Title: Orbitsville Title Record # 1432
Author: Bob Shaw
Date: 1975-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Orbitsville
Series Number: 1
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Language: English
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Translations	Serializations
Year Language Title 1976ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr German Orbitsville 1976 Italian Sfera orbitale 1976ⓘTranslated by Dominique Abonyi French Orbitville 1979ⓘTranslated by Hans van Dongen Dutch Het stalen paradijs	Year Title 1974 Orbitsville (Part 1 of 3) 1974 Orbitsville (Part 2 of 3) 1974 Orbitsville (Part 3 of 3)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1975 BSFA	Best Novel
3	1976 Campbell Memorial	Best Science Fiction Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], June 1974	1974-06-00	ed. James P. Baen	Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd.		£0.30?£: UK pound	180	digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Rich Sternbach
Galaxy, June 1974	1974-06-00	ed. James P. Baen	UPD Publishing Corporation		$0.75?$: US dollar	180	digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Rick Sternbach
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], July 1974	1974-07-00	ed. James P. Baen	Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd.		£0.30?£: UK pound	180	digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Wendy Pini
Galaxy, July 1974	1974-07-00	ed. James Baen	UPD Publishing Corporation		$0.75?$: US dollar	180	digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Wendy Pini
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], August 1974	1974-08-00	ed. James P. Baen	Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd.		£0.30?£: UK pound	180	digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Wendy Pini
Galaxy Science Fiction, August 1974	1974-08-00	ed. James Baen	UPD Publishing Corporation		$0.75?$: US dollar	180	digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Wendy Pini
Orbitsville	1975-01-00	Bob Shaw	Gollancz	0-575-01909-3	£2.60?£: UK pound	224	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Orbitsville	1976-01-00	Bob Shaw	Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	1108		224	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Orbitsville	1977-01-00	Bob Shaw	Ace Books (Ace SF Special, Series 2 #10)	63780	$1.95?$: US dollar	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	David Schleinkofer
Orbitsville	1977-02-00	Bob Shaw	Pan Books	0-330-25013-2	£0.60?£: UK pound	187	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	Colin Hay
Orbitsville	1982-05-00	Bob Shaw	Ace Books	0-441-63781-7	$2.95?$: US dollar	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
Orbitsville	1985-01-00	Bob Shaw	Panther	0-586-06208-4	£1.95?£: UK pound	186	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
Orbitsville	1989-04-00	Bob Shaw	Baen	0-671-69816-8	$2.95?$: US dollar	219	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	Bob Eggleton
Orbitsville	1991-07-00	Bob Shaw	Orbit	0-7088-4917-2	£3.99?£: UK pound	219	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	Keith Scaife
Orbitsville	2000-05-00	Bob Shaw	Gollancz (SF Collectors' Editions)	0-575-07098-6	£9.99?£: UK pound	187	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
Orbitsville	2011-09-29	Bob Shaw	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-11092-2	£4.99?£: UK pound		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Orbitsville / A Wreath of Stars / The Ragged Astronauts	2013-08-15	Bob Shaw	Gollancz (SF Gateway Omnibus)	978-0-575-11120-2	£18.99?£: UK pound	xi+ 519	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	Guy Warley

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Reviews

• Review by Bruce Gillespie (1975) in SF Commentary, #41/42
• Review by Tom Shippey (1975) in Foundation, #9 November 1975
• Review by Chris Morgan (1977) in Vector 79
• Review [French] by Dominique Douay (1977) in Fiction, #278
• Review by Phil Stephensen-Payne [as by Philip Stephensen-Payne] (1977) in Paperback Parlour, April 1977
• Review by John Harvey (1980) in Matrix, #31
• Review by Joseph Nicholas (1985) in Paperback Inferno, #52
• Review by David Pringle (1985) in Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels , reprinted in:
•     Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1985)
•     Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1986)
•     Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1987)
•     Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1997)
•     Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (2014)
• Review by Lynne Bispham (1991) in Paperback Inferno, #92
• Review by Jack Fennell (unknown) in A Short Guide to Irish Science Fiction