Title: The Pardoner's Tale

Title: The Pardoner's Tale Title Record # 58627
Author: Robert Silverberg
Date: 1987-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: Silverberg states in The Best of Robert Silverberg: Stories of Six Decades that he used three prior stories, renaming the characters, as the basis for the The Alien Years (1998): "Against Babylon" (1986) - almost entirely as opening chapters; "Hannibal's Elephants" (1988) - small piece in one of the early sequences; and "The Pardoner's Tale" (1987) - nearly all in later part of book. He also states that he later carved out three new stories from the novel: "Beauty in the Night" (1997), "On the Inside" (1998), and "The Colonel in Autumn" (1998).

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1988^ⓘ Translated by Nataša Đukić	Serbian	Priča Slobodara^?Prica Slobodara Pricha Slobodara
1988^ⓘTranslated by Karl-Ulrich Burgdorf and Markus Bradter	German	Die Geschichte des Ablaßverkäufers^?Die Geschichte des Ablassverkaeufers
1989^ⓘTranslated by Jacques Chambon.	French	Le rémissionnaire
1998^ⓘTranslated by Delio Zinoni	Italian	Il racconto del venditore di indulgenze

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
13	1988 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
Playboy, June 1987	1987-06-00	ed. Alice K. Turner	Playboy Enterprises, Inc.		$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
Alef, #8	1988-03-00	ed. Boban Knežević^?Boban Knezevic	Dnevnik		Din 900^?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar. ISO codes: YUF in 1945-1966, YUD in 1966-1989, YUN in 1990-1992, YUR in July 1992-September 1993, YUO in October-December 1993, YUG in early January 1994, YUM in 1994-2003, CSD in 2003-2006, RSD since 2006	132	A5^?14.8 cm by 21 cm or 5.8" by 8.3" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines	mag	Chris Achilleos
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection	1988-05-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Press	0-312-01854-1	$12.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxv+ 678	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	Alan Gutierrez
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection	1988-05-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Press	0-312-01853-3	$19.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxv+ 678	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Alan Gutierrez
The 1988 Annual World's Best SF	1988-06-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #747)	0-88677-281-8 / UE2281	$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	303	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	Blair Wilkins
The 1988 Annual World's Best SF	1988-06-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #747)	0-88677-281-8 / UE2281	C$4.50^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	303	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	Blair Wilkins
World's Best SF 7	1988-07-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	Bastei Lübbe^?Bastei Luebbe ( Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special^?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special #24108)	3-404-24108-8	DM 9.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	364+ [2]	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	Joe Bergeron
The 1988 Annual World's Best SF	1988-08-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books / SFBC	13627	$4.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ 244	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Richard Powers
Best New SF 2	1988-09-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Robinson	0-948164-77-8	£5.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xxv+ 678	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	Ian Craig
Best New SF 2	1988-09-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Robinson	0-948164-78-6	£11.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xxv+ 678	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Ian Craig
Compagnons secrets	1989-05-00	Robert Silverberg	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #490)	2-207-30490-6		346	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	Sato Yamamoto
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume 1: Secret Sharers	1992-11-00	Robert Silverberg	Bantam Spectra	0-553-08996-X	$25.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xv+ 546	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	A. I. R. Studio, Inc.
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume 1: Secret Sharers	1992-11-15	Robert Silverberg	Bantam Spectra	0-553-37068-5	$12.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xv+ 546	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	A. I. R. Studio, Inc.
The Secret Sharer	1993-05-00	Robert Silverberg	Grafton (The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg #2)	0-586-21370-8	£5.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	395	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	John Howe
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection	1994-06-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Press	0-312-01854-1	$15.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxv+ 678	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	Alan Gutierrez
Hackers	1996-10-00	ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois	Ace Books	0-441-00375-3	$5.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	239	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	Sharmen Liao
Cyber-Killers	1997-06-00	ed. Ric Alexander	Millennium / Orion	0-7528-0980-6	£9.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	vii+ 408	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
Cyber-Killers	1997-06-00	ed. Ric Alexander	Millennium / Orion	0-7528-0783-8	£16.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	viii+ 408	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Cyber-Killers	1998-05-00	ed. Ric Alexander	Orion	0-7528-1633-0	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	ix+ 540	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
La macchina che uccide	1998-12-15	ed. Ric Alexander	Mondadori (Millemondi (quarterly) #18)		Lit 9,900^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	352	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	Franco Brambilla
Voile vers Byzance	2003-04-00	Robert Silverberg	Flammarion (Imagine)	2-08-068254-7	€25.00^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	755	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	Pictor
Voile vers Byzance	2005-12-00	Robert Silverberg	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #7845)	2-290-34865-1		955	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
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Volume 1 Secret Sharers	2009-11-00	Robert Silverberg	Spectra / Ballantine Books	978-0-307-57306-3	$21.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Six: Multiples: 1983-87	2011-09-30	Robert Silverberg	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-402-7	$35.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	426	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Six: Multiples: 1983-87	2011-09-30	Robert Silverberg	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-402-7	$65.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	426	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Multiples	2012-12-07	Robert Silverberg	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-10669-7	£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.	coll
Multiples: 1983-87	2013-06-06	Robert Silverberg	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-625-0	$18.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	432	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
Multiples	2013-06-16	Robert Silverberg	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-628-1	$2.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Hackers	2013-07-15	ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois	Baen Books	978-1-62579-147-4	$4.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth

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