A Door Into Ocean
- Editions tracked
- 1
- First edition
- Arbor House, 1986
- Series
- Elysium Cycle
The first edition of A Door Into Ocean by Joan Slonczewski was published in New York by Arbor House in 1986. We track 1 edition.
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Awards and honours
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- Editions recorded
- 7 on Open Library, 4 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 3 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of A Door Into Ocean?
The first edition of A Door Into Ocean by Joan Slonczewski was published in New York by Arbor House in 1986.
How many editions of A Door Into Ocean are there?
We track 1 edition of A Door Into Ocean, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Did A Door Into Ocean win any awards?
Yes: A Door Into Ocean won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1987), according to Wikidata.