An expansion of a short story of the same title published in IF Magazine (US) June 1958.
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Locus Poll Award | Best SF Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | The Songs of Distant Earth | Grafton | Novel | ||
| 1986 |
|
The Songs of Distant Earth | Grafton | Novel | 1 |
| 1986 |
|
Canções da Terra distante | Publicações Europa-América | Novel | |
| 1986 |
|
Pesme daleke Zemlje | Otokar Keršovani | Novel | 11 |
| 1986 |
|
De verre Aarde | Bruna | Novel | |
| 1986 |
|
Pesme daleke Zemlje | Polaris Beograd | Novel | 11 |
| May 1986 |
|
The Songs of Distant Earth | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | 3 |
| May 1986 |
|
The Songs of Distant Earth | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | 3 |
| May 1986 |
|
Chants de la Terre lointaine | Albin Michel | Novel | 17 |
| July 1986 | The Songs of Distant Earth | Grafton | Novel | 3 | |
| November 1986 | The Songs of Distant Earth | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | ||
| November 1986 |
|
The Songs of Distant Earth | Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC | Novel | 1 |
| December 1986 |
|
Chants de la Terre lointaine | France Loisirs | Novel | |
| 1987 |
|
The Songs of Distant Earth | Grafton | Novel | |
| 1987 | The Songs of Distant Earth | Grafton | Novel | ||
| 1987 |
|
Das Lied der fernen Erde | Deutscher BĂĽcherbund | Novel | |
| 1987 |
|
Das Lied der fernen Erde | Heyne | Novel | |
| March 1987 |
|
Das Lied der fernen Erde | Heyne | Novel | |
| April 1987 |
|
Chants de la Terre lointaine | France Loisirs | Novel | |
| May 1987 |
|
The Songs of Distant Earth | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | |
| May 1987 |
|
The Songs of Distant Earth | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | 3 |
| September 1987 |
|
Chants de la Terre lointaine | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| August 1988 | The Songs of Distant Earth | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | ||
| 1990 | A távoli Föld dalai | Rege | Novel | ||
| 1991 | Canções da Terra distante | Publicações Europa-América | Novel | ||
| 1991 |
|
Das Lied der fernen Erde | Heyne | Novel | |
| January 1991 |
|
The Songs of Distant Earth | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | 1 |
| July 1992 |
|
Chants de la Terre lointaine | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| 1998 |
|
The Songs of Distant Earth | Voyager / HarperCollins | Novel | |
| August 2001 |
|
The Songs of Distant Earth | Voyager Classics / HarperCollins | Novel | |
| 2004 |
|
3001: The Final Odyssey / The Songs of Distant Earth | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | |
| December 2009 |
|
Les chants de la terre lointaine | Milady | Novel | |
| November 2012 |
|
The Songs of Distant Earth | RosettaBooks | Novel | |
| August 2013 |
|
Les chants de la terre lointaine | Milady | Novel | 3 |