Greg Bear expanded the "Blood Music" novelette first published in Analog June 1983 to create this novel.
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | British Science Fiction Award | Best Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1986 | Hugo Award | Best Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1986 | John W. Campbell Memorial Award | Best Science Fiction Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1986 | Locus Poll Award | Best SF Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1986 | Nebula Award | Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1986 | Prix Tour-Apollo Award | Prix Apollo | Winner |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1985 |
|
Blood Music | Arbor House | Novel | |
| November 1985 |
|
Blood Music | Arbor House / SFBC | Novel | 1 |
| November 1985 |
|
La musique du sang | Editions La Découverte | Novel | |
| March 1986 |
|
Blood Music | Ace Science Fiction Books | Novel | 5 |
| March 1986 |
|
Blood Music | Gollancz | Novel | |
| March 1987 |
|
Música en la sangre | Ultramar Editores | Novel | |
| May 1987 |
|
De muziek van het bloed | Meulenhoff | Novel | 7 |
| May 1987 |
|
L'ultima fase | Editrice Nord | Novel | |
| 1988 |
|
Blutmusik | Heyne | Novel | |
| January 1988 |
|
Blood Music | Legend | Novel | 7 |
| March 1988 |
|
La musique du sang | J'ai Lu | Novel | 5 |
| 1990 |
|
Blood Music | The Easton Press | Novel | 5 |
| 1990 |
|
Blutmusik | Heyne | Novel | |
| June 1990 |
|
Blood Music | Ace Books | Novel | |
| 1991 | A vér zenéje | Móra Ferenc Ifjúsági Könyvkiadó | Novel | ||
| August 1991 |
|
Blood Music | Ace Books | Novel | |
| November 1991 |
|
Blood Music | Legend | Novel | |
| July 1996 |
|
Blood Music | Ace Books | Novel | |
| November 1997 |
|
La musica del sangue | Editrice Nord | Novel | |
| May 1998 |
|
Blood Music | Vista | Novel | |
| April 2001 |
|
Blood Music | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | 7 |
| 2002 |
|
Blood Music | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | |
| June 2002 |
|
Blood Music | ibooks | Novel | |
| June 2002 |
|
Blood Music | ibooks | Novel | 1 |
| 2004 |
|
Blood Music | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | |
| January 2005 |
|
La musique du sang | Gallimard | Novel | 3 |
| June 2006 |
|
Blood Music | Science Fiction Book Club | Novel | |
| August 2007 |
|
Blood Music | Gollancz | Novel | |
| May 2008 |
|
Blutmusik | Heyne | Novel | 15 |
| October 2008 |
|
Blood Music | Recorded Books | Novel | |
| December 2008 |
|
Blood Music | e-reads.com | Novel | |
| 2010 | Blood Music | Playaway Digital Audio | Novel | ||
| December 2011 |
|
Blood Music | Gateway / Orion | Novel | |
| 2013 |
|
Blood Music | Recorded Books | Novel | |
| April 2014 |
|
Blood Music | Open Road Integrated Media | Novel |