Title: Death and Designation Among the Asadi

Title: Death and Designation Among the Asadi Title Record # 54440
Author: Michael Bishop
Date: 1973-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English

Note: This novella was revised and included as the Prologue of the novel Transfigurations. While the novel is in the "Glaktik Komm" series, the novella as originally written and published was not. The revision for the novel was published in the collection Blue Kansas Sky (2000). The revision was also translated into German and published in Heyne Science Fiction Jahresband 2000.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1974	French	Mort et succession des Asadis
1979^ⓘTranslated by Horst Pukallus	German	Tod und Bestimmung unter den Asadi
1980^ⓘTranslated by Iole Luisa Rambelli	Italian	Morte e designazione tra gli Asadi
2011^ⓘTranslated by Francisco Arellano.	Spanish	Muerto y sucesión entre los asadis

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
3	1974 Hugo	Best Novella
7	1974 Locus	Best Novella
Nomination	1974 Nebula	Novella

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Worlds of If, January-February 1973	1973-01-00	ed. Ejler Jakobsson	UPD Publishing Corporation		$0.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	180	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	David A. Hardy
Worlds of If, January-February 1973 [UK]	1973-01-00	ed. Ejler Jakobsson	Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd.		£0.25^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	180	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	David A. Hardy
The 1974 Annual World's Best SF	1974-05-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #101)	0-87997-109-6 / UY1109	$1.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	280	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	Jack Gaughan
The 1974 Annual World's Best SF	1974-05-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	UY1109	C$1.25^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	280	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	Jack Gaughan
Galaxie (2ème série), #122	1974-07-00	ed. Michel Demuth	OPTA		F5.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	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	Philippe Caza
The 1974 Annual World's Best SF	1974-09-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books / SFBC	6278	$1.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 245	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Victor Valla
The Best from If, Vol. 2	1974-09-00	ed. Editors of If	Award Books	AQ1360	$1.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	235	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
The World's Best SF Short Stories No. 1	1975-10-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	The Elmfield Press	0-7057-0057-7	£4.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	280	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Josh Kirby
Science Fiction Story Reader 11	1979-01-00	ed. Wolfgang Jeschke	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3627)	3-453-30538-8	DM 5.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	287	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	Michael Hasted
Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Three	1979-12-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books	0-87997-507-5 / UE1507	$2.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	280	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	Segrelles
Il Meglio di If, Volume 2	1980-08-00	ed. uncredited	Mursia (Tascabili Mursia #35)	40035 N	Lit 3,500^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	266	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
Heyne Science Fiction Jahresband 2000	2000-01-00	ed. Wolfgang Jeschke	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #6342)	3-453-16188-2	DM 18.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	715	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	Zoltán Boros^?Zoltan Boros , Gábor Szikszai^?Gabor Szikszai
Blue Kansas Sky: Four Short Novels of Memory, Magic, Surmise & Estrangement	2000-10-00	Michael Bishop	Golden Gryphon Press (Golden Gryphon #9)	0-9655901-0-0	$24.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xv+ 263	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ron Walotsky
Delirio: Ciencia Ficción y Fantasia, #8 March 2011	2011-03-00	ed. Francisco Arellano	La Biblioteca del Laberinto			200	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	Norman Saunders
Blue Kansas Sky	2013-08-29	Michael Bishop	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-12308-3	£2.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The 1974 Annual World's Best SF	date unknown	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #101)	UY1109	$1.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	280	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	Jack Gaughan

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