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Title: Riding the Torch

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Title: Riding the Torch Title Record # 30333
Author: Norman Spinrad
Date: 1974-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1977Translated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch
German Der Weg der Flamme
1977Translated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch
German Flammenritt
1979Translated by Jacques Martinache
French Les avaleurs de vide

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
3 1975 Locus Best Novella
Finalists 1975 Hugo Best Novella

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Threads of Time 1974-00-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Thomas Nelson 0-8407-6402-2
$6.50?$: US dollar
219
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ned Glattauer Checkmark
Threads of Time 1974-08-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Thomas Nelson / SFBC 6259
$1.49?$: US dollar
219
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ned Glattauer Checkmark
Threads of Time 1976-01-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Millington 0-86000-051-6
£3.50?£: UK pound
219
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth W. F. Phillipps Checkmark
Die große Uhr 1977-00-00 ed. Wolfgang Jeschke Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3541) 3-453-30434-9
DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
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.
anth C. A. M. Thole Checkmark
Threads of Time 1977-10-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Fontana 0-00-614614-7
£0.75?£: UK pound
207
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.
anth Peter Goodfellow Checkmark
Binary Star No. 1 1978-08-00 ed. uncredited Dell 0-440-10564-1
$1.75?$: US dollar
251
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.
anth George Tsui Checkmark
Binary Star No. 1 1978-08-00 ed. uncredited Dell 0-440-10564-1
C$1.75?C$: Canadian dollar
251
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.
anth George Tsui Checkmark
Binary Star No. 1 1978-11-00 ed. uncredited Dell 0-440-10564-1
$1.75?$: US dollar
251
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.
anth George Tsui Checkmark
Les avaleurs de vide 1979-11-06 Norman Spinrad
Presses de la Cité?Presses de la Cite
(
Presses de la Cité - Futurama?Presses de la Cite - Futurama
#27)
2-258-00599-X   157
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.
chap
José de Huescar?Jose de Huescar
 
The Seven Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction 1981-09-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett Crest 0-449-24440-7
$2.50?$: US dollar
350
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.
anth Jerome Podwil Checkmark
Flammenritt 1981-12-00 Norman Spinrad
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Abenteuer?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Abenteuer
#23003)
3-404-23003-5
DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
127
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.
chap Franco Storchi Checkmark
The Seven Deadly Sins and Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction 1982-00-00 Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers 0-517-38595-3   317+
350
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Checkmark
Riding the Torch 1984-06-00 Norman Spinrad Bluejay Books (Bluejay Illustrated Editions #2) 0-312-94391-1
$6.95?$: US dollar
166
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.
chap Tom Kidd Checkmark
Faszination der Science Fiction 1985-05-00 Isaac Asimov, Martin W. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24068)
3-404-24068-5
DM 10.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
953
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 David Hardy Checkmark
Riding the Torch / Tin Soldier 1990-07-00 ed. Norman Spinrad, Joan D. Vinge Tor (Tor Double #23) 0-812-50551-4
$3.50?$: US dollar
114+
68
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.
anth Ron Walotsky , de Naharro Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s 1992-07-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Carroll & Graf 0-88184-795-X
$9.95?$: US dollar
535
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.
anth Roy Virgo Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s 1992-07-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Robinson 1-85487-112-9
£5.99?£: UK pound
535
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.
anth Roy Virgo Checkmark
Riding the Torch 2018-04-16 Norman Spinrad   978-1-980848-43-1
$7.00?$: US dollar
61
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.
chap  
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