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Empire Star

Samuel R. Delany

First published February 1966
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

Synopsis

In the distant future a boy from a world with a simplex culture is tasked to carry a message to the capital world of the galactic empire, in the process evolving himself to a multiplex consciousness.

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Publications (20)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1966 The Tree Lord of Imeten / Empire Star Ace Books Omnibus 5
1971 Ace Science Fiction Reader Ace Books Anthology 165
August 1972 Trilogy of the Future Sidgwick & Jackson Anthology 165
October 1975 The Ballad of Beta-2 / Empire Star Ace Books Omnibus
August 1977 The Ballad of Beta-2 / Empire Star Sphere Omnibus 83
December 1977 Empire Star Gregg Press Chapbook 1
1978 The Ballad of Beta-2 / Empire Star Robert Hale Omnibus
August 1981 Distant Stars Bantam Books Collection 87
September 1983 Empire Star Bantam Books Chapbook 1
December 2001 Babel-17 / Empire Star Vintage Books Omnibus
May 2004 Distant Stars ibooks Collection 87
July 2006 The Space Opera Renaissance Tor Anthology 151
August 2006 The Space Opera Renaissance Tor / SFBC Anthology 151
July 2007 The Space Opera Renaissance Orb Anthology 151
July 2007 The Space Opera Renaissance Tor Anthology |6
November 2012 Empire Star Gateway / Orion Chapbook
June 2016 Lightspeed, June 2016 Lightspeed Magazine MAGAZINE |26
June 2016 Lightspeed, June 2016 Lightspeed Magazine MAGAZINE |26
October 2022 Babel-17 and Empire Star Centipede Press Omnibus 7
December 2022 Audiobook Collection MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |46