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Author: R. A. MacAvoy
Year: 1983
Type: NOVEL
Series: Black Dragon
Series Number: 1
Language: English
Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_with_the_Black_Dragon
ISFDB Record Number: 1043
Synopsis: Publisher's description: "Cryptic phone calls and a mysterious disappearance draw Martha to San Francisco in search of her estranged daughter. With the help of a philosophical stranger, Martha embarks on a dangerous adventure."
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Variant Titles:
- Chá com o Dragão Negro [Portuguese] (1986) - R. A. MacAvoy
Awards:
- 1984 Compton Crook Award - Compton Crook Award (Balticon - Best 1st Novel) (Nomination)
- 1984 Hugo Award - Best Novel (Nomination)
- 1984 Locus Poll Award - Best First Novel (Place: 1)
- 1984 Locus Poll Award - Best Fantasy Novel (Place: 15)
- 1984 Nebula Award - Novel (Nomination)
- 1984 Philip K. Dick Award - Special Citation (Nomination)
- 1984 World Fantasy Award - Best Novel (Nomination)
Publications:
- Tea with the Black Dragon, (May 1983, R. A. MacAvoy, publ. Bantam Books, 0-553-23205-3, $2.75, 166pp, pb) Cover: Pauline Ellison
- Tea with the Black Dragon, (Nov 1983, R. A. MacAvoy, publ. Bantam Books, 0-553-23205-3, $2.75, 166pp, pb) Cover: Pauline Ellison
- Tea with the Black Dragon, (Jul 1984, R. A. MacAvoy, publ. Bantam, 0-553-23205-3, $2.75, 166pp, pb) Cover: Pauline Ellison - [VERIFIED]
- Tea with the Black Dragon, (Jun 1985, R. A. MacAvoy, publ. Bantam Spectra, 0-553-25403-0, $2.95, 166pp, pb) Cover: Pauline Ellison - [VERIFIED]
- Chá com o Dragão Negro, (1986, R. A. MacAvoy, publ. Publicações Europa-America (Livros de Bolso, série Ficção Científica #103), 153pp)
- Tea with the Black Dragon, (1987, R. A. MacAvoy, publ. Bantam UK, 0-553-23205-3, £1.95, 166pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
- Tea with the Black Dragon, (Dec 1987, R. A. MacAvoy, publ. Hypatia Press, 0-940841-03-7, $20.00, [12]+204pp, hc) Cover: Leslie Newcomer - [VERIFIED]
- Tea with the Black Dragon, (Dec 1987, R. A. MacAvoy, publ. Hypatia Press, 0-940841-05-3, $, xii+204pp, hc) Cover: Leslie Newcomer
- Tea with the Black Dragon, (Dec 1987, R. A. MacAvoy, publ. Hypatia Press, 0-940841-04-5, $, xii+204pp, hc) Cover: Leslie Newcomer
- Tea with the Black Dragon, (1999, R. A. MacAvoy, publ. e-reads.com, 1-58586-197-9, 128pp, tp)
- Tea with the Black Dragon, (1999, R. A. MacAvoy, publ. e-reads.com, 0-7592-0801-8, 128pp, ebook)
- Tea with the Black Dragon, (2002, R. A. MacAvoy, publ. e-reads.com, 0-7592-0801-8, ebook)
- Tea with the Black Dragon, (2002, R. A. MacAvoy, publ. e-reads.com, 0-7592-6550-X, ebook)
- Tea with the Black Dragon, (date unknown, R. A. MacAvoy, publ. Bantam Spectra, 0-553-25403-0, $2.95, 166pp, pb) Cover: Pauline Ellison
- Tea with the Black Dragon, (date unknown, R. A. MacAvoy, publ. Bantam Spectra, 0-553-27155-5, $3.50, 166pp, pb) Cover: Pauline Ellison - [VERIFIED]
Reviews:
- Review by Debbie Notkin (1983) in Locus, #267 April 1983
- Review by Tom Easton (1983) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, September 1983
- Review by Baird Searles (1983) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1983
- Review by Algis Budrys (1983) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1983
- Review by Chris Henderson (1983) in Whispers #19-20, October 1983 , reprinted in:
- Whispers #19-20, October 1983, (1983)
- Review by Robert Coulson (1983) in Amazing Science Fiction, November 1983
- Review by Judith Hanna (1984) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 7, Number 4
- Review by Laurence Scotford (1988) in Paperback Inferno, 71
- Review by David Pringle (1988) in Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels , reprinted in:
- Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels, (1988)
- Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels, (1989)