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The Fifth Head of Cerberus

Gene Wolfe

First published February 1972
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella
Series The Fifth Head of Cerberus

Notes

First published in Orbit 10 in February, 1972. It became the first part of the same-titled novel published a couple of months later.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1973 Hugo Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist
1973 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Nominee/Finalist
1973 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist
1973 Nebula Award Novella Runner-up
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novella Nominee/Finalist

Publications (25)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1972 Orbit 10 G. P. Putnam's Sons Anthology 9
March 1972 Orbit 10 G. P. Putnam's Sons / SFBC Anthology 1
September 1972 Orbit 10 Berkley Medallion Anthology 7
July 1973 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 Ballantine Books Anthology 43
July 1973 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 Ballantine Books Anthology 43
November 1973 Nebula Award Stories Eight Harper & Row Anthology 124
November 1973 Nebula Award Stories 8 Gollancz Anthology
1975 Nebula Award Stories 8 Panther Anthology 145
1975 Nebula Award Stories 8 Panther Anthology 145
September 1975 Nebula Award Stories 8 Berkley Medallion Anthology 117
May 1976 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 Ballantine Books Anthology 43
January 1989 The World Treasury of Science Fiction Little, Brown / BOMC Anthology 193
February 1989 The World Treasury of Science Fiction Little, Brown Anthology 193
June 1989 The World Treasury of Science Fiction Little, Brown / QPBC Anthology 193
July 1991 The Legend Book of Science Fiction Legend Anthology 331
July 1991 The Legend Book of Science Fiction Legend / Century Anthology 331
February 1992 Modern Classics of Science Fiction St. Martin's Press Anthology 331
April 1992 Modern Classics of Science Fiction St. Martin's Press / SFBC Anthology 331
February 1993 Modern Classics of Science Fiction St. Martin's Press Anthology
March 2009 The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction Tor Collection 31
July 2009 The Very Best of Gene Wolfe PS Publishing Collection 21
July 2009 The Very Best of Gene Wolfe PS Publishing Collection
April 2010 The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction Tor Collection |31
April 2010 The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction Tor Collection
January 2020 The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction Tor Collection |31