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Time Considered As a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones

Samuel R. Delany

First published December 1968
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1970 Hugo Award Best Short Story Winner
1970 Nebula Award Novelette Winner
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (49)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1968 New Worlds, December 1968 Stonehart Publications, Ltd. MAGAZINE 40
May 1969 World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 Ace Books Anthology 87
September 1969 World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 Ace Books / SFBC Anthology 88
November 1970 Nebula Award Stories 5 Gollancz Anthology 131
December 1970 Nebula Award Stories Five Doubleday Anthology 130
March 1971 Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds 7 Panther Anthology 57
July 1971 Driftglass Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Collection 217
August 1971 The Shores Beneath Avon Anthology 9
August 1971 The Shores Beneath Avon Anthology 9
September 1971 The Hugo Winners, Volume Two Doubleday Anthology 613
October 1971 The Hugo Winners, Volume Two Doubleday Anthology 613
November 1971 Driftglass Signet / New American Library Collection 223
November 1971 Driftglass Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 223
January 1972 The Hugo Winners, Volumes One and Two Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Omnibus 813
January 1972 Nebula Award Stories Five Pocket Books Anthology 109
November 1972 Nebula Award Stories Five Pocket Books Anthology 109
December 1972 Nebula Award Stories 5 Panther Anthology 105
1973 The Hugo Winners Volume Two 1968-1970 Sphere Anthology 322
December 1973 More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume II Fawcett Crest Anthology 282
December 1973 More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume II Fawcett Crest Anthology 282
July 1975 In Dreams Awake Dell Laurel Anthology 328
August 1975 More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume II Fawcett Crest Anthology 280
November 1977 Driftglass Signet Collection 223
December 1977 Driftglass Gregg Press Collection 223
1978 Driftglass Gollancz Collection 223
April 1980 Driftglass Panther / Granada Collection 254
August 1980 More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume 2 Fawcett Crest Anthology 280
1981 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Four Gollancz Anthology 593
August 1981 Distant Stars Bantam Books Collection 215
November 1981 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Four Gollancz Anthology 593
March 1982 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III Avon Anthology 593
October 1982 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III Avon / SFBC Anthology 549
1983 Driftglass Signet / New American Library Collection 223
February 1986 The Complete Nebula Award-Winning Fiction Bantam Spectra Omnibus 365
April 1986 Driftglass Signet / New American Library Collection
July 1986 Worlds Apart: An Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Science Fiction and Fantasy Alyson Anthology 243
January 1989 More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume 2 Fawcett Crest / Ballantine Anthology 280
April 1989 The Best of the Nebulas Tor Anthology 329
April 1989 The Best of the Nebulas Tor Anthology 329
November 1990 The Best of the Nebulas Robert Hale Anthology 309
March 1993 Driftglass/Starshards Grafton Collection 264
March 1994 Worlds Apart: An Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Science Fiction and Fantasy AlyCat Books / Alyson Publications Anthology 269
April 2003 Aye, and Gomorrah: Stories Vintage Books Collection 218
May 2004 Distant Stars ibooks Collection 215
July 2013 Aye, and Gomorrah Gateway / Orion Collection |9
December 2015 Nebula Awards Showcase 2015 Pyr Anthology 280
December 2015 Nebula Awards Showcase 2015 Pyr Anthology
June 2021 Driftglass Penguin Books Collection 310
June 2021 Driftglass Penguin Books Collection |254