"In the Fifth Year of the Voyage"
by Robert Silverberg
Form: Novelette
Year: 1981
ID: 498
Publication history:
- 1981: Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1981, Magazine, 162 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: Crnicas 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: Crnicas 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, Lbbe 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 became Chapter 3 of Majipoor Chronicles.
Majipoor is a really big planet, and its three continents are crowded into one hemisphere, leaving the other hemisphere to the Great Sea. No one has ever crossed it. But it is a time of great exploration (long before Valentine's era), and Captain Sinnabor Lavon decides he will be the one to do the impossible and circumnavigate Majipoor. All goes well until the fifth year out, when they encounter a mass of strange writhing seaweed which challenges their resolve.