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Title: The Watched Title Record # 50003
Author: Christopher Priest
Date: 1978-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Series: Dream Archipelago
Language: English
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Current Tags: science fiction (1), anthropology (1), voyeurism (1), ambiguous ending (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1980Translated by Annemarie Kindt
Dutch De Beloerden
1980Translated by M. Mathieu
French Le regard
1985Translated by Rose Aichele
German Der Beobachtete
1992Translated by Paula Reis.
Portuguese Os observados
2011Translated by Michelle Charrier.
French Le regard

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
2 1979 Locus Best Novella
3 1979 Hugo Best Novella

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1978 1978-04-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$1.25?$: US dollar
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 David Hardy Checkmark
An Infinite Summer 1979-06-00 Christopher Priest Faber and Faber 0-571-11343-5
£5.25?£: UK pound
208
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1 1979-09-00 ed. Terry Carr Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-28084-9
$2.25?$: US dollar
viii+
328
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
The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1 1979-09-00 ed. Terry Carr Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-28084-9
C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar
viii+
328
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
An Infinite Summer 1979-10-00 Christopher Priest Charles Scribner's Sons 0-684-16274-1
$8.95?$: US dollar
208
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Anita Siegel Checkmark
An Infinite Summer 1979-10-00 Christopher Priest Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 1158   208
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Een Zomer van Altijd 1980-00-00 Christopher Priest Centripress (Centripress SF) 90-305-0229-0   168
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 Dicky Groenendijk-Grimme Checkmark
Le livre d'or de la Science-Fiction: Christopher Priest 1980-04-25 Christopher Priest Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5078) 2-266-00888-9   282
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 Marcel Laverdet Checkmark
An Infinite Summer 1980-06-00 Christopher Priest Pan Books 0-330-26048-0
£1.25?£: UK pound
189
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
L'archipel du rêve 1981-04-00 Christopher Priest
J.-C. Lattès?J.-C. Lattes
(Titres SF #41)
    248
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 Keleck  
An Infinite Summer 1981-06-00 Christopher Priest Dell 0-440-14067-6
$2.75?$: US dollar
219
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 Don Punchatz Checkmark
Venice 2 1985-00-00 ed. Wolfgang Jeschke Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4199) 3-453-31174-4
DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
442
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 Mathias Waske Checkmark
Um verão infinito 1992-00-00 Christopher Priest Caminho (
Caminho ficção científica?Caminho ficcao cientifica
#141)
972-21-0718-6   189
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 Henrique Cayatte  
The Dream Archipelago 1999-05-00 Christopher Priest Earthlight 0-684-86152-6
£16.99?£: UK pound
264
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jim Burns Checkmark
The Dream Archipelago 1999-05-00 Christopher Priest Earthlight 0-671-03388-3
£5.99?£: UK pound
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
The Dream Archipelago 2009-11-00 Christopher Priest Gollancz 978-0-575-09106-1
£7.99?£: UK pound
272
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  
The Dream Archipelago 2010-12-21 Christopher Priest Gollancz / Orion 978-0-575-08682-1
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
L'archipel du rêve 2011-02-14 Christopher Priest Gallimard (Folio SF #392) 978-2-07-044123-5   2413
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 Damien Venzi  
An Infinite Summer date unknown Christopher Priest Dell 0-440-14067-6
$2.95?$: US dollar
219
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 Don Punchatz Checkmark
The Dream Archipelago date unknown Christopher Priest Gollancz 978-0-575-09106-1   303
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 Sidonie Beresford-Browne Checkmark
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