Title: The Speed of Dark
Title Record # 23326
Author: Elizabeth Moon
Date: 2002-11-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Elizabeth Moon
Date: 2002-11-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: From the Penguin Random House website In the near future, disease will be a condition of the past. Most genetic defects will be removed at birth; the remaining during infancy. Lou Arrendale, a high-functioning autistic adult, is a member of the lost generation, born at the wrong time to reap the rewards of medical science. He lives a low-key, independent life. But then he is offered a chance to try a brand-new experimental "cure" for his condition. With this treatment Lou would think and act and be just like everyone else. But if he was suddenly free of autism, would he still be himself? Would he still love the same classical music — with its complications and resolutions? Would he still see the same colors and patterns in the world—shades and hues that others cannot see? Most important, would he still love Marjory, a woman who may never be able to reciprocate his feelings? Now Lou must decide if he should submit to a surgery that might completely change the way he views the world ... and the very essence of who he is.
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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Finalists | 2003 Clarke | Best Science Fiction Novel |
Win | 2004 Nebula | Novel |
5 | 2004 Locus | Best SF Novel |
Nomination
(as La vitesse de l'obscurité?La vitesse de l'obscurite )
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2007 Imaginaire | Roman étranger |
Nomination (as Die Geschwindigkeit des Dunkels) | 2008 Kurd Lasswitz Prize | Bestes ausländisches Werk |
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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Speed of Dark | 2002-11-00 | Elizabeth Moon | Orbit | 1-84149-141-1 | £6.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
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. |
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The Speed of Dark | 2003-00-00 | Elizabeth Moon | Books on Tape | 0-7366-9131-6 | audio cassette?Cassette tape |
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The Speed of Dark | 2003-01-00 | Elizabeth Moon | Ballantine Books | 0-345-44755-7 | $23.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
340 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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The Speed of Dark | 2003-01-00 | Elizabeth Moon | Ballantine Books / SFBC | 54891 | $11.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
340 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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The Speed of Dark | 2003-01-00 | Elizabeth Moon | The Easton Press (Signed First Editions of Science Fiction #181) | 106-181 | 340 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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The Speed of Dark | 2004-03-00 | Elizabeth Moon | Ballantine Books | 0-345-44754-9 | $13.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
x+ 340+ [18] |
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 | Julie Metz | ![]() |
The Speed of Dark | 2004-03-00 | Elizabeth Moon | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-47220-9 | $6.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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Urania #1495 | 2005-02-00 | ed. Giuseppe Lippi | Mondadori | 1495 | €3.60?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
362 | 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 | Franco Brambilla | |
The Speed of Dark | 2005-07-00 | Elizabeth Moon | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-48139-9 | $6.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
369 | 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 Stevenson | ![]() |
La vitesse de l'obscurité | 2005-11-03 | Elizabeth Moon | Presses de la Cité?Presses de la Cite |
2-258-06441-4 | €22.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
499 | 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. |
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Die Geschwindigkeit des Dunkels | 2007-00-00 | Elizabeth Moon | dtv | 978-3-423-24598-2 | €14.50?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
455 | 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. |
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A sötét sebessége | 2009-00-00 | Elizabeth Moon | Metropolis Media | 978-963-9866-03-4 | Ft 2,670?Ft: Hungarian forint. ISO code: HUF |
303+ [9] |
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 | Sallai Péter | ![]() |
The Speed of Dark | 2010-08-27 | Elizabeth Moon | Brilliance Audio | 978-1-4418-7506-8 | $29.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
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The Speed of Dark | 2010-08-27 | Elizabeth Moon | Brilliance Audio | 978-1-4418-7508-2 | $24.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks |
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The Speed of Dark | 2010-08-27 | Elizabeth Moon | Brilliance Audio | 978-1-4418-7507-5 | $79.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
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Speed of Dark | 2010-12-02 | Elizabeth Moon | Hachette Digital | 978-0-7481-2680-4 | £5.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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Speed of Dark | 2011-00-00 | Elizabeth Moon | Orbit | 978-1-84149-141-7 | £8.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
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. |
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The Speed of Dark | 2013-04-16 | Elizabeth Moon | Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC | 978-1-62490-349-6 / 1366404 | $12.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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The Speed of Dark | 2015-08-11 | Elizabeth Moon | Brilliance Audio | 978-1-5012-7884-6 | $9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks |
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The Speed of Dark | 2015-09-07 | Elizabeth Moon | Brilliance Audio | 978-1-5012-7049-9 | $19.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
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The Speed of Dark | 2015-09-07 | Elizabeth Moon | Brilliance Audio | 978-1-5012-7063-5 | $19.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
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Reviews
- Review by Faren Miller (2003) in Locus, #504 January 2003
- Review by Lee Battersby (2003) in Ideomancer, February 2003
- Review by Gwyneth Jones (2003) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, May 2003
- Review [French] by Pascal Godbillon (2005) in Bifrost, #40
- Review
[French]
by
Stéphane Manfrédo?Stephane Manfredo(2006) in Galaxies, #39