Title: Eyes of Amber

Title: Eyes of Amber Title Record # 50265
Author: Joan D. Vinge
Date: 1977-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations

Year	Language	Title
1979^ⓘTranslated by Mark Wynants	Dutch	Ogen van amber
1980^ⓘTranslated by Jean-Pierre Pugi	French	Les yeux d'ambre
1980^ⓘTranslated by Dees Postma	Dutch	Ogen van amber [as by J. D. Vinge]
1980^ⓘTranslated by Thomas Ziegler under his legal name Rainer Zubeil	German	Bernsteinaugen
1983^ⓘTranslated by Joachim Körber.	German	Bernsteinaugen
1984^ⓘ"Translation courtesy of Armenia Editore" Translated by Giampaolo Cossato and Sandro Sandrelli	Italian	Occhi d'ambra [as by Joan Vinge]
1985^ⓘTranslated by Maria Teresa Pinto Pereira.	Portuguese	Olhos de Âmbar
1986^ⓘTranslated by F. Nagy Piroska	Hungarian	Borostyánszemek
1991^ⓘTranslated by Wiesław Lipowski	Polish	Bursztynowe oczy
2001^ⓘTranslated by Giampaolo Cossato and Sandro Sandrelli	Italian	Occhi d'ambra

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
1	1978 Hugo	Best Novelette
5	1978 Locus	Best Short Fiction

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1977	1977-06-00	ed. Ben Bova	Condé Nast		$1.25^?$: 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	John Schoenherr
The New Women of Wonder	1978-01-00	ed. Pamela Sargent	Vintage Books	0-394-72438-0	$1.95^?$: US dollar	xxxiv+ 363	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	Charles Shields
The 1978 Annual World's Best SF	1978-05-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #288)	0-87997-376-5 / UJ1376	$1.95^?$: US dollar	270	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	Jack Gaughan
The 1978 Annual World's Best SF	1978-05-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	0-87997-376-5 / UJ1376	C$1.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	270	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	Jack Gaughan
The 1978 Annual World's Best SF	1978-08-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books / SFBC	3320	$2.98^?$: US dollar	277	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Richard Powers
SF. Top Class 1	1979-00-00	ed. Donald A. Wollheim	D.A.P. Reinaert	90-310-0458-8		331	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	anth
Eyes of Amber and Other Stories	1979-09-00	Joan D. Vinge	Signet / New American Library	0-451-08863-8	$1.95^?$: US dollar	248	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
Eyes of Amber and Other Stories	1979-09-00	Joan D. Vinge	Signet / New American Library of Canada	0-451-08863-8	C$2.25^?C$: Canadian dollar	248	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
Les yeux d'ambre	1980-00-00	Joan D. Vinge	Librairie des Champs-Élysées^?Librairie des Champs-Elysees (Le Masque - Science Fiction #102)	2-7024-0991-1		316	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	Philippe Adamoff
Ogen van amber	1980-00-00	J. D. Vinge	Elsevier (Elsevier SF)	90-10-03342-2	ƒ9.90^?ƒ: Dutch guilder	230	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	Peter Jones
Bestien für Norn	1980-03-00	ed. H. J. Alpers	Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy #5722)	3-426-05722-0	DM 5.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	192	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	W. Siudmak
The World's Best SF. 5	1980-05-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	Dennis Dobson	0-234-72199-5	£5.95^?£: UK pound	270	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Richard Weaver (artist)
Eyes of Amber and Other Stories	1981-07-00	Joan D. Vinge	Macdonald Futura	0-354-04747-7	£5.95^?£: UK pound	288	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Peter Jones
Eyes of Amber and Other Stories	1981-08-00	Joan D. Vinge	Orbit / Futura	0-7088-8082-7	£1.75^?£: UK pound	288	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	Peter Jones
Analog: Readers' Choice	1982-00-00	ed. Stanley Schmidt	Davis Publications		$2.95^?$: US dollar	284	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
The Analog Anthology #2	1982-01-00	ed. Stanley Schmidt	Davis Publications		$2.95^?$: US dollar	284	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
Analog: Readers' Choice	1982-03-00	ed. Stanley Schmidt	The Dial Press	0-385-27681-8	$12.95^?$: US dollar	284	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Eyes of Amber and Other Stories	1982-08-00	Joan D. Vinge	Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	1198		288	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Eyes of Amber and Other Stories	1983-02-00	Joan D. Vinge	Signet / New American Library	0-451-12083-3	$2.75^?$: US dollar	248	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	Tom Kidd
Bernsteinaugen und Zinnsoldaten	1983-06-00	Joan D. Vinge	Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction #3615)	3-8118-3615-3	DM 6.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	302	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	Rowena Morrill
Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Seven	1983-12-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #288)	0-87997-888-0 / UE1888	$2.95^?$: US dollar	270	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	Graham Wildridge
I Premi Hugo: 1976-1983	1984-00-00	ed. Sandro Pergameno	Editrice Nord (Grandi Opere Nord #10)	88-429-0699-9		xii+ 753+ [3]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	David Hardy
Olhos de Âmbar	1985-00-00	Joan D. Vinge	Publicações Europa-América^?Publicacoes Europa-America (Livros de Bolso, série Ficção Científica #94)			236	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	coll
The Hugo Winners: Volume 4	1985-04-12	ed. Isaac Asimov	Doubleday	0-385-18934-6	$18.95^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 561	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Kiyoshi Kanai
Robur 14	1986-00-00	ed. Kuczka Péter^?Kuczka, Peter , Rigó Béla^?Rigo Bela	Móra Ferenc Ifjúsági Könyvkiadó^?Mora Ferenc Ifjusagi Konyvkiado	963-11-5114-X	Ft 42^?Ft: Hungarian forint	96	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	M. Zalejski , Kövesdi László
The Hugo Winners, Volume 4: 1976-1979	1986-10-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Doubleday / SFBC	05647	$6.98^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 495	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Kiyoshi Kanai
The Dark Void	1987-06-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Severn House	0-7278-1424-9	£9.95^?£: UK pound	239	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Fenix, V2 #2, 1991	1991-00-00	ed. Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz^?Rafal A. Ziemkiewicz	Radwan				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	Sanjulian
Les yeux d'ambre	1992-03-23	Joan D. Vinge	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #3205)	2-277-23205-X		314	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
Les yeux d'ambre	1992-12-18	Joan D. Vinge	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #3205)	2-277-23205-X		314	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
Occhi d'ambra e altre storie	2001-04-00	Joan D. Vinge	Editrice Nord (Cosmo Collana di Fantascienza #315)	88-429-1173-9	Lit 16,000^?Lit: Italian lira	182	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
Eyes of Amber and Other Stories	date unknown	Joan D. Vinge	Signet / New American Library of Canada	0-451-12083-3	C$2.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	248	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	Tom Kidd
The 1978 Annual World's Best SF	date unknown	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #288)	0-87997-376-5	$1.95^?$: US dollar	270	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	Jack Gaughan

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Reviews

Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1980) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 1980
Review by Ann Collier (1980) in Foundation, #20 October 1980
Review by Joseph Nicholas (1984) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 7, Number 6