Title: The Blind Geometer
Title Record # 41601
Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
Date: 1986-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
Current Tags: near future (1), espionage (1), Washington, DC (1), mathematics (1), blindness (1), science fiction (1), plot twist (1) Add Tags
Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
Date: 1986-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
Note: SFE says "1986; with 1 story added, coll 1989 dos [i. e. the Tor Double with UKLG's The New Atlantis which also contained Return from the Rainbow Bridge] - a later but lesser magazine version won the 1987 Nebula."
In fact there are at least three versions:
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- The original text, which was printed by Cheap Street. (1986)
- The magazine version, which strips out the details and framework of Desargues' theorem, which in the Cheap Street version introduces the various sections of the story. (1987)
- The version printed in the Tor Double, which restores (and sometimes revises) the Desargues' theorem framework, and also expands upon the original Cheap Street text. (1989)
Current Tags: near future (1), espionage (1), Washington, DC (1), mathematics (1), blindness (1), science fiction (1), plot twist (1) Add Tags
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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Win | 1988 Nebula | Novella |
2 | 1988 Locus | Best Novella |
Nomination | 1988 SF Chronicle | Novella |
3 | 1988 Hugo | Best Novella |
4 | 1988 Asimov's Readers' | Best Novella |
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 Blind Geometer | 1986-12-22 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Cheap Street | 0-941826-13-9 | $75.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
92+ [3] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
chap | Judy King-Rieniets | ![]() |
The Blind Geometer | 1986-12-22 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Cheap Street | $325.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
92+ [3] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
chap | Judy King-Rieniets | ![]() |
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Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1987 | 1987-08-00 | ed. Gardner Dozois | Davis Publications | $2.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
196 | 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 | J. K. Potter | ![]() |
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Heyne Science Fiction Jahresband zum Jubiläumsjahr 1988 | 1988-03-00 | ed. Wolfgang Jeschke | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4477) | 3-453-01007-8 | DM 12.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
607 | 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 | Jim Burns | ![]() |
Nebula Awards 23 | 1989-04-00 | ed. Michael Bishop | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich | 0-15-164930-8 | $21.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
x+ 370 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Paul Silverman | ![]() |
Nebula Awards 23 | 1989-04-00 | ed. Michael Bishop | Harvest / HBJ | 0-15-665475-X | $12.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
x+ 374 |
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 | Paul Silverman | ![]() |
The Blind Geometer / The New Atlantis | 1989-10-00 | ed. Ursula K. Le Guin, Kim Stanley Robinson | Tor (Tor Double #13) | 0-812-50010-5 | $3.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
141+ 42 |
dos?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books. |
anth |
Peter Gudynas
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Michael Böhme?Michael Boehme
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Le géomètre aveugle | 1991-06-20 | Kim Stanley Robinson | J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #2922) | 2-277-22922-9 |
[313]+ 1 |
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 | Cyril Massimelli | ![]() |
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Down and Out in the Year 2000 | 1992-11-00 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Grafton | 0-586-21497-6 | £5.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
351 | 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 | Chris Moore | ![]() |
The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1980s | 1993-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Carroll & Graf | 0-88184-959-6 | $9.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
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. |
anth | Gerry Grace | ![]() |
The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1980s | 1993-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Robinson | 1-85487-181-1 | £5.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
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. |
anth | Gerry Grace | ![]() |
Le géomètre aveugle | 1995-11-00 | Kim Stanley Robinson | J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #2922) | 2-277-22922-9 |
[313]+ 1 |
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 | Barclay Shaw | ![]() |
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Ikarus 2001 | 2001-00-00 | ed. Wolfgang Jeschke | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #6370) | 3-453-17984-6 | €8.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
782 | 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 | Boris Vallejo | ![]() |
Science Fiction | 2004-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | W. H. Smith | 1-84529-107-7 | £4.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
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. |
anth | Martin Buchan | ![]() |
The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson | 2010-07-27 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Night Shade Books | 978-1-59780-184-3 | $27.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
389 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Joe Jesus | ![]() |
The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson | 2010-08-01 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Night Shade Books | 978-1-59780-251-2 | $16.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | ![]() |
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The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson | 2010-12-14 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Night Shade Books | 978-1-59780-185-0 | $16.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
[10]+ 389+ [9] |
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 | Joe Jesus | ![]() |
Reviews
- Review by Andy Watson (1988) in PKDS Newsletter, #18