Title: The Custodians
Title Record # 50731
Author: Richard Cowper
Date: 1975-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Author: Richard Cowper
Date: 1975-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
User Rating: This title has no votes. VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), nuclear war (1), precognition (1), predestination (1), monasticism (1) Add Tags
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| 5 | 1976 Hugo | Best Novella |
| Nomination | 1976 Nebula | Novelette |
| 6 | 1976 Locus | Best Novella |
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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| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1975 | 1975-10-00 | ed. Edward L. Ferman | Mercury Press, Inc. | $1.00?$: 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 | Mazey , Schell |  |
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| The Custodians and Other Stories | 1976-04-00 | Richard Cowper | Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) | 0-575-02096-2 | £3.40?£: UK pound |
191 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
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| The 1976 Annual World's Best SF | 1976-05-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #192) | 0-87997-232-7 / UW1232 | $1.50?$: US dollar |
304 | 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 1976 Annual World's Best SF | 1976-05-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | UW1232 | C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
304 | 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 Year's Best Science Fiction No. 9 | 1976-06-00 | ed. Brian Aldiss, Harry Harrison | Orbit / Futura | 0-86007-894-9 | £0.65?£: UK pound |
206 | 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 | |
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| The 1976 Annual World's Best SF | 1976-08-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books / SFBC | 2864 | $2.49?$: US dollar |
viii+ 276 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Chet Jezierski | |
| Best SF: 75, The Ninth Annual | 1976-09-00 | ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison | Bobbs-Merrill Company | 0-672-52197-0 | $10.00?$: US dollar |
xiv+ [2]+ 240 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Fredrick Samperi | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 9 | 1976-11-00 | ed. Brian Aldiss, Harry Harrison | Weidenfeld & Nicolson | 0-297-77261-9 | £3.95?£: UK pound |
206 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| The Custodians and Other Stories | 1978-00-00 | Richard Cowper | Pan Books | 0-330-25364-6 | £0.60?£: UK pound |
144 | 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 | Geoff Taylor | |
| The World's Best S.F. 3 | 1979-03-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | Dennis Dobson | 0-234-72115-4 | £4.95?£: UK pound |
304 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Richard Weaver (artist) | |
| Out There Where the Big Ships Go | 1980-10-00 | Richard Cowper | Pocket Books | 0-671-83501-7 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
191 | 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 Maitz | |
| Out There Where the Big Ships Go | 1980-10-00 | Richard Cowper | Pocket Books | 0-671-83501-7 | C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar |
191 | 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 Maitz | |
| Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Five | 1981-12-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books | 0-87997-674-8 / UE1674 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
304 | 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 | Oliviero Berni | |
| The Custodians and Other Stories | 2013-09-30 | Richard Cowper | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-10820-2 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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Reviews
- Review by Leonard Isaacs (1977) in Foundation, #11 and 12 March 1977
- Review by Philippa Grove-Stephensen (1978) in Paperback Parlour, April 1978