Title: Songs from the Stars
Title Record # 1165
Author: Norman Spinrad
Date: 1980-06-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Author: Norman Spinrad
Date: 1980-06-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Synopsis: WorldCat: Centuries after the big smash, the successor civilization of Aquaria more or less flourishes on the west coast of what was once the United States, a society built on White Science, following the "law of muscle, sun, wind and water." Only the sorcerers of Space Systems, Inc., dare traffic in the "Black Sciences" of atomic, petroleum and physics which destroyed the old golden age of space, for they alone know of the higher destiny that awaits man in the abandoned Big Ear space station. For centuries, they have secretly infiltrated Aquarius through the gray town of La Mirage while crafting a spaceship capable of reaching the Big Ear and turning man's ears once more to the mysterious Songs from the Stars. But when [they] finally confront the interstellar brotherhood of sentient beings, they find, each in his way, that The Galactic Way utterly transcends their hopes, wildest dreams and darkest fears. In this novel of science, mysticism and their ultimate synergistic fusion.
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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16 | 1981 Locus | Best SF Novel |
Nomination | 1982 Prometheus | Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel |
Publications
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Songs from the Stars | 1980-06-00 | Norman Spinrad | Simon & Schuster | 0-671-25326-3 | $11.95?$: US dollar |
286 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Mara McAfee | |
Het lied van de sterren | 1981-00-00 | Norman Spinrad | Het Spectrum (Prisma #1965) | 90-274-1098-4 | 329 | 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 | Jos van Uijtregt | ||
Songs from the Stars | 1981-01-00 | Norman Spinrad | Pocket Books | 0-671-82826-6 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
277 | 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 | Mara McAfee | |
Songs from the Stars | 1981-01-00 | Norman Spinrad | Simon & Schuster / SFBC | 5376 | $5.98?$: US dollar |
279 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Mara McAfee | |
Songs from the Stars | 1981-01-00 | Norman Spinrad | Pocket Books | 0-671-82826-6 | C$2.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
277 | 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 | Mara McAfee | |
Songs from the Stars | 1981-03-00 | Norman Spinrad | Sidgwick & Jackson | 0-283-98733-2 | £6.95?£: UK pound |
286 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Ian Craig | |
Lieder von den Sternen | 1981-12-00 | Norman Spinrad | Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special #24025) |
3-404-24025-1 | DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
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. |
novel | Tim White | |
Chants des étoiles | 1982-04-07 | Norman Spinrad | Calmann-Lévy (Dimensions SF) | 2-7021-0453-3 | F67.00?F: French frank |
283 | 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 | ||
Songs from the Stars | 1982-05-00 | Norman Spinrad | Arrow Books | 0-09-928070-1 | £1.60?£: UK pound |
275 | 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 | ||
Science Fiction Special 44 | 1983-00-00 | uncredited | Sidgwick & Jackson (Science Fiction Special #44) | 0-283-99027-9 | £?£: UK pound |
248+ 319+ 286 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | ||
Songs from the Stars | 1985-07-00 | Norman Spinrad | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-24879-0 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
275+ [19] |
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 | Catherine Huerta | |
Chants des étoiles | 1988-00-00 | Norman Spinrad | Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5277) | 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 | W. Siudmak | ||||
Songs from the Stars | 2010-05-27 | Norman Spinrad | Wilder Publications | 978-1-61720-052-6 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
250 | 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 | ||
Songs from the Stars | 2011-09-29 | Norman Spinrad | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-11724-2 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
Songs from the Stars | 2013-06-17 | Norman Spinrad | ReAnimus Press | 978-1-4904-0162-1 | $12.99?$: US dollar |
256 | 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 |
Reviews
- Review by Robin Snelson (1980) in Future Life, September 1980
- Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1980) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, October 1980
- Review by Algis Budrys (1981) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1981
- Review by Tom Staicar (1981) in Amazing Stories, January 1981
- Review by Greg Costikyan (1981) in Ares, #8 May 1981
- Review by Debbie Notkin (1981) in Rigel Science Fiction, #1 Summer 1981
- Review by Theodore Sturgeon (1981) in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, June 1981
- Review by Darrell Schweitzer (1981) in Science Fiction Review, Fall 1981
- Review by Paul Kincaid (1981) in Vector 103
- Review by Leigh Kennedy (1981) in Science Fiction Review, Winter 1981
- Review by John Hobson (1982) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 6, Number 1
- Review [French] by Pierre Giuliani (1982) in Orbites, #3
- Review
[French]
by
Stéphane Nicot?Stephane Nicot(1982) in Fiction, #333
- Review by Steven Tew (1986) in Paperback Inferno, #58
- Review [French] by Eric Sanvoisin (1988) in Fiction, #396