Title: The Crystal Spheres
Title Record # 48767
Author: David Brin
Date: 1984-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: starshipsofa.com, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: David Brin
Date: 1984-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: starshipsofa.com, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
User Rating: 7.20 (5 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), Fermi paradox (1), interstellar travel (1), alien artifacts (1), suspended animation (1), black hole (1) Add Tags
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| 1 | 1984 Analog | Best Short Story |
| 1 | 1985 Hugo | Best Short Story |
| 2 | 1985 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 |
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| Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1984 | 1984-01-00 | ed. Stanley Schmidt | 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 | Vincent Di Fate |  |
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| The Science Fiction Yearbook | 1985-09-00 | ed. Jim Baen, John F. Carr, Jerry Pournelle | Baen Books (Baen Science Fiction Books) | 0-671-55983-4 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
344 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | David Egge | |
| The River of Time | 1986-06-00 | David Brin | Dark Harvest | 0-913165-11-5 | $18.00?$: US dollar |
366 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Paul Sonju | |
| The River of Time | 1986-06-00 | David Brin | Dark Harvest | 0-913165-10-7 | $38.00?$: US dollar |
366 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Paul Sonju | |
| The River of Time | 1987-02-00 | David Brin | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-26281-5 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
295 | 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 | |
| The River of Time | 1987-08-00 | David Brin | Bantam Books (UK) | 0-553-17398-7 | £2.50?£: UK pound |
295 | 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 | Tony Roberts (artist) | |
| 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 | |
| The River of Time | 1990-04-00 | David Brin | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-26281-5 | $3.95?$: US dollar |
295 | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| The New Hugo Winners | 1991-09-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Baen Books | 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 | |
| The River of Time | 1994-09-00 | David Brin | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-26281-5 | $5.99?$: US dollar |
295 | 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 | Barclay Shaw | |
| The River of Time | 1997-08-00 | David Brin | Orbit | 1-85723-413-8 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
295 | 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 | Fred Gambino | |
| The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century | 1998-10-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg | NewStar Publishing | 0-7871-1680-7 | audio cassette?Cassette tape |
anth | ||||
| The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century | 1999-12-16 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg | Phoenix Audio | $11.95?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
anth | ||||
| StarShipSofa, No 3 | 2008-01-09 | ed. Tony C. Smith | StarShipSofa | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
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| The River of Time | 2014-12-00 | David Brin | CreateSpace | 978-1-4802-3425-3 | $14.00?$: US dollar |
310 | 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. |
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| Lightspeed, May 2018 | 2018-05-00 | ed. John Joseph Adams | Lightspeed Magazine | $3.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
mag | Galen Dara | |||
| The Best of David Brin | 2021-07-31 | David Brin | Subterranean Press | 978-1-64524-009-9 | $45.00?$: US dollar |
622 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Patrick Farley | |