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Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

Kate Wilhelm

First published 1976
Publisher Harper & Row
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
ISBN 0060146540
Cover art M. C. Escher
Pages 251

Notes

Part One of this novel first appeared in Orbit 15 (1974) as the novella "Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang", and retains that title in the novel. Part Two is titled "Shenandoah" and Part Three is "At the Still Point". The novel is comprised of 28 chapters in three parts, and an Epilogue.

  • "First edition"
  • First printing by number line
  • "0176" (January 1976 publication) on bottom of jacket front flap.

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Awards

Year Award Category Status
1977 Hugo Award Best Novel Winner
1977 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Best Science Fiction Novel Nominee/Finalist
1977 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Winner
1977 Nebula Award Novel Runner-up

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Cover 1976 Harper & Row / SFBC Hardcover Novel 2479 M. C. Escher 213
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Cover 1977 Arrow Books Paperback Novel Geoff Taylor 251
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Cover 1977 Pocket Books Paperback Novel Ed Soyka 207
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Cover 1977 Pocket Books Paperback Novel Ed Soyka 207
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Cover 1979 Pocket Books Paperback Novel Ed Soyka 207
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Cover 1981 Arrow Books Paperback Novel Geoff Taylor 251
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Cover 1981 Timescape / Pocket Books Paperback Novel Ed Soyka 207
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Cover 1981 Timescape / Pocket Books Paperback Novel Ed Soyka 207
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Cover 1983 Timescape / Pocket Books Paperback Novel Ed Soyka 207
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang 1984 Arrow Books Paperback Novel 252
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Cover 1989 The Easton Press Hardcover Novel [14]+251+[2]
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Cover 1991 Collier / Macmillan Paperback Novel Rowena Morrill 207
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Cover 1998 Orb Trade Paperback Novel Lauren Helpern & David Gallo 254
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Cover 2006 Gollancz / Orion Trade Paperback Novel Jon Sullivan 251
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Cover 2012 Gollancz / Orion Trade Paperback Novel Vincent Chong ix+242
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Cover 2020 Gateway / Orion eBook Novel Vincent Chong