The Gods Themselves

The Gods Themselves
Cover of first edition (hardcover)
AuthorIsaac Asimov
Cover artistDavid November[1]
GenreScience fiction
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
May 1972[1]
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback and paperback)
Pages288
AwardsHugo Award for Best Novel (1973)
Nebula Award for Best Novel (1972)
Locus Award for Best Novel (1973)
ISBN0-385-02701-X

The Gods Themselves is a 1972 science fiction novel written by Isaac Asimov, and his first original work in the science fiction genre in fifteen years (not counting his 1966 novelization of Fantastic Voyage). It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1972,[2] and the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1973.[3][4]

The book is divided into three main parts, which were first published in Galaxy and Worlds of If[5] as three consecutive stories.

  1. ^ a b First edition at ISFDB
  2. ^ "1972 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
  3. ^ "1973 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
  4. ^ Asimov, I. (1988) [1975]. Buy Jupiter and Other Stories. VGSF. p. 174.
  5. ^ "Bibliography: The Gods Themselves". Retrieved October 29, 2011.