Title: The Long Afternoon of Earth

Title: The Long Afternoon of Earth Title Record # 118
Author: Brian Aldiss
Date: 1962-01-00
Variant Title of: Hothouse (1962) (by Brian W. Aldiss) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: NOVEL
Series: Hothouse
Language: English

Note: This fixup novel was published, in slightly different form, in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, in 5 installments. The titles of the installments and their mapping to chapters in the novel are as follows:

"Hothouse" • (1961) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
"Nomansland" • (1961) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
"Undergrowth" • (1961) • novella by Brian W. Aldiss
"Timberline" • (1961) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
"Evergreen" • (1961) • novella by Brian W. Aldiss

The source of the chapter mapping is References (Hothouse). The duplication of Chapter 6 is as stated in the essay and is presumably erroneous. The US variant, The Long Afternoon of Earth, is slightly abridged from the UK edition - the US didn't get a full Hothouse till 1976. The major cuts from Hothouse are as follows:

First third of Chapter 14
Last third of Chapter 18
Four paragraphs in Chapter 25

Additionally, there are many other minor cuts and textual variations. The source of the cuts is Introduction (Hothouse). As usual with Aldiss, the "W." may or may not appear on Cover/Spine/Copyright Page, etc, so please stick with title page author when checking.

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Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
1 (as The Long Afternoon of Earth)	1962 Hugo	Best Short Fiction

Publications

Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Long Afternoon of Earth	1962-01-00	Brian Aldiss	Signet / New American Library	D2018	$0.50^?$: US dollar	192	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Long Afternoon of Earth	1971-03-00	Brian Aldiss	Signet / New American Library of Canada	T4557	C$0.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	192	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Long Afternoon of Earth	1979-07-00	Brian Aldiss	Signet / New American Library	0-451-08575-2	$1.75^?$: US dollar	192	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Long Afternoon of Earth	1981-03-00	Brian Aldiss	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	5853	$3.98^?$: US dollar	217	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Tony Fiyalko
The Long Afternoon of Earth	1985-08-00	Brian Aldiss	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	05853		217	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Tony Fiyalko
The Long Afternoon of Earth	date unknown	Brian Aldiss	Signet	0-451-08575-2	$1.75^?$: US dollar	192	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Long Afternoon of Earth	date unknown	Brian Aldiss	Signet / New American Library	T4557	$0.75^?$: US dollar	192	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Long Afternoon of Earth	date unknown	Brian Aldiss	Signet	0-451-08575-2	$1.75^?$: US dollar	192	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel

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Reviews

Review by S. E. Cotts (1962) in Amazing Stories, May 1962
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1962) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, June 1962
Review by Floyd C. Gale (1962) in Galaxy Magazine, October 1962 , reprinted in:
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 94 October 1962 (1962)