Title: The Birthday of the World Title Record # 90105
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Date: 2000-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English User Rating: 8.00 (1 vote) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Year Language Title 2001ⓘTranslated by Paulina Braiter. Additional data from baza.fantasta.pl Polish Urodziny świata?Urodziny swiata 2004 Italian Il compleanno del mondo 2005ⓘTranslated by Martine Loncan. French L'anniversaire du monde 2006ⓘTranslated by Patrick Dusoulier French L'anniversaire du monde [as by Ursula Le Guin]

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
1	2001 Locus	Best Novelette
Finalists	2001 Sturgeon	Best Short Science Fiction

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 & Science Fiction, June 2000	2000-06-00	ed. Gordon Van Gelder	Mercury Press, Inc.		$3.50?$: 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	Rob Alexander
Nowa Fantastyka 1 (220) Styczen 2001	2001-01-00	ed. Maciej Parowski				80	unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	mag
Year's Best SF 6	2001-06-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	Eos / HarperCollins	0-06-102055-9	$7.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 500	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	Paul Youll
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection	2001-07-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Griffin / SFBC	38298	$14.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	lvi+ 744	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	David A. Hardy
Year's Best SF 6	2001-07-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	Eos / HarperCollins / SFBC	0-7394-1856-4 / 37551	$10.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 500	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Paul Youll
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection	2001-08-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Griffin	0-312-27478-5	$18.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xlvii+ 617	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 A. Hardy
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection	2001-08-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Griffin	0-312-27465-3	$29.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xlvii+ 617	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	David A. Hardy
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 14th Annual Collection	2001-09-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Robinson	1-84119-404-2	£9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	lii+ 684	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	Pete Rozycki
The Birthday of the World and Other Stories	2002-03-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	HarperCollinsPublishers	0-06-621253-7	$24.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 362	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Philip Lee Harvey
The Birthday of the World	2003-01-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Gollancz / Orion	0-575-07479-5	£9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xiii+ 362	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 Birthday of the World and Other Stories	2003-01-16	Ursula K. Le Guin	Gollancz	0-575-07379-9	£16.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	384	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Birthday of the World and Other Stories	2003-03-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Perennial / HarperCollins	0-06-050906-6	$13.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 362	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	Philip Lee Harvey
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection	2003-08-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Griffin	0-312-70372-4	$13.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	David A. Hardy
The Birthday of the World	2004-01-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Gollancz / Orion	0-575-07539-2	£6.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xiii+ 362	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
Urania #1493 Supplement	2004-12-00	ed. Giuseppe Lippi	Mondadori	1493 Supplement	€4.10?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	330	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.	mag	Franco Brambilla
Fiction, Printemps 2005	2005-03-10	ed. Editors of Fiction	Les Moutons Électriques	2-915793-04-2	€19.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	336	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	Michelle Bigot
L'anniversaire du monde	2006-01-27	Ursula Le Guin	Robert Laffont (Ailleurs et demain)	2-221-10537-0	€21.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	406	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	Jackie Paternoster
ParaSpheres: Extending Beyond the Spheres of Literary and Genre Fiction: Fabulist and New Wave Fabulist Stories	2006-04-00	ed. Ken Keegan, Rusty Morrison	Omnidawn Publishing	1-890650-18-8	$19.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	638	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	Michael Parkes
ParaSpheres: Extending Beyond the Spheres of Literary and Genre Fiction: Fabulist and New Wave Fabulist Stories	2006-04-00	ed. Ken Keegan, Rusty Morrison	Omnidawn Publishing	1-890650-18-8	$19.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	637+ [1]	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	Michael Parkes
Year's Best SF 6	2009-10-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	HarperCollins e-books	978-0-06-175781-5	$0.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Paul Youll
The Birthday of the World	2009-10-13	Ursula K. Le Guin	HarperCollins e-books	978-0-06-180392-5	$10.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Philip Lee Harvey
L'anniversaire du monde	2010-03-00	Ursula Le Guin	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #31869)	978-2-253-02348-7	€7.50?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	567	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	Alain Brion
The Birthday of the World and Other Stories	2010-09-09	Ursula K. Le Guin	Gollancz / Orion	978-0-575-10028-2	£4.49?£: 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 Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 14th Annual Collection	2012-03-01	ed. Gardner Dozois	Robinson	978-1-78033-717-3	£3.98?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
The Birthday of the World and Other Stories	date unknown	Ursula K. Le Guin	HarperCollins	0-06-621253-7	$24.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 362	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Philip Lee Harvey
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection	date unknown	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Griffin	0-312-27478-5	$18.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xlvii+ 617	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 A. Hardy

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