Title: Grotto of the Dancing Deer Title Record # 49789
Author: Clifford D. Simak
Date: 1980-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
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Language: English User Rating: 7.57 (7 votes) Including variants and translations: 7.38 (8 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Year Title 1980 The Grotto of the Dancing Deer

Year Language Title 1982 Swedish De dansande hjortarnas grotta 1982 French La grotte du cerf qui danse 1982ⓘTranslated by 谷口高夫(Taniguchi Takao) Japanese 踊る歯科の洞窟?Odoru Shika no Doukutsu Odoru Shika no Dōkutsu おどるしかのどうくつ [as by クリフォード・D・シマック?Kurifōdo D. Shimakku ] 1982ⓘTranslated by Sylvia Pukallus German Grotte des tanzenden Wildes 1983ⓘTranslated by M. M. Lindenburg Dutch De grot van de dansende herten 1984ⓘTranslated by Roberta Rambelli Italian La grotta dei cervi danzanti 1984ⓘTranslated by Aleksandar B. Nedeljković and Ksenija Jovanović Serbian Groto razigranih jelena [as by Kliford Simak] 1990ⓘTranslated by Andrzej Leszczyński. Polish Grota tańczacych jeleni?Grota tanczacych jeleni 2001ⓘTranslated by Roberto Marini Italian La grotta dei cervi danzanti 2012ⓘTranslated by Michel Lederer French La grotte des cerfs qui dancent

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
1	1980 Analog	Best Short Story
1	1981 Hugo	Best Short Story
1	1981 Locus	Best Short Story
Win	1981 Nebula	Short Story

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 1980	1980-04-00	ed. Stanley Schmidt	Condé Nast		$1.50?$: 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	Paul Lehr
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10	1981-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Timescape / Pocket Books	0-671-42262-6	$3.50?$: US dollar	viii+ 434	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
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10	1981-10-00	ed. Terry Carr	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4))	0-575-03024-0	£8.95?£: UK pound	424	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Nebula Award Stories Sixteen	1982-08-00	ed. John F. Carr, Jerry Pournelle	Holt, Rinehart and Winston	0-03-059787-0	$15.50?$: US dollar	286	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Lucy Castelluccio
Analog: Writers' Choice	1983-00-00	ed. Stanley Schmidt	Davis Publications		$2.95?$: US dollar	288	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".	anth	Peter Goodfellow
Analog: Writers' Choice	1983-00-00	ed. Stanley Schmidt	The Dial Press	0-385-27913-2	$12.95?$: US dollar	288	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Peter Goodfellow
Nebula Award Stories Sixteen	1983-00-00	ed. John F. Carr, Jerry Pournelle	W. H. Allen	0-491-03290-0	£8.95?£: UK pound	286	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	David Bergen
Nebula Winners Sixteen	1983-00-00	ed. John F. Carr, Jerry Pournelle	Star	0-352-31423-0	£2.25?£: UK pound	280	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
Nebula Award Stories Sixteen	1983-09-00	ed. John F. Carr, Jerry Pournelle	Bantam Books	0-553-23493-5	$2.95?$: US dollar	xvii+ 231	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	Gary LoSasso
The Marathon Photograph and Other Stories	1986-02-00	Clifford D. Simak	Severn House	0-7278-1221-1	£8.95?£: UK pound	171	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Nigel Hills
The Hugo Winners, Volume 5: 1980-1982	1986-04-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Doubleday	0-385-18946-X	$18.95?$: US dollar	xii+ 372	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Hugo Winners, Volume 5: 1980-1982	1986-06-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Doubleday / SFBC	02882	$5.98?$: US dollar	xii+ 340	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Tita Nasol
The Marathon Photograph	1987-06-00	Clifford D. Simak	Methuen	0-413-59060-7	£2.50?£: UK pound	171	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	Chris Moore
The Best of the Nebulas	1989-04-00	ed. Ben Bova	Tor	0-312-93184-0	$19.95?$: US dollar	593	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Doug Fornuff
The Best of the Nebulas	1989-04-00	ed. Ben Bova	Tor	0-312-93175-1	$14.95?$: US dollar	593	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	Doug Fornuff
The Best of the Nebulas	1990-11-00	ed. Ben Bova	Robert Hale	0-7090-4258-2	£15.95?£: UK pound	573	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Helen Hale
Over the River and Through the Woods	1996-10-00	Clifford D. Simak	Tachyon Publications	0-9648320-2-X	$25.00?$: US dollar	xiii+ 218	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Michael Dashow
Over the River and Through the Woods	1996-10-00	Clifford D. Simak	Tachyon Publications	0-9648320-2-X	$40.00?$: US dollar	xiii+ 218	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Michael Dashow
Over the River and Through the Woods	1996-10-00	Clifford D. Simak	Tachyon Publications	0-9648320-2-X	$65.00?$: US dollar	xiii+ 218	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Michael Dashow
Immortals	1998-07-00	ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois	Ace Books	0-441-00539-X	$5.99?$: US dollar	x+ 255	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	Jean-François Podevin
Over the River and Through the Woods	1999-06-00	Clifford D. Simak	Tachyon Publications / SFBC	00282	$9.98?$: US dollar	xiii+ 218	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Michael Dashow
The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume One	1999-06-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Tor	0-312-86881-2	$24.95?$: US dollar	384	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Jack Coggins
The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 1	2000-08-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Tor	0-312-86880-4	$14.95?$: US dollar	383	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
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction	2011-06-00	ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-3079-3	$49.99?$: US dollar	991	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
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
Immortals	2013-03-15	ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois	Baen Books	978-1-62579-113-9	$4.99?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Ron Miller
Escape Pod, EP453	2014-07-07	ed. Norm Sherman	Escape Artists, Inc.		$0.00?$: US dollar		digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	mag
Grotto of the Dancing Deer and Other Stories	2016-03-01	Clifford D. Simak	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-5040-2316-0	$7.99?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Jason Gabbert
Readers' Favorites from Analog 1980 to 1990	date unknown	ed. Stanley Schmidt				64	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".	anth

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