Title: Falling Free

Title: Falling Free Title Record # 1967
Author: Lois McMaster Bujold
Date: 1988-04-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Quaddies
Series Number: 1
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Language: English
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Year	Language	Title
1990^ⓘTranslated by Maria Cristina Pietri	Italian	Gravità zero
1991^ⓘTranslated by 小木曽絢子 (Ayako Ogiso)	Japanese	自由軌道^?jiyū kidō [as by ロイス・マクマスター・ビジョルド^?Roisu Makumasutā Bijorudo ]
1995^ⓘTranslated by Michael Morgental	German	Die Quaddies von Cay Habitat
1996^ⓘTranslated by А. Кириченко (A. Kirichenko)	Russian	В свободном падении^?V svobodnom padenii [as by Лоис Макмастер Буджолд^?Lois Makmaster Budzhold ]
1997	French	Chute libre
1997^ⓘTranslated by Geneviève Blattmann	French	Opération Cay^?Operation Cay
1997^ⓘTranslated by Dorota Kamińska	Polish	Stan niewolności^?Stan niewolnosci
1998^ⓘTranslated by Marta Procházková	Czech	Cestou svobody [as by Lois M. Bujoldová]
1999^ⓘTranslated by Кремена Йорданова (Kremena Yordanova)	Bulgarian	Без гравитация^?Bez gravitacia [as by Лоис Макмастър Бюджолд^?Lois Makmastar Byudzhold ]

Year	Title
1987	Falling Free (Part 1 of 4)
1987	Falling Free (Part 2 of 4)
1988	Falling Free (Part 3 of 4)
1988	Falling Free (Part 4 of 4)

Year	Language	Title
1995	Polish	Stan niewolności (Part 3 of 6)^?Stan niewolnosci (Part 3 of 6)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1989 Nebula	Novel
3	1989 Hugo	Best Novel
9	1989 Locus	Best SF Novel
Nomination	1989 Prometheus	Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel
Preliminary Nominees	1997 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Nomination	2009 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Nomination	2011 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Nomination	2012 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Nomination	2013 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Win	2014 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 1987	1987-12-00	ed. Stanley Schmidt	Davis Publications	ISSN: 0161-2328	$2.00^?$: US dollar	196	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Vincent Di Fate
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Mid-December 1987	1987-12-15	ed. Stanley Schmidt	Davis Publications		$2.00^?$: US dollar	196	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Robert Daniels
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1988	1988-01-00	ed. Stanley Schmidt	Davis Publications		$2.00^?$: US dollar	196	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	David Hardy
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, February 1988	1988-02-00	ed. Stanley Schmidt	Davis Publications		$2.00^?$: US dollar	196	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Vincent Di Fate
Falling Free	1988-04-00	Lois McMaster Bujold	Baen Books	0-671-65398-9	$3.50^?$: US dollar	307	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	Alan Gutierrez
Falling Free	1988-04-00	Lois McMaster Bujold	Baen Books	0-671-65398-9	C$4.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	307	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	Alan Gutierrez
Falling Free	1989-05-00	Lois McMaster Bujold	Headline	0-7472-3242-3	£3.50^?£: UK pound	307	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	Peter Elson
Falling Free	1989-10-00	Lois McMaster Bujold	Baen Books	0-671-65398-9	$3.50^?$: US dollar	307	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	Alan Gutierrez
Gravità zero	1990-04-00	Lois McMaster Bujold	Editrice Nord (Cosmo Collana di Fantascienza #208)		Lit 10,000^?Lit: Italian lira	iv+ 246	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Vincent Di Fate
自由軌道^?jiyū kidō	1991-08-30	ロイス・マクマスター・ビジョルド^?Roisu Makumasutā Bijorudo	東京創元社^?Tōkyō Sōgensha Tokyo Sogensha ( 創元推理文庫^?Sōgen Suiri Bunko そうげんすいりぶんこ Sougen Suiri Bunko Sogen Suiri Bunko #698-02)	4-488-69802-6	¥1,058^?¥: Japanese yen	438	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	浅田隆^?Takashi Asada
Falling Free	1991-09-00	Lois McMaster Bujold	Baen	0-671-65398-9	$4.99^?$: US dollar	307	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	Alan Gutierrez
Falling Free	1992-04-00	Lois McMaster Bujold	Baen	0-671-65398-9	$4.99^?$: US dollar	307	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	Alan Gutierrez
Falling Free	1994-04-00	Lois McMaster Bujold	Baen	0-671-65398-9	$4.99^?$: US dollar	307	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	Alan Gutierrez
Falling Free	1994-08-00	Lois McMaster Bujold	Baen / SFBC	03718	$8.98^?$: US dollar	307	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Bob Eggleton
Die Quaddies von Cay Habitat	1995-00-00	Lois McMaster Bujold	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #5243)	3-453-07965-5	DM 14.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	336	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	Michael Hasted
Nowa Fantastyka, #158 Listopad 1995	1995-11-00	ed. Maciej Parowski	Prószyński i S-ka^?Proszynski i S-ka		zł 32,000.00^?zł: Polish zloty	84	A5^?14.8 cm by 21 cm or 5.8" by 8.3" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines	mag	Mónica Pasamón^?Monica Pasamon
В свободном падении^?V svobodnom padenii	1996-00-00	Лоис Макмастер Буджолд^?Lois Makmaster Budzhold	АСТ^?AST ( Координаты чудес^?Koordinaty chudes )	5-88196-769-0		400	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Анатолий Дубовик^?Anatoliy Dubovik
Opération Cay^?Operation Cay	1997-05-12	Lois McMaster Bujold	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #4511)	2-290-04511-X		316	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	Caza
Stan niewolności^?Stan niewolnosci	1997-10-31	Lois McMaster Bujold	Prószyński i S-ka^?Proszynski i S-ka (Fantastyka)	83-7180-143-2		296	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel	Piotr Łukaszewski^?Piotr Lukaszewski
Cestou svobody	1998-00-00	Lois M. Bujoldová	Laser	80-7193-041-5	Kč 145^?Kč: Czech koruna (crown)	271	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	Robert André^?Robert Andre
Без гравитация^?Bez gravitacia	1999-00-00	Лоис Макмастър Бюджолд^?Lois Makmastar Byudzhold	ПАН^?Pan ( Фантастика & Фентъзи^?Fantastika & Fentazi #13)	954-657-274-8		272	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	David B. Mattingly , Luis Royo
Falling Free	1999-06-00	Lois McMaster Bujold	Baen	0-671-57812-X	$6.99^?$: US dollar	307	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	Pat Turner
Gravità zero	2000-01-00	Lois McMaster Bujold	Editrice Nord (Cosmo Serie Oro. Classici della Narrativa di Fantascienza #182)	88-429-1124-0	Lit 24,000^?Lit: Italian lira	iv+ 246	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Vincent Di Fate
Falling Free	2001-00-00	Lois McMaster Bujold	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)			198	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Falling Free	2004-09-00	Lois McMaster Bujold	NESFA Press	1-886778-53-1	$23.00^?$: US dollar	285	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	David Seeley
Miles, Mutants and Microbes	2007-08-00	Lois McMaster Bujold	Baen	1-4165-2141-0	$18.00^?$: US dollar	585	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Alan Pollack
Falling Free	2008-01-29	Lois McMaster Bujold	Baen	978-1-4165-5546-9	$7.99^?$: US dollar	320	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
Miles, Mutants and Microbes	2008-11-00	Lois McMaster Bujold	Baen	978-1-4165-5600-8	$7.99^?$: US dollar	826	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.	omni	Alan Pollack
Miles, Mutants and Microbes	2010-10-00	Lois McMaster Bujold	Baen		$0.00^?$: US dollar		other^?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.	omni
The Cryoburn Disk	2010-10-00	uncredited	Baen (Baen CD-ROM Library #24)		$0.00^?$: US dollar		other^?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.	omni
La saga Vorkosigan: Intégrale 1	2011-09-19	Lois McMaster Bujold	J'ai Lu (Nouveaux Millénaires)	978-2-290-02918-3	€22.00^?€: Euro	1054	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
Falling Free	2011-10-03	Lois McMaster Bujold	Spectrum Literary Agency		$6.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Miles, Mutants and Microbes	2014-01-00	Lois McMaster Bujold	Baen	978-1-61824-593-9			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni

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Reviews

Review by Faren Miller (1988) in Locus, #325 February 1988
Review by Janice M. Eisen (1988) in Aboriginal Science Fiction, September-October 1988
Review by Jon Wallace (1954 -) (1989) in Paperback Inferno, #79
Review [French] by Daniel Conrad (1997) in Galaxies, #6
Review by Jo Walton (2018) in An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000 , reprinted in:
An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000 (2018)

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