Title: The Avatar
Title Record # 2396
Author: Poul Anderson
Date: 1978-10-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Current Tags: portal-gates (1), alien artifact (1), aliens (1), hard sf (1), Tipler cylinder (1), politics (1) Add Tags
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | 1980-00-00 | Poul Anderson | Sidgwick & Jackson | 0-283-98643-3 | £6.95?£: UK pound |
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 |
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 | |
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| The Avatar | 1981-06-00 | Poul Anderson | Sphere Books | 0-7221-1131-2 | £1.95?£: UK pound |
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 | |
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| The Avatar | 1981-07-00 | Poul Anderson | Berkley Books | 0-425-04861-6 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
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 |
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 | 1983-00-00 | Poul Anderson | Sphere | 0-7221-1131-2 | £1.95?£: UK pound |
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 | |
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| The Avatar | 1985-00-00 | Poul Anderson | Sphere | 0-7221-1131-2 | £2.25?£: UK pound |
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 | |
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| The Avatar | 1986-04-00 | Poul Anderson | Sphere | 0-7221-1131-2 | £2.50?£: UK pound |
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 |
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 | 2011-10-00 | Poul Anderson | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-10925-4 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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