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The Alien Years

Robert Silverberg

First published 1998
Publisher Voyager / HarperCollins
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
ISBN 0246137223
Cover art Fred Gambino
Pages 453

Notes


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).

Published by Voyager 1996 First printing by numberline. Month from Locus1 "Jacket illustration by Fred Gambino" on rear flap of dustwrapper. No printed price anywhere.

Awards

Year Award Category Status
1999 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Nominee/Finalist

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Alien Years Cover 1998 The Easton Press Hardcover Novel 106-127 [11]+428
The Alien Years Cover 1998 HarperPrism Hardcover Novel Michael Herring 428
The Alien Years Cover 1998 HarperPrism / SFBC Hardcover Novel 00158 Michael Herring 428
The Alien Years Cover 1999 Voyager / HarperCollins Paperback Novel Fred Gambino 453
The Alien Years Cover 1999 HarperPrism Paperback Novel Michael Herring 488
The Alien Years Cover 2011 Gateway / Orion eBook Novel
The Alien Years Cover 2014 Open Road Integrated Media eBook Novel
The Alien Years Cover 2014 Open Road Integrated Media eBook Novel
The Alien Years Cover 2019 ReAnimus Press Trade Paperback Novel 394