Title: Unstable Orbits in the Space of Lies Title Record # 46842
Author: Greg Egan
Date: 1992-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations

Year Language Title 1996ⓘTranslated by 山岸真 (Makoto Yamagishi) Japanese 放浪者の軌道?ほうろうしゃ の きどう Hourousha no Kidou [as by グレッグ・イーガン?Gureggu Iigan Gureggu Īgan ] 1999ⓘTranslated by Francis Lustman, Ellen Herzfeld, or Dominique Martel (per secondary sources, the first appearance of this story in Étoiles vives 7 is translated by Francis Lustman. Subsequent appearances, in various printing of Axiomatique credit the translation to Lustman and Quarante-Deux (Ellen Herzfeld and Dominique Martel). This is most likely the same translation, but the texts should be compared when possible. French Orbites instables dans la sphère des illusions?Orbites instables dans la sphere des illusions 2003 Italian Orbite Instabili Nello Spazio Delle Bugie 2006ⓘTranslated by Pedro Jorge Romero Spanish Órbitas inestables en el espacio de las mentiras

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
24	1993 Locus	Best Short Story

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Interzone, #61 July 1992	1992-07-00	ed. Lee Montgomerie, David Pringle			£2.25?£: UK pound	72	A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines	mag	Tony Roberts (artist)
Axiomatic	1995-04-00	Greg Egan	Millennium	1-85798-416-1	£8.99?£: UK pound	ix+ 289	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 Mule
Axiomatic	1995-04-00	Greg Egan	Millennium	1-85798-281-9	£15.99?£: UK pound	289	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Axiomatic	1996-03-00	Greg Egan	Millennium	1-85798-309-2	£4.99?£: UK pound	xii+ 368	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
Axiomatic	1997-12-00	Greg Egan	HarperPrism	0-06-105265-5	$13.00?$: US dollar	293+ [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.	coll	Romas
Axiomatic	1998-07-00	Greg Egan	Millennium / Orion	0-7528-1650-0	£6.99?£: UK pound	xii+ 368	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
Axiomatic	2008-02-00	Greg Egan	Gollancz	978-0-575-08174-1	£7.99?£: UK pound	345	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
Axiomatic	2013-09-22	Greg Egan	Greg Egan	978-1-922240-09-5	$2.99?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Axiomatic	2014-11-11	Greg Egan	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-540-7	$15.99?$: US dollar	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.	coll
The Best of Greg Egan	2019-12-00	Greg Egan	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-942-8	$45.00?$: US dollar	731	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	David Ho
The Best of Greg Egan	2020-07-27	Greg Egan	Night Shade Books	978-1-949102-25-3	$19.99?$: US dollar	679	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 Greg Egan	2021-03-18	Greg Egan	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4732-3229-7	£14.99?£: UK pound	729	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 Greg Egan	2021-03-18	Greg Egan	Gateway / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4732-3230-3	£14.99?£: UK pound		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll

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