Title: Year Zero
Title Record # 1443897
Author: Rob Reid
Date: 2012-07-10
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Author: Rob Reid
Date: 2012-07-10
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Synopsis: Low-level entertainment lawyer Nick Carter thinks it's a prank, not an alien encounter, when a redheaded mullah and a curvaceous nun show up at his office. But Frampton and Carly are highly advanced (if bumbling) extraterrestrials. The entire cosmos, they tell him, has been hopelessly hooked on American pop songs ever since "Year Zero" (1977 to us), resulting in the biggest copyright violation since the Big Bang and bankrupting the whole universe. Nick has just been tapped to clean up this mess before things get ugly. Thankfully, this unlikely galaxy-hopping hero does know a thing or two about copyright law. Now, with Carly and Frampton as his guides, Nick has forty-eight hours to save humanity—while hoping to wow the hot girl who lives down the hall from him.
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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6 | 2012 Goodreads | Science Fiction |
Nomination (as Galaxy Tunes®) | 2014 Kurd Lasswitz Prize | Bestes ausländisches Werk |
Publications
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Year Zero | 2012-07-10 | Rob Reid | Del Rey / Ballantine | 978-0-345-53441-5 | $25.00?$: US dollar |
364 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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Year Zero | 2012-07-10 | Rob Reid | Del Rey / Ballantine | 978-0-345-53448-4 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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Year Zero | 2013-04-30 | Rob Reid | Del Rey / Ballantine | 978-0-345-53451-4 | $15.00?$: US dollar |
[3]+ 364 |
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. |
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Galaxy Tunes® | 2013-10-00 | Rob Reid | Heyne | 978-3-453-52991-5 | €9.99?€: Euro |
478 | 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. |
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Year Zero | date unknown | Rob Reid | Del Rey / Ballantine | 978-0-345-53451-4 | $15.00?$: US dollar |
[3]+ 364 |
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 |
Reviews
- Review by Don Sakers (2012) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 2012
- Review by Adrienne Martini (2012) in Locus, #623 December 2012
- Review by Matt Hilliard (2013) in Strange Horizons, 7 January 2013
- Review by Peter Heck (2013) in Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2013
- Review [German] by Uwe Neuhold (2014) in Das Science Fiction Jahr 2014