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Steel Beach

John Varley

First published July 1992
Type Novel
Series Eight Worlds › Metal Trilogy #1

Hildy is a journalist on the Moon, 200 years after humans were evicted from Earth. He knows how to spin a tired presentation (the newest Sex Tech!) into an interesting article. Oh, and from time to time he commits suicide.

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1993 Hugo Award Best Novel Nominee/Finalist
1993 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Nominee/Finalist

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 1992 Cover Steel Beach Ace/Putnam Novel 1
September 1992 Cover Steel Beach Ace/Putnam / SFBC Novel 5
December 1992 Cover Steel Beach The Easton Press Novel 7
1993 Cover Hugo and Nebula Anthology 1993 ClariNet Communications Corp. Anthology |2.02
July 1993 Cover Steel Beach HarperCollins (UK) Novel
August 1993 Cover Steel Beach Ace Books Novel 3
August 1993 Cover Steel Beach Ace Books Novel 3
January 1994 Cover Steel Beach HarperCollins (UK) Novel 3
May 1994 Cover Stahl-Paradies Bastei Lübbe Novel 7
June 1994 Cover La spiaggia d'acciaio Editrice Nord Novel
September 1994 Cover Gens de la lune Denoël Novel
November 1994 Playa de acero Ediciones B Novel 13
March 1999 Cover Gens de la Lune 1 Denoël Novel
March 1999 Cover Gens de la Lune 2 Denoël Novel
October 2007 Cover Steel Beach Science Fiction Book Club Novel
October 2008 Cover Gens de la lune Denoël Novel
2017 Cover Steel Beach Ace Books Novel |1
June 2019 Cover Steel Beach Tantor Audio Novel
March 2021 Cover Steel Beach Tantor and Blackstone Publishing Novel
March 2021 Cover Steel Beach Tantor and Blackstone Publishing Novel
March 2021 Cover Steel Beach Tantor and Blackstone Publishing Novel
December 2024 Cover Audiobook Collection MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |12