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Author: Jack Vance
Year: 1996
Type: NOVEL
Series: Gaean Reach
Language: English
ISFDB Record Number: 5761
Note: A long review by Darrell Schweitzer can be found in the Washington Post Book World, January 26, 1997, p. 6 (about 260 words).
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Variant Titles:
- Nachtlamp [Dutch] (1996) - Jack Vance
- La mémoire des étoiles [French] (1998) - Jack Vance
- Nachtlicht [German] (2000) - Jack Vance
Magazine Appearances:
- La fiamma della notte (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1997) - Jack Vance
Awards:
- 1997 Locus Poll Award - Best SF Novel (Place: 8)
Publications:
- Night Lamp, (Apr 1996, Jack Vance, publ. Underwood Books, 1-887424-18-0, $60.00, 389pp, hc) Cover: Stephen Hickman - [VERIFIED]
- Nachtlamp, (Apr 1996, Jack Vance, publ. Meulenhoff (M=SF #335), 90-290-5060-8, 464pp, tp) Cover: Nico Keulers
- Night Lamp, (Nov 1996, Jack Vance, publ. Tor, 0-312-85685-7, $23.95, 380pp, hc) Cover: Vladimir Nenov - [VERIFIED]
- Night Lamp, (Dec 1996, Jack Vance, publ. Tor / SFBC, #14438, $11.98, 380pp, hc) Cover: Vladimir Nenov - [VERIFIED]
- Night Lamp, (Jan 1997, Jack Vance, publ. HarperCollins (UK), 0-00-224653-8, £9.99, 380pp, tp) Cover: Mick Van Houten
- Urania #1312, (Jun 1997, ed. Giuseppe Lippi, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, #1312, 5,900 Lit, 455pp, pb, magazine) Cover: Marco Patrito - [VERIFIED]
- Night Lamp, (Mar 1998, Jack Vance, publ. Tor, 0-312-86472-8, $14.95, 380pp, tp) Cover: Vladimir Nenov - [VERIFIED]
- Night Lamp, (Mar 1998, Jack Vance, publ. Voyager / HarperCollins, 0-00-648211-2, £5.99, 380pp, pb) Cover: Mick Van Houten - [VERIFIED]
- La mémoire des étoiles, (Oct 1998, Jack Vance, publ. Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5696), 2-266-08711-8, 474+XXXVIII+2pp, pb) Cover: W. Siudmak - [VERIFIED]
- Nachtlicht, (Apr 2000, Jack Vance, publ. Heyne, 3-453-16193-9, 571pp, pb)
- Night Lamp, (2002, Jack Vance, publ. Vance Integral Edition (Vance Integral Edition #42), 0-9712375-1-4, [viii]+530pp, hc) - [VERIFIED]
Reviews:
- Review by Russell Letson (1996) in Locus, #430 November 1996
- Review by Chris Gilmore (1996) in Interzone, #114 December 1996
- Review by Paul Di Filippo (1997) in Science Fiction Eye, Fall 1997
- Review by Peter Heck (1997) in Asimov's Science Fiction, March 1997
- Review by Tom Easton (1997) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 1997
- Review by David Langford (1997) in Vector 193
- Review by Don D'Ammassa (1997) in Science Fiction Chronicle, June 1997
- Review by uncredited (1998) in Vector 199
- Review by Norman Spinrad (1999) in Asimov's Science Fiction, March 1999
- Review by Paul Di Filippo and Damien Broderick (2012) in Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010