The Handmaid's Tale
| First published | 1985 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | McClelland & Stewart |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Novel |
| ISBN | 0771008139 |
| Cover art | Gail Geltner |
| Pages | 324 |
Notes
Shortlisted for the 1986 Booker Prize.
Month from the Seal paperback edition
Cover artist ("Illustration: Collage") on back flap of Archive.org copy; "Jacket Design: Tad Aronowicz".
External Links
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Prix Aurora Awards | Prix Casper – English | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1987 | Arthur C. Clarke Award | Best Science Fiction Novel | Winner |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Award | Best SF Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1987 | Nebula Award | Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1987 | Prometheus Award | Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1987 | SF Chronicle Award | Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1995 | James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award | Retrospective | Nominee/Finalist |
| 2012 | Locus Online | 20th Century Science Fiction Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 2017 | Prometheus Award | Prometheus Hall of Fame Award | Nominee/Finalist |
Other Editions
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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1986 | Jonathan Cape | Hardcover | Novel | Fred Marcellino | 324 | |
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1986 | Houghton Mifflin | Hardcover | Novel | Fred Marcellino | 311 | |
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1986 | Jonathan Cape | Hardcover | Novel | Fred Marcellino | 324 | |
| The Handmaid's Tale | 1986 | Houghton Mifflin / QPBC | Trade Paperback | Novel | Fred Marcellino | 311 | ||
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1986 | Seal Books | Paperback | Novel | Fred Marcellino | 293 | |
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1987 | Fawcett Crest / Ballantine | Paperback | Novel | Fred Marcellino | 395 | |
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1987 | Fawcett Crest / Ballantine | Paperback | Novel | Fred Marcellino | 395 | |
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1987 | Virago | Trade Paperback | Novel | Fred Marcellino | 324 | |
| The Handmaid's Tale | 1987 | Chivers Press | Hardcover | Novel | 456 | |||
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1989 | Fawcett Crest / Ballantine | Paperback | Novel | 395 | ||
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1990 | Virago | Trade Paperback | Novel | Jon Gardey | 324 | |
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1991 | Fawcett Crest / Ballantine | Paperback | Novel | Fred Marcellino | 395 | |
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1993 | William Heinemann | Hardcover | Novel | 308 | ||
| The Handmaid's Tale | 1995 | Virago | Trade Paperback | Novel | 324 | |||
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1996 | Vintage (UK) | Trade Paperback | Novel | Fletcher Sibthorp | 324 | |
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1998 | Seal Books | Paperback | Novel | Fred Marcellino | 304 | |
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1998 | Anchor Books | Trade Paperback | Novel | Fred Marcellino | 324 | |
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2004 | Seal Books | Paperback | Novel | 304 | ||
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2004 | BTC Audio Books / Goose Lane Editions | audio CD | Novel | |||
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2006 | McClelland & Stewart | Hardcover | Novel | 368 | ||
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2006 | Alfred A. Knopf | Hardcover | Novel | xxxiii+350 | ||
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2009 | Bloomsbury | Hardcover | Novel | 336 | ||
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2012 | Audible Studios | digital audio download | Novel | |||
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2012 | Vintage Digital | eBook | Novel | |||
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2016 | Vintage (UK) | Paperback | Novel | 336 | ||
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2016 | Vintage (UK) | Trade Paperback | Novel | Eoin Ryan | 479 | |
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2017 | Vintage (UK) | Trade Paperback | Novel | 324 | ||
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2017 | Emblem / McClelland & Stewart | Trade Paperback | Novel | 358 | ||
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2017 | Anchor Books | Trade Paperback | Novel | xix+311 | ||
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2017 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Hardcover | Novel | Patrik Svensson | 311 | |
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2017 | Thorndike Press | Hardcover | Novel | Fred Marcellino | ||
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2017 | Vintage (UK) | Hardcover | Novel | Noma Bar | 336 | |
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2018 | Vintage (UK) | Trade Paperback | Novel | Noma Bar | 320 | |
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2019 | Penguin Audio | digital audio download | Novel | |||
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2019 | Anchor Books | Trade Paperback | Novel | Noma Bar | 336 | |
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2019 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Trade Paperback | Novel | 311 | ||
| The Handmaid's Tale | 2023 | Harper Large Print | Trade Paperback | Novel | 448 | |||
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2024 | Vintage (UK) | Hardcover | Novel | 336 | ||
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2024 | Ecco / HarperCollins | eBook | Novel | Patrik Svensson | 308 | |
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2025 | Vintage Books | Trade Paperback | Novel | 336 |