{{Short description|1997 novel by Damien Broderick}} {{Infobox book| <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = The White Abacus | image = Broderick - The White Abacus Coverart.png | caption = ''The White Abacus'' trade paperback edition cover. | author = Damien Broderick | cover_artist = Chris Moore | country = United States | language = English | genre = Science fiction | publisher = Avon Eos | pub_date = March 1997 | media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback) | pages = 342 (first edition) | isbn = 978-0-380-97476-4 | oclc = }}
'''''The White Abacus''''' is a 1997 science fiction novel by Damien Broderick. It follows the story of Telmah Lord Cima who travels to Earth from a far-off world and becomes friends with a computer-augmented being called Ratio.<ref name="FF TWA">{{cite web | url = http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/damien-broderick/white-abacus.htm | title = The White Abacus by Damien Broderick | publisher = Fantastic Fiction | date = | accessdate = 2010-01-13}}</ref>
==Background== ''The White Abacus'' was first published in the United States in March 1997 by Avon Eos in hardback and trade paperback formats.<ref name="FF TWA"/> In April 1998 it was republished in mass market paperback format.<ref name="FF TWA"/> ''The White Abacus'' won the 1997 Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel and the 1998 Ditmar Award for best Australian long fiction.<ref name="AAPYR">{{cite web | url = http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/history1995_2008.pdf.pdf | title = aurealis awards, previous years' results | publisher = Aurealis Awards | accessdate = 2010-01-13 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101224172144/http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/history1995_2008.pdf.pdf | archivedate = 2010-12-24 }}</ref><ref name="LO TWA">{{cite web | url = http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ditmar1998.html#nvl | title = The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1998 Ditmar Awards | publisher = Locus Online | date = | accessdate = 2010-01-13}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{isfdb title|id=6640|title=The White Abacus}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:White Abacus}} Category:1997 Australian novels Category:1997 English-language novels Category:1997 science fiction novels Category:Australian science fiction novels Category:Aurealis Award–winning works Category:HarperCollins books
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