Title: Born with the Dead

Title: Born with the Dead Title Record # 50858
Author: Robert Silverberg
Date: 1974-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Series: Born with the Dead
Series Number: 1
Language: English

Note: The Phoenix Pick (2013) edition changes the year that the story takes place in from 1993 to 2033 and the name of a long defunct airline.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1975^ⓘTranslated by Alain Dorémieux.	French	Né avec les morts^?Ne avec les morts
1976^ⓘTranslated by Annemarie Kindt and Pon Ruiter	Dutch	Opgewekt bij de doden
1979^ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm	German	Mit den Toten geboren
1982^ⓘTranslated by Eva Malsch	German	Mit den Toten geboren
1984^ⓘ Translated by Boban Knežević & Aleksandar B. Nedeljković & Miodrag Milovanović	Serbian	Rođen sa mrtvima^?Roden sa mrtvima
2009^ⓘTranslated by Emanuel Huțanu	Romanian	Născut printre morți^?Nascut printre morti
2015^ⓘ Translated by Igor Rendić	Croatian	Rođeni s mrtvima^?Rodeni s mrtvima

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
1	1975 Locus	Best Novella
Win	1975 Nebula	Novella
Finalists	1975 Hugo	Best Novella

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 and Science Fiction, April 1974	1974-04-00	ed. Edward L. Ferman	Mercury Press, Inc.		$0.75^?$: 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	Emsh
Born with the Dead	1974-06-00	Robert Silverberg	Random House	0-394-48845-8	$5.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	267	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Carl Berkowitz
Born with the Dead	1975-06-00	Robert Silverberg	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4))	0-575-01966-2	£2.75^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	267	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Born with the Dead: Three Novellas	1975-06-00	Robert Silverberg	Vintage Books	0-394-71447-4	$1.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	257	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	Charles Shields
Fiction, #258	1975-06-00	ed. Editors of Fiction	OPTA		F7.00^?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	Olivier Taffin
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4	1975-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Ballantine Books	0-345-24529-6	$1.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 304	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 Science Fiction of the Year #4	1975-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Ballantine Books	0-345-24529-6	C$1.95^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	xii+ 304	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 Science Fiction of the Year 4	1975-09-00	ed. Terry Carr	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4))	0-575-02010-5	£3.75^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	272	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Nebula Award Stories 10	1975-11-00	ed. James Gunn	Gollancz	0-575-02059-8	£3.75^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	255	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Nebula Award Stories Ten	1975-12-00	ed. James Gunn	Harper & Row	0-06-011628-5	$7.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 254	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Science fiction verhalen	1976-00-00	ed. Terry Carr	Het Spectrum (Prisma #1755)	90-274-0882-3	ƒ5.90^?ƒ: Dutch guilder. ISO code: NLG in 1810s-1999	232	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	Alphons Koppelman
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4	1976-10-00	ed. Terry Carr	Ballantine Books	0-345-24529-6	$1.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	304	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
Nebula Award Stories Ten	1976-12-00	ed. James Gunn	Berkley Medallion	0-425-03278-7 / D3278	$1.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 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	Richard Powers
Born with the Dead	1977-01-04	Robert Silverberg	Coronet Books	0-340-21297-7	£0.80^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	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	Jim Burns
Nebula Award Stories 10	1977-06-00	ed. James Gunn	Corgi	0-552-10485-X	£0.85^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	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	Tony Roberts (artist)
The Best of Robert Silverberg, Volume Two	1978-06-00	Robert Silverberg	Gregg Press	0-8398-2439-4	$15.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	323	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Signaux du silence	1979-00-00	Robert Silverberg	Casterman (Autres temps, autres mondes)	2-203-22628-5		236	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Stryckman-Lybaert
Mit den Toten geboren	1979-05-00	Robert Silverberg	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3644)	3-453-30557-4	DM 4.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	222	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	Mikuláš Rachlík^?Mikulas Rachlik
Born with the Dead	1979-07-00	Robert Silverberg	Berkley Books	0-425-04156-5	$1.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 242	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	Paul Alexander
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels	1980-11-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg	Priam Books / Arbor House	0-87795-295-7	$9.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 768	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
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels	1980-12-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg	Arbor House	0-87795-295-7	$19.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 768	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Antler & Baldwin, Inc.
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels	1981-05-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg	Arbor House / SFBC	5754	$6.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 753	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Antler & Baldwin, Inc.
Der Tag vor der Revolution	1982-09-00	ed. James Gunn	Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6732)	3-8118-6732-6	DM 6.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	239	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
Born with the Dead	1984-04-00	Robert Silverberg	Bantam Books	0-553-24103-6	$2.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	246	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
Monolit, Science Fiction almanah	1984-04-00	ed. Boban Knežević^?Boban Knezevic	Izdanje prevodilaca, Monolit (Monolit #1)			510	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	Dobrosav-Bob Živković^?Dobrosav-Bob Zivkovic Dobrosav-Bob Zhivkovich
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV	1986-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Avon	0-380-89710-5	$4.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 434	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	Tony Roberts (artist)
Monolit, Science Fiction almanah	1987-00-00	ed. Boban Knežević^?Boban Knezevic	Izdanje prevodilaca, Monolit (Monolit #1)			510	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	Dobrosav Bob Živković^?Dobrosav Bob Zivkovic Dobrosav Bob Zhivkovic
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV	1987-12-00	ed. Terry Carr	Avon / SFBC	11628	$6.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xi+ 462	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Born with the Dead / The Saliva Tree	1988-12-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Robert Silverberg	Tor (Tor Double #3)	0-812-55952-5	$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	96+ 87	dos^?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.	anth	Ron Walotsky , Les Edwards
Worlds Imagined	1989-04-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg	Avenel Books	0-517-68029-7	$8.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 704	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
L'appel des ténèbres^?L'appel des tenebres	1991-03-00	Robert Silverberg	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #518)	2-207-30518-X		320	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	Philippe Gauckler
The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s	1992-07-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Carroll & Graf	0-88184-795-X	$9.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	535	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	Roy Virgo
The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s	1992-07-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Robinson	1-85487-112-9	£5.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	535	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	Roy Virgo
L'appel des ténèbres^?L'appel des tenebres	1999-05-00	Robert Silverberg	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #518)	2-207-24889-5		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	Paul Siraudeau
Phases of the Moon	2004-08-00	Robert Silverberg	Subterranean Press	1-931081-99-9	$40.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	625	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jim Burns
Phases of the Moon	2004-08-00	Robert Silverberg	Subterranean Press	1-931081-99-9	$150.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	625	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jim Burns
Phases of the Moon	2004-10-00	Robert Silverberg	ibooks	0-7434-9801-1	$15.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	623	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	Michael Whelan
Phases of the Moon	2004-11-01	Robert Silverberg	ibooks	1-59687-057-5	$15.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	624	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
Né avec les morts^?Ne avec les morts	2006-06-02	Robert Silverberg	Gallimard (Folio SF #250)	2-07-030588-0		415	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	Michelle Blessemaille
Almanah 2009 (Sci-Fi Magazin)	2009-01-00	ed. George Lazăr^?George Lazar , Cătălin Moraru^?Catalin Moraru	Mediapress, Botoșani^?Mediapress, Botosani		Lei 30^?Lei: Romanian leu. ISO codes: ROK in 1947-1952, ROL in 1952-2005, RON since 2005	304	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 Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Four: Trips 1972-73	2009-05-30	Robert Silverberg	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-212-2	$65.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	411	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Four: Trips: 1972-73	2009-05-30	Robert Silverberg	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-212-2	$35.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	411	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Trips: 1972-73	2011-00-00	Robert Silverberg	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-388-4	$2.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Science fiction verhalen	2011-04-00	ed. Terry Carr	Het Spectrum (Vantoen.nu #1755)	978-90-315-0340-7	€14.99^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	232	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	Alphons Koppelman
Trips	2011-09-29	Robert Silverberg	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-10667-3	£2.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Best of Robert Silverberg: Stories of Six Decades	2012-12-31	Robert Silverberg	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-472-0	$24.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	722	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	Jim Burns
Sailing to Byzantium: Six Novellas	2013-05-14	Robert Silverberg	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-4804-1817-2	$22.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	560	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
Sailing to Byzantium: Six Novellas	2013-05-14	Robert Silverberg	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-4804-1815-8	$7.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Sailing to Byzantium: Six Novellas	2013-05-14	Robert Silverberg	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-4804-1813-4	$7.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Beyond the Doors of Death	2013-06-00	ed. Damien Broderick, Robert Silverberg	Phoenix Pick	978-1-61242-112-4	$14.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	182	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
Beyond the Doors of Death	2013-06-00	ed. Damien Broderick, Robert Silverberg	Phoenix Pick	978-1-61242-113-1	$7.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
Phases of the Moon	2015-02-27	Robert Silverberg	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-10661-1	£4.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Nebula 2 1970. - 1974.	2015-11-00	ed. Davorin Horak	Hangar 7 (Nebula (Hangar 7) #2)	978-953-57638-3-3	kn 299.00^?kn: Croatian kuna. ISO code: HRK in 1994-2023	511	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Philippe Bouchet
Born with the Dead	2020-01-03	Robert Silverberg	Wildside Press	978-1-4794-4532-5	$0.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	chap

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