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Title: Palely Loitering Title Record # 49857
Author: Christopher Priest
Date: 1979-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
User Rating: 9.00 (2 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: time travel (1), science fiction (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1980ⓘTranslated by Annemarie Kindt
 Dutch Van Vandaag en Morgen
1980ⓘTranslated by M. Mathieu
 French Et j'erre solitaire et pâle
1980ⓘTranslated by Daniel Lemoine
 French Promenades mélancoliques dans le futur
1980ⓘTranslated by Tommy Flatting First published in JVM #384, 1980.
 Swedish Tidsflödets spel
1981ⓘTranslated by Irmtraud Kremp
 German Grenzstreifzüge
1981ⓘTranslated by Hitoshi Yasuda (安田均)
 Japanese
青ざめた逍遥?Aozameta Shōyō
Aozameta Shouyou
Aozameta Shoyo
[as by
クリストファー・プリースト?Kurisutofā Purīsuto
]
1982ⓘTranslated by Martha Heesen
 Dutch Het elektriciteitspark
1992 Portuguese Vagueiam pálidos e sós
1992ⓘTranslated by Paola Tomaselli
 Italian Il parco del tempo
2015ⓘTranslated by Pierre-Paul Durastanti and M. Mathieu
 French Errant solitaire et pâle

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Win 1979 BSFA Best Short Fiction
3 1980 Locus Best Novella
6 1980 Hugo Best Novelette

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1979 1979-01-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$1.25?$: US dollar
 164
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 Ron Walotsky Checkmark
An Infinite Summer 1979-06-00 Christopher Priest Faber and Faber 0-571-11343-5
£5.25?£: UK pound
 208
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
An Infinite Summer 1979-10-00 Christopher Priest Charles Scribner's Sons 0-684-16274-1
$8.95?$: US dollar
 208
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Anita Siegel Checkmark
An Infinite Summer 1979-10-00 Christopher Priest Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 1158   208
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
An Infinite Summer 1980-06-00 Christopher Priest Pan Books 0-330-26048-0
£1.25?£: UK pound
 189
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 Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #2 1980-10-00 ed. Terry Carr Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-28792-4
$2.50?$: US dollar
 ix+
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 Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #2 1980-10-00 ed. Terry Carr Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-28792-4
C$2.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 ix+
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 Checkmark
An Infinite Summer 1981-06-00 Christopher Priest Dell 0-440-14067-6
$2.75?$: US dollar
 219
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 Don Punchatz Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF 2013-07-04 ed. Mike Ashley Robinson 978-1-4721-0025-2
£7.99?£: UK pound
 viii+
532
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 Joe Roberts  
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF 2013-07-04 ed. Mike Ashley Robinson 978-1-4721-0026-9
£10.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth joeroberts.co.uk Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF 2013-09-03 ed. Mike Ashley Running Press 978-0-7624-4939-2
$13.95?$: US dollar
 viii+
535
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
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF 2013-11-00 ed. Mike Ashley Running Press 978-0-7624-4939-2
$14.95?$: US dollar
 viii+
535
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
As Time Goes By 2015-01-15 ed. Hank Davis Baen 978-1-62579-353-9
$8.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Adam Burn  
As Time Goes By 2015-02-03 ed. Hank Davis Baen 978-1-4767-8052-8
$14.00?$: US dollar
 304
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 Adam Burn  
Episodes: Short Stories 2019-07-11 Christopher Priest Gollancz 978-1-4732-2600-5
£13.99?£: UK pound
 368
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Episodes: Short Stories 2019-07-11 Christopher Priest Gollancz 978-1-4732-0064-7
£8.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Checkmark
Episodes: Short Stories 2020-05-14 Christopher Priest Gollancz 978-1-4732-0063-0
£8.99?£: UK pound
 368
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 Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF date unknown ed. Mike Ashley Robinson 978-1-4721-0025-2
£7.99?£: UK pound
 viii+
535
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 Joe Roberts  
An Infinite Summer date unknown Christopher Priest Dell 0-440-14067-6
$2.95?$: US dollar
 219
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 Don Punchatz Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF date unknown ed. Mike Ashley Running Press 978-0-7624-4939-2
$14.95?$: US dollar
 viii+
535
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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