"Calintane Explains"
by Robert Silverberg
Form: Short story
Year: 1980
ID: 128
Publication history:
- 1982: Asimov's February 1982, Magazine, 178 pp.
- 1982: Majipoor Chronicles, Arbor House Hard cover book, 314 pp.
- 1982: Majipoor Chronicles, Priam Trade paperback, 314 pp.
- 1982: Majipoor Chronicles, Science Fiction Book Club Hard cover book, 277 pp.
- 1982: Majipoor Chronicles, Gollancz Hard cover book, 314 pp.
- 1983: Chroniques de Majipoor, Laffont Hard cover book, ISBN 2221009797, 331 pp., in French
- 1983: Crónicas de Majipur, Acervo Hard cover book, ISBN 8470023616, in Spanish
- 1983: Majipoor Chronicles, Bantam Mass market paperback, ISBN 0-553-22928-1, 281 pp.
- 1983: Majipoor Chronicles, Pan Mass market paperback, 317 pp.
- 1984: Majipoor Chronicles, Bantam Mass market paperback, 281 pp.
- 1988: Majipoor Chronicles, Pan Mass market paperback, ISBN 0330281178, 317 pp.
- 1989: Majipoor Chronicles, Bantam Mass market paperback, ISBN 0553255304, 281 pp.
- 1992: Majipoor Chronicles, Pan Mass market paperback, 317 pp.
- 1995: Crónicas de Majipur, Ultramar Mass market paperback, ISBN 847386493X, in Spanish
- 1995: El Laberinto de Majipur, Ultramar Mass market paperback, ISBN 8473864883, in Spanish
- 1995: Majipoor Chronicles, Pan Mass market paperback, ISBN 0330281178
- 1995: Das Seelenregister, Lübbe Mass market paperback, ISBN 3404241991, 476 pp., in German
- 1996: Majipoor Chronicles, Harper & Row Mass market paperback, ISBN 0061054852, 400 pp.
- 1998: Het Labyrint van Majipoor, Luitingh-Sijthoff Trade paperback, ISBN 90-245-1428-2, 560 pp., in Dutch
- 1999: Valentine of Majipoor, Science Fiction Book Club Hard cover book, 806 pp.
- 1999: Majipoor Chronicles, Science Fiction Book Club Hard cover book, 277 pp.
- 2000: Majipoor Chronicles, Voyager Mass market paperback, ISBN 0006483798, 400 pp.
- 2000: Majipoor Chronicles, Fictionwise Online
- 2001: Хроники Маджипура, Eksmo Эксмо Hard cover book, 528 pp., in Russian
- 2002: Chroniques de Majipoor, LGF Mass market paperback, ISBN 2253041203, 445 pp., in French
Other resources:
[None on record]
Comments:
This story is Chapter 4 of Majipoor Chronicles.
One of the strangest incidents in the 14,000 year history of humans on Majipoor involves the Pontifex named Arioc, who, upon the death of the Lady of the Isle of Sleep, declares that he is a woman and will be her successor. Calintane, a young man in the bureaucracy who witnessed the happenings, shares what really went on.