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Tower of Babylon

Ted Chiang

First published November 1990
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

A group of miners undertake the four-month ascent of the Tower of Babylon in order to dig through the vault of heaven.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1991 Hugo Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1991 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1991 Nebula Award Novelette Winner
1991 SF Chronicle Award Novelette Runner-up
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (32)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1990 Omni, November 1990 Omni Publications International Ltd. MAGAZINE 50
July 1991 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press Anthology 332
July 1991 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press Anthology 332
August 1991 Best New SF 5 Robinson Anthology 332
August 1991 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press / SFBC Anthology 332
May 1992 Nebula Awards 26 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Anthology 58
May 1992 Nebula Awards 26 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Anthology 58
March 1998 The Fantasy Hall of Fame HarperPrism Anthology 537
August 1998 The Fantasy Hall of Fame HarperPrism / SFBC Anthology 537
July 2002 Stories of Your Life and Others Tor Collection 13
August 2002 Stories of Your Life and Others St. Martin's Press Collection
July 2003 Stories of Your Life and Others Orb Collection 13
February 2004 Stories of Your Life and Others Tor / Pan Macmillan UK Collection
January 2005 Stories of Your Life and Others Tor / Pan Macmillan UK Collection
July 2008 The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy Robinson Anthology 461
August 2008 The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy Running Press Anthology 461
October 2010 Stories of Your Life and Others Small Beer Press Collection 1
October 2010 Stories of Your Life and Others Small Beer Press Collection
August 2011 The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy Robinson Anthology
September 2012 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press Anthology
February 2014 Stories of Your Life and Others Tantor Audio Collection |13
May 2015 Stories of Your Life and Others Picador Collection 1
May 2016 Tower of Babylon Vintage Books Chapbook
June 2016 Stories of Your Life and Others Vintage Books Collection 1
June 2016 Stories of Your Life and Others Vintage Books Collection 1
November 2016 Arrival Vintage Books Collection
November 2016 Arrival Picador Collection 1
November 2016 Arrival Picador Collection 1
November 2016 Arrival Picador Collection |10
April 2018 Stories of Your Life and Others Subterranean Press Collection 9
June 2020 Stories of Your Life and Others Picador Collection 1
March 2024 Stories of Your Life and Others Picador Collection