Title: The Hole Man

Title: The Hole Man Title Record # 50965
Author: Larry Niven
Date: 1974-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: Human explorers find an abandoned alien outpost on Mars with anomalous physical properties; to prove his case, one scientist unleashes powers which lead to the death of his opposition, and may end with the destruction of the planet.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1975^ⓘTranslated by Knut Azimuth	Dutch	Het gat van Lear
1976^ⓘTranslated by Annemarie Kindt and Pon Ruiter	Dutch	De man met het gaatje
1976^ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr	German	Im freien Fall durch den Mars
1976^ⓘTranslated by Abramo Luraschi.	Italian	L'uomo del buco
1976^ⓘTranslated by 小隅黎 (Rei Kozumi)	Japanese	ホール・マン^?Hooru Man [as by ラリイ・ニーヴン^?Rarii Nīvun Rarii Niivun ]
1982	Swedish	Hålslaget
1984	French	Rencontre avec un trou noir
1988^ⓘTranslated by Sonja Lovasić	Croatian	Tragač crnih rupa^?Tragac crnih rupa Tragach crnih rupa
1991^ⓘTranslated by Mihai-Dan Pavelescu.	Romanian	Omul Black-Hole
1996	Italian	L'uomo nel buco

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
1	1975 Hugo	Best Short Story
2	1975 Locus	Best Short Story

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1974	1974-01-00	ed. Ben Bova	Condé Nast		$0.60^?$: US dollar	180	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Frank Kelly Freas
A Hole in Space	1974-06-00	Larry Niven	Ballantine Books	0-345-24011-1	$1.25^?$: US dollar	196	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Dean Ellis
A Hole in Space	1974-06-00	Larry Niven	Ballantine Books	0-345-24011-1	C$1.25^?C$: Canadian dollar	196	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Dean Ellis
A Hole in Space	1974-11-00	Larry Niven	Ballantine Books	0-345-24011-1	$1.25^?$: US dollar	196	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Dean Ellis
A Hole in Space	1975-00-00	Larry Niven	Orbit / Futura	0-86007-853-1	£0.50^?£: UK pound	196	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tony Roberts (artist)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4	1975-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Ballantine Books	0-345-24529-6	$1.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 304	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4	1975-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Ballantine Books	0-345-24529-6	C$1.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	xii+ 304	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4	1975-09-00	ed. Terry Carr	Gollancz	0-575-02010-5	£3.75^?£: UK pound	272	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
A Hole in Space	1976-03-00	Larry Niven	Ballantine Books	0-345-25287-X	$1.50^?$: US dollar	196	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Dean Ellis
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4	1976-10-00	ed. Terry Carr	Ballantine Books	0-345-24529-6	$1.95^?$: US dollar	304	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
A Hole in Space	1977-02-00	Larry Niven	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-27137-8	$1.50^?$: US dollar	196	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Dean Ellis
The Hugo Winners, Volume Three	1977-08-05	ed. Isaac Asimov	Doubleday	0-385-12218-7	$12.50^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 603	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Robert Jay Silverman
The Hugo Winners, Volume Three	1977-12-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Doubleday / SFBC	1845	$4.50^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 603	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Robert Jay Silverman
Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology	1978-00-00	ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Patricia Warrick	Harper & Row	0-06-046943-9		xviii+ 476	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology	1978-06-00	ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Patricia Warrick	Harper & Row	0-06-011626-9	$14.95^?$: US dollar	xviii+ 476	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Mark Rubin
Black Holes and Other Marvels	1978-07-00	ed. Jerry Pournelle	Futura	0-7088-8014-2	£0.95^?£: UK pound	334	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Tony Roberts (artist)
A Hole in Space	1978-08-00	Larry Niven	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-28040-7	$1.75^?$: US dollar	196	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Dean Ellis
The Best of Analog	1978-10-00	ed. Ben Bova	Baronet Publishing Co. (A Baronet/Analog Book)	0-89437-034-0	$5.95^?$: US dollar	418	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Alex Schomburg
The Hugo Winners, Volume Three, Part Three: 1974-1975	1979-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Dennis Dobson			209	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Black Holes and Other Marvels	1979-00-00	ed. Jerry Pournelle	Orbit / Futura	0-7088-8014-2	£1.25^?£: UK pound	334	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
The Best of Analog	1979-03-00	ed. Ben Bova	Ace Books (An Analog Book)	0-441-05470-6	$2.25^?$: US dollar	418	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Alex Schomburg
Black Holes and Other Marvels	1979-04-00	ed. Jerry Pournelle	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23962-4	$1.95^?$: US dollar	350	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Attila Hejja
The Hugo Winners: Volume 3, Book 2	1979-07-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-24045-2	$1.95^?$: US dollar	352	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Attila Hejja
A Hole in Space	1980-00-00	Larry Niven	Orbit / Futura	0-86007-853-1	£1.25^?£: UK pound	196	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Peter Jones
A Hole in Space	1980-03-00	Larry Niven	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-29225-1	$1.95^?$: US dollar	196	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Dean Ellis
Black Holes and Other Marvels	1981-00-00	ed. Jerry Pournelle	Orbit	0-7088-8014-2	£1.75^?£: UK pound	334	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Black Holes and Other Marvels	1981-00-00	ed. Jerry Pournelle	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23962-4	$2.50^?$: US dollar	350	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
A Hole in Space	1981-03-00	Larry Niven	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-30051-3	$2.25^?$: US dollar	196	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Dean Ellis
A Hole in Space	1984-00-00	Larry Niven	Orbit	0-86007-853-1	£2.25^?£: UK pound	196	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Peter Jones
A Hole in Space	1986-00-00	Larry Niven	Orbit / Futura	0-86007-853-1	£2.50^?£: UK pound	196	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Peter Jones
A Hole in Space	1988-05-00	Larry Niven	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-33777-8	$3.50^?$: US dollar	196	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Dean Ellis
A Hole in Space	1990-00-00	Larry Niven	Ballantine Books	0-345-33777-8	$4.95^?$: US dollar	196	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Dean Ellis
N-Space	1990-09-00	Larry Niven	Tor	0-312-85089-1	$19.95^?$: US dollar	529	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Dave Archer
N-Space	1991-02-00	Larry Niven	Tor / SFBC	17755	$9.98^?$: US dollar	529	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Dave Archer
N-Space	1991-09-00	Larry Niven	Tor	0-812-51001-1	$5.99^?$: US dollar	vi+ 693	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Dave Archer
A Hole in Space	1992-00-00	Larry Niven	Orbit / Little, Brown UK	1-85723-147-3	£4.50^?£: UK pound	196	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Peter Elson
N-Space	1992-01-00	Larry Niven	Orbit	1-85723-003-5	£4.99^?£: UK pound	617	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Fred Gambino
N-Space	1992-01-00	Larry Niven	Orbit	0-356-20242-9	£14.99^?£: UK pound	vi+ 617	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Fred Gambino
N-Space	1992-02-00	Larry Niven	Orbit	1-85723-003-5	£4.99^?£: UK pound	617	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Fred Gambino
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF	1994-07-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Tor	0-312-85062-X	$35.00^?$: US dollar	990+ [2]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Carol Russo
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF	1994-10-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Orbit	1-85723-271-2	£25.00^?£: UK pound	990	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Berkey
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF	1994-10-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Tor / SFBC	05435	$17.98^?$: US dollar	990	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Berkey
N-Space	1997-05-00	Larry Niven	Tor	0-812-51001-1	$6.99^?$: US dollar	vi+ 693	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Dave Archer
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF	1997-09-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Orb	0-312-85509-5	$27.95^?$: US dollar	990	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
N-Space	1998-00-00	Larry Niven	Orbit	1-85723-003-5	£6.99^?£: UK pound	617	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Fred Gambino
Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology	1998-00-00	ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Patricia Warrick	HarperCollins	0-06-046943-9	$15.62^?$: US dollar		hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
N-Space	2007-08-00	Larry Niven	Tor	0-765-31824-5	$15.95^?$: US dollar	vi+ 534	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Ray Massey
The Best of Larry Niven	2010-12-00	Larry Niven	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-331-0	$40.00^?$: US dollar	618	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Edward Miller
The Best of Larry Niven	2010-12-00	Larry Niven	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-331-0	$60.00^?$: US dollar	618	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Edward Miller
A Hole in Space	2011-06-17	Larry Niven	Spectrum Literary Agency		$5.99^?$: US dollar	206	ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Hugo Winners, Volume Three	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov	Doubleday / SFBC	01845	$5.98^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 603	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Robert Jay Silverman

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