Title: The Death of Dr. Island

Title: The Death of Dr. Island Title Record # 41495
Author: Gene Wolfe
Date: 1973-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Series: Archipelago
Language: English

Note: First published in Universe 3, ed. Terry Carr, Random House, 1973.

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Year	Title
1973	The Death of Doctor Island

Year	Language	Title
1975^ⓘTranslated by Henry-Luc Planchat.	French	La mort du docteur Île^?La mort du docteur Ile
1979^ⓘTranslated by Horst Pukallus	German	Der Tod des Dr. Island
1982^ⓘTranslated by Leni Sobez	German	Der Tod von Doktor Eiland
1987^ⓘ Translated by Regina Vasiljević	Serbian	Smrt doktora ostrva [as by Džin Vulf]
1992^ⓘTranslated by uncredited	Polish	Śmierć Doktora Wyspy^?Smierc Doktora Wyspy
2006^ⓘTranslated by Lia Belt	Dutch	De dood van Dokter Eiland
2015^ⓘ Translated by Boris Marciuš	Croatian	Smrt doktora Otoka

Year	Language	Title
1996^ⓘTranslated by Mihai-Dan Pavelescu	Romanian	Moartea doctorului Island (part 1 of 2)
1996^ⓘTranslated by Mihai-Dan Pavelescu	Romanian	Moartea doctorului Island (part 2 of 2)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
1	1974 Locus	Best Novella
Win	1974 Nebula	Novella
2	1974 Hugo	Best Novella

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Universe 3	1973-10-00	ed. Terry Carr	Random House	0-394-48181-X	$5.95^?$: US dollar	xi+ 209	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Bob Silverman
Universe 3	1973-11-00	ed. Terry Carr	Random House / SFBC	5957	$1.49^?$: US dollar	ix+ 180+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Bob Silverman
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3	1974-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Ballantine Books	0-345-24063-4	$1.50^?$: US dollar	xi+ 368	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	Larry Sutton
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3	1974-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Ballantine Books	0-345-24063-4	C$1.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	xi+ 368	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	Larry Sutton
Nebula Award Stories 9	1974-11-00	ed. Kate Wilhelm	Gollancz	0-575-01899-2	£3.00^?£: UK pound	287	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
La frontière avenir	1975-00-00	ed. Henry-Luc Planchat	Seghers (Constellations)			286	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	Jackie Paternoster
Nebula Award Stories Nine	1975-01-00	ed. Kate Wilhelm	Harper & Row	0-06-014652-4	$7.95^?$: US dollar	xxvi+ 241	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Al Nagy
Universe 3	1975-01-00	ed. Terry Carr	Popular Library	445-00234-125	$1.25^?$: US dollar	189	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	Jack Faragasso
Universe 3	1975-01-00	ed. Terry Carr	Popular Library	445-00234-125	C$1.25^?C$: Canadian dollar	189	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	Jack Faragasso
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3	1976-06-00	ed. Terry Carr	Ballantine Books	0-345-25015-X	$1.95^?$: US dollar	xi+ 368	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
Nebula Award Stories 9	1976-11-00	ed. Kate Wilhelm	Corgi	0-552-10307-1	£0.75^?£: UK pound	253	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
Universe 3	1977-10-00	ed. Terry Carr	Dennis Dobson	0-234-72016-6	£3.95^?£: UK pound	xi+ 209	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Nebula Award Stories Nine	1978-07-00	ed. Kate Wilhelm	Bantam Books	0-553-11551-0	$1.95^?$: US dollar	xxvi+ 257	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
Der Tod des Dr. Island	1979-11-00	ed. Wolfgang Jeschke	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3674)	3-453-30593-0	DM 5.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	304	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	Mikuláš Rachlík^?Mikulas Rachlik
The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories	1980-06-00	Gene Wolfe	Pocket Books	0-671-82824-X	$2.95^?$: US dollar	410	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	Don Maitz
The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories	1980-06-00	Gene Wolfe	Pocket Books	0-671-82824-X	C$3.25^?C$: Canadian dollar	410	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	Don Maitz
The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories	1981-11-00	Gene Wolfe	Arrow Books	0-09-926580-X	£1.95^?£: UK pound	410	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	Bruce Pennington
Der Plan ist Liebe und Tod	1982-07-00	ed. Kate Wilhelm	Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6730)	3-8118-6730-X	DM 6.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	239	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	Don Maitz
The Wolfe Archipelago	1983-00-00	Gene Wolfe	Ziesing Brothers	0-917488-13-X	$15.95^?$: US dollar	xiii+ [1]+ 119	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Carl Lundgren
L'île du docteur Mort et autres histoires	1983-04-13	Gene Wolfe	Robert Laffont (Ailleurs et demain)	2-221-01195-3	F89.00^?F: French frank	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.	coll
The Wolfe Archipelago	1983-09-00	Gene Wolfe	Ziesing Brothers	0-917488-14-8	$35.00^?$: US dollar	viii+ 119	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Carl Lundgren
The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories	1983-10-00	Gene Wolfe	Timescape / Pocket Books	0-671-49516-X	$3.95^?$: US dollar	410	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	Don Maitz
The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories	1984-00-00	Gene Wolfe	Arrow Books	0-09-926580-X	£2.25^?£: UK pound	410	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	Bruce Pennington
The Best from Universe	1984-02-00	ed. Terry Carr	Doubleday	0-385-17512-4	$11.95^?$: US dollar	ix+ [3]+ 209	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Julie Linden
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV	1986-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Avon	0-380-89710-5	$4.95^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 434	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	Tony Roberts (artist)
Alef, #3	1987-10-00	ed. Boban Knežević^?Boban Knezevic	Dnevnik		Din 700^?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar	132	A5^?14.8 cm by 21 cm or 5.8" by 8.3" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines	mag	Bob Živković^?Bob Zivkovic Bob Zhivkovic
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV	1987-12-00	ed. Terry Carr	Avon / SFBC	11628	$6.98^?$: US dollar	xi+ 462	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Fugue State / The Death of Doctor Island	1990-09-00	ed. John M. Ford, Gene Wolfe	Tor (Tor Double #25)	0-812-50813-0	$3.50^?$: US dollar	121+ 62	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	Ron Walotsky , Wayne Barlowe
Fenix, V3 #3, 1992	1992-00-00	ed. Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz^?Rafal A. Ziemkiewicz	Radwan				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	Andrzej Łaski^?Andrzej Laski
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction	1994-02-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Press / SFBC	02508	$14.98^?$: US dollar	xii+ 657	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Kim Poor
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction	1994-02-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Press	0-312-10504-5	$27.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 657	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Kim Poor
The Mammoth Book of Contemporary SF Masters	1994-07-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Robinson	1-85487-297-4	£5.99^?£: UK pound	xii+ 657	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
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction	1994-09-01	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Press	0-312-11317-X	$15.95^?$: US dollar	657	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	Kim Poor
Anticipația CPSF 534^?Anticipatia CPSF 534	1996-05-00	ed. Mihai-Dan Pavelescu	Știință & Tehnică^?Shtiintsa & Tehnicah		Lei 1,500^?Lei: Romanian leu	48	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	Victor Sfârlea^?Victor Sfarlea
Anticipația CPSF 535^?Anticipatia CPSF 535	1996-06-00	ed. Mihai-Dan Pavelescu	Știință & Tehnică^?Shtiintsa & Tehnicah		Lei 1,500^?Lei: Romanian leu	48	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	Victor Sfârlea^?Victor Sfarlea
Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology	1996-11-00	ed. David G. Hartwell, Milton T. Wolf	Tor	0-312-85287-8	$24.95^?$: US dollar	798	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	John Berkey
Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology	1996-11-00	ed. David G. Hartwell, Milton T. Wolf	Tor	0-312-86224-5	$35.00^?$: US dollar	798	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Berkey
The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories	1997-08-00	Gene Wolfe	Orb	0-312-86354-3	$14.95^?$: 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	Shelley Eshkar , Jan Uretsky
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy	2004-07-00	ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan	Eos / HarperCollins	0-06-059426-8	$15.95^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 512+ [2]	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	Michael Whelan
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction	2004-07-00	ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan	Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia)	0-7322-7872-4	A$32.95^?A$: Australian dollar	xiii+ 559+ [2]	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 Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction	2005-07-00	ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan	Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia)	0-7322-7873-2	A$19.95^?A$: Australian dollar	xvi+ 677	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
De Locus awards	2006-03-20	ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan	De Boekerij	90-225-4398-6	€22.50^?€: Euro	526	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 of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction	2009-03-00	Gene Wolfe	Tor	978-0-7653-2135-0	$27.95^?$: US dollar	478	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	iStockPhoto.com
The Very Best of Gene Wolfe	2009-07-00	Gene Wolfe	PS Publishing	978-1-84863-027-7	£50.00^?£: UK pound	xix+ 490	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	J. K. Potter
The Very Best of Gene Wolfe	2009-07-00	Gene Wolfe	PS Publishing	978-1-84863-028-4	£100.00^?£: UK pound		hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	J. K. Potter
The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction	2010-04-01	Gene Wolfe	Tor	978-1-4299-6837-9	$9.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction	2010-04-13	Gene Wolfe	Tor	978-0-7653-2136-7	$17.99^?$: 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.	coll
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction	2014-10-28	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Press	978-1-4668-8447-2	$7.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Kim Poor
Nebula 2 1970. - 1974.	2015-11-00	ed. Davorin Horak	Hangar 7 (Nébula #2)	978-953-57638-3-3	kn 299.00^?kn: Croatian kuna	511	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Philippe Bouchet
The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction	2020-01-21	Gene Wolfe	Tor	978-1-250-61858-0	$20.99^?$: US dollar	480	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	iStockPhoto.com
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy	date unknown	ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan	Eos / HarperCollins	0-06-059426-8	$15.95^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 514	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	Michael Whelan

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