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The Sirian Experiments

Doris Lessing

First published 1981
Publisher Jonathan Cape
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
ISBN 0224018914
Cover art David Prout
Pages [xii]+288

Notes

Publication date from some sources is December 12, 1980, but officially the publication date was January 1981, as stated in several reprints including the first Vintage Books trade paperback edition. Shortlisted for the 1981 Booker Prize.

  • Copyright page states "First published in Great Britain 1981".
  • Preface is not credited but is evidently written by Lessing.
  • Cover artist credited on inside back cover dustflap.
  • Transient PV's copy has a clipped dustjacket, no cover price visible.

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Awards

Year Award Category Status
1982 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best International Long Fiction Nominee/Finalist

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Sirian Experiments: The Report by Ambien II, of the Five Cover 1981 Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover Novel Paul Gamarello [xii]+288
The Sirian Experiments Cover 1982 Granada Paperback Novel 331
The Sirian Experiments: The Report by Ambien II, of the Five Cover 1982 Panther / Granada Paperback Novel 331
The Sirian Experiments: The Report by Ambien II, of the Five Cover 1982 Vintage Books Trade Paperback Novel ix+288
The Sirian Experiments Cover 1994 Flamingo Trade Paperback Novel Catherine Denvir & George Snow 331
The Sirian Experiments Cover 2012 Fourth Estate eBook Novel