Title: Empire Star
Title Record # 4040
Author: Samuel R. Delany
Date: 1966-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Samuel R. Delany
Date: 1966-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: In the distant future a boy from a world with a simplex culture is tasked to carry a message to the capital world of the galactic empire, in the process evolving himself to a multiplex consciousness.
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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 Tree Lord of Imeten / Empire Star | 1966-02-00 | Samuel R. Delany, Tom Purdom | Ace Books (Ace Double #M-139) | M-139 | $0.45?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
102+ 152 |
dos?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books. |
omni | Jack Gaughan , John Schoenherr |  |
| Ace Science Fiction Reader | 1971-00-00 | ed. Donald A. Wollheim | Ace Books | 00275 | $0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
251 | 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. |
anth | Jack Gaughan , John Schoenherr , Jack Gaughan | |
| Metagaláxia | 1971-00-00 | Samuel R. Delany | Editorial Bruguera (Ficção Científica (Bruguera) #29) | 160 | 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. |
chap | ||||
| Trilogy of the Future | 1972-08-00 | ed. Donald A. Wollheim | Sidgwick & Jackson | 0-283-97849-X | £1.75?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
251 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Chris Gilbert | |
| The Ballad of Beta-2 / Empire Star | 1975-10-00 | Samuel R. Delany | Ace Books (Ace Double #20571) | 20571 | $1.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
124+ 114 |
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. |
omni | Davis Meltzer | |
| Robot - Rivista di Fantascienza, #13 | 1977-04-00 | ed. Vittorio Curtoni | Armenia Editore | Lit 800?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
160 | 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 | Giuseppe Festino | |
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| The Ballad of Beta-2 / Empire Star | 1977-08-00 | Samuel R. Delany | Sphere | 0-7221-2908-4 | £0.75?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
157 | 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. |
omni | Angus McKie | |
| Empire Star | 1977-12-00 | Samuel R. Delany | Gregg Press | 0-8398-2394-0 | $8.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xiii+ 87 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
chap | |
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| The Ballad of Beta-2 / Empire Star | 1978-00-00 | Samuel R. Delany | Robert Hale (Hale SF) | 0-7091-6755-5 | £3.75?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
176 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Helen Hale | |
La ballade de Bêta-2: suivi de: Empire Star?La ballade de Beta-2: suivi de: Empire Star |
1980-00-00 | Samuel R. Delany | Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #7060) | 2-253-02574-7 | 223 | 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. |
omni |
Gérard Ruffin?Gerard Ruffin
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| Abenteuer Weltraum | 1981-04-00 | ed. uncredited | Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special #24017) |
3-404-24017-0 | DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
517 | 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. |
anth | Chris Foss | |
| Distant Stars | 1981-08-00 | Samuel R. Delany | Bantam Books | 0-553-01336-X | $8.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
352 | 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. |
coll | Michael Whelan | |
| Empire Star | 1983-09-00 | Samuel R. Delany | Bantam Books | 0-553-23425-0 | $2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
132 | 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. |
chap | Wayne Barlowe | |
| Die Ballade von Beta 2 | 1985-11-00 | Samuel R. Delany | Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special #24076) |
3-404-24076-6 | DM 12.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
381 | 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. |
omni | Oliviero Berni | |
La ballade de Bêta-2: suivi de: Empire Star?La ballade de Beta-2: suivi de: Empire Star |
1995-04-00 | Samuel R. Delany | Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #7060) | 2-253-02574-7 | 191 | 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. |
omni | Jackie Paternoster | ||
| Babel-17 / Empire Star | 2001-12-00 | Samuel R. Delany | Vintage Books | 0-375-70669-0 | $12.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
219+ 92 |
dos?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books. |
omni | |
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| Distant Stars | 2004-05-00 | Samuel R. Delany | ibooks | 0-7434-8661-7 | $14.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
352 | 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. |
coll | Michael Whelan | |
| The Space Opera Renaissance | 2006-07-00 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | Tor | 0-765-30617-4 | $39.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
941 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | NASA | |
| The Space Opera Renaissance | 2006-08-00 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | Tor / SFBC | 1215904 | $34.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
941 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | NASA | |
| The Space Opera Renaissance | 2007-07-00 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | Orb | 0-765-30618-2 | $24.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
941 | 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. |
anth | NASA | |
| The Space Opera Renaissance | 2007-07-10 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | Tor | 978-1-4668-0825-6 | $7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | NASA | |
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| Chants de l'espace | 2008-05-28 | Samuel R. Delany | Bragelonne | 978-2-35294-182-8 | 680 | 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 | Stephan Martiniere | ||
| Empire Star | 2012-11-12 | Samuel R. Delany | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-11917-8 | £2.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
chap | |||
| Lightspeed, June 2016 | 2016-06-00 | ed. Nalo Hopkinson, Kristine Ong Muslim | Lightspeed Magazine | 978-1-5329-4347-8 | $17.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
464 | 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. |
mag | Christopher Park | |
| Lightspeed, June 2016 | 2016-06-00 | ed. Nalo Hopkinson, Kristine Ong Muslim | Lightspeed Magazine | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
mag | Christopher Park | |
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| Chants de l'espace | 2017-05-00 | Samuel R. Delany | Bragelonne (10 ans, 10 romans) | 979-10-281-0798-7 | €10.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
687 | 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 | Pascal Casolari | |
| Babel-17 / Estrela Imperial | 2019-11-04 | Samuel R. Delany | Morro Branco | 978-85-92795-82-5 | R$53.90?R$: Brazilian real. ISO code: BRL |
400 | 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 | Frede Tizzot | |
| Babel-17 and Empire Star | 2022-10-00 | Samuel R. Delany | Centipede Press | 978-1-61347-297-2 | $225.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
256+ 128 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Vikki Zhang | |
| Audiobook Collection | 2022-12-03 | Michael Moorcock | MotionAudiobooks | $38.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
audio MP3 DVD?DVD with mp3-encoded audio tracks |
omni | |
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| Vor der Revolution: Ein phantastischer Almanach, Erste Folge | 2023-10-16 | ed. Hannes Riffel | Carcosa Verlag | 978-3-910914-08-7 | €18.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
284 | 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. |
mag |
s.BENeš?s.BENes
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| Babel-17 / Empire Star | date unknown | Samuel R. Delany | Vintage Books | 0-375-70669-0 | $15.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
219+ 92 |
dos?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books. |
omni |
Reviews
- Review by Judith Merril (1966) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1966
- Review by L. J. Knapp (1976) in The Science Fiction Review Monthly, January 1976
- Review by Andrew Darlington (1977) in Vector 82
- Review by Charles N. Brown (1978) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July-August 1978
- Review
[German]
by
Kai U. Jürgens?Kai U. Juergens(2023) in Das Science Fiction Jahr 2023