Title: On Wings of Song Title Record # 1439
Author: Thomas M. Disch
Date: 1979-06-00
Type: NOVEL
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Language: English
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Translations	Serializations
Year Language Title 1980ⓘTranslated by Jean Bonnefoy French Sur les ailes du chant 1982ⓘTranslated by Irene Holicki German Auf Flügeln des Gesangs 1996 Italian Le ali della mente [as by Thomas Disch] 2003ⓘTranslated by Luis G. Prado Spanish En alas de la canción	Year Title 1979 On Wings of Song (Part 1 of 3) 1979 On Wings of Song (Part 2 of 3) 1979 On Wings of Song (Part 3 of 3)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nomination	1979 BSFA	Best Novel
1	1980 Campbell Memorial	Best Science Fiction Novel
Nomination	1980 Nebula	Novel
5	1980 Hugo	Best Novel
5	1980 Locus	Best SF Novel
Nomination	1981 Balrog	Novel
Preliminary Nominees	1982 Prometheus	Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel
2 (as En alas de la canción)	2004 Premio Ignotus	Mejor novela extranjera - Best Foreign Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1979	1979-02-00	ed. Edward L. Ferman	Mercury Press, Inc.		$1.25?$: US dollar	164	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	Ed Emshwiller
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1979	1979-03-00	ed. Edward L. Ferman	Mercury Press, Inc.		$1.25?$: US dollar	164	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	Barclay Shaw
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1979	1979-04-00	ed. Edward L. Ferman	Mercury Press, Inc.		$1.25?$: US dollar	164	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	David Hardy
On Wings of Song	1979-06-00	Thomas M. Disch	Gollancz (Gollancz Fantasy)	0-575-02547-6	£5.95?£: UK pound	315	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Malcolm Ashman
On Wings of Song	1979-08-03	Thomas M. Disch	St. Martin's Press	0-312-58466-0	$10.95?$: US dollar	359	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Michael Mariano
Sur les ailes du chant	1980-01-00	Thomas M. Disch	Denoël?Denoel ( Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #290)			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.	novel	Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
On Wings of Song	1980-08-00	Thomas M. Disch	Bantam Books	0-553-13667-4	$2.25?$: US dollar	359	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.	novel	Lou Feck
On Wings of Song	1981-00-00	Thomas M. Disch	Magnum	0-417-05580-3	£1.50?£: UK pound	315	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.	novel	Chris Moore
Auf Flügeln des Gesangs	1982-10-00	Thomas M. Disch	Hohenheim (Edition SF im Hohenheim Verlag)	3-8147-0025-2	DM 29.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	391	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Oliviero Berni
On Wings of Song	1985-05-00	Thomas M. Disch	Bantam Books	0-553-25076-0	$3.50?$: US dollar	359	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.	novel	Kid Kane
Auf Flügeln des Gesangs	1986-00-00	Thomas M. Disch	Heyne (Bibliothek der Science Fiction Literatur #40)	3-453-31218-X	DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	460	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.	novel	Ulf Herholz
On Wings of Song	1988-12-00	Thomas M. Disch	Carroll & Graf (Masters of Science Fiction (Carroll & Graf))	0-88184-443-8	$3.95?$: US dollar	359	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.	novel
On Wings of Song	1993-00-00	Thomas M. Disch	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)			xii+ 359	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Le ali della mente	1996-01-09	Thomas Disch	Mondadori (Urania Argento #13)		Lit 7,500?Lit: Italian lira	360	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.	novel	Oscar Chichoni
Sur les ailes du chant	2001-03-12	Thomas M. Disch	Denoël?Denoel (Folio SF #50)	2-07-041798-0		450	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.	novel	Barrett Foster
On Wings of Song	2003-01-00	Thomas M. Disch	Carroll & Graf	0-7867-1122-1	$12.00?$: US dollar	315	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.	novel
En alas de la canción	2003-03-00	Thomas M. Disch	Bibliópolis (Bibliópolis Fantástica #4)	84-932836-5-7	€17.25?€: Euro	288	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.	novel	Roberto Uriel , Manuel de los Galanes

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Reviews

• Review by Steve Carper (1979) in Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, November 1979 , reprinted in:
•     Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
•     Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
• Review by Richard A. Lupoff [as by Richard Lupoff] (1979) in Starship, Winter 1979-1980, (1980)
• Review by Joanna Russ (1980) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1980
• Review by Bob Mecoy (1980) in Future Life, February 1980
• Review by Norman Spinrad (1980) in Destinies, Spring 1980
• Review by John Clute (1980) in Foundation, #19 June 1980
• Review [French] by Pierre K. Rey (1980) in Fiction, #309
• Review by Baird Searles (1980) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 1980
• Review by Doug Fratz (1980) in Thrust, #16, Fall 1980
• Review by Michael Bishop (1981) in A Reverie for Mister Ray: Reflections on Life, Death, and Speculative Fiction, (2005) , reprinted in:
•     A Reverie for Mister Ray: Reflections on Life, Death, and Speculative Fiction (2005)
• Review by Spider Robinson (1981) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 22, 1981
• Review by Paul Campbell (1980s) (1982) in Extro Science Fiction, February/March 1982
• Review [German] by Christian Hellmann (1983) in Science Fiction Times, April 1983
• Review by David Pringle (1985) in Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels , reprinted in:
•     Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1985)
•     Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1986)
•     Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1987)
•     Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1997)
•     Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (2014)
• Review by Graham Sleight (2011) in Locus, #609 October 2011
• Review by Jo Walton (2018) in An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000 , reprinted in:
•     An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000 (2018)