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Title: In the Bowl Title Record # 50783
Author: John Varley
Date: 1975-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Eight Worlds
Language: English
User Rating: 6.00 (2 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1978ⓘTranslated by Roderick van Rhyn
 Dutch In de kom
1978ⓘTranslated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch
 German In der Schüssel
1979ⓘTranslated by Claudine Arcilla-Borraz
 French A l'intérieur de la boule
1979ⓘTranslated by Michel Deutsch
 French Dans le chaudron
1984ⓘTranslated by Domingo Santos.
 Spanish En el cuenco
1984ⓘ
  • Translated by Boban Knežević & Aleksandar B. Nedeljković & Miodrag Milovanović
Serbian U peharu [as by Džon Varli]

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
7 1976 Locus Best Novelette
Nomination 1977 Nebula Novelette

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, December 1975 1975-12-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$1.00?$: 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 Mazey , Schell Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5 1976-00-00 ed. Terry Carr Gollancz 0-575-02136-5
£4.50?£: UK pound
 296
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #5 1976-07-00 ed. Terry Carr Ballantine Books 0-345-25064-8
$1.95?$: US dollar
 xi+
367
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 of the Year #5 1976-07-00 ed. Terry Carr Ballantine Books 0-345-25064-8
C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 xi+
367
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 from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22nd Series 1977-12-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Doubleday 0-385-12451-1
$7.95?$: US dollar
 ix+
273
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth David November Checkmark
Best Science Fiction of the Year: 1, Part Two 1978-00-00 ed. Terry Carr Peacock Books / Penguin 0-14-047145-6   221
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 Peter Goodfellow Checkmark
Nebula Winners Twelve 1978-02-00 ed. Gordon R. Dickson Harper & Row 0-06-011078-3
$9.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
242
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Kim Kasow Checkmark
The Persistence of Vision 1978-07-00 John Varley The Dial Press/James Wade / SFBC 3441
$3.50?$: US dollar
 xiv+
272
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jim Burns Checkmark
The Persistence of Vision 1978-07-00 John Varley The Dial Press/James Wade (Quantum Science Fiction #4) 0-8037-6866-4
$9.95?$: US dollar
 xv+
316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jim Burns Checkmark
In the Hall of the Martian Kings 1978-09-00 John Varley Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-98504-6
£5.50?£: UK pound
 xvii+
316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22nd Series 1978-09-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Ace Books 0-441-05461-7
$1.95?$: US dollar
 407
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 Patrick Woodroffe Checkmark
In the Hall of the Martian Kings 1978-10-00 John Varley Orbit / Futura (Quantum Science Fiction) 0-7088-8036-3
£1.10?£: UK pound
 xv+
316
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
Nebula Winners Twelve 1978-12-00 ed. Gordon R. Dickson Harper & Row 0-06-011078-3
$?$: US dollar
 xiv+
242
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Kim Kasow Checkmark
Nebula Winners Twelve 1979-04-00 ed. Gordon R. Dickson Bantam Books 0-553-12477-3
$1.95?$: US dollar
 xv+
253
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 Persistence of Vision 1979-08-00 John Varley Dell (Quantum Science Fiction #4) 0-440-17311-6
C$2.25?C$: Canadian dollar
 xv+
316
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 Persistence of Vision 1979-08-00 John Varley Dell (Quantum Science Fiction #4) 0-440-17311-6
$2.25?$: US dollar
 xv+
316
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 Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction 1980-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Arbor House 0-87795-246-9
$19.95?$: US dollar
 xii+
754
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Antler & Baldwin, Inc. Checkmark
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction 1980-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Priam Books / Arbor House 0-87795-266-3
$8.95?$: US dollar
 xii+
754
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 Antler & Baldwin, Inc. Checkmark
Quantum Special 2 1981-03-00 uncredited Sidgwick & Jackson (Quantum Special #2) 0-283-98585-2
£8.95?£: UK pound
 414+
xvii+
316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni  
The Persistence of Vision 1984-11-00 John Varley Berkley Books 0-425-07300-9
$2.95?$: US dollar
 xv+
288
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 James Warhola Checkmark
Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century 1987-11-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Avenel Books 0-517-64124-0
$8.98?$: US dollar
 x+
726
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Romas Checkmark
The Persistence of Vision 1988-04-00 John Varley Ace Books 0-441-66221-8
$3.95?$: US dollar
 xv+
288
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 James Warhola Checkmark
Not the Only Planet: Science Fiction Travel Stories 1998-00-00 ed. Damien Broderick Lonely Planet Australia 0-86442-582-1
A$16.95?A$: Australian dollar
 250
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 David O'Brien Checkmark
Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe and Other Stories 2013-04-00 John Varley Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-528-4
$45.00?$: US dollar
 338
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Vincent Chong Checkmark
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