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Title: The Longest Voyage Title Record # 5356
Author: Poul Anderson
Date: 1960-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: On a distant planet populated by humans, a sailing ship from a culture going through an analog of Europe's Age of Exploration encounters a culture similar to earth's aboriginal island dwellers, and learns they have a legend about a demigod who came to them from the stars and still lives among them.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1966Translated by Gian Luigi Gonano
Italian Il viaggio piů lungo
1969Translated by Michel Deutsch, revised by Jean-Daniel Brčque for "Le chant du barde"
French Long cours
1970Translated by Avarossy Éva
Hungarian A leghosszabb utazás
1979Translated by Tony Westermayr
German
Die längste Reise?Die laengste Reise
1982Translated by Irene Holicki
German
Die längste Reise?Die laengste Reise
1986
  • Translated by Jadranka Prišlin
Croatian Najduže putovanje

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
1 1961 Hugo Best Short Fiction

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, December 1960 1960-12-00 ed. John W. Campbell Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.50?$: 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 Schoenherr Checkmark
Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, April 1961 (UK) 1961-04-00 ed. John W. Campbell Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
2/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
132
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 Checkmark
The Hugo Winners 1962-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Doubleday  
$4.50?$: US dollar
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Hugo Winners 1962-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Doubleday  
C$4.95?C$: Canadian dollar
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Hugo Winners 1962-12-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Doubleday / SFBC     xvi+
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Hugo Winners 1963-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Dennis Dobson  
18/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Hugo Winners 1964-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Avon S-127
$0.60?$: US dollar
xv+
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
The Hugo Winners 1964-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Avon S-127
C$0.60?C$: Canadian dollar
xv+
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
The Hugo Winners 1964-10-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Penguin Books 1905
4/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
342
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 Monsů Desiderio Checkmark
Gamma #5 1966-03-00 ed. Valentino De Carlo Edizioni Gamma (Italy) 5
Lit 500?Lit: Italian lira
144
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 Ferruccio Alessandri Checkmark
The Hugo Winners 1968-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Penguin Books 1905
5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
342
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 Richard Hollis  
Fiction, #186 1969-06-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
OPTA  
F3.50?F: French frank
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 Claude Auclair Checkmark
A pokolba tartó vonat 1970-00-00 ed.
Ferenczné Árkos Ilona?Ferenczne Arkos Ilona
Gondolat  
Ft 23?Ft: Hungarian forint
327
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
Kolozsváry György?Kolozsvary Gyorgy
Checkmark
The Hugo Winners, Volumes One and Two 1972-01-00 Isaac Asimov Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 2000
$3.98?$: US dollar
849
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni F. & J. Silversmiths, Inc. Checkmark
The Hugo Winners, Volume 1 1973-04-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest 0-449-01811-3 / M1811
$0.95?$: US dollar
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
I premi Hugo: Volume 1ş: 1955-1961?I premi Hugo: Volume Primo: 1955-1961
1974-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov De Carlo Editore (Italy)  
Lit 4,500?Lit: Italian lira
405
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Hugo Winners, Volume 1 1974-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest P2162
$1.25?$: US dollar
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 Many Worlds of Poul Anderson 1974-06-00 Poul Anderson Chilton 0-8019-5950-0
$6.95?$: US dollar
[10]+
324
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Charles Geer Checkmark
The Book of Poul Anderson 1975-06-00 Poul Anderson DAW Books (DAW Collectors #153) 0-87997-176-2 / UW1176
$1.50?$: US dollar
284
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
The Book of Poul Anderson 1975-06-00 Poul Anderson DAW Books / New American Library of Canada UW1176
C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar
284
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
The Best of Poul Anderson 1976-08-00 Poul Anderson Pocket Books 0-671-80671-8
$1.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
287
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 Mara McAfee Checkmark
The Book of Poul Anderson 1978-06-00 Poul Anderson DAW Books 0-87997-347-1 / UJ1347
$1.95?$: US dollar
284
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
The Book of Poul Anderson 1978-12-00 Poul Anderson DAW Books 0-87997-347-1 / UJ1347
C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar
284
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
Die längste Reise?Die laengste Reise
1979-08-00 Poul Anderson Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #23315) 3-442-23315-1
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
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
Jürgen F. Rogner?Juergen F. Rogner
Checkmark
The Best of Poul Anderson 1979-08-00 Poul Anderson Pocket Books 0-671-83140-2
$2.25?$: US dollar
xvi+
287
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 Mara McAfee Checkmark
The Best of Poul Anderson 1979-08-00 Poul Anderson Pocket Books 0-671-83140-2
C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar
xvi+
287
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 Mara McAfee Checkmark
The Hugo Winners 1979-10-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest 0-449-23917-9
$1.95?$: US dollar
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 Attila Hejja  
The Analog Anthology #1 1980-12-00 ed. Stanley Schmidt Davis Publications  
$2.95?$: US dollar
380
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
Analog's Golden Anniversary Anthology 1981-00-00 ed. Stanley Schmidt The Dial Press 0-8037-0217-5
$10.95?$: US dollar
380
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Hugo Winners 1981-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest 0-449-23917-9
$2.25?$: US dollar
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 Attila Hejja Checkmark
Winners 1981-08-00 Poul Anderson Tor / Pinnacle (Jim Baen Presents) 0-523-48507-7
$2.75?$: US dollar
299
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
Fifty Years of the Best Science Fiction from Analog 1982-00-00 ed. Stanley Schmidt Davis Publications  
$2.95?$: US dollar
380
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 Checkmark
Das Forschungsteam 1982-10-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Heyne (Bibliothek der Science Fiction Literatur #13) 3-453-30804-2
DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
447
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 Jim Burns 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 Book of Poul Anderson 1983-10-00 Poul Anderson DAW Books 0-87997-868-6 / UE1868
C$2.95?C$: Canadian dollar
284
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
Sirius, #126 1986-11-05 ed.
Milivoj Pašiček?Milivoj Pasicek
Milivoj Pashichek
Vjesnik  
Din 250?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar
132
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.
mag
Dobrosav Bob Živković?Dobrosav Bob Zivkovic
Dobrosav Bob Zhivkovic
Checkmark
The Longest Voyage / Slow Lightning 1991-02-00 ed. Poul Anderson, Steven Popkes Tor (Tor Double #30) 0-812-51170-0
$3.95?$: US dollar
241
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 Wayne Barlowe Checkmark
I premi Hugo 1955-1962 1993-12-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Mondadori (Classici Urania #201)  
Lit 6,000?Lit: Italian lira
336
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 Barclay Shaw  
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction 1994-02-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-10504-5
$27.95?$: US dollar
xii+
657
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Kim Poor Checkmark
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction 1994-02-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press / SFBC 02508
$14.98?$: US dollar
xii+
657
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Kim Poor Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Contemporary SF Masters 1994-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 1-85487-297-4
Ł5.99?Ł: UK pound
xii+
657
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
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction 1994-09-01 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-11317-X
$15.95?$: US dollar
657
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 Kim Poor  
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons 2000-04-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-25462-8
$17.95?$: US dollar
xi+
481
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 Chesley Bonestell Checkmark
Exploring the Horizons: Explorers, and the Furthest Horizon 2000-05-00 Gardner Dozois Science Fiction Book Club 0-7394-1009-1 / 11247
$17.98?$: US dollar
916
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni John Berkey Checkmark
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons 2002-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois   0-312-27150-6
$17.95?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Chesley Bonestell  
The Queen of Air and Darkness 2009-09-00 Poul Anderson NESFA Press (The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson #2) 978-1-886778-87-0
$29.00?$: US dollar
503
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Tom Canty 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  
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction 2014-10-28 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 978-1-4668-8447-2
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Kim Poor  
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons date unknown ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 978-0-312-27150-3
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Chesley Bonestell  
The Hugo Winners, Volume 1 date unknown ed. Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest Q2315
$1.50?$: US dollar
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 Hugo Winners, Volumes One and Two date unknown Isaac Asimov Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 02000   849
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni F. & J. Silversmiths, Inc. Checkmark
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