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Title: The Saturn Game Title Record # 5355
Author: Poul Anderson
Date: 1981-02-02
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Series: Technic History
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: This crew has travelled for 8 years to get to Iapetus. On the way they roleplayed a lot, including using the Iapetus environment as a setting for a magical kingdom. Now that they're here, they keep sliding into their other personas.
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Current Tags: saturn (1), science fiction (1), RPG (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1981Translated by Michael Windgassen
German Das Saturnspiel
1982Translated by Jean-Pierre Pugi, revised by Jean-Daniel Brèque for "Le chant du barde"
French Le jeu de Saturne
1984Translated by Annarita Guarnieri
Italian Il gioco di Saturno
1984Translated by Edda Petri
German Das Saturnspiel
1985Translated by Annemarie van Ewijc
Dutch Saturnusspel
2007 Swedish Saturnusspelet

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, February 2, 1981 1981-02-02 ed. Stanley Schmidt Davis Publications  
$1.50?$: 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 Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
Analog 1 1981-10-00 ed. Hans Joachim Alpers Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction #3547) 3-8118-3547-5
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
237
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 Angus McKie Checkmark
Explorations 1981-11-00 Poul Anderson Tor (Jim Baen Presents) 0-523-48517-4
$2.50?$: US dollar
317
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 Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11 1982-07-00 ed. Terry Carr Timescape / Pocket Books 0-671-44483-2
$3.95?$: US dollar
viii+
438
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
Les abîmes angoissants de Poul Anderson 1982-10-00 Poul Anderson Casterman (Autres temps, autres mondes) 2-203-22635-8   221
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Philippe Adamov  
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 1982-11-00 ed. Terry Carr Gollancz 0-575-03156-5
£9.95?£: UK pound
viii+
430
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Nebula Award Stories Seventeen 1983-08-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Holt, Rinehart and Winston 0-03-063528-4
$16.95?$: US dollar
291
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lucy Albanese Checkmark
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 Checkmark
Die schönsten Science Fiction Stories des Jahres: Band 2 1984-02-00 ed. Terry Carr Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4047) 3-453-30990-1
DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
526
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
De beste SF van het jaar 1985-00-00 ed. Terry Carr Het Spectrum (Prisma #2410) 90-274-1553-6   254
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 Tim White Checkmark
Nebula Award Stories 17 1985-06-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Ace Science Fiction Books 0-441-56797-5
$3.50?$: US dollar
291
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 Jeffrey Ridge Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
The Saturn Game / Iceborn 1989-11-00 ed. Poul Anderson, Gregory Benford, Paul A. Carter Tor (Tor Double #14) 0-812-50277-9
$3.50?$: US dollar
85+
96
dos?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.
anth Mark Maxwell Checkmark
Explorations 1991-11-00 Poul Anderson Tor 0-812-51536-6
$3.99?$: US dollar
317
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 Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1980s 1993-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Carroll & Graf 0-88184-959-6
$9.95?$: US dollar
534
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 Gerry Grace Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1980s 1993-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Robinson 1-85487-181-1
£5.99?£: UK pound
534
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 Gerry Grace Checkmark
Nebula Award-Winning Novellas 1994-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-590-X
$8.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
590
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 Digital Art Checkmark
Nebula Award-Winning Novellas 1996-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0296-9   xiii+
590
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 Checkmark
The Saturn Game 1997-02-00 Poul Anderson Science Fiction Book Club (The Science Fiction Book Club Collection) 1-56865-274-7 / 13972
$7.98?$: US dollar
viii+
151
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
chap Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Going for Infinity 2002-06-00 Poul Anderson Tor 0-765-30359-0
$25.95?$: US dollar
416
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
Going for Infinity 2002-08-00 Poul Anderson Tor / SFBC 52162
$12.99?$: US dollar
416
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Vincent Di Fate  
Going for Infinity 2003-05-00 Poul Anderson Tor 0-765-30597-6
$14.95?$: US dollar
416
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 Vincent Di Fate  
Science Fiction 2004-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh W. H. Smith 1-84529-107-7
£4.99?£: UK pound
534
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 Martin Buchan Checkmark
Nova science fiction, nummer 14 2007-00-00 ed. John-Henri Holmberg Gafiac  
skr 65?skr: Swedish krona (crown)
 
A5?14.8 cm by 21 cm or 5.8" by 8.3" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
mag  
The Van Rijn Method 2008-09-00 Poul Anderson Baen 978-1-4165-5569-8
$22.00?$: US dollar
xii+
450
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll David Seeley Checkmark
The Van Rijn Method 2008-09-00 Poul Anderson Baen 978-1-4165-5569-8
$6.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll David Seeley Checkmark
The Van Rijn Method 2008-09-01 Poul Anderson Baen 978-1-61824-694-3
$6.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll David Seeley  
The Van Rijn Method 2009-05-00 Poul Anderson Baen / SFBC 1268917
$12.99?$: US dollar
xii+
450
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll David Seeley Checkmark
The Van Rijn Method 2009-11-24 Poul Anderson Baen 978-1-4391-3326-2
$7.99?$: US dollar
xvi+
635
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 Dave Seeley Checkmark
The Saturn Game 2010-07-00 Poul Anderson NESFA Press (The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson #3) 978-1-886778-89-4
$29.00?$: US dollar
511
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Le chant du barde 2012-08-00 Poul Anderson Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #32703) 978-2-253-13487-9
€8.10?€: Euro
620
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  
The Van Rijn Method 2020-03-24 Poul Anderson Tantor Audio 978-1-977365-30-9
$24.49?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Checkmark
The Van Rijn Method 2020-03-24 Poul Anderson Tantor Audio 979-820028217-3    
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks
coll  
The Van Rijn Method 2021-03-01 Poul Anderson Tantor and Blackstone Publishing 979-820028219-7
$55.99?$: US dollar
 
audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks
coll  
The Van Rijn Method 2021-03-01 Poul Anderson Tantor and Blackstone Publishing 979-820028218-0
$65.99?$: US dollar
 
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks
coll  
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