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Title: Incarnation Day Title Record # 777045
Author: Walter Jon Williams
Date: 2006-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [juvenile]
Length: novelette
Language: English
Synopsis: In a future where "children" are created as virtual personalities and raised in a simulation until their parents have them "incarnated" into physical bodies or deleted, one (virtual) girl decides to fight for the rights of all virtual children.
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Other Titles

Translations Serializations
Year Language Title
2008Translated by Emanuel Huțanu
Romanian
Ziua încarnării?Ziua incarnarii
2010Translated by Silviu Genescu and/or Roxana Brînceanu and/or Mihai-Dan Pavelescu and/or Antuza Genescu and/or Ana-Veronica Mircea and/or Adriana Moșoiu
Romanian
Ziua Întrupării?Ziua Intruparii
2014Translated by Francesco Troccoli.
Italian Il giorno dell'incarnazione
Year Title
2021 Incarnation Day (Part 1 of 2)
2021 Incarnation Day (Part 2 of 2)

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
28 2007 Locus Best Novelette

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Escape from Earth: New Adventures in Space 2006-08-00 ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois Science Fiction Book Club 978-1-58288-225-3 / 1173478
$13.99?$: US dollar
viii+
420
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Nicholas Jainschigg Checkmark
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition 2007-00-00 ed. Rich Horton Prime Books 0-8095-6297-9
$13.95?$: US dollar
377
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 Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition 2007-01-15 ed. Rich Horton Wildside Press 0-8095-6297-9
$13.95?$: US dollar
320
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  
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume One 2007-03-00 ed. Jonathan Strahan Night Shade Books 1-59780-068-6
$19.95?$: US dollar
478
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 Stephan Martiniere Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume One 2007-03-01 ed. Jonathan Strahan Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-267-3
$19.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Stephan Martiniere  
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition 2007-04-00 ed. Rich Horton Wildside Press 0-8095-6297-9
$7.99?$: US dollar
377
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition 2007-06-00 ed. Rich Horton Cosmos Books / Dorchester Publishing 0-8439-5904-5
$7.99?$: US dollar
476
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 Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection 2007-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-36335-4
$21.95?$: US dollar
xli+
662
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 Stephan Martiniere Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection 2007-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-36334-6
$35.00?$: US dollar
xli+
[1]+
662
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stephan Martiniere Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection 2007-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin / SFBC 1237482
$14.99?$: US dollar
xlvii+
784
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stephan Martiniere Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 20th Annual Collection 2007-09-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 1-84529-662-1
£9.99?£: UK pound
xliv+
723
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 Joe Roberts Checkmark
Sci-Fi Magazin, iunie 2008 2008-06-00 ed.
George Lazăr?George Lazar
,
Cătălin Moraru?Catalin Moraru
Mediapress, Botoșani?Mediapress, Botosani
 
Lei 7?Lei: Romanian leu
78
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.
mag Jesse-lee Lang  
Escape from Earth: New Adventures in Space 2008-11-00 ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois Firebird / Penguin 978-0-14-241197-1
$9.99?$: US dollar
ix+
420
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 Stephan Martiniere Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume One 2009-04-00 ed. Jonathan Strahan Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-068-6
$6.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Stephan Martiniere  
The Year's Best Science Fiction (vol. V) 2010-01-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Editura Nemira (Nautilus) 978-606-8134-04-8   736
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  
The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories 2010-04-15 Walter Jon Williams Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-177-5
$24.95?$: US dollar
306
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Andrew Kim Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 20th Annual Collection 2011-08-04 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 978-1-78033-266-6
£6.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Checkmark
Il giorno dell'incarnazione 2014-11-25 Walter Jon Williams Delos Digital (Biblioteca di un sole lontano #8) 978-88-6775-569-1
€1.99?€: Euro
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap Tiziano Cremonini  
Forever, November 2017 2017-11-00 ed. Neil Clarke Wyrm Publishing  
$2.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
mag Ron Guyatt  
Galaxy's Edge, March 2021 2021-03-00 ed. Lezli Robyn Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-64973-084-8
$7.99?$: US dollar
104
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.
mag Checkmark
Galaxy's Edge, March 2021 2021-03-00 ed. Lezli Robyn Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-64973-085-5
$4.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
mag  
Galaxy's Edge, May 2021 2021-05-00 ed. Lezli Robyn Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-64973-086-2
$7.99?$: US dollar
102
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.
mag  
Galaxy's Edge, May 2021 2021-05-00 ed. Lezli Robyn Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-64973-087-9
$4.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
mag  
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