Title: Terraforming Earth
Title Record # 21014
Author: Jack Williamson
Date: 2001-06-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Terraforming Earth
Language: English
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Author: Jack Williamson
Date: 2001-06-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Terraforming Earth
Language: English
Note: The novel consists of 5 sections of novella size.
All 5 sections were previously released as novellas (1 novelette) with several title changes and some editing. The publications were
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- Section 1: "Impact and Aftermath", 22,800 words, originally as "Terraforming Terra," Science Fiction Age, November 1998, 16,000 words, with 2 chapters added in the novel and other editing;
- Section 2: "Engineers of Creation," 21,000 words, originally as "Engines of Creation," Science Fiction Age, September 1999, 21,000 words, unchanged;
- Section 3 & 4: Released as novellas: "Agents of the Moon" and "The Ultimate Earth". The latter won both the Hugo Award (2001) and the Nebula Award (2001) for Best Novella.
- Section 5: "Farewell to Earth," 16,700 words, originally as "The Nth Step," Analog, January 2001, 17,000 words, same 8 chapters but some internal editing.
Current Tags: nanotechnology (1), science fiction (1), catastrophe (1), cloning (1), Earth (1), parasites (1), interstellar travel (1), interplanetary travel (1), higher intelligence (1), alien invasion (1), mexico (1), india (1), africa (1), terraforming (1), end of the world (1), comet impact (1), holography (1), artificial intelligence (1), robots (1), moon (1), survival (1), slavery (1), longevity (1), fruit (1), Australia (1), mass extinction (1), asteroid impact (1), biological warfare (1), dreams (1), forest (1), first person point of view (1) Add Tags
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| 1 | 2002 Campbell Memorial | Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 13 | 2002 Locus | Best SF Novel |
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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| Terraforming Earth | 2001-06-00 | Jack Williamson | Tor | 0-312-87200-3 | $24.95?$: US dollar |
348 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Stephan Martiniere |  |
| Terraforming Earth | 2001-08-00 | Jack Williamson | Tor / SFBC | 38594 | $12.50?$: US dollar |
349 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Stephan Martiniere | |
| Terraforming Earth | 2003-02-00 | Jack Williamson | Tor | 0-765-34497-1 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
342 | 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 | Stephan Martiniere | |
| Die Endzeit-Ingenieure | 2004-10-00 | Jack Williamson | Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction #24330) |
3-404-24330-7 | €7.90?€: Euro |
431 | 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 | Tony Roberts (artist) | |
| Terraforming Earth | 2010-06-11 | Jack Williamson | Tor | 978-1-4299-8245-0 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
| Terraforming Earth | 2013-06-27 | Jack Williamson | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-11209-4 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
| The Legion of Space / The Humanoids / Terraforming Earth / Wonder's Child | 2014-06-26 | Jack Williamson | Gollancz (SF Gateway Omnibus) | 978-0-575-13203-0 | £20.00?£: UK pound |
832 | 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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Reviews
- Review by Russell Letson (2001) in Locus, #489 October 2001
- Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (2001) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2001
- Review by L. J. Hurst (2001) in Vector 220