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Author: Jack Vance
Year: 1966
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_World
ISFDB Record Number: 8157
Note: Based on the novella "The Kragen" (1964).
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Variant Titles:
- Thé̂ Giới Màu Xanh [Vietnamese] (1966) - Jack Vance
- König der Wasserwelt [German] (1967) - Jack Vance
- Blauwe Wereld [Dutch] (1970) - Jack Vance
- Un monde d'azur [French] (1978) - Jack Vance
- Der azurne Planet [German] (1981) - Jack Vance
- Pianeta d'acqua [Italian] (2010) - Jack Vance
Awards:
- 1967 Nebula Award - Novel (Made First Ballot)
- 1988 Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel (Preliminary Nominee)
- 1994 Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel (Preliminary Nominee)
- 1995 Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel (Preliminary Nominee)
- 1996 Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel (Preliminary Nominee)
Publications:
- The Blue World, (May 1966, Jack Vance, publ. Ballantine, #U2169, $0.50, 190pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
- König der Wasserwelt, (1967, Jack Vance, publ. Moewig (Terra #508), #508, 66pp, digest)
- Blauwe Wereld, (1970, Jack Vance, publ. Born (Born SF #22), #22, 189pp, pb) Cover: Alex Jagtenberg - [VERIFIED]
- The Blue World, (May 1976, Jack Vance, publ. Mayflower, 0-583-12497-6, £0.60, 190pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
- The Blue World, (Feb 1977, Jack Vance, publ. Mayflower, 0-583-12497-6, £0.60, 190pp, pb)
- The Blue World, (Apr 1977, Jack Vance, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-25784-7, $1.50, 190pp, pb) Cover: Vincent Di Fate - [VERIFIED]
- Blauwe Wereld + De Machines van Maz, (1978, Jack Vance, publ. Meulenhoff (M=SF #132), 90-290-0927-6, 291pp, pb, omni) Cover: Paul Lehr - [VERIFIED]
- Un monde d'azur, (1978, Jack Vance, publ. Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #7018), 2-253-01865-1, 220pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
- The Blue World, (Aug 1979, Jack Vance, publ. Underwood-Miller, 0-934438-15-3, $15.00, 190pp, hc) Cover: Cathy Hill - [VERIFIED]
- Der azurne Planet, (Jan 1981, Jack Vance, publ. Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction #3509), 3-8118-3509-2, DM 6.80, 224pp, pb) Cover: Maroto - [VERIFIED]
- Eeuwige Blauwe Domeinen, (1983, Jack Vance, publ. Meulenhoff (M=SF #200), 90-290-1793-7, 555pp, tp, omni) Cover: Chris Foss - [VERIFIED]
- The Blue World, (Apr 1983, Jack Vance, publ. DAW Books (DAW Collectors #527), 0-87997-817-1, $2.25, 176pp, pb) Cover: David B. Mattingly - [VERIFIED]
- The Blue World, (Apr 1983, Jack Vance, publ. DAW Books (DAW Collectors #527), 0-87997-817-1, C$2.75, 176pp, pb) Cover: David B. Mattingly - [VERIFIED]
- Un monde d'azur, (Dec 1984, Jack Vance, publ. Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5193), 2-266-01479-X, 219pp, pb) Cover: W. Siudmak - [VERIFIED]
- The Blue World, (Mar 1987, Jack Vance, publ. Grafton, 0-583-12497-6, £2.50, 204pp, pb)
- The Blue World, (Mar 2003, Jack Vance, publ. Gollancz (SF Collectors' Editions), 0-575-07348-9, £9.99, 190pp, tp) Cover: Steve Crisp - [VERIFIED]
- The Blue World, (2005, Jack Vance, publ. Vance Integral Edition (Vance Integral Edition #16), 0-9712375-1-4, [viii]+214pp, hc) - [VERIFIED]
- Pianeta d'acqua, (May 2010, Jack Vance, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Urania Collezione #88), #88, € 5.50, 348pp, pb) Cover: Franco Brambilla
Reviews:
- Review by J. Cawthorn (1966) in New Worlds SF, October 1966
- Review by Judith Merril (1966) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1966
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1968) in Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, March 1968
- Review by Alan Fraser (1987) in Paperback Inferno, 67