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The Saturn Game

Poul Anderson

First published February 1981
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella
Series Technic History

Synopsis

This crew has travelled for 8 years to get to Iapetus. On the way they roleplayed a lot, including using the Iapetus environment as a setting for a magical kingdom. Now that they're here, they keep sliding into their other personas.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1981 Analog Award Best Novella/Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1982 Hugo Award Best Novella Winner
1982 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Runner-up
1982 Nebula Award Novella Winner

Publications (29)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1981 Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, February 2, 1981 Davis Publications MAGAZINE 12
November 1981 Explorations Tor / Pinnacle Collection 12
July 1982 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11 Timescape / Pocket Books Anthology 5
November 1982 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 Gollancz Anthology 5
August 1983 Nebula Award Stories Seventeen Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 131
June 1985 Nebula Award Stories 17 Ace Science Fiction Books Anthology 131
April 1986 The Hugo Winners, Volume 5: 1980-1982 Doubleday Anthology 269
June 1986 The Hugo Winners, Volume 5: 1980-1982 Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 247
November 1989 The Saturn Game / Iceborn Tor Anthology 1|1
November 1991 Explorations Tor Collection 12
1993 The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1980s Carroll & Graf Anthology 126
1993 The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1980s Robinson Anthology 126
1994 Nebula Award-Winning Novellas Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 279
1996 Nebula Award-Winning Novellas Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 279
February 1997 The Saturn Game Science Fiction Book Club Chapbook 1
June 2002 Going for Infinity Tor Collection 17
August 2002 Going for Infinity Tor / SFBC Collection
May 2003 Going for Infinity Tor Collection 17
2004 Science Fiction W. H. Smith Anthology 126
September 2008 The Van Rijn Method Baen Books Collection 1
September 2008 The Van Rijn Method Baen Books Collection 2
September 2008 The Van Rijn Method Baen Books Collection |1
May 2009 The Van Rijn Method Baen Books / SFBC Collection 1
December 2009 The Van Rijn Method Baen Books Collection 1
July 2010 The Saturn Game NESFA Press Collection 10
March 2020 The Van Rijn Method Tantor Audio Collection
March 2020 The Van Rijn Method Tantor Audio Collection
March 2021 The Van Rijn Method Tantor and Blackstone Publishing Collection
March 2021 The Van Rijn Method Tantor and Blackstone Publishing Collection