Title: The Sea and Summer
Title Record # 14293
Author: George Turner
Date: 1987-08-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Author: George Turner
Date: 1987-08-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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- From the source list in the anthology Mortal Fire:
- The story "The Fittest" [see here] ... was subsequently expanded into ... The Sea and Summer
Current Tags: overpopulation (1), science fiction (1), Melbourne (1), climate change (1), Australia (1) Add Tags
Other Titles
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| 1 (as Drowning Towers) | 1988 Clarke | Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 2 (as Drowning Towers) | 1988 Campbell Memorial | Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Nomination (as Drowning Towers) | 1988 Ditmar | Best Australian Long Fiction |
| Nomination (as Drowning Towers) | 1989 Nebula | Novel |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sea and Summer | 1987-08-00 | George Turner | Faber and Faber | 0-571-14846-8 | £10.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
318 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
| Drowning Towers | 1988-09-00 | George Turner | Arbor House / William Morrow | 1-55710-038-1 | $18.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
318 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Ron Walotsky | |
| Las torres del olvido | 1989-00-00 | George Turner | Ediciones B (Tiempos Modernos #7) | 84-406-0811-X | 445 | 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 Sea and Summer | 1989-02-00 | George Turner | Grafton | 0-586-20358-3 | £3.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
427 | 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 | Geoff Taylor | |
| Sommer im Treibhaus | 1991-00-00 | George Turner | Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #272) | 3-518-38322-1 | 425 | 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 | Polly Raynes | ||
| Drowning Towers | 1996-12-00 | George Turner | AvoNova | 0-380-78601-X | $5.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
387 | 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 Evans | |
| The Sea and Summer | 2013-03-14 | George Turner | Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) | 978-0-575-11869-0 | £8.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
xiii+ 364 |
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 | Vincent Chong | |
| The Sea and Summer | 2013-03-14 | George Turner | Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) | 978-0-575-11870-6 | £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. |
novel | Vincent Chong |
Reviews
- Review by Faren Miller (1987) in Locus, #323 December 1987
- Review by Jim England (1987) in Vector 141
- Review by Patrick Nielsen Hayden (1988) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 1988
- Review by John Gregory Betancourt (1988) in Weird Tales, Winter 1988/1989
- Review by Terry Heller (1988) in IAFA Newsletter, Fall 1988
- Review by Bruce Gillespie (1989) in SF Commentary, #67
- Review by Baird Searles (1989) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1989
- Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1989) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 1989
- Review by Martyn Taylor (1989) in Paperback Inferno, #79
- Review by L. J. Hurst (1997) in Vector 193
- Review [Spanish] by Alberto Cairo (2001) in Las 100 mejores novelas de ciencia ficción del siglo XX
- Review by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo (2012) in Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 , reprinted in:
- Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 (2012)
- Review by Mike Dalke (2014) in Big Sky, #4: SF Masterworks 2