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Title: Inconstant Moon Title Record # 41283
Author: Larry Niven
Date: 1971-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: Made into episode 12 of second season of TV show "The Outer Limits", 1996-04-12.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1973ⓘTranslated by Bodo Baumann .
 German Generalprobe Weltuntergang
1973ⓘTranslated by 小隅黎(Kozumi Ray)
 Japanese
無常の月?むじょうのつき
Mujō no Tsuki
Mujou no Tsuki
[as by
ラリイ・ニーヴン?Rarii Nīvun
Rarii Niivun
]
1975ⓘTranslated by Bernt Kling
 German Der Mond scheint hell ...
1982ⓘTranslated by Peter Pape
 German Wechselhafter Mond
1984 Serbian Nepostojani mesec [as by Lari Niven]
1990 Portuguese Lua inconstante
1992ⓘTranslated by В. Портянникова / V. Portyannikova.
 Russian
Изменчивая луна?Izmenchivaya luna
[as by
Ларри Найвен?Larri Nayven
Larry Niven
]
1996 Italian Luna incostante
1996ⓘTranslated by Agnieszka Sylwanowicz
 Polish
Niestały księżyc?Niestaly ksiezyc
1997ⓘTranslated by Zdeněk Havlíček
 Czech
Nestálý Měsíc?Nestaly Mesic
2007ⓘTranslated by Oana Cercel
 Romanian
Lună schimbătoare?Luna schimbatoare

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
1 1972 Hugo Best Short Story
9 1972 Locus Best Short Fiction
Win (as
無常の月?むじょうのつき
Mujō no Tsuki
Mujou no Tsuki
) 		1979 Seiun Best Translated Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
All the Myriad Ways 1971-06-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-02280-7
$0.95?$: US dollar
 181
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
All the Myriad Ways 1971-06-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-02280-7
C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 181
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
Best Science Fiction for 1972 1972-09-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Ace Books (World's Best Science Fiction #8) 91359
$1.25?$: US dollar
 315
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 David McCall Johnston Checkmark
Inconstant Moon 1973-02-00 Larry Niven Gollancz 0-575-01586-1
£2.20?£: UK pound
 251
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Inconstant Moon 1974-04-00 Larry Niven The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 1086   251
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Inconstant Moon 1974-10-00 Larry Niven Sphere Books 0-7221-6383-5
£0.40?£: UK pound
 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.
 coll Eddie Jones Checkmark
Inconstant Moon 1975-05-00 Larry Niven Sphere Books 0-7221-6383-5
£0.40?£: UK pound
 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.
 coll Eddie Jones  
All the Myriad Ways 1975-12-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-24084-7
C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 181
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
All the Myriad Ways 1975-12-00 Larry Niven Ballantine Books 0-345-24084-7
$1.50?$: US dollar
 181
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
Inconstant Moon 1976-06-00 Larry Niven Sphere Books 0-7221-6394-0
£0.65?£: UK pound
 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.
 coll Eddie Jones  
Inconstant Moon 1977-00-00 Larry Niven Sphere Books 0-7221-6381-9
£0.85?£: UK pound
 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.
 coll Eddie Jones Checkmark
All the Myriad Ways 1977-02-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-27133-5
$1.50?$: US dollar
 181
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
The Hugo Winners, Volume Three 1977-08-05 ed. Isaac Asimov Doubleday 0-385-12218-7
$12.50?$: US dollar
 xvi+
603
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Robert Jay Silverman Checkmark
The Hugo Winners, Volume Three 1977-12-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Doubleday / SFBC 1845
$4.50?$: US dollar
 xvi+
603
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Robert Jay Silverman Checkmark
All the Myriad Ways 1978-11-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-28196-9
$1.75?$: US dollar
 181
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
The Hugo Winners, Volume Three, Part One: 1970-1972 1979-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Dennis Dobson 0-234-72070-0   xii+
221
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
The Hugo Winners, Volume 3, Book 1 1979-02-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest 0-449-23841-5
$1.95?$: US dollar
 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.
 anth  
The Best of All Possible Worlds 1980-04-00 ed. Spider Robinson Ace Books 0-441-05483-8
$2.25?$: US dollar
 373
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 Checkmark
All the Myriad Ways 1981-03-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-30048-3
$2.25?$: US dollar
 181
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
All the Myriad Ways 1983-02-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-30048-3
$2.25?$: US dollar
 181
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
All the Myriad Ways 1985-10-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33416-7
$2.95?$: US dollar
 181
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
Inconstant Moon 1986-08-00 Larry Niven Sphere Books 0-7221-6408-4
£2.50?£: UK pound
 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.
 coll Tony Roberts Checkmark
All the Myriad Ways 1988-10-00 Larry Niven Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33416-7
C$2.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 181
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 Dean Ellis Checkmark
The World Treasury of Science Fiction 1989-01-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Little, Brown / BOMC 0-316-34941-0   xix+
1083
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The World Treasury of Science Fiction 1989-02-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Little, Brown 0-316-34941-0
$22.95?$: US dollar
 xix+
1083
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Bob Eggleton  
The World Treasury of Science Fiction 1989-06-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Little, Brown / QPBC  
$12.95?$: US dollar
 xix+
1083
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 Bob Eggleton Checkmark
N-Space 1990-09-00 Larry Niven Tor 0-312-85089-1
$19.95?$: US dollar
 529
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Dave Archer Checkmark
N-Space 1991-02-00 Larry Niven Tor / SFBC 17755
$9.98?$: US dollar
 529
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Dave Archer Checkmark
Inconstant Moon 1991-08-00 Larry Niven Orbit 0-7088-8375-3
£3.99?£: UK pound
 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.
 coll Checkmark
N-Space 1991-09-00 Larry Niven Tor 0-812-51001-1
$5.99?$: US dollar
 vi+
693
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 Dave Archer Checkmark
N-Space 1992-01-00 Larry Niven Orbit 1-85723-003-5
£4.99?£: UK pound
 617
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 Fred Gambino  
N-Space 1992-01-00 Larry Niven Orbit 0-356-20242-9
£14.99?£: UK pound
 vi+
617
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Fred Gambino Checkmark
N-Space 1992-02-00 Larry Niven Orbit 1-85723-003-5
£4.99?£: UK pound
 617
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 Fred Gambino Checkmark
N-Space 1997-05-00 Larry Niven Tor 0-812-51001-1
$6.99?$: US dollar
 vi+
693
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 Dave Archer Checkmark
N-Space 1998-00-00 Larry Niven Orbit 1-85723-003-5
£6.99?£: UK pound
 617
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 Fred Gambino Checkmark
Armageddons 1999-11-00 ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois Ace Books 0-441-00675-2
$5.99?$: US dollar
 xiii+
269
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 Phil Heffernan Checkmark
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century 2001-11-00 ed. Orson Scott Card Ace Books 0-441-00864-X
$24.95?$: US dollar
 x+
422
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Pyrographx Checkmark
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century 2001-12-00 ed. Orson Scott Card Ace Books / SFBC 11613
$12.50?$: US dollar
 x+
422
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Pyrographx Checkmark
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century 2004-03-00 ed. Orson Scott Card Ace Books 0-441-01133-0
$14.00?$: US dollar
 x+
422
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 Pyrographx Checkmark
N-Space 2007-08-00 Larry Niven Tor 0-765-31824-5
$15.95?$: US dollar
 vi+
534
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 Ray Massey  
The Best of Larry Niven 2010-12-00 Larry Niven Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-331-0
$60.00?$: US dollar
 618
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Edward Miller  
The Best of Larry Niven 2010-12-00 Larry Niven Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-331-0
$40.00?$: US dollar
 618
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Edward Miller Checkmark
All the Myriad Ways 2011-05-27 Larry Niven Spectrum Literary Agency  
$4.99?$: US dollar
 181
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Inconstant Moon 2012-06-13 Larry Niven Spectrum Literary Agency  
$1.25?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 chap  
Armageddons 2013-03-15 ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois Baen 978-1-62579-107-8
$4.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth  
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 31 2015-05-04 ed. David Farland Galaxy Press 978-1-61986-322-4
$15.95?$: US dollar
 478
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 Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century date unknown ed. Orson Scott Card Ace Books 0-441-01133-0
$16.00?$: US dollar
 x+
422
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 Pyrographx Checkmark
The World Treasury of Science Fiction date unknown ed. David G. Hartwell Little, Brown / BOMC     xix+
1083
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century date unknown ed. Orson Scott Card Ace Books 0-441-00864-X
$24.95?$: US dollar
 x+
422
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Pyrographx Checkmark
The Hugo Winners, Volume Three date unknown ed. Isaac Asimov Doubleday / SFBC 01845
$5.98?$: US dollar
 xvi+
603
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Robert Jay Silverman Checkmark
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