Title: Lines of Power

Title: Lines of Power Title Record # 53757
Author: Samuel R. Delany
Date: 1968-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
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Year	Title
1968	We, in Some Strange Power's Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line

Year	Language	Title
1976^ⓘTranslated by Iawa Tate	French	Les anges aux figures sales
1982^ⓘTranslated by Waltraud Götting	German	Im Dienste einer fremden Macht, bewegen wir uns auf einer erbarmungslosen Bahn

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nomination	1969 Nebula	Novella
Finalists	1969 Hugo	Best Novella

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1968	1968-05-00	ed. Edward L. Ferman	Mercury Press, Inc.		$0.50^?$: US dollar	132	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	Russell FitzGerald
Driftglass	1971-07-00	Samuel R. Delaney	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	3381	$1.49^?$: US dollar	274	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	David Wilcox
Driftglass	1971-11-00	Samuel R. Delany	Signet / New American Library	Q4834	$0.95^?$: US dollar	278	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	Bob Pepper
Driftglass	1971-11-00	Samuel R. Delany	Signet / New American Library of Canada	Q4834	C$0.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	278	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	Bob Pepper
Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader	1973-09-00	ed. Robin Scott Wilson	Mentor / New American Library	MW1236	$1.50^?$: US dollar	xii+ 333	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
Fiction, #268	1976-04-00	ed. Editors of Fiction	OPTA		F8.00^?F: French frank	196	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	Jean-Claude Bouman
Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader	1977-09-00	ed. Robin Scott Wilson	Mentor / New American Library	0-451-61595-6	$1.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 333	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
Driftglass	1977-11-00	Samuel R. Delany	Signet	0-451-07415-7	$1.50^?$: US dollar	278	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	Bob Pepper
Driftglass	1977-12-00	Samuel R. Delany	Gregg Press	0-8398-2395-9	$13.00^?$: US dollar	xxxvi+ 279	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Driftglass	1978-00-00	Samuel R. Delany	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4))	0-575-02477-1	£4.25^?£: UK pound	278	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Driftglass	1980-04-00	Samuel R. Delany	Panther / Granada	0-586-04916-9	£1.25^?£: UK pound	318	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	Chris Foss
Distant Stars	1981-08-00	Samuel R. Delany	Bantam Books	0-553-01336-X	$8.95^?$: US dollar	352	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	Michael Whelan
Treibglas: Erzählungen vom Rand der Wirklichkeit^?Treibglas: Erzaehlungen vom Rand der Wirklichkeit	1982-04-00	Samuel R. Delany	Bastei Lübbe^?Bastei Luebbe ( Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special^?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special #24029)	3-404-24029-4	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	380	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	Barclay Shaw
Driftglass	1983-00-00	Samuel R. Delany	Signet / New American Library	0-451-12092-2	$2.95^?$: US dollar	278	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
Driftglass	1986-04-00	Samuel R. Delany	Signet / New American Library	0-451-12092-2	$2.95^?$: US dollar	278	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
Home Is the Hangman / We, in Some Strange Power's Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line	1990-05-00	ed. Samuel R. Delany, Roger Zelazny	Tor (Tor Double #21)	0-812-50983-8	$3.50^?$: US dollar	96+ 84	dos^?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.	anth	Martin Andrews , Wayne Barlowe
Driftglass/Starshards	1993-03-00	Samuel R. Delany	Grafton	0-586-21422-4	£5.99^?£: UK pound	535	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	John Harris
Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader	1996-04-00	ed. Robin Scott Wilson	St. Martin's Griffin	0-312-14139-4	$13.95^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 332	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
Aye, and Gomorrah: Stories	2003-04-08	Samuel R. Delany	Vintage Books	0-375-70671-2	$14.00^?$: US dollar	383	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	Yukimasa Hirota
Distant Stars	2004-05-00	Samuel R. Delany	ibooks	0-7434-8661-7	$14.00^?$: US dollar	352	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	Michael Whelan
Aye, and Gomorrah	2013-07-25	Samuel R. Delany	Gateway / Orion (Gateway Essentials)	978-0-575-11928-4	£2.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Driftglass	2021-06-03	Samuel R. Delany	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics Science Fiction)	978-0-241-51057-5	£8.99^?£: UK pound	400	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
Driftglass	2021-06-03	Samuel R. Delany	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics Science Fiction)	978-0-241-51058-2	£8.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Driftglass	date unknown	Samuel R. Delany	Signet / New American Library	0-451-14424-4	$2.95^?$: US dollar	278	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	Jim Warren

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