Title: Swarm

Title: Swarm Title Record # 49202
Author: Bruce Sterling
Date: 1982-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Shaper/Mechanist
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Year	Language	Title
1983^ⓘTranslated by 加藤弘一 (Koh-ichi Katou)	Japanese	巣^?Su [as by ブルース•スターリング^?Burūsu Sutāringu ]
1983^ⓘTranslated by E.C.L. Meistermann	French	L'essaim
1983^ⓘTranslated by Martin Eisele	German	Der Schwarm
1985^ⓘTranslated by Edda Petri	German	Schwärmer^?Schwaermer
1988^ⓘ Translated by Miodrag Milovanović	Serbian	Roj [as by Brus Sterling]
1991^ⓘTranslated by Jean Bonnefoy	French	L'essaim
1992^ⓘTranslated by Rafael Marín Trechera.	Spanish	Enjambre
1995^ⓘTranslated by Fabio Zucchella	Italian	Swarm

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
5	1983 Hugo	Best Novelette
6	1983 Locus	Best Novelette
Nomination	1983 Nebula	Novelette

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1982	1982-04-00	ed. Edward L. Ferman	Mercury Press, Inc.		$1.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	164	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	Carl Lundgren
Fiction, #339	1983-04-00	ed. Alain Dorémieux^?Alain Doremieux	OPTA		F20.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	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	Pascal Bancourt
The 1983 Annual World's Best SF	1983-05-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #528)	0-87997-822-8 / UE1822	$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	255	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 DiFate
The 1983 Annual World's Best SF	1983-05-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	0-87997-822-8 / UE1822	C3.50	255	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 DiFate
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12	1983-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Timescape / Pocket Books	0-671-46680-1	$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 359	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
World's Best SF 2	1983-07-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	Bastei Lübbe^?Bastei Luebbe ( Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special^?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special #24044)	3-404-24044-8	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	349	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 DiFate
The 1983 Annual World's Best SF	1983-09-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books / SFBC	1251	$3.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 239	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Richard Powers
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12	1983-11-00	ed. Terry Carr	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4))	0-575-03341-X	£9.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	viii+ 350	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Nebula Awards #18	1983-11-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Arbor House	0-87795-565-4	$16.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	302	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Nebula Awards #18	1984-09-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Bantam Books	0-553-24371-3	$2.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 240	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	Gary LoSasso
Die schönsten Science Fiction Stories des Jahres: Band 3	1985-00-00	ed. Terry Carr	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4165)	3-453-31123-X	DM 9.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	462	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
Alef, #9	1988-04-00	ed. Boban Knežević^?Boban Knezevic	Dnevnik		Din 1,500^?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar. ISO codes: YUF in 1945-1966, YUD in 1966-1989, YUN in 1990-1992, YUR in July 1992-September 1993, YUO in October-December 1993, YUG in early January 1994, YUM in 1994-2003, CSD in 2003-2006, RSD since 2006	132	A5^?14.8 cm by 21 cm or 5.8" by 8.3" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines	mag	Patrick Woodroffe
蝉の女王^?Semi no Joō	1989-05-00	ブルース•スターリング^?Burūsu Sutāringu	早川書房^?Hayakawa Shobō Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼうハヤカワショボウ ( ハヤカワ文庫SF^?Hayakawa Bunko SF #822)	4-15-010822-6	¥420^?¥: Japanese yen. ISO code: JPY	264	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
Crystal Express	1989-05-00	Bruce Sterling	Arkham House	0-87054-158-7	$18.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 264	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Rick Lieder
Crystal Express	1990-04-12	Bruce Sterling	Legend	0-7126-3661-7	£12.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	317	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Crystal Express	1990-06-00	Bruce Sterling	Legend	0-7126-3698-6	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	317	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	Keith Scaife
Zikadenkönigin^?Zikadenkoenigin	1990-08-00	Bruce Sterling	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4709)	3-453-04294-8	DM 10.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	411	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	Jan Heinecke
Crystal Express	1990-12-00	Bruce Sterling	Ace Books	0-441-12423-2	$4.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	278	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	Ian Entwistle
Crystal Express	1991-08-00	Bruce Sterling	Legend	0-09-972250-X	£4.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	317	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	Keith Scaife
Cristal express	1991-10-00	Bruce Sterling	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #524)	2-207-30524-4		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.	coll	Elrik
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories	1992-00-00	ed. Tom Shippey	Oxford University Press	0-19-214204-6	$22.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxvi+ 587	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Victor Stabin
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories	1992-00-00	ed. Tom Shippey	QPD	CN 9267		587	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	Victor Stabin
Crystal Express	1992-10-00	Bruce Sterling	Ultramar Editores (Grandes Éxitos Bolsillo (Ciencia Ficción) #124)	84-7386-676-2		317	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	Joaquín Chacopino
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories	1992-10-00	ed. Tom Shippey	Oxford University Press	0-19-214204-6	C$31.50^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	xxvi+ 587	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Victor Stabin
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories	1993-10-21	ed. Tom Shippey	Oxford University Press	0-19-283167-4	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xxvi+ 587	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 A. Hardy
The SF Collection	1994-08-00	ed. Edel Brosnan	Chancellor Press	1-85152-317-0	£4.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	501	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Luis Royo
La matrice spezzata	1995-10-00	Bruce Sterling	Editrice Nord (Narrativa Nord #55)	88-429-0862-2	Lit 24,000^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	457	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
Schismatrix Plus	1996-12-00	Bruce Sterling	Ace Books	0-441-00370-2	$13.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 319+ [2]	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	Danilo Ducak
The Science Fiction Century	1997-11-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	Tor	0-312-86338-1	$40.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	1005	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Harris
The Science Fiction Century	1997-11-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	Tor / BOMC	0-312-86338-1		1005	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Harris
The Science Fiction Century	1998-05-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	Quality Paperback Book Club	0-9658501-3-7	$21.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	1005	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	John Harris
The Good Stuff	1999-01-00	Gardner Dozois	Science Fiction Book Club	0-7394-0044-4 / 02879	$15.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	982	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Vincent Di Fate
The Good New Stuff: Adventure SF in the Grand Tradition	1999-02-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Griffin	0-312-19890-6	$16.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 450	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
Ikarus 2002	2002-00-00	ed. Wolfgang Jeschke	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #6390)	3-453-19669-4	€12.00^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	842	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	Donato
Schismatrice +	2002-05-24	Bruce Sterling	Denoël^?Denoel (Folio SF #101)	2-07-042331-X		713	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	Alain Brion
The Good New Stuff: Adventure SF in the Grand Tradition	2002-08-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Griffin	0-312-26456-9	$17.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Bob Eggleton
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories	2003-01-00	ed. Tom Shippey	Oxford University Press	0-19-280381-6	£9.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xxvi+ 587	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 Llewellyn (artist)
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories	2003-03-00	ed. Tom Shippey	Oxford University Press	0-19-280381-6	$19.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	587	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 Llewellyn (artist)
The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction: Volume One	2003-04-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	Robinson	1-84119-513-8	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xix+ 586	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
Schismatrix Plus	2006-10-00	Bruce Sterling	Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection #31)	978-0-7394-7657-4	$10.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 395+ [2]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Jim Burns
The Science Fiction Century, Volume Two	2006-10-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	Orb	0-765-31492-4	$21.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	508	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
Ascendancies: The Best of Bruce Sterling	2007-09-25	Bruce Sterling	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-113-2	$38.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	547	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Peter Miller
A Science Fiction Omnibus	2007-11-29	ed. Brian Aldiss	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	978-0-14-118892-8	£9.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	592	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
A Science Fiction Omnibus	2007-11-29	ed. Brian Aldiss	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	978-0-14-191343-8	£7.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
Alien Contact	2011-11-00	ed. Marty Halpern	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-359-5	$9.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	J. F. Parnell
Alien Contact	2012-01-00	ed. Marty Halpern	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-281-9	$15.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	491	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	J. F. Parnell
Ascendancies: The Best of Bruce Sterling	2014-12-30	Bruce Sterling	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-4976-8812-4	$7.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	539	ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Ascendancies: The Best of Bruce Sterling	2014-12-30	Bruce Sterling	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-4976-8820-9	$7.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Schismatrix Plus	2014-12-30	Bruce Sterling	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-4976-8811-7	$7.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	321	ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni	Jesse Hayes
Schismatrix Plus	2014-12-30	Bruce Sterling	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-4976-8819-3	$7.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni	Jesse Hayes
The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection	2016-07-12	ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer	Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books	978-1-101-91009-2	$25.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxxi+ 1178	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	Bruce Pennington
The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection	2016-07-12	ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer	Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books	978-1-101-91010-8	$25.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Bruce Pennington
The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection	2016-07-12	ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer	Vintage Crime/Black Lizard / SFBC	14-1016912	$19.55^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxxi+ 1178	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	Bruce Pennington
Ascendancies: The Best of Bruce Sterling	2021-01-26	Bruce Sterling	Brilliance Audio	978-1-7135-6263-4	$14.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		audio MP3 CD^?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks	coll
Schismatrix Plus	2021-01-26	Bruce Sterling	Brilliance Audio	978-1-7135-6281-8	$19.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		audio MP3 CD^?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks	omni	Jesse Hayes
Love, Death + Robots: The Official Anthology: Volume Two and Three	2022-05-20	ed. Geoff Brown, Amanda J. Spedding	Cohesion Press		$6.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
Crystal Express	date unknown	Bruce Sterling	Louis Braille Books				unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	coll
Crystal Express	date unknown	Bruce Sterling	Ace Books	0-441-12423-2	$4.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	278	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	Ian Entwistle
Schismatrix Plus	date unknown	Bruce Sterling	Ace Books	0-441-00370-2	$14.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 319	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	Danilo Ducak
Schismatrix Plus	date unknown	Bruce Sterling	Ace Books	0-441-00370-2	$14.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 319	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	Danilo Ducak
Schismatrix Plus	date unknown	Bruce Sterling	Ace Books	978-0-441-00370-9	$16.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 319	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	Danilo Ducak
Schismatrix Plus	date unknown	Bruce Sterling	Ace Books	0-441-00370-2	$14.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 319	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	Danilo Ducak
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories	date unknown	ed. Tom Shippey	Oxford University Press	0-19-283167-4	£7.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xxvi+ 587	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 A. Hardy
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories	date unknown	ed. Tom Shippey	Oxford University Press	0-19-283167-4	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xxvi+ 587	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 A. Hardy

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