Title: The Wasp Factory Title Record # 887
Author: Iain M. Banks
Date: 1984-02-00
Type: NOVEL [non-genre]
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Language: English
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Translations

Year Title 1984 The Wasp Factory [as by Iain Banks]

Year Language Title 1984ⓘTranslated by Pierre Arnaud. French Le seigneur des guêpes [as by Iain Banks] 1985ⓘTranslated by Hugo Kuipers Dutch De Wespenfabriek [as by Iain Banks] 1985ⓘTranslated by Pierre Arnaud. French Le seigneur des guêpes 1986ⓘTranslated by Juhani Koskinen Finnish Ampiaistehdas [as by Iain Banks] 1991ⓘTranslated by Irene Bonhorst The 2011 translation is based upon this and was expanded and revised by Karin Kaltenbrunner and Thomas Ballhausen. German Die Wespenfabrik [as by Iain Banks] 1997ⓘTranslated by Robert Vernooy Dutch De Wespenfabriek [as by Iain Banks] 1999ⓘTranslated by Cristóbal Pera Román. Spanish La fábrica de las avispas [as by Iain Banks]

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win (as Die Wespenfabrik)	1992 Kurd Lasswitz Prize	Bester ausländischer SF-Roman
Nomination	1995 Tiptree / Otherwise	Retrospective

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
The Wasp Factory	1984-02-00	Iain Banks	Macmillan UK	0-333-36380-9	£7.95?£: UK pound	184	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Marcus Wilson-Smith
Le seigneur des guêpes	1984-03-00	Iain Banks	Presses de la Cité?Presses de la Cite (Paniques)	2-258-01347-X	F65.00?F: French frank	186	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.	novel	Jacana
The Wasp Factory	1984-08-00	Iain Banks	Houghton Mifflin	0-395-36296-2	$13.95?$: US dollar	184	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Fred Marcellino
De Wespenfabriek	1985-00-00	Iain Banks	De Kern	90-325-0233-6		158	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.	novel
The Wasp Factory	1985-00-00	Iain Banks	Futura	0-7088-2536-2	£1.95?£: UK pound	184	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.	novel
Le seigneur des guêpes	1985-03-00	Iain M. Banks	France Loisirs	2-7242-2320-9		186	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.	novel	Pete Turner (photographer)
Ampiaistehdas	1986-00-00	Iain Banks	Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö	951-0-13780-4		261	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Ilkka Pesonen
The Wasp Factory	1986-03-00	Iain Banks	Warner Books	0-446-34087-1	$3.95?$: US dollar	185	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.	novel	Don Ivan Punchantz
Le seigneur des guêpes	1989-09-00	Iain M. Banks	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Terreur #9012)	2-266-02733-6		223	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.	novel
The Wasp Factory	1990-00-00	Iain Banks	Abacus	0-349-10177-9	£4.50?£: UK pound	184	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.	novel
The Wasp Factory	1991-00-00	Iain Banks	Abacus	0-349-10177-9	£4.99?£: UK pound	184	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.	novel
Die Wespenfabrik	1991-00-00	Iain Banks	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4783)	3-453-04492-4	DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	265	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.	novel	Michael Hasted
The Wasp Factory	1996-00-00	Iain Banks	Abacus	0-349-10177-9	£6.99?£: UK pound	184	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.	novel
The Wasp Factory	1996-00-00	Iain Banks	Abacus	0-349-10177-9	£6.99?£: UK pound	184	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.	novel
Die Wespenfabrik	1997-00-00	Iain Banks	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #10270)	3-453-12438-3	DM 12.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	269	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.	novel	Michael Hasted
De Wespenfabriek	1997-00-00	Iain Banks	Luitingh-Sijthoff	90-245-2122-X		206	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.	novel
Paniques: Les thrillers des années 80	1998-03-00	uncredited	Omnibus (Omnibus)	2-258-05013-8	F155.00?F: French frank	1307	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	Didier Thimonier
The Wasp Factory	1998-09-00	Iain Banks	Scribner Paperback Fiction	0-684-85315-9	$12.00?$: US dollar	184	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.	novel	Amy Guip
La fábrica de las avispas	1999-03-00	Iain Banks	Mondadori España (Mitos Bolsillo)	84-397-0228-0		256	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.	novel
The Wasp Factory	2003-00-00	Iain Banks	Abacus	0-349-10177-9	£7.99?£: UK pound	244	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.	novel	Ed Dimsdale
Le seigneur des guêpes	2005-01-00	Iain M. Banks	Fleuve Noir (Thriller fantastique #9012)	2-265-07868-9		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.	novel	Jean-Philippe Marie
Die Wespenfabrik	2011-03-14	Iain Banks	Milena	978-3-85286-205-7	€23.00?€: Euro	242	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Wasp Factory	2013-00-00	Iain Banks	Abacus	978-0-349-10177-4	£7.99?£: UK pound	244	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.	novel
The Wasp Factory	2013-04-04	Iain Banks	Abacus	978-0-349-13890-9	£7.99?£: UK pound	244	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.	novel
The Wasp Factory	2013-06-27	Iain Banks	Abacus	978-0-349-13918-0	£8.99?£: UK pound	xi+ 244	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.	novel	mecob.org
The Wasp Factory	2013-07-02	Iain Banks	Simon & Schuster	978-1-4767-5024-8	$10.93?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Wasp Factory	2014-00-00	Iain Banks	Abacus	978-0-349-13918-0	£8.99?£: UK pound	xi+ 244	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.	novel	mecob.org

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Reviews

• Review by Chris Morgan (1985) in Fantasy Review, June 1985
• Review by Neil Gaiman (1985) in Imagine, August 1985
• Review by Malcolm Edwards (1988) in Horror: 100 Best Books, (1988) , reprinted in:
•     Horror: 100 Best Books (1988)
•     Horror: 100 Best Books (1992)
•     Horror: The 100 Best Books (1998)
• Review [Spanish] by Xavier Riesco Riquelme (2002) in Valis, 13, otoño 2002/invierno 2003