Title: The Book of the River
Title Record # 5216
Author: Ian Watson
Date: 1984-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Black Current
Series Number: 1
Language: English
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Author: Ian Watson
Date: 1984-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Black Current
Series Number: 1
Language: English
Note: The novel was serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in four individually titled novelettes:
- The Black Current (November, 1983)
- New Year's Eve at Tambimatu (December, 1983)
- A Walk to Manhome, and Away (January, 1984)
- The Worm's Head (February, 1984)
Synopsis: From the back cover of the DAW first US edition: Riverwoman... Ever since she was a child, that had been Yaleen's goal in life, to join the powerful River Guild, and ply the waters, learning about all the towns of the eastern bank. Now she was a riverwoman at last, one with the water, one with the mysterious, sentient black current which granted women rule of the river, yet called men forth to madness or death.
But when her only brother joined the male organization, the Observers, and lured her to aid him with knowledge of the seemingly unattainable western shore, Yaleen found herself caught by a destiny beyond her control - a destiny that would put her beyond the laws of her guild and lead her on to challenge the black current itself...
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Book of the River | 1984-05-00 | Ian Watson | Gollancz | 0-575-03396-7 | £7.95?£: UK pound |
208 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
The Book of the River | 1985-08-00 | Ian Watson | Panther / Granada | 0-586-06387-0 | £1.95?£: UK pound |
240 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Mike van Houten | |
The Book of the River | 1986-01-00 | Ian Watson | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #659) | 0-88677-105-6 / UE2105 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
256 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Jael | |
The Books of the Black Current | 1986-11-00 | Ian Watson | Nelson Doubleday / SFBC | 10292 | $6.98?$: US dollar |
536 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Tim Hildebrandt | |
The Book of the River | 1988-00-00 | Ian Watson | Grafton | 0-586-06387-0 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
240 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Mike van Houten | |
Yaleen | 2004-04-00 | Ian Watson | BenBella Books | 1-932100-24-5 | $19.95?$: US dollar |
x+ 536 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Jael | |
The Book of the River | 2011-09-29 | Ian Watson | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-11447-0 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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Reviews
- Review by David Langford [as by Dave Langford] (1984) in White Dwarf, July 1984
- Review by Chris Morgan (1984) in Fantasy Review, August 1984
- Review by K. V. Bailey (1984) in Vector 122
- Review by Phil Nichols (1985) in Paperback Inferno, #57
- Review by Baird Searles (1986) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1986
- Review by Don D'Ammassa (1986) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #86 November 1986