Title: Hell Is the Absence of God
Title Record # 100308
Author: Ted Chiang
Date: 2001-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: podcastle.org
Language: English
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Current Tags: alternate cosmology (1), theodicy (1), religion (1), god (1), angels (1), Hell (1) Add Tags
Author: Ted Chiang
Date: 2001-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: podcastle.org
Language: English
User Rating: 8.44 (9 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: alternate cosmology (1), theodicy (1), religion (1), god (1), angels (1), Hell (1) Add Tags
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| 1 | 2002 Hugo | Best Novelette |
| 1 | 2002 Locus | Best Novelette |
| Finalists | 2002 Sturgeon | Best Short Science Fiction |
| Win | 2003 Nebula | Novelette |
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Win
(as 地獄とは神の不在なり?Jigoku towa Kami no Fuzai Nari )
じごく とは かみ の ふざいなり |
2004 Seiun | Best Translated Short Story |
| 2 (as El infierno es la ausencia de Dios) | 2005 Premio Ignotus | Mejor cuento extranjero - Best Foreign Story |
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1 ⓘ43 votes.
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2012 Locus Online | 21st Century Novelette |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starlight 3 | 2001-07-00 | ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden | Tor | 0-312-86780-8 | $24.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
350 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Edward Miller |  |
| Starlight 3 | 2002-05-00 | ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden | Tor | 0-312-86779-4 | $15.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
350 | 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 | Edward Miller | |
| Fantasy: The Best of 2001 | 2002-06-00 | ed. Karen Haber, Robert Silverberg | ibooks | 0-7434-5247-X | $7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
viii+ 424 |
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 | Scott Grimando | |
| Hell Is the Absence of God | 2002-07-00 | Ted Chiang | Fictionwise | $0.88?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
chap | |
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| Stories of Your Life and Others | 2002-07-00 | Ted Chiang | Tor | 0-765-30418-X | $24.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
333 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Gregory Manchess | |
| Year's Best Fantasy 2 | 2002-07-00 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | Eos / HarperCollins | 0-380-81841-8 | $7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xiii+ 492 |
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 | |
| Stories of Your Life and Others | 2002-08-00 | Ted Chiang | St. Martin's Press | 0-312-70716-9 | $24.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Gregory Manchess | ||
| Year's Best Fantasy 2 | 2002-08-00 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | Eos / HarperCollins / SFBC | 0-7394-2844-6 / 52272 | $10.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xi+ 400 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Tim White | |
S-Fマガジン 2003年3月号, #563?Esu-Efu Magajin 2003-nen 3-gatsu Gō, #563 Esu-Efu Magajin 2003-nen 3-gatsu Gou, #563 S-F Magajin 2003-nen 3-gatsu Gō, #563 S-F Magajin 2003-nen 3-gatsu Gou, #563 |
2003-03-00 |
ed.
Editors of S-Fマガジン?Editors of Esu-Efu Magajin Editors of S-F Magajin |
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼう ハヤカワショボウ |
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. |
mag | |||||
| I premi Hugo 2002 | 2003-04-00 | ed. Gianfranco Viviani | Editrice Nord (Cosmo Collana di Fantascienza #332) | 88-429-1264-6 | €12.50?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
160 | 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 | Body Mortgage | |
| Stories of Your Life and Others | 2003-07-00 | Ted Chiang | Orb | 0-765-30419-8 | $14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
333 | 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 | Joe Curcio | |
あなたの人生の物語?あなた の じんせい の ものがたり Anata no Jinsei no Monogatari |
2003-09-30 |
テッド・チャン?Teddo Chan |
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō (Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼう ハヤカワショボウ ハヤカワ文庫SF?Hayakawa Bunko SF #1458) |
4-15-011458-7 | ¥940?¥: Japanese yen. ISO code: JPY |
521+ [7] |
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 |
岩郷重力?Iwagō Jūryoku
,
いわごう じゅうりょく Iwagou Juhryoku Iwagou Juuryoku WONDERWORKZ。?Wonderworkz
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| Gigamesh, 36 | 2004-00-00 | ed. Juan Manuel Santiago | Gigamesh | 84-96208-01-X | 132 | 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. |
mag | Juan Miguel Aguilera | ||
| Stories of Your Life and Others | 2004-02-00 | Ted Chiang | Tor / Pan Macmillan UK | 1-4050-4102-1 | £10.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
331 | 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 | Shelley Eshkar | |
| Nebula Awards Showcase 2004 | 2004-03-00 | ed. Vonda N. McIntyre | Roc / New American Library | 0-451-45957-1 | $14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
vi+ 280 |
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 | Ray Lundgren | |
| The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction | 2004-07-00 | ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan | Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) | 0-7322-7872-4 | A$32.95?A$: Australian dollar. ISO code: AUD |
xiii+ 559+ [2] |
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 | |
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| The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy | 2004-07-00 | ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan | Eos / HarperCollins | 0-06-059426-8 | $15.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xiii+ 512+ [2] |
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 | Michael Whelan | |
| Stories of Your Life and Others | 2005-01-00 | Ted Chiang | Tor / Pan Macmillan UK | 0-330-42664-8 | £6.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
331 | 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 | Shelley Eshkar | |
| The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction | 2005-07-00 | ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan | Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) | 0-7322-7873-2 | A$19.95?A$: Australian dollar. ISO code: AUD |
xvi+ 677 |
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 | ||
| De Locus awards | 2006-03-20 | ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan | De Boekerij | 90-225-4398-6 | €22.50?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
526 | 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 | ||
| La tour de Babylone | 2006-04-21 | Ted Chiang | Denoël?Denoel (Lunes d'encre) |
2-207-25456-9 | €20.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
341 | 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 | Manchu | |
| Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology | 2006-06-00 | ed. James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel | Tachyon Publications | 978-1-892391-35-3 | $14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xv+ 288 |
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 | Isabelle Rozenbaum | |
| Sci-Fi Magazin, februarie 2008 | 2008-02-00 |
ed.
George Lazăr?George Lazar , Cătălin Moraru?Catalin Moraru |
Mediapress, Botoșani?Mediapress, Botosani |
Lei 5?Lei: Romanian leu. ISO codes: ROK in 1947-1952, ROL in 1952-2005, RON since 2005 |
78 | 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 | Simon Spoon , James Steidl | ||
| Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology | 2008-05-22 | ed. James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel | Paw Prints | 978-1-4352-8257-5 | $23.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
288 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| PodCastle, PC040 | 2009-02-06 | ed. Rachel Swirsky | Escape Artists, Inc. | $0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
mag | |
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| Year's Best Fantasy 2 | 2009-10-13 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | HarperCollins e-books | 978-0-06-175769-3 | $0.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Tim White | ||
| La tour de Babylone | 2010-04-02 | Ted Chiang | Denoël?Denoel (Folio SF #358) |
978-2-07-040688-3 | 405 | 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 | Manchu | ||
| Stories of Your Life and Others | 2010-10-01 | Ted Chiang | Small Beer Press | 978-1-931520-72-0 | $16.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
281 | 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 | Shelley Eshkar | |
| Stories of Your Life and Others | 2010-10-22 | Ted Chiang | Small Beer Press | 978-1-931520-89-8 | $9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Shelley Eshkar | ||
| Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction | 2011-06-00 | ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman | Wildside Press | 978-1-4344-3079-3 | $49.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
991 | 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 | ||
| Die Hölle ist die Abwesenheit Gottes | 2011-12-00 | Ted Chiang | Golkonda | 978-3-942396-12-7 | €14.90?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
181 | 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 | Shelley Eshkar | |
| Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction | 2011-12-20 | ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman | Wildside Press | 978-1-4344-4035-8 | $39.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | |
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| Stories of Your Life and Others | 2014-02-10 | Ted Chiang | Tantor Audio | digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
coll | |
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| Stories of Your Life and Others | 2015-05-21 | Ted Chiang | Picador | 978-1-4472-8923-4 | 338 | 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 | Konstantin Inozemtsev , Getty Images | ||
| Stories of Your Life and Others | 2016-06-14 | Ted Chiang | Vintage Books | 978-1-101-97212-0 | $16.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
281 | 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 | ||
| Stories of Your Life and Others | 2016-06-14 | Ted Chiang | Vintage Books | 978-1-101-97212-0 | $16.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
281 | 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 | ||
| Arrival | 2016-11-01 | Ted Chiang | Vintage Books | 978-0-525-43367-5 | $16.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
281 | 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 | Shelley Eshkar | |
| Arrival | 2016-11-01 | Ted Chiang | Picador | 978-1-5098-3590-4 | £8.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
338 | 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 | ||
| Arrival | 2016-11-03 | Ted Chiang | Picador | 978-1-5098-5117-1 | £8.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
História da sua vida e outros contos?Historia da sua vida e outros contos |
2016-11-14 | Ted Chiang | Intrinseca | 978-85-510-0078-6 | R$69.90?R$: Brazilian real. ISO code: BRL |
368 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |
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| Arrival: Die Hölle ist die Abwesenheit Gottes | 2017-07-24 | Ted Chiang | Golkonda | 978-3-946503-12-5 | €18.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
224 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Stories of Your Life and Others | 2018-04-12 | Ted Chiang | Subterranean Press | $125.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
i+ 351 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Jacob McMurray | |
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| Stories of Your Life and Others | 2020-06-11 | Ted Chiang | Picador | 978-1-5290-3943-6 | £9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
338 | 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 | |
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| Geteilt durch Null | 2020-10-30 | Ted Chiang | Golkonda | 978-3-96509-037-8 | €24.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
360 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
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| Stories of Your Life and Others | 2024-03-07 | Ted Chiang | Picador (Picador Collection) | 978-1-0350-3859-6 | £9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
352 | 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 | ||
| Arrival | date unknown | Ted Chiang | Picador | 978-1-5098-3590-4 | £8.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
338 | 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 | |
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| Arrival | date unknown | Ted Chiang | Picador | 978-1-5098-3590-4 | £8.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
338 | 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 | |
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| Stories of Your Life and Others | date unknown | Ted Chiang | Picador | 978-1-4472-8923-4 | £8.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
338 | 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 | Konstantin Inozemtsev , Getty Images | |
| The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy | date unknown | ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan | Eos / HarperCollins | 0-06-059426-8 | $15.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xiii+ 514 |
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 | Michael Whelan | |