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The Death of Dr. Island

Gene Wolfe

First published October 1973
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella
Series Archipelago

Notes

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

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1974 Hugo Award Best Novella Runner-up
1974 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Winner
1974 Nebula Award Novella Winner
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novella Nominee/Finalist

Publications (32)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1973 Universe 3 Random House Anthology 3
November 1973 Universe 3 Random House / SFBC Anthology 1
July 1974 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 Ballantine Books Anthology 211
July 1974 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 Ballantine Books Anthology 211
November 1974 Nebula Award Stories 9 Gollancz Anthology 25
January 1975 Nebula Award Stories Nine Harper & Row Anthology 3
January 1975 Universe 3 Popular Library Anthology 9
January 1975 Universe 3 Popular Library Anthology 9
June 1976 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 Ballantine Books Anthology 211
November 1976 Nebula Award Stories 9 Corgi Anthology 26
October 1977 Universe 3 Dennis Dobson Anthology
July 1978 Nebula Award Stories Nine Bantam Books Anthology 1
June 1980 The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories Pocket Books Collection 77
June 1980 The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories Pocket Books Collection 77
November 1981 The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories Arrow Books Collection 77
1983 The Wolfe Archipelago Ziesing Brothers Collection 19
September 1983 The Wolfe Archipelago Ziesing Brothers Collection 19
October 1983 The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories Timescape / Pocket Books Collection 77
1984 The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories Arrow Books Collection 77
February 1984 The Best from Universe Doubleday Anthology 47
July 1986 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV Avon Anthology 236
September 1990 Fugue State / The Death of Doctor Island Tor Anthology
February 1994 Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction St. Martin's Press / SFBC Anthology 321
September 1994 Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction St. Martin's Press Anthology
August 1997 The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories Orb Collection 80
March 2009 The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction Tor Collection 114
July 2009 The Very Best of Gene Wolfe PS Publishing Collection 104
July 2009 The Very Best of Gene Wolfe PS Publishing Collection
April 2010 The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction Tor Collection |114
April 2010 The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction Tor Collection
October 2014 Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction St. Martin's Press Anthology
January 2020 The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction Tor Collection |114