- This novel is a revised and extended version of Against the Fall of Night
- There is a printing history for the Signet editions located on the wiki page for the first printing.
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best SF Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990 | Nominee/Finalist |
| 2012 | Locus Online | 20th Century Science Fiction Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 |
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The City and the Stars | Frederick Muller Ltd | Novel | |
| January 1956 |
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The City and the Stars | Harcourt, Brace & Company | Novel | |
| October 1956 |
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The City and the Stars | Harcourt Brace / SFBC | Novel | |
| 1957 |
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The City and the Stars | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers | Novel | |
| December 1957 |
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The City and the Stars | Signet / New American Library | Novel | 7 |
| 1960 |
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The City and the Stars | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers | Novel | |
| 1961 |
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From the Ocean, from the Stars | Harcourt, Brace & World | Omnibus | 321 |
| September 1961 |
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The City and the Stars | Signet / New American Library | Novel | 7 |
| January 1962 |
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From the Ocean, from the Stars | Harcourt, Brace & World / SFBC | Omnibus | 321 |
| 1965 |
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The City and the Stars | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers | Novel | 9 |
| 1966 |
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The City and the Stars | Harbrace Paperbound Library | Novel | 3 |
| 1967 | The City and the Stars | Harcourt, Brace & World | Novel | ||
| April 1968 |
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The City and the Stars | Signet | Novel | |
| April 1968 |
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The City and the Stars | Signet / New American Library of Canada | Novel | 7 |
| October 1968 |
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The City and the Stars | Gollancz | Novel | |
| 1970 |
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The City and the Stars | Corgi | Novel | |
| February 1973 |
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The City and the Stars | Signet / New American Library of Canada | Novel | 7 |
| 1974 |
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The City and the Stars | Corgi | Novel | |
| 1975 |
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The City and the Stars | Corgi | Novel | |
| 1975 |
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The City and the Stars | Signet / New American Library | Novel | 7 |
| 1978 |
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Four Great SF Novels | Book Club Associates | Omnibus | 7 |
| 1978 |
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The City and the Stars | Signet / New American Library | Novel | 7 |
| May 1978 |
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Four Great SF Novels | Victor Gollancz | Omnibus | 9 |
| November 1978 | The City and the Stars | Gollancz | Novel | ||
| 1979 |
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The City and the Stars | Corgi | Novel | |
| May 1980 |
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The City and the Stars | Signet / New American Library | Novel | |
| 1985 |
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2001: A Space Odyssey / The City and the Stars / The Deep Range / A Fall of Moondust / Rendezvous with Rama | Heinemann / Octopus | Omnibus | 141 |
| September 1986 |
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The City and the Stars | Gollancz | Novel | |
| 1987 |
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2001: A Space Odyssey / The City and the Stars / The Deep Range / A Fall of Moondust / Rendezvous with Rama | Heinemann / Octopus | Omnibus | 141 |
| May 1987 | The City and the Stars | Signet / New American Library | Novel | ||
| February 1991 |
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The City and the Stars | Bantam Spectra | Novel | |
| December 1993 |
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The City and the Stars | VGSF / Gollancz | Novel | |
| February 1998 | The City and the Stars | Vista | Novel | ||
| March 2001 |
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The City and the Stars | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | 9 |
| September 2001 |
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The City and the Stars / The Sands of Mars | Aspect / Warner Books | Omnibus | 3 |
| 2003 |
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The City and the Stars | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | |
| June 2003 |
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The City and the Stars | Science Fiction Book Club | Novel | |
| September 2009 |
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The City and the Stars | Wild Voices | Novel | |
| June 2011 |
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The City and the Stars | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | |
| June 2011 |
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The City and the Stars | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | |
| November 2012 |
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The City and the Stars | RosettaBooks | Novel | |
| October 2017 |
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The City and the Stars | Centipede Press | Novel | |
| April 2022 |
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Arthur C. Clarke Audiobook Collection | MotionAudiobooks | Omnibus | |25 |
| September 2022 |
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The City and the Stars | RosettaBooks | Novel |