Mission Data for EXILE

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  • First edition May 1992, Ace hardcover
    ISBN 0-441-22211-0
  • June 1992, SF Book Club
    Catalog No. 19838
  • November 1992, Headline – U.K
    ISBN 0-7472-3949-5
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  • July 1993, Ace paperback
    ISBN 0-441-22212-9
    Exile US Ace flat 816

 More Editions: Exile in translation


 Dedication

For
Gwendolyn Zak
and
Beth Fleisher,
for all the reasons they know,

and
for friends lost and left behind,
but warmly remembered.
Wherever Time has taken you,
May Fortune hold you gently in her hands.


Reviews and Notices

1992 Nebula Award Preliminary Ballot (Best Novel)


“An excellent variation on a classic science fiction theme…superior world-building…highly recommended!”
— BOOKLIST


“A true work of art…thoughtful and enthralling…this will stand as a classic in the field along with 1984 and Fahrenheit 451.”
— FOSFAX


“A moving, intelligent story of the search for truth and the struggle against oppression.”
— PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY


“A strong and moving novel…complex, intellectually keen, and affecting.”
— NEW YORK NEWSDAY


“Kube-McDowell depicts a civilization quietly gone awry in this compelling and disturbing story of a man’s recovery of his lost honor…On the basis of literary merit as well as good storytelling, Exile belongs in most SF collections.”
— LIBRARY JOURNAL


“Michael P. Kube-McDowell is a terrific writer who weds fast-paced adventure with emotionally involving human drama…Exile explores what happens when the evidence of a person’s own eyes contradicts what everyone else believes. Though it takes place on another planet, in a society vastly different from ours, it offers a universal exploration of the nature of friendship, loyalty, and courage.”
–SENSE OF WONDER