<br>During an epic voyage to a planet 30 light years away, the engines of the starship the 'Leonora Christine' are damaged. Unable to slow down, it attains light speed (the tau zero of the title). The disparity between time for those on board and external time becomes impossibly great. Eons and galaxies hurtle by, as the crew speed helplessly into the great unknown.
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Hugo Award | Best Novel | Runner-up |
| 1971 | Locus Poll Award | Best SF Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 |
|
Tau Zero | Doubleday | Novel | |
| 1971 |
|
Tau Zero | Gollancz | Novel | |
| June 1971 |
|
Tau Zero | Lancer Books | Novel | 7 |
| June 1971 |
|
Tau Zero | Lancer Books | Novel | 7 |
| July 1972 |
|
Tau Zero | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | Novel | |
| August 1972 |
|
Universum ohne Ende | Heyne | Novel | |
| 1973 |
|
Tau Zero | Coronet Books | Novel | 7 |
| September 1976 |
|
Tau Zero | Berkley Medallion | Novel | 1 |
| 1980 |
|
Tau Zero | Coronet Books | Novel | 7 |
| May 1980 |
|
Tau Zero | Berkley Books | Novel | 1 |
| 1981 |
|
Tau nolla | Ursa | Novel | |
| February 1981 |
|
Tau Zero | Berkley Books | Novel | 1 |
| April 1981 |
|
Abenteuer Weltraum | Bastei Lübbe | Anthology | 159 |
| 1983 |
|
Tau Zero | Francisco Alves | Novel | |
| January 1989 |
|
Tau Zero | Editrice Nord | Novel | 1 |
| December 1989 |
|
Tau Zero | VGSF / Gollancz | Novel | |
| 1991 |
|
Tau zero | Dnevnik | Novel | 5 |
| February 1992 |
|
タウ・ゼロ | 東京創元社 | Novel | |
| 1994 |
|
Tau Zero | The Easton Press | Novel | 1 |
| March 1997 |
|
Tau Zero | GuildAmerica Books / SFBC | Novel | |
| May 2000 |
|
Tau Zero | Gollancz | Novel | |
| February 2006 |
|
Tau Zero | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | |
| April 2009 |
|
Tau Zero | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | 1 |
| June 2010 |
|
Tau Zero | RosettaBooks | Novel | |
| December 2010 |
|
Tau Zero | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | |
| July 2012 |
|
Tau Zéro | Le Bélial' | Novel | 19 |
| December 2014 |
|
Tau Zéro | Presses Pocket | Novel | 17 |
| October 2015 |
|
Tau Zéro | Presses Pocket | Novel | 17 |
| October 2016 |
|
Tau Zero | Blackstone Audio | Novel | |
| October 2016 |
|
Tau Zero | Blackstone Audio | Novel | |
| October 2016 |
|
Tau Zero | Blackstone Audio | Novel | |
| October 2016 |
|
Tau Zero | Blackstone Publishing | Novel | |
| August 2018 |
|
Tau Zero | Blackstone on Brilliance Audio | Novel | |
| September 2018 |
|
Tau Zero | Open Road Integrated Media | Novel | |
| September 2018 |
|
Tau Zero | Open Road Integrated Media | Novel |