Title: Protector Title Record # 1360
Author: Larry Niven
Date: 1973-09-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Known Space
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Translations

Year Language Title 1975ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr German Der Baum des Lebens 1976ⓘTranslated by Robert Latour French Protecteur 1977ⓘTranslated by Pon Ruiter Dutch Beschermheer 1979ⓘTranslated by 中上守 (Mamoru Nakagami) Japanese プロテクター?Purotekutā [as by ラリー・ニーヴン?Rarī Nīvun Rarii Niivun ] 1990 Italian Il difensore 1996ⓘTranslated by Miroslav Martan. Czech Protektor 1999ⓘTranslated by Axel Merz German Brennans Legende

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
3	1974 Hugo	Best Novel
4	1974 Locus	Best SF Novel
Win	1975 Ditmar	Best International Long Fiction

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Protector	1973-09-00	Larry Niven	Ballantine Books	0-345-23486-3	$1.25?$: US dollar	218	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	Dean Ellis
Protector	1973-09-00	Larry Niven	Ballantine Books	0-345-23486-3	C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar	218	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	Dean Ellis
Protector	1973-11-00	Larry Niven	Ballantine Books	0-345-23486-3	$1.25?$: US dollar	218	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	Dean Ellis
Protector	1974-03-00	Larry Niven	Ballantine Books	0-345-23486-3	$1.25?$: US dollar	218	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	Dean Ellis
Protector	1974-08-00	Larry Niven	Futura	0-86007-060-3	£0.40?£: UK pound	218	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	Tony Roberts
Protector	1975-00-00	Larry Niven	Futura	0-86007-848-5	£0.45?£: UK pound	218	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
Protector	1975-04-00	Larry Niven	Ballantine Books	0-345-24778-7	$1.50?$: US dollar	218	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	Dean Ellis
Protector	1976-06-00	Larry Niven	Compton Russell	0-85955-035-4	£2.95?£: UK pound	218	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Protector	1976-07-00	Larry Niven	Ballantine Books	0-345-24778-7	$1.50?$: US dollar	218	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	Dean Ellis
Protector	1976-10-00	Larry Niven	Orbit	0-86007-848-5	£0.65?£: UK pound	218	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	Tony Roberts
Protector	1977-11-00	Larry Niven	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-27510-1	$1.75?$: US dollar	218	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	Dean Ellis
Protector	1978-11-00	Larry Niven	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-28244-2	$1.95?$: US dollar	218	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	Dean Ellis
Protector	1979-00-00	Larry Niven	Orbit / Futura	0-86007-848-5	£0.90?£: UK pound	218	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	Peter Jones
Protector	1980-00-00	Larry Niven	Orbit	0-86007-848-5	£1.25?£: UK pound	218	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	Peter Jones
Protector	1981-03-00	Larry Niven	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-29302-9	$2.25?$: US dollar	218	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	H. R. Van Dongen
Protector	1981-03-00	Larry Niven	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-29302-9	C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar	218	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	H. R. Van Dongen
Protector	1981-05-00	Larry Niven	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-29302-9	$2.25?$: US dollar	218	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	H. R. Van Dongen
Protector	1981-09-00	Larry Niven	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-29302-9	C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar	218	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	H. R. Van Dongen
Protector	1982-12-00	Larry Niven	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-29302-9	$2.25?$: US dollar	218	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	H. R. Van Dongen
Protector	1984-09-00	Larry Niven	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-29302-9	$2.25?$: US dollar	218	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	H. R. Van Dongen
Protector	1985-00-00	Larry Niven	Orbit	0-86007-848-5	£1.95?£: UK pound	218	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	Peter Jones
Protector	1986-02-00	Larry Niven	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-33775-1	$2.95?$: US dollar	218	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	H. R. Van Dongen
Protector	1989-00-00	Larry Niven	Orbit	0-86007-848-5	£2.99?£: UK pound	218	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	Peter Jones
Protector	1992-02-00	Larry Niven	Orbit	0-86007-848-5	£4.50?£: UK pound	218	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	Fred Gambino
Protector	1996-06-00	Larry Niven	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-35312-9	$5.99?$: US dollar	218	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	Donato Giancola
Protector	date unknown	Larry Niven	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-35312-9	$6.99?$: US dollar	218	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	Donato Giancola

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Reviews

• Review by Richard E. Geis (1974) in The Alien Critic, February 1974
• Review by Sidney Coleman (1974) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1974
• Review by John Clute (1975) in New Worlds #6
• Review [French] by George W. Barlow (1977) in Fiction, #276
• Review by M. H. Zool (1989) in Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy
• Review by Jo Walton (2018) in An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000 , reprinted in:
•     An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000 (2018)