Title: Unstable Orbits in the Space of Lies Title Record # 46842
Author: Greg Egan
Date: 1992-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations

Year Language Title 1996ⓘTranslated by 山岸真 (Makoto Yamagishi) Japanese 放浪者の軌道?ほうろうしゃ の きどう Hourousha no Kidou [as by グレッグ・イーガン?Gureggu Iigan Gureggu Īgan ] 1999ⓘTranslated by Francis Lustman, Ellen Herzfeld, or Dominique Martel (per secondary sources, the first appearance of this story in Étoiles vives 7 is translated by Francis Lustman. Subsequent appearances, in various printing of Axiomatique credit the translation to Lustman and Quarante-Deux (Ellen Herzfeld and Dominique Martel). This is most likely the same translation, but the texts should be compared when possible. French Orbites instables dans la sphère des illusions?Orbites instables dans la sphere des illusions 2003 Italian Orbite Instabili Nello Spazio Delle Bugie 2006ⓘTranslated by Pedro Jorge Romero Spanish Órbitas inestables en el espacio de las mentiras

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
24	1993 Locus	Best Short Story

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Interzone, July 1992	1992-07-00	ed. Lee Montgomerie, David Pringle			£2.25?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	72	A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines	mag	Tony Roberts (artist)
Axiomatic	1995-04-00	Greg Egan	Millennium	1-85798-416-1	£8.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	ix+ 289	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 Mule
Axiomatic	1995-04-00	Greg Egan	Millennium	1-85798-281-9	£15.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	289	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Axiomatic	1996-03-00	Greg Egan	Millennium	1-85798-309-2	£4.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xii+ 368	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
Axiomatic	1997-12-00	Greg Egan	HarperPrism	0-06-105265-5	$13.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	293+ [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	Romas
Axiomatic	1998-07-00	Greg Egan	Millennium / Orion	0-7528-1650-0	£6.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xii+ 368	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
Etoiles vives: numéro 7	1999-08-00	ed. André-François Ruaud?Andre-Francois Ruaud	Bifrost/Étoiles vives?Bifrost/Etoiles vives	2-84344-028-9	F69.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	160	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	Philippe Caza
Urania #1470	2003-07-16	ed. Giuseppe Lippi	Mondadori	1470	€4.05?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	368	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
Axiomático	2006-09-00	Greg Egan	Grupo AJEC (Albemuth Internacional #12)	84-96013-26-X		345	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
Axiomatique	2006-09-20	Greg Egan	Le Bélial'?Le Belial'	2-84344-073-4	€23.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	469	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	Nicolas Fructus
Axiomatic	2008-02-00	Greg Egan	Gollancz	978-0-575-08174-1	£7.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	345	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
Axiomatique	2009-10-00	Greg Egan	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #31549)	978-2-253-08783-0		512	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	Manchu
Axiomatic	2013-09-22	Greg Egan	Greg Egan	978-1-922240-09-5	$2.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Axiomatic	2014-11-11	Greg Egan	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-540-7	$15.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	300	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
祈りの海?いのり の うみ Inori no Umi	2014-12-25	グレッグ・イーガン?Gureggu Iigan Gureggu Īgan	早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼう ハヤカワショボウ		¥742?¥: Japanese yen. ISO code: JPY		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	小阪淳?こさかじゅん Jun Kosaka
The Best of Greg Egan	2019-12-00	Greg Egan	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-942-8	$45.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	731	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	David Ho
The Best of Greg Egan	2020-07-27	Greg Egan	Night Shade Books	978-1-949102-25-3	$19.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	679	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 Best of Greg Egan	2021-03-18	Greg Egan	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4732-3229-7	£14.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	729	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 Best of Greg Egan	2021-03-18	Greg Egan	Gateway / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4732-3230-3	£14.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Axiomatic	date unknown	Greg Egan	Gollancz / Orion	978-0-575-08174-1		345	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	Imagina photography/Alamy

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