Title: The Avatar
Title Record # 2396
Author: Poul Anderson
Date: 1978-10-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Author: Poul Anderson
Date: 1978-10-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Note: The short story "Joelle" was the basis for parts of Chapters II and XXIII.
Synopsis: After humanity discovers portals that transport a space vessel through time and space, a crew which has visited the planet of another species returns to Earth, only to find a political faction in power which seeks to conceal this knowledge in the name of social stability. With the aid of the political opposition, they escape and journey through the portal in search of knowledge, and perhaps even to meet those who created the portal system.
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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8 | 1979 Locus | Best 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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The Avatar | 1978-10-00 | Poul Anderson | Berkley/Putnam | 0-399-12228-1 | $10.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
380 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Rick Sternbach | |
The Avatar | 1979-04-00 | Poul Anderson | Berkley/Putnam / SFBC | 5211 | $3.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
410 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Rick Sternbach | |
The Avatar | 1979-10-00 | Poul Anderson | Berkley Books | 0-425-04213-8 | $2.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
404 | 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 | Greg Theakston | |
O Avatar, 1º volume | 1980-00-00 | Poul Anderson | Publicações Europa-América?Publicacoes Europa-America (Livros de Bolso, série Ficção Científica #11) |
972-1-00183-X | 200 | 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 | Estúdios PEA | ||
O Avatar, 2º volume | 1980-00-00 | Poul Anderson | Publicações Europa-América?Publicacoes Europa-America (Livros de Bolso, série Ficção Científica #12) |
972-1-00184-8 | 185 | 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 | Estúdios PEA | ||
The Avatar | 1980-00-00 | Poul Anderson | Sidgwick & Jackson | 0-283-98643-3 | £6.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
380 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Robert Layzell | |
The Avatar | 1980-10-00 | Poul Anderson | Berkley Books | 0-425-04861-6 | $2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
404 | 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 | Greg Theakston | |
The Avatar | 1980-11-00 | Poul Anderson | Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | 1174 | 380 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
The Avatar | 1981-06-00 | Poul Anderson | Sphere Books | 0-7221-1131-2 | £1.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
404 | 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 | ||
The Avatar | 1981-07-00 | Poul Anderson | Berkley Books | 0-425-04861-6 | $2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
404 | 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 | Greg Theakston | |
The Avatar | 1981-07-00 | Poul Anderson | Berkley Books | 0-425-04861-6 | $2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
404 | 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 | Greg Theakston | |
Das Avatar | 1981-09-00 | Poul Anderson | Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special #24022) |
3-404-24022-7 | DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
503 | 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 | Sarah Brown (artist) | |
The Avatar | 1983-00-00 | Poul Anderson | Sphere | 0-7221-1131-2 | £1.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
404 | 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 | ||
The Avatar | 1985-00-00 | Poul Anderson | Sphere | 0-7221-1131-2 | £2.25?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
404 | 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 | ||
The Avatar | 1986-04-00 | Poul Anderson | Sphere | 0-7221-1131-2 | £2.50?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
404 | 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 | ||
The Avatar | 1989-00-00 | Poul Anderson | Sphere Books | 0-7221-1131-2 | £3.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
404 | 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 | ||
Avatarul | 1998-00-00 | Poul Anderson | Editura RAO (Fahrenheit) | 973-576-160-2 | 508 | 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 | |||
The Avatar | 2011-10-00 | Poul Anderson | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-10925-4 | £4.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
The Avatar | 2014-12-00 | Poul Anderson | Open Road Integrated Media | 978-1-4976-9425-5 | $7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
450 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | ||
The Avatar | 2014-12-00 | Poul Anderson | Open Road Integrated Media | 978-1-4976-9567-2 | $7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
The Avatar | date unknown | Poul Anderson | Berkley Books | 0-425-04213-8 | $2.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
404 | 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 | Greg Theakston |
Reviews
- Review by Charles N. Brown (1979) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1979
- Review by Lester del Rey (1979) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1979
- Review by Jerry L. Parsons (1979) in Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, February 1979 , reprinted in:
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
- Review by Howard Zimmerman (1979) in Future Life, March 1979
- Review by Sandra Miesel (1979) in Science Fiction Review, May 1979
- Review by Roz Kaveney [as by Andrew Kaveney] (1979) in Foundation, #16 May 1979
- Review by Alexei Panshin and Cory Panshin (1979) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1979
- Review by John Hobson (1981) in Vector 105
- Review by Tom A. Jones (1986) in Paperback Inferno, #61