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The Cold Equations

Tom Godwin

First published August 1954
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series Cold Equations (Godwin)

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (89)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1954 Astounding Science Fiction, August 1954 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 62
1955 The Best Science-Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 Frederick Fell Anthology 26
January 1955 Astounding Science Fiction, January 1955 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 48
December 1957 5 Tales from Tomorrow: Selected from the Best Science-fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 Crest Books / Fawcett World Library Anthology 33
1958 Beyond the Stars and Other Stories Jubilee Anthology 24
June 1958 Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 93
November 1959 Aspects of Science Fiction John Murray Anthology 32
December 1959 Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 93
September 1960 Best SF Three The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Anthology 93
1962 Best SF Three Faber and Faber Anthology 93
1962 Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 93
1963 Best SF Three Faber and Faber Anthology 93
February 1963 5 Tales from Tomorrow: Selected From The Best Science-fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 Fawcett Crest Anthology 33
1966 Masters' Choice Simon & Schuster Anthology 85
1966 Science Fiction Through the Ages 2 Panther Anthology 80
1966 Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 93
1967 5 Tales from Tomorrow: Selected From The Best Science-fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 Fawcett Crest Anthology 33
1967 Best SF Three Faber and Faber Anthology 93
1968 Aspects of Science Fiction John Murray Anthology 32
1968 Masters' Choice Herbert Jenkins Anthology
1969 Something Strange Macmillan Anthology 130
1969 Masters' Choice 1 Tandem Anthology 85
1970 Aspects of Science Fiction John Murray Anthology 32
April 1970 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One Doubleday Anthology 447
May 1970 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 447
January 1971 18 Greatest Science Fiction Stories Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap Anthology 69
July 1971 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 543
July 1971 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 543
1972 Themes in Science Fiction: A Journey Into Wonder McGraw-Hill Anthology 93
1972 Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol Two Sphere Anthology |11
1972 Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume Two Sphere Anthology |11
September 1972 3000 Years of Fantasy and Science Fiction Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Anthology 151
November 1972 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 543
1973 A Science Fiction Reader Charles Scribner's Sons Anthology 241
April 1973 The Astounding-Analog Reader, Volume 2 Doubleday Anthology 247
April 1973 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 543
1974 Modern Science Fiction Anchor Press / Doubleday Anthology 163
1974 Modern Science Fiction Anchor Press / Doubleday Anthology 163
June 1974 Outwards from Earth Faber and Faber Anthology 16
1975 Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Avon Anthology 543
May 1975 The New Awareness: Religion Through Science Fiction Delacorte Press Anthology 225
July 1975 In Dreams Awake Dell Laurel Anthology 121
June 1976 Modern Science Fiction Gregg Press Anthology 163
1978 Approaches to Science Fiction Houghton Mifflin Anthology 232
September 1978 Time of Passage Taplinger Anthology 35
October 1978 Time of Passage Robert Hale Anthology
December 1979 From Heinlein to Here Mentor / New American Library Anthology 246
1981 Thought Probes: Philosophy Through Science Fiction Prentice-Hall Anthology 274
1982 Alfred Hitchcock's Fear Davis Publications Anthology 325
1982 Alfred Hitchcock's Your Share of Fear The Dial Press Anthology 325
1982 Analog: Readers' Choice Davis Publications Anthology 66
January 1982 The Analog Anthology #2 Davis Publications Anthology 66
March 1982 Analog: Readers' Choice The Dial Press Anthology 66
1983 Alfred Hitchcock's Your Share of Fear The Dial Press / SFBC Anthology 325
1984 Aspects of Science Fiction John Murray Anthology 32
July 1986 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 543
May 1987 The Great SF Stories #16 (1954) DAW Books Anthology 174
May 1987 The Great SF Stories #16 (1954) DAW Books Anthology 174
December 1988 Thought Probes: Philosophy Through Science Fiction Literature Prentice-Hall Anthology 252
July 1994 The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF Tor Anthology 442
October 1994 The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF Orbit Anthology 442
October 1994 The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF Tor / SFBC Anthology 442
1996 Science Fiction, Science Fact, and You Amsco School Publications Anthology 26
July 1996 From Heinlein to Here Borealis / White Wolf Publishing Anthology 200
September 1997 The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF Orb Anthology 442
August 1998 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 447
2001 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One The Easton Press Anthology 447
March 2002 From Heinlein to Here Scarecrow Press Anthology 216
February 2003 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 Tor Anthology 449
April 2003 The Cold Equations & Other Stories Baen Books Collection 401
September 2004 The Cold Equations & Other Stories Baen Books Collection 499
January 2005 The World Turned Upside Down Baen Books Anthology 445
January 2005 The World Turned Upside Down Baen Books Anthology 19
January 2005 The World Turned Upside Down Baen Books Anthology
February 2005 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 Orb Anthology 449
February 2005 The World Turned Upside Down Baen Books / SFBC Anthology
June 2006 The World Turned Upside Down Baen Books Anthology 445
May 2007 The 1634: The Baltic War Disk Baen Books Omnibus |17.21
May 2007 The 1634: The Baltic War Disk Baen Books Omnibus |17.21
July 2007 The Best of Jim Baen's Universe 2006 Disk Baen Books Omnibus |3.21
March 2008 The David Drake When the Tide Rises Disk Baen Books Omnibus |17.21
October 2010 The 1635: The Eastern Front Disk Baen Books Omnibus |19.21
June 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |139
July 2011 Lightspeed, July 2011 Prime Books MAGAZINE |2
July 2011 Lightspeed Podcast, July 2011 Prime Books MAGAZINE |1
December 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |139
July 2013 The Drabblecast, #289 The Drabblecast MAGAZINE
December 2017 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964 Blackstone Audio Anthology |447
February 2018 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 Tor Anthology