Title: Speech Sounds
Title Record # 40924
Author: Octavia E. Butler
Date: 1983-12-15
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Octavia E. Butler
Date: 1983-12-15
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
User Rating: 8.29 (7 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1) Add Tags
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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1 | 1984 Hugo | Best Short Story |
5 | 1984 Locus | Best Short Story |
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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Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1983 | 1983-12-15 | ed. Shawna McCarthy | Davis Publications | $1.75?$: US dollar |
180 | 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 | Steven Hunt | ![]() |
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Nova Science Fiction - 4 1985 | 1985-00-00 | ed. John-Henri Holmberg, Per W. Insulander | Laissez faire | skr 22.50?skr: Swedish krona (crown) |
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. |
mag | H. R. Van Dongen | ||
Tales from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine | 1986-10-00 | ed. Cynthia Manson, Sheila Williams | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich | 0-15-284209-8 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
ix+ 299 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Stewart Daniels | ![]() |
Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazin 28. Folge | 1987-01-00 | ed. Friedel Wahren | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4366) | 3-453-31368-2 | DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
237 | 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 | Karel Thole | ![]() |
The New Hugo Winners: Award-Winning Science Fiction Stories | 1989-12-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Wynwood Press | 0-922066-21-3 | $17.95?$: US dollar |
320 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Britt Taylor Collins | ![]() |
The New Hugo Winners | 1990-05-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Wynwood / SFBC | 17008 | $8.98?$: US dollar |
320 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Britt Taylor Collins | ![]() |
Isaac Asimov Magazine, #16 | 1991-00-00 | ed. Ronaldo Sergio de Biasi | Record | 190 | 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 | ||||
The New Hugo Winners | 1991-09-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Baen Books | 0-671-72081-3 | $4.50?$: US dollar |
320 | 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 | Vincent Di Fate | ![]() |
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 | 1993-10-00 | ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin | W. W. Norton & Company | 0-393-03546-8 | $27.50?$: US dollar |
869 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Dale O'Dell | ![]() |
New Eves: Science Fiction About the Extraordinary Women of Today and Tomorrow | 1994-11-00 | ed. Forrest J Ackerman, Janrae Frank, Jean Marie Stine | Longmeadow Press | 0-681-00525-4 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
xvii+ 427 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Laura Freas | ![]() |
Bloodchild and Other Stories | 1995-08-00 | Octavia E. Butler | Four Walls Eight Windows | 1-56858-055-X | $18.00?$: US dollar |
x+ 145 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Barry D. Marcus | ![]() |
Hugo and Nebula Award Winners from Asimov's Science Fiction | 1995-12-00 | ed. Sheila Williams | Wings Books | 0-517-12410-6 | $12.99?$: US dollar |
558 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Chris Moore | ![]() |
Virtually Now: Stories of Science, Technology, and the Future | 1996-11-00 | ed. Jeanne Schinto | Persea Books | 0-89255-220-4 | $13.95?$: US dollar |
xvii+ 254 |
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 | ||
Bloodchild and Other Stories | 1996-11-00 | Octavia E. Butler | Seven Stories Press | 1-888363-36-3 | $10.00?$: US dollar |
x+ 145 |
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 | Barry D. Marcus | |
Future on Ice | 1998-10-00 | ed. Orson Scott Card | Tor | 0-312-86694-1 | $24.95?$: US dollar |
432 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | The Chopping Block, Inc. | ![]() |
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 | 1999-06-00 | ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin | W. W. Norton & Company | 0-393-97241-0 | $36.60?$: US dollar |
870 | 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 | Dale O'Dell | |
Future on Ice | 2000-01-00 | ed. Orson Scott Card | Tor | 0-312-87296-8 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
432 | 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 | ![]() |
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Bloodchild and Other Stories | 2001-05-00 | Octavia E. Butler | G. K. Hall & Co. (G.K. Hall Large Print Science Fiction Series) | 0-7838-9402-3 | $26.95?$: US dollar |
183 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures by and About Women | 2001-10-00 | ed. Sheila Williams, Connie Willis | Aspect / Warner Books | 0-446-67742-6 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 302 |
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 | Franco Accornero | |
Bloodchild and Other Stories, Second Edition | 2005-10-00 | Octavia E. Butler | Seven Stories Press | 1-58322-698-2 | $14.00?$: US dollar |
viii+ 214 |
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 | Barry D. Marcus | ![]() |
Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology | 2007-07-00 | ed. Sheila Williams | Tachyon Publications | 978-1-892391-47-6 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
349 | 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 | Michael Whelan | ![]() |
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse | 2008-01-00 | ed. John Joseph Adams | Night Shade Books | 978-1-59780-105-8 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
333 | 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 | Daniel Kvasznicza | ![]() |
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse | 2008-01-00 | ed. John Joseph Adams | Night Shade Books | 978-1-59780-238-3 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Daniel Kvasznicza | ||
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse | 2008-01-00 | ed. John Joseph Adams | Night Shade Books | 978-1-59780-105-8 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
333 | 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 | Daniel Kvasznicza | ![]() |
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction | 2010-08-01 | ed. Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., Arthur B. Evans, Joan Gordon, Veronica Hollinger, Rob Latham, Carol McGuirk | Wesleyan University Press | 978-0-8195-6954-7 | $85.00?$: US dollar |
688 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ![]() |
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The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction | 2010-08-01 | ed. Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., Arthur B. Evans, Joan Gordon, Veronica Hollinger, Rob Latham, Carol McGuirk | Wesleyan University Press | 978-0-8195-6955-4 | $39.95?$: US dollar |
xviii+ 767 |
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 | Georges Méliès | ![]() |
Bloodchild and Other Stories, Second Edition | 2011-01-04 | Octavia E. Butler | Seven Stories Press | $14.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Barry D. Marcus | |||
Bloodchild and Other Stories | 2012-07-00 | Octavia E. Butler | Open Road Integrated Media | 978-1-4532-6547-5 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Mumtaz Mustafa | ||
Bloodchildren: Stories by the Octavia E. Butler Scholars | 2013-01-00 | ed. Nisi Shawl | Book View Café | 978-1-61138-237-2 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | ||||
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse | 2013-06-00 | ed. John Joseph Adams | Orbit | 978-1-4055-2883-2 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | |||
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse | 2015-01-00 | ed. John Joseph Adams | Titan Books | 978-1-78329-148-9 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
592 | 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 | ||
Mundos apocalípticos: histórias do fim dos tempos | 2019-08-23 | ed. John Joseph Adams | Planeta Minotauro | 978-85-422-1719-3 | R$30.04?R$: Brazilian real |
567 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Christophe Dessaigne | |
Filhos de sangue e outras histórias?Filhos de sangue e outras historias |
2020-07-27 | Octavia E. Butler | Morro Branco | 978-658-601501-0 | R$46.90?R$: Brazilian real |
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. |
coll | ||
Octavia E. Butler: Kindred, Fledgling, Collected Stories | 2021-01-19 | Octavia E. Butler | The Library of America (The Library of America #338) | 978-1-59853-675-1 | $35.00?$: US dollar |
xv+ [1]+ 774+ [6] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | ![]() |
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La sera, il giorno e la notte | 2021-09-15 | Octavia E. Butler | Edizioni SUR (BIGSUR) | 978-88-6998-292-7 | €9.99?€: Euro |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
La sera, il giorno e la notte | 2021-09-15 | Octavia E. Butler | Edizioni SUR (BIGSUR) | 978-88-6998-272-9 | €17.00?€: Euro |
209 | 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 | ||
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse | date unknown | ed. John Joseph Adams | Titan Books | 978-1-78329-148-9 | $8.99?$: US dollar |
592 | 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 | ![]() |
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The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 | date unknown | ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin | W. W. Norton & Company | 0-393-03546-8 | $27.50?$: US dollar |
869 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Dale O'Dell | |
Bloodchild and Other Stories | date unknown | Octavia E. Butler | Seven Stories Press | 1-888363-36-3 | $10.00?$: US dollar |
x+ 145 |
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 | Barry D. Marcus | ![]() |
Bloodchild and Other Stories | date unknown | Octavia E. Butler | Seven Stories Press | 1-888363-36-3 | $10.00?$: US dollar |
x+ 145 |
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 | Barry D. Marcus | ![]() |
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse | date unknown | ed. John Joseph Adams | Night Shade Books | 978-1-59780-105-8 | C$19.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
333 | 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 | Daniel Kvasznicza | ![]() |
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 | date unknown | ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin | W. W. Norton & Company | 0-393-97241-0 | 869 | 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 | Dale O'Dell | ![]() |
|
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse | date unknown | ed. John Joseph Adams | Night Shade Books | 978-1-59780-105-8 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
333 | 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 | Daniel Kvasznicza | ![]() |
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 | date unknown | ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin | W. W. Norton & Company | 0-393-03546-8 | $27.50?$: US dollar |
869 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Dale O'Dell |