinia
Title Record # 4261
Author: Robert Charles Wilson
Date: 1998-06-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Robert Charles Wilson
Date: 1998-06-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: See www.simulation-argument.com which is about a concept very similar to what the story Darwinia is based on.
Synopsis: From the front flap of the Tor first edition: In 1912, history was changed by the Miracle, when the old world of Europe was replaced by Darwinia, a strange land of nightmarish jungle and antediluvian monsters. To some, the Miracle is an act of divine retribution; to others, it is an opportunity to carve out a new empire. Leaving American now ruled by religious fundamentalism, young Guilford Law travels to Darwinia on a mission of discovery that will take him further than he can possibly imagine...to a shattering revelation about mankind's destiny in the universe. Robert Charles Wilson has crafted a brilliant science fiction novel ― a view of an utterly different 20th century.
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| Win | 1999 Aurora | Best Long-Form Work in English / Meilleur livre en anglais |
| 2 | 1999 Locus | Best SF Novel |
| 3 | 1999 Hugo | Best Novel |
| Preliminary Nominees | 1999 Nebula | Novel |
| 4 | 2001 Premio Ignotus | Mejor novela extranjera - Best Foreign Novel |
| Nomination | 2001 Imaginaire | Roman étranger |
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Nomination ⓘNomination is for the translator, Michèle Charrier
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2001 Imaginaire | Traduction |
| Nomination | 2003 Kurd Lasswitz Prize | Bestes ausländisches Werk |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Darwinia | 1998-06-00 | Robert Charles Wilson | Tor | 0-312-86038-2 | $22.95?$: US dollar |
320 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Jim Burns |  |
| Darwinia | 1998-10-00 | Robert Charles Wilson | Tor / SFBC | 19168 | $10.98?$: US dollar |
320 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Jim Burns | |
| Darwinia | 1999-04-00 | Robert Charles Wilson | Millennium / Orion | 1-85798-815-9 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
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. |
novel | Jim Burns | |
| Darwinia | 1999-07-00 | Robert Charles Wilson | Tor | 0-812-56662-9 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
372 | 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. |
novel | Jim Burns | |
| Darwinia | 2007-09-00 | Robert Charles Wilson | Orb | 0-765-31905-5 | $14.95?$: 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. |
novel | Jim Burns | |
| Darwinia | 2007-09-04 | Robert Charles Wilson | Orb | 978-1-4299-5618-5 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | Jim Burns | ||
| Darwinia | 2010-11-25 | Robert Charles Wilson | Gollancz / Orion | 978-0-575-10179-1 | £4.49?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | Jim Burns |
Reviews
- Review by Faren Miller (1998) in Locus, #449 June 1998
- Review by John Clute (1998) in Science Fiction Weekly, 29 June 1998 , reprinted in:
- Scores: Reviews 1993 - 2003 (2003)
- Scores: Reviews 1993 - 2003 (2016)
- Review by Patrick J. Swenson [as by Patrick Swenson] (1998) in Talebones, Summer 1998
- Review by Gary K. Wolfe (1998) in Locus, #450 July 1998
- Review by Brian Stableford (1998) in Interzone, #134 August 1998
- Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1998) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 1998
- Review by Neil Walsh (1998) in SF Site, August 1998, (1998)
- Review by Robert K. J. Killheffer (1999) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1999
- Review by Mark L. Olson (1999) in Aboriginal Science Fiction, Spring 1999
- Review by Paul Di Filippo (1999) in Asimov's Science Fiction, April 1999
- Review by Stephanie Howlett-West (1999) in Firsts: The Book Collector's Magazine (October, 1999)
- Review by Katherine Roberts (1999) in The Zone and Premonitions, Autumn 1999
- Review by Robert W. Hayler (1999) in Vector 208
- Review by Joe Mayhew (1999) in Absolute Magnitude, Summer 1999
- Review
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by
Éric Vial?Eric Vial(2000) in Galaxies, #17
- Review [German] by Christian Hoffmann (2003) in Alien Contact, Jahrbuch #1 2002
- Review [French] by Marie-Laure Vauge (2003) in Galaxies, #31
- Review by John Howard (2008) in Interzone, #214 February 2008
- Review by Bruce Gillespie (2010) in SF Commentary, #80A
- Review [German] by Hans Frey (2023) in Das Science Fiction Jahr 2023