Title: Embassytown
Title Record # 1254319
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Date: 2011-05-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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China Miéville?China Mieville
Date: 2011-05-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a language unique in the universe, one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak.
Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist, has returned to Embassytown after years of deep-space adventure. She cannot speak the Ariekei tongue, but she is an indelible part of it, having long ago been made a figure of speech, a living simile in their language.
When distant political machinations deliver a new ambassador to Arieka, the fragile equilibrium between humans and aliens is violently upset. Catastrophe looms, and Avice is torn between competing loyalties—to a husband she no longer loves, to a system she no longer trusts, and to her place in a language she cannot speak yet speaks through her.
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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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| Embassytown | 2011-05-00 |
China Miéville?China Mieville |
Del Rey / Ballantine | 978-0-345-52449-2 | $26.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
345 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | David Stevenson |  |
| Embassytown | 2011-05-06 |
China Miéville?China Mieville |
Macmillan UK | 978-0-230-75431-7 | £12.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
432 | 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 | ||
| Embassytown | 2011-05-06 |
China Miéville?China Mieville |
Macmillan UK | 978-0-230-75076-0 | £17.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
405 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Crush | |
| Embassytown | 2011-05-17 |
China Miéville?China Mieville |
Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC | 1336526 | $14.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
352 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
| Embassytown | 2011-05-17 |
China Miéville?China Mieville |
Del Rey / Ballantine | 978-0-345-52451-5 | $11.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | David Stevenson | |
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| Embassytown | 2011-05-17 |
China Miéville?China Mieville |
Random House Audio | 978-0-307-91380-7 | $22.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
345 | digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
novel | David Stevenson | |
| Embassytown | 2011-09-30 |
China Miéville?China Mieville |
Subterranean Press | 978-1-59606-410-2 | $75.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
350 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Vincent Chong | |
| Embassytown | 2012-01-05 |
China Miéville?China Mieville |
Pan Books | 978-0-330-53307-2 | £7.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
405 | 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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| Embassytown | 2012-01-31 |
China Miéville?China Mieville |
Del Rey / Ballantine | 978-0-345-52450-8 | $16.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
345 | 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 | David G. Stevenson | |
| Stadt der Fremden | 2012-09-00 |
China Miéville?China Mieville |
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction & Fantasy?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction & Fantasy #20679) |
978-3-404-20679-7 | €9.99?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
431 | 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 | Arndt Drechsler | |
| Embassytown: La ciudad embajada | 2013-06-00 |
China Miéville?China Mieville |
Fantascy | 978-84-15831-00-6 | 446 | 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 | David Stevenson | ||
| Légationville : une anatomie | 2015-10-08 |
China Miéville?China Mieville |
Fleuve Noir | 978-2-265-09761-2 | €21.90?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
490 | 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 | ||
| Embassytown | date unknown |
China Miéville?China Mieville |
Del Rey / Ballantine | 978-0-345-52450-8 | $16.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
345 | 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 | David G. Stevenson | |
Reviews
- Review by James Lovegrove (2011) in Lifelines and Deadlines: Selected Nonfiction, (2015)
- Review by Faren Miller (2011) in Locus, #604 May 2011
- Review by Gary K. Wolfe (2011) in Locus, #604 May 2011
- Review by Josh Roseman (2011) in The Soundproof Escape Pod, #9
- Review by Paul Kincaid (2011) in Interzone, July-August 2011
- Review by Don Sakers (2011) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2011
- Review by Paul Graham Raven (2011) in Vector 268 Autumn 2011
- Review [Dutch] by Jan van 't Ent (2012) in Holland-SF 2012, #1
- Review by Norman Spinrad (2012) in Asimov's Science Fiction, April-May 2012
- Review [French] by Jean-Pierre Lion (2016) in Bifrost, #81
- Review by Ursula K. Le Guin (2016) in Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016