Title: The Urth of the New Sun Title Record # 936
Author: Gene Wolfe
Date: 1987-08-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Book of The New Sun
Series Number: 5
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Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations

Year Language Title 1989ⓘTranslated by Isabel Maria Monteiro Portuguese Urth do Novo Sol 1989ⓘTranslated by William Desmond. First half of the original novel. French Le nouveau soleil de Teur 1 1989ⓘTranslated by William Desmond French Le nouveau soleil de Teur 2 1990ⓘTranslated by Reinhard Heinz German Die Urth der Neuen Sonne 1991ⓘ Translated by Aleksandar B. Nedeljković Serbian Urt Novog Sunca [as by Džin Volf?Dzin Volf Dzhin Volf ] 1996ⓘTranslated by Marcelo Cohen Spanish La Urth del Sol Nuevo 1998ⓘTranslated by Gianluigi Zuddas Italian Urth del Nuovo Sole 2006ⓘTranslated by William Desmond French Le nouveau soleil de Teur

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1988 SF Chronicle	Novel
3	1988 Locus	Best SF Novel
5	1988 Hugo	Best Novel
Nomination	1989 Nebula	Novel
Nomination (as Die Urth der Neuen Sonne)	1991 Kurd Lasswitz Prize	Bester ausländischer SF-Roman

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
The Urth of the New Sun	1987-08-00	Gene Wolfe	Gollancz	0-575-04116-1	£11.95?£: UK pound	372	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Peter Goodfellow
The Urth of the New Sun	1987-11-00	Gene Wolfe	Tor	0-312-93033-X	$17.95?$: US dollar	372	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Carol Russo
The Urth of the New Sun	1988-01-00	Gene Wolfe	Tor / SFBC	11708	$4.98?$: US dollar	310+ [1]	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Carol Russo
The Urth of the New Sun	1988-09-00	Gene Wolfe	Orbit	0-7088-8268-4	£4.99?£: UK pound	372	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.	novel
The Urth of the New Sun	1988-09-00	Gene Wolfe	Tor	0-812-55817-0	$3.95?$: US dollar	372	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.	novel
Urth do Novo Sol	1989-00-00	Gene Wolfe	Publicações Europa-América?Publicacoes Europa-America ( Colecção Nébula?Coleccao Nebula #33)	972-1-02964-5		322	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.	novel	Tim White
Le nouveau soleil de Teur 1	1989-04-00	Gene Wolfe	Denoël?Denoel ( Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #488)	2-207-30488-4		252	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.	novel	Luigi Castiglioni
Le nouveau soleil de Teur 2	1989-04-00	Gene Wolfe	Denoël?Denoel ( Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #489)	2-207-30489-2		243	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.	novel	Luigi Castiglioni
Die Urth der Neuen Sonne	1990-07-00	Gene Wolfe	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4655)	3-453-03920-3	DM 10.80?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.	novel	Don Maitz
Urt Novog Sunca	1991-00-00	Džin Volf?Dzin Volf Dzhin Volf	Polaris Beograd (SF biblioteka Polaris)			301	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.	novel	Frank Frazetta
La Urth del Sol Nuevo	1996-00-00	Gene Wolfe	Minotauro	84-450-7145-9		430	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Michael Johnson (artist)
The Urth of the New Sun	1997-12-00	Gene Wolfe	Orb	0-312-86394-2	$14.95?$: US dollar	372	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.	novel
Urth del Nuovo Sole	1998-10-00	Gene Wolfe	Editrice Nord (Narrativa Nord #115)	88-429-1045-7	Lit 24,000?Lit: Italian lira	iv+ 342	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.	novel	Bruce Pennington
L'ombre du bourreau: L'intégrale 2/2	2006-02-00	Gene Wolfe	Denoël?Denoel (Lunes d'encre)	2-207-25635-9	€33.00?€: Euro	1064	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.	omni	Guillaume Sorel
The Urth of the New Sun	2014-05-00	Gene Wolfe	Centipede Press		$225.00?$: US dollar	317	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Urth of the New Sun	date unknown	Gene Wolfe	Orb	0-312-86394-2	$15.95?$: US dollar	372	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.	novel
The Urth of the New Sun	date unknown	Gene Wolfe	Orb	0-312-86394-2	$15.95?$: US dollar	372	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.	novel

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Reviews

• Review by Faren Miller (1987) in Locus, #319 August 1987
• Review by Peter Nicholls (1987) in Foundation, #41 Winter 1987, (1987) , reprinted in:
•     [German] Das Science Fiction Jahr Ausgabe 1991 (1991)
•     Genre Fiction: The Roaring Years: A Collection of Commentaries and Reviews (2022)
•     Genre Fiction: The Roaring Years: A Collection of Commentaries and Reviews (2022)
• Review by Darrell Schweitzer (1988) in Aboriginal Science Fiction, January-February 1988
• Review by Don D'Ammassa (1988) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #100 January 1988
• Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1988) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1988
• Review by Orson Scott Card (1988) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1988
• Review by Martyn Taylor (1988) in Vector 143
• Review by Paul Kincaid (1988) in Vector 143
• Review [French] by Pascal J. Thomas (1988) in Yellow Submarine, #57
• Review by Andy Robertson (1988) in Interzone, #24 Summer 1988
• Review by Mary Frances Zambreno (1988) in American Fantasy, Winter 1988
• Review by Bruce Gillespie (1989) in SF Commentary, #67
• Review [French] by Jonathan Dornet (1989) in A&A, #121
• Review by Dave Panchyk (1989) in Spintrian, June 1989
• Review [German] by
  Franz Schröpf^?Franz Schroepf
  (1990) in Fantasia 57/58
• Review by Stephen M. Davis (1998) in SF Site, January 1998, (1998)
• Review by Glen Engel-Cox (1999) in First Impressions, Installment Fifty
• Review [Spanish] by José Miguel Pallarés (2001) in Las 100 mejores novelas de ciencia ficción del siglo XX