Title: The Death of the Centaur

Title: The Death of the Centaur Title Record # 40752
Author: Dan Simmons
Date: 1991-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Hyperion Cantos
Language: English

Synopsis: A summer-school teacher uses tales of fantasy to evoke interest in his students. The tales take place on Hyperion, concerning a centaur from the Sea of Grass named Raul (which is, interestingly enough, Endymion's first name) and his battles with The Shrike. Although set in the Hyperion universe, this story is not found in any of the novels.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1995^ⓘTranslated by Joachim Körber.	German	Der Tod des Zentaurs
1996^ⓘ Translated by Goran Skrobonja	Serbian	Smrt Kentaura [as by Den Simons]
1996^ⓘTranslated by Jean-Daniel Brèque, revised (by whom?) in 2003.	French	La mort du centaure
2001^ⓘTranslated by 酒井昭伸(Sakai Akinobu)	Japanese	ケンタウルスの死^?ケンタウルスのし Kentaurusu no Shi [as by ダン・シモンズ^?Dan Shimonzu ]

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Prayers to Broken Stones	1991-01-00	Dan Simmons	Dark Harvest	0-913165-58-1	$21.95^?$: US dollar	viii+ 322+ [7]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ron Lindahn , Val Lakey Lindahn
Prayers to Broken Stones	1991-01-00	Dan Simmons	Dark Harvest	0-913165-58-1	$55.00^?$: US dollar	viii+ 322+ [7]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ron Lindahn , Val Lakey Lindahn
Prayers to Broken Stones	1992-02-00	Dan Simmons	Headline	0-7472-7935-7	£8.99^?£: UK pound	311	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	Steve Crisp
Prayers to Broken Stones	1992-02-00	Dan Simmons	Headline	0-7472-0499-3	£15.99^?£: UK pound	311	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Steve Crisp
Prayers to Broken Stones	1992-05-00	Dan Simmons	Bantam Spectra (Spectra Special Editions)	0-553-29665-5	$5.99^?$: US dollar	403	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.	coll	Gary Ruddell
Prayers to Broken Stones	1992-11-00	Dan Simmons	Headline Feature	0-7472-3816-2	£5.99^?£: UK pound	469	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.	coll	Steve Crisp
Styx	1995-00-00	Dan Simmons	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #9779)	3-453-09305-4	DM 12.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	474	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.	coll	Ron Lindahn , Val Lakey Lindahn
Galaxies, #2	1996-09-00	ed. Stéphane Nicot^?Stephane Nicot	Galaxies		F60.00^?F: French frank	162	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	Philippe Caza
Polarisova SF antologija '97.	1997-00-00	ed. Zoran Živković^?Zoran Zivkovic	Polaris Beograd (SF biblioteka Polaris)			240	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	Chris Foss
Prayers to Broken Stones	1997-10-00	Dan Simmons	Bantam Spectra	0-553-76252-4		403	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	Gary Ruddell
1990年代―遺伝子戦争^?1990ねんだい―いでんしせんそう 1990 Nendai: Idenshi Sensō 1990 Nendai: Idenshi Sensou	2001-09-20	ed. 中村融^?なかむらとおる Nakamura Tōru Nakamura Tohru Nakamura Tooru , 山岸真^?やまぎしまこと Makoto Yamagishi	河出書房新社^?Kawade Shobō Shinsha Kawade Shobo Shinsha ( 河出文庫^?かわでぶんこ Kawade Bunko #ン2-6)	4-309-46207-3		498	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	早川モトヒロ^?はやかわモトヒロ Hayakawa Motohiro
Le cycle d'Hypérion **	2003-10-00	Dan Simmons	Robert Laffont (Ailleurs et demain - La Bibliothèque)	2-221-10074-3	€26.00^?€: Euro	1281	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	Jürgen Ziewe^?Jurgen Ziewe
Prayers to Broken Stones	date unknown	Dan Simmons	Bantam Spectra (Spectra Special Editions)	0-553-29665-5	$5.99^?$: US dollar	403	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.	coll	Gary Ruddell
Prayers to Broken Stones	date unknown	Dan Simmons	Bantam Spectra (Spectra Special Editions)	0-553-29665-5	$5.99^?$: US dollar	403+ [14]	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.	coll	Gary Ruddell

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