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Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science

Gregory Benford & George Zebrowski

First published 2000
Publisher Harcourt
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
ISBN 0151002924
Cover art Chesley Bonestell
Pages 355

Notes

  • Stated "First Edition"
  • First printing by letter line H G F E D C B A
  • The printing date is not stated. The copy right date is "2000". Locus1 is the source of the April 2000 publication date used in this ISFDB publication record. Amazon reports April 21, 2000.
  • Between pages 164 and 165 is "A Picture of Skylife" which is a set of eight glossy color pages with illustrations. These have been listed in ISFDB's contents as appearing on pages i to viii. The "A Picture of Skylife" title comes from the publication's Contents page though is not used in the body of the publication.
  • The six stories by Arthur C. Clarke on pages 57 to 76 have a collective title "The Other Side of the Sky" and are printed without page breaks at the start of each story
  • 'Jacket art "Spherical Space Station under Construction in Earth Orbit" by Chesley Bonestell' on rear flap, no visible signature on the artwork [the whole painting, in miniature and in mirror-image is repeated on the back cover]
  • $42.00 in Canada

Awards

Year Award Category Status
2001 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology Nominee/Finalist

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science Cover 2002 Harcourt Trade Paperback Anthology Chesley Bonestell 355