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Born with the Dead

Robert Silverberg

First published April 1974
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella
Series Born with the Dead #1

Notes

The Phoenix Pick (2013) edition changes the year that the story takes place in from 1993 to 2033 and the name of a long defunct airline.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1975 Hugo Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist
1975 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Winner
1975 Nebula Award Novella Winner

Publications (41)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1974 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1974 Mercury Press, Inc. MAGAZINE 4
June 1974 Born with the Dead Random House Collection 1
June 1975 Born with the Dead: Three Novellas Vintage Books Collection 1
June 1975 Born with the Dead Gollancz Collection 1
July 1975 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 Ballantine Books Anthology 77
July 1975 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 Ballantine Books Anthology 77
September 1975 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4 Gollancz Anthology 78
November 1975 Nebula Award Stories 10 Gollancz Anthology
December 1975 Nebula Award Stories Ten Harper & Row Anthology 173
October 1976 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 Ballantine Books Anthology 77
December 1976 Nebula Award Stories Ten Berkley Medallion Anthology 165
January 1977 Born with the Dead Coronet Books Collection 7
June 1977 Nebula Award Stories 10 Corgi Anthology 175
June 1978 The Best of Robert Silverberg, Volume Two Gregg Press Collection 219
July 1979 Born with the Dead Berkley Books Collection 1
November 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology
December 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels Arbor House Anthology 200
May 1981 The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels Arbor House / SFBC Anthology 194
April 1984 Born with the Dead Bantam Books Collection 1
July 1986 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV Avon Anthology 324
December 1987 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV Avon / SFBC Anthology 344
December 1988 Born with the Dead / The Saliva Tree Tor Anthology 1
April 1989 Worlds Imagined Avenel Books Anthology 200
July 1992 The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s Carroll & Graf Anthology 1
July 1992 The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s Robinson Anthology 1
August 2004 Phases of the Moon Subterranean Press Collection 223
August 2004 Phases of the Moon Subterranean Press Collection 223
October 2004 Phases of the Moon ibooks Collection 223
November 2004 Phases of the Moon ibooks Collection
May 2009 Trips: 1972-73 Subterranean Press Collection 299
May 2009 Trips 1972-73 Subterranean Press Collection 299
2011 Trips: 1972-73 Subterranean Press Collection
September 2011 Trips Gateway / Orion Collection
December 2012 The Best of Robert Silverberg: Stories of Six Decades Subterranean Press Collection 233
May 2013 Sailing to Byzantium: Six Novellas Open Road Integrated Media Collection
May 2013 Sailing to Byzantium: Six Novellas Open Road Integrated Media Collection
May 2013 Sailing to Byzantium: Six Novellas Open Road Integrated Media Collection
June 2013 Beyond the Doors of Death Phoenix Pick Anthology 15
June 2013 Beyond the Doors of Death Phoenix Pick Anthology |2
February 2015 Phases of the Moon Gateway / Orion Collection
January 2020 Born with the Dead Wildside Press Chapbook