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Title: The Gambler Title Record # 974251
Author: Paolo Bacigalupi
Date: 2008-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: starshipsofa.com
Language: English
User Rating: 8.20 (5 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), near future (1), Laos (1) Add Tags

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Translations
Year Language Title
2012ⓘTranslated by Laura Bocancios
 Romanian
Jucătorul?Jucatorul
2012ⓘTranslated by Birgit Herden
 German Der Spieler
2013 Spanish El apostador
2014ⓘTranslated by Manuel de los Reyes
 Spanish El jugador

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Preliminary Nominees 2008 BSFA Best Short Fiction
4 2009 Hugo Best Novelette
8 2009 Locus Best Novelette
Finalists 2009 Sturgeon Best Short Science Fiction
Nomination 2010 Nebula Novelette
1 (as El jugador) 2015 Premio Ignotus Mejor cuento extranjero - Best Foreign Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Fast Forward 2 2008-09-00 ed. Lou Anders Pyr 978-1-59102-692-1
$15.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 360
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 Picacio Checkmark
Fast Forward 2 2008-10-21 ed. Lou Anders Pyr 978-1-59102-837-6
$11.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth John Picacio  
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three 2009-03-01 ed. Jonathan Strahan Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-262-8
$9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Fred Gambino  
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three 2009-03-15 ed. Jonathan Strahan Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-149-2
$19.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 [10]+
513
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 Fred Gambino Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection 2009-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 978-0-312-55105-6
$21.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xlviii+
639
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 Chad Beatty Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection 2009-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 978-0-312-55104-9
$40.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xlviii+
639
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Chad Beatty Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection 2009-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois    
$21.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
  
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 anth Chad Beatty  
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 22nd Annual Collection 2009-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 978-1-84529-930-9
£9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 li+
724
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  
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 22nd Annual Collection 2009-09-10 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 978-1-84901-527-1
£6.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Checkmark
StarShipSofa, No 121 2010-02-17 ed. Tony C. Smith StarShipSofa  
$0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
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The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011 2011-05-00 ed. Kevin J. Anderson Tor 978-0-7653-2842-7
$17.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 412
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 Drive Communications Checkmark
Antologia Nebula 2011 2012-00-00 ed. Kevin J. Anderson Editura Trei (Epsilon Science Fiction #2) 978-973-707-661-8   622
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
Ionuț Bănuță?Ionuts Bahnutsah
  
Der Spieler 2012-02-00 Paolo Bacigalupi Golkonda 978-3-942396-15-8
€14.90?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR
 213
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
s.BENeš?s.BENes
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The Mammoth Book of Nebula Awards SF 2012-02-16 ed. Kevin J. Anderson Robinson 978-1-78033-429-5
£7.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 xiv+
394
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 joeroberts.co.uk Checkmark
25 minutos en el futuro: Nueva ciencia ficción norteamericana 2013-00-00 ed.
Bernardo Fernández?Bernardo Fernandez
, Pepe Rojo		 Almadía (Narrativa (Editorial Almadía)) 978-607-516-291-1 / 3375
MX$399.00?Mx$: Mexican dollar. ISO codes: MXP until 1993, MXN since 1993
  
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.
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Lontar: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction, #1 2013-10-00 ed. Jason Erik Lundberg, Kristine Ong Muslim Math Paper Press 978-981-07-9257-2
$2.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Sarah and Schooling  
Lontar: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction, #1 2013-10-00 ed. Jason Erik Lundberg, Kristine Ong Muslim Math Paper Press 978-981-07-7171-3
S$22.00?S$: Singapore dollar. ISO code: SGD
 92
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.
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Twenty-First Century Science Fiction 2013-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden Robinson 978-1-4721-1242-2
£12.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 542
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  
Twenty-First Century Science Fiction 2013-11-05 ed. David G. Hartwell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden Tor 978-0-7653-2600-3
$34.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 572
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Shutterstock Checkmark
Twenty-First Century Science Fiction 2013-11-21 ed. David G. Hartwell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden Robinson 978-1-4721-1438-9
£8.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
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Twenty-First Century Science Fiction 2014-09-00 ed. David G. Hartwell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden Tor 978-0-7653-2601-0
$21.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 572
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.
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Terra Nova: Antología de ciencia ficción contemporánea: Vol. 3 2014-11-13 ed. Mariano Villarreal Fantascy 978-84-15831-42-6
€17.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR
 478
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 Adam S. Doyle  
Pwning Tomorrow: An Anthology of Short Fiction from the Electronic Frontier 2015-12-14 ed. Dave Maass Electronic Frontier Foundation 978-0-9966686-1-3    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Hugh D'Andrade Checkmark
Computing and Technology Ethics: Engaging Through Science Fiction 2023-02-14 Emanuelle Burton, Judy Goldsmith, Nicholas Mattei, Cory Siler, Sara-Jo Swiatek The MIT Press 978-0-262-04806-4
$85.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 504
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 non-fic  
Computing and Technology Ethics: Engaging Through Science Fiction 2023-02-14 Emanuelle Burton, Judy Goldsmith, Nicholas Mattei, Cory Siler, Sara-Jo Swiatek The MIT Press 978-0-262-37427-9
$36.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 non-fic  
Computing and Technology Ethics: Engaging Through Science Fiction 2023-02-14 Emanuelle Burton, Judy Goldsmith, Nicholas Mattei, Cory Siler, Sara-Jo Swiatek The MIT Press 978-0-262-37428-6    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 non-fic  
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