Title: Driftglass

Title: Driftglass Title Record # 54206
Author: Samuel R. Delany
Date: 1967-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1968	French	Opalines
1969^ⓘTranslated by J. W. M. Liefrinck	Dutch	Drijfglas
1972^ⓘTranslated by Maria Teresa Guasti	Italian	La fossa di Slash
1974^ⓘTranslated by Leni Sobez	German	Treibglas
1982^ⓘTranslated by Waltraud Götting	German	Treibglas
1998^ⓘTranslated by 岡部宏之(Okabe Hiroyuki)	Japanese	ドリフトグラス^?Dorifuto Gurasu [as by サミュエル・Ｒ・ディレイニー^?Samyueru R. Direinī ]

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nomination	1968 Nebula	Short Story

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
If, June 1967	1967-06-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Galaxy Publishing Corporation		$0.50^?$: US dollar	164	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	Wenzel
World's Best Science Fiction: 1968	1968-00-00	ed. Terry Carr, Donald A. Wollheim	Ace Books (World's Best Science Fiction #4)	A-15	$0.75^?$: US dollar	319	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	Jack Gaughan
Galaxie (2ème série), #50	1968-06-00	ed. Alain Dorémieux^?Alain Doremieux	OPTA		F3.00^?F: French frank	164	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	Jack Gaughan
Science-fiction verhalen	1969-00-00	ed. uncredited	Het Spectrum			600	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
World's Best Science Fiction	1969-00-00	ed. Terry Carr, Donald A. Wollheim	Gollancz	0-575-00291-3	30/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	320	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
World's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Series	1970-00-00	ed. Terry Carr, Donald A. Wollheim	Ace Books (World's Best Science Fiction #4)	91356	$0.95^?$: US dollar	319	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	Jack Gaughan
The World's Best S.F. No. 1	1971-03-00	ed. Terry Carr, Donald A. Wollheim	Sphere Books	92738	£0.40^?£: UK pound	319	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
Driftglass	1971-07-00	Samuel R. Delaney	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	3381	$1.49^?$: US dollar	274	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	David Wilcox
The New Tomorrows	1971-10-00	ed. Norman Spinrad	Belmont Books	B95-2172	$0.95^?$: US dollar	236	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
Driftglass	1971-11-00	Samuel R. Delany	Signet / New American Library	Q4834	$0.95^?$: US dollar	278	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.	coll	Bob Pepper
Driftglass	1971-11-00	Samuel R. Delany	Signet / New American Library of Canada	Q4834	C$0.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	278	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.	coll	Bob Pepper
A Day in the Life	1972-01-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Harper & Row	0-06-011076-7	$6.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 288	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Tom Orlowski
A Spectrum of Worlds	1972-09-00	ed. Thomas D. Clareson	Doubleday	0-385-01657-3	$5.95^?$: US dollar	311	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Robert Aulicino
Il computer sotto il mondo	1972-09-00	ed. Terry Carr, Donald A. Wollheim	Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #44)		Lit 1,000^?Lit: Italian lira	276	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	Ludovico De Luigi
A Day in the Life	1973-00-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Perennial Library	0-06-080307-X / P307	$1.25^?$: US dollar	288	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	Roger Zimmerman
Survival Printout	1973-00-00	ed. Total Effect	Vintage Books	0-394-71857-7 / V-857	$1.95^?$: US dollar	ix+ 332+ [3]	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
The New Tomorrows	1973-00-00	ed. Norman Spinrad	Belmont Tower	50540	$0.95^?$: US dollar	235	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	O'Brien
Science-Fiction-Stories 33	1974-02-00	ed. uncredited	Ullstein (Ullstein 2000 #61 (3021))	3-548-03021-1	DM 2.80^?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.	anth	John Schoenherr
Driftglass	1977-11-00	Samuel R. Delany	Signet	0-451-07415-7	$1.50^?$: US dollar	278	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.	coll	Bob Pepper
Driftglass	1977-12-00	Samuel R. Delany	Gregg Press	0-8398-2395-9	$13.00^?$: US dollar	xxxvi+ 279	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Driftglass	1978-00-00	Samuel R. Delany	Gollancz	0-575-02477-1	£4.25^?£: UK pound	278	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Driftglass	1980-04-00	Samuel R. Delany	Panther / Granada	0-586-04916-9	£1.25^?£: UK pound	318	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.	coll	Chris Foss
Treibglas: Erzählungen vom Rand der Wirklichkeit^?Treibglas: Erzaehlungen vom Rand der Wirklichkeit	1982-04-00	Samuel R. Delany	Bastei Lübbe^?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special #24029)	3-404-24029-4	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	380	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.	coll	Barclay Shaw
Driftglass	1983-00-00	Samuel R. Delany	Signet / New American Library	0-451-12092-2	$2.95^?$: US dollar	278	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.	coll
Mermaids!	1986-01-00	ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois	Ace Fantasy Books	0-441-52567-9	$2.95^?$: US dollar	260	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	Dawn Wilson
Driftglass	1986-04-00	Samuel R. Delany	Signet / New American Library	0-451-12092-2	$2.95^?$: US dollar	278	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.	coll
Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology	1986-09-00	ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl	Bluejay Books	0-312-94472-1	$10.95^?$: US dollar	438	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	Alan Gutierrez
Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology	1986-09-00	ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl	Bluejay Books	0-312-94471-3	$19.95^?$: US dollar	438	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Alan Gutierrez
Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology	1988-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Patricia S. Warrick, Charles G. Waugh	Harper & Row	0-06-046941-2	$16.50^?$: US dollar	xi+ 522	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	Maria Carella
The Legend Book of Science Fiction	1991-07-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Legend	0-7126-5010-5	£8.99^?£: UK pound	vii+ 672	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
The Legend Book of Science Fiction	1991-07-11	ed. Gardner Dozois	Legend / Century	0-7126-4861-5	£14.99^?£: UK pound	vii+ 672	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	NASA
Modern Classics of Science Fiction	1992-02-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Press	0-312-07238-4	$27.50^?$: US dollar	672	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Modern Classics of Science Fiction	1992-04-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Press / SFBC	19603	$12.98^?$: US dollar	vii+ 672	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Modern Classics of Science Fiction	1993-02-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Press	0-312-08847-7	$15.95^?$: US dollar	vii+ 672	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
Driftglass/Starshards	1993-03-00	Samuel R. Delany	Grafton	0-586-21422-4	£5.99^?£: UK pound	535	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.	coll	John Harris
S-Fマガジン 1998年1月号, #499^?Esu-Efu Magajin 1998-nen 1-gatsu Gō, #499 Esu-Efu Magajin 1998-nen 1-gatsu Gou, #499 S-F Magajin 1998-nen 1-gatsu Gō, #499 S-F Magajin 1998-nen 1-gatsu Gou, #499	1998-01-00	ed. Editors of S-Fマガジン^?Editors of Esu-Efu Magajin Editors of S-F Magajin	早川書房^?Hayakawa Shobō Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼうハヤカワショボウ				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.	mag
The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy	2000-07-18	ed. Garyn G. Roberts	Prentice-Hall	0-13-021280-6	$47.00^?$: US dollar	xviii+ 1166	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	Frank R. Paul
The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy	2003-00-00	ed. Garyn G. Roberts	Prentice-Hall	0-13-021280-6		xviii+ 1166	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	Frank R. Paul
Aye, and Gomorrah: Stories	2003-04-08	Samuel R. Delany	Vintage Books	0-375-70671-2	$14.00^?$: US dollar	383	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.	coll	Yukimasa Hirota
Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts	2008-12-19	ed. Heather Masri	Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press	978-0-312-45015-1	$170.39^?$: US dollar	xix+ 1242	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	René Magritte^?Rene Magritte
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction	2011-00-00	ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-3079-3	$49.99^?$: US dollar	992	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
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction	2011-12-20	ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-4035-8	$39.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
A Day in the Life	2012-11-15	ed. Gardner Dozois	Baen	978-1-61824-920-3	$4.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Ron Miller
Mermaids!	2013-07-15	ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois	Baen	978-1-62579-150-4	$4.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
Aye, and Gomorrah	2013-07-25	Samuel R. Delany	Gateway / Orion (Gateway Essentials)	978-0-575-11928-4	£2.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts	2015-00-00	ed. Heather Masri	Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press	978-1-4576-7446-4	$45.00^?$: US dollar	xix+ 796	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	René Magritte^?Rene Magritte
Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep	2015-04-16	ed. Paula Guran	Prime Books	978-1-60701-451-5	$15.95^?$: US dollar	375	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	Renu Sharma
Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep	2015-04-20	ed. Paula Guran	Prime Books	978-1-60701-460-7	$6.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Renu Sharma
Driftglass	2021-06-03	Samuel R. Delany	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics Science Fiction)	978-0-241-51057-5	£8.99^?£: UK pound	400	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.	coll
Driftglass	2021-06-03	Samuel R. Delany	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics Science Fiction)	978-0-241-51058-2	£8.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Driftglass	date unknown	Samuel R. Delany	Signet / New American Library	0-451-14424-4	$2.95^?$: US dollar	278	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.	coll	Jim Warren

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