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Title: The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate Title Record # 834616
Author: Ted Chiang
Date: 2007-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
2008ⓘTranslated by 大森望(Oomori Nozomi)
 Japanese
商人と錬金術師の門?しょうにんとれんきんじゅつしのもん
Shōnin to Renkinjutsushi no Mon
Shounin to Renkinjutsushi no Mon
[as by
テッド・チャン?Teddo Chan
]
2008ⓘTranslated by 大森望 (Nozomi Ohmori).
 Japanese
商人と錬金術師の門?しょうにん と れんきんじゅつし の もん
Shounin to Renkinjutsushi no Mon
[as by
テッド・チャン?Teddo Chan
]
2011ⓘTranslated by molosovsky (Alexander Müller)
 German Der Kaufmann am Portal des Alchemisten
2019ⓘTranslated by Arie Storm
 Dutch De koopman en de poort van de alchemist
2019ⓘTranslated by Владимир Гришечкин (Vladimir Grishechkin)
 Russian
Купец и волшебные врата?Kupets i volshebnye vrata
[as by
Тед Чан?Ted Chan
]
2020ⓘTranslated by Mihai-Dan Pavelescu and Alina Sârbu
 Romanian
Neguțătorul și poarta alchimistului?Negutatorul si poarta alchimistului
2020ⓘTranslated by Theophile Sersiron.
 French Le marchand et la porte de l'alchimiste
2021ⓘTranslated by Braulio Tavares.
 Portuguese O mercador e o portal do alquimista

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Nomination 2007 BSFA Best Short Fiction
1 2008 Hugo Best Novelette
Win 2008 Nebula Novelette
2 2008 Locus Best Novelette
Finalists 2008 Sturgeon Best Short Science Fiction
Win (as
商人と錬金術師の門?しょうにんとれんきんじゅつしのもん
Shōnin to Renkinjutsushi no Mon
Shounin to Renkinjutsushi no Mon
) 		2009 Seiun Best Translated Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate 2007-07-23 Ted Chiang Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-100-2
$20.00?$: US dollar
 60+
[1]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 chap Jacob McMurray Checkmark
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2007 2007-09-00 ed. Gordon Van Gelder Spilogale, Inc.  
$4.50?$: 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 Bryn Barnard Checkmark
S-Fマガジン 2008年01月号, #621?Esu-Efu Magajin - 2008-nen 01-gatsu-gō, #621
Esu-Efu Magajin - 2008-nen 01-gatsu-gou, #621
S-F Magajin - 2008-nen 01-gatsu-gō, #621
S-F Magajin - 2008-nen 01-gatsu-gou, #621
 2008-01-00 ed.
Editors of S-Fマガジン?Editors of Esu-Efu Magajin
Editors of S-F Magajin
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō
Hayakawa Shobo
はやかわしょぼう
ハヤカワショボウ
      
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.
 mag
渡邊英徳?わたなべひでのり
Watanabe Hidenori
  
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Two 2008-03-00 ed. Jonathan Strahan Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-124-9
$19.95?$: US dollar
 459
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 Berkey Checkmark
StarShipSofa, No 15 2008-03-23 ed. Tony C. Smith StarShipSofa  
$0.00?$: US dollar
  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 mag  
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Two 2008-03-31 ed. Jonathan Strahan Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-268-0
$9.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth John Berkey  
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection 2008-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 978-0-312-37860-8
$21.95?$: US dollar
 li+
652
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 Donato Giancola Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection 2008-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin / SFBC 1258832
$15.99?$: US dollar
 788
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Donato Giancola Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection 2008-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 978-0-312-37859-2
$35.00?$: US dollar
 li+
652
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Donato Giancola Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection 2008-07-08 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin  
$21.95?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Donato Giancola  
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction 21st Annual Collection 2008-09-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 978-1-84529-828-9
£9.99?£: UK pound
 liv+
714
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 Joe Roberts Checkmark
The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror 2008: Twenty-First Annual Collection 2008-10-00 ed. Ellen Datlow, Gavin J. Grant, Kelly Link St. Martin's Griffin 978-0-312-38048-9
$21.95?$: US dollar
 cxiii+
458
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 Thomas Canty Checkmark
The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror 2008: Twenty-First Annual Collection 2008-10-00 ed. Ellen Datlow, Gavin J. Grant, Kelly Link St. Martin's Griffin 978-0-312-38047-2
$35.00?$: US dollar
 cxiii+
458
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Thomas Canty Checkmark
Nebula Awards Showcase 2009: The Year's Best SF and Fantasy 2009-04-00 ed. Ellen Datlow Paw Prints 978-1-4487-4124-3   vii+
436
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Nebula Awards Showcase: 2009: The Year's Best SF and Fantasy 2009-04-00 ed. Ellen Datlow Roc / New American Library 978-0-451-46255-8
$16.00?$: US dollar
 vii+
436
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 Checkmark
The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: 60th Anniversary Anthology 2009-09-00 ed. Gordon Van Gelder Tachyon Publications 978-1-892391-91-9
$15.95?$: US dollar
 475
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 Hardy Checkmark
The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: 60th Anniversary Anthology 2009-09-01 ed. Gordon Van Gelder Tachyon Publications / SFBC 978-1-61523-611-4 / 1268806
$15.95?$: US dollar
 480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth David Hardy Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction 21st Annual Collection 2011-08-04 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 978-1-84901-530-1
£6.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Checkmark
Die Hölle ist die Abwesenheit Gottes 2011-12-00 Ted Chiang Golkonda 978-3-942396-12-7
€14.90?€: Euro
 181
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 Shelley Eshkar Checkmark
Arrival: Die Hölle ist die Abwesenheit Gottes 2017-07-24 Ted Chiang Golkonda 978-3-946503-12-5
€18.00?€: Euro
 224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Exhalation 2019-05-07 Ted Chiang Alfred A. Knopf (Borzoi Books) 978-1-101-94788-3
$25.95?$: US dollar
 350
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Na Kim Checkmark
Exhalation 2019-05-07 Ted Chiang Random House Audio 978-1-9848-4445-3
$31.50?$: US dollar
  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 coll Na Kim Checkmark
Exhalation 2019-05-07 Ted Chiang Alfred A. Knopf (Borzoi Books) 978-1-101-94790-6
$13.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Na Kim Checkmark
Exhalation 2019-07-11 Ted Chiang Picador 978-1-5290-1448-8
£16.99?£: UK pound
 368
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Exhalation 2019-07-11 Ted Chiang Picador 978-1-5290-1450-1
£8.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Shutterstock Checkmark
Wat er van ons wordt verwacht 2019-09-19 Ted Chiang Volt 978-90-214-1769-1
€20.99?€: Euro
 365+
[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.
 coll Checkmark
Wat er van ons wordt verwacht 2019-09-19 Ted Chiang Volt 978-90-214-1770-7
€10.99?€: Euro
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Выдох?Vydokh
 2019-11-00
Тед Чан?Ted Chan
АСТ?AST
(
Фантастика: классика и современность?Fantastika: klassika i sovremennnost'
)		 978-5-17-119490-1   352
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Exhalation 2019-11-27 Ted Chiang Thorndike Press 978-1-4328-7137-6
$30.99?$: US dollar
 524
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
息吹?いぶき
Ibuki
 2019-12-15
テッド・チャン?Teddo Chan
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō
Hayakawa Shobo
はやかわしょぼう
ハヤカワショボウ
 978-4-15-209899-3
¥1,900?¥: Japanese yen
 430+
[2]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll
水戸部功?Mitobe Isao
 Checkmark
Exalare 2020-06-15 Ted Chiang Editura Nemira (Armada (Editura Nemira)) 978-606-43-0708-8
Lei 40?Lei: Romanian leu
 358
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  
Exhalation 2020-06-30 Ted Chiang Vintage Books 978-1-101-97208-3
$16.95?$: US dollar
 350
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 Na Kim  
Exhalation 2020-07-23 Ted Chiang Picador 978-1-5290-1449-5
£9.99?£: UK pound
 208
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  
Expiration 2020-09-02 Ted Chiang
Denoël?Denoel
  
€15.99?€: Euro
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Die große Stille 2020-10-30 Ted Chiang Golkonda 978-3-96509-035-4
€24.00?€: Euro
 390
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Expiração?Expiracao
 2021-07-06 Ted Chiang Intrinseca 978-65-5560-238-8   416
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 Na Kim  
Expiration 2022-03-22 Ted Chiang Gallimard (Folio SF #702) 978-2-07-297190-7   479
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
Aurélien Police?Aurelien Police
  
Nebula Awards Showcase: 2009: The Year's Best SF and Fantasy date unknown ed. Ellen Datlow Roc / New American Library 978-0-451-46255-8
$16.00?$: US dollar
 vii+
436
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 Ray Lundgren Checkmark
Nebula Awards Showcase: 2009: The Year's Best SF and Fantasy date unknown ed. Ellen Datlow Roc / New American Library 978-0-451-46255-8
$16.00?$: US dollar
 vii+
436
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 Ray Lundgren  
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