Title: The Owl Service
Title Record # 7705
Author: Alan Garner
Date: 1967-00-00
Type: NOVEL [juvenile]
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Current Tags: Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 1946-1987 (1), owls (1), teenagers (1), mythology (1), fantasy (1) Add Tags
Author: Alan Garner
Date: 1967-00-00
Type: NOVEL [juvenile]
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: During a summer vacation in a secluded Welsh valley, three young people find themselves driven by the spirits of three mythical lovers to reenact an ancient tragedy.
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Current Tags: Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 1946-1987 (1), owls (1), teenagers (1), mythology (1), fantasy (1) Add Tags
Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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Win | 1967 Carnegie | Carnegie Medal |
Publications
Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Owl Service | 1967-00-00 | Alan Garner | Collins | 15/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
157 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Kenneth Farnhill | ||
The Owl Service | 1968-00-00 | Alan Garner | Henry Z. Walck, Inc. | $4.00?$: US dollar |
202 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
The Owl Service | 1970-00-00 | Alan Garner | Peacock Books / Penguin | 0-14-047066-2 | 4/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
173 | 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 | ||
The Owl Service | 1972-00-00 | Alan Garner | Peacock Books / Penguin | 0-14-047066-2 | 173 | 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 | Charles Keeping | ||
The Owl Service | 1973-00-00 | Alan Garner | Armada Lions | 0-00-670693-2 | 160 | 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 | |||
The Owl Service | 1979-11-00 | Alan Garner | Collins | 0-529-05520-1 | $7.95?$: US dollar |
157 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
The Owl Service | 1980-02-00 | Alan Garner | Armada Lions | 0-00-670693-2 | £0.75?£: UK pound |
156 | 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 | ||
The Owl Service | 1981-07-00 | Alan Garner | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-29044-5 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
176 | 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 | Laurence Schwinger | |
The Owl Service | 1982-03-00 | Alan Garner | Nelson Thornes | 0-333-31554-5 | 176 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
The Owl Service | 1983-00-00 | Alan Garner | Fontana Lions | 0-00-671675-X | £1.25?£: UK pound |
156 | 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 | Steve Lavis | |
The Owl Service | 1986-09-00 | Alan Garner | Fontana Lions | 0-00-671675-X | £1.95?£: UK pound |
155 | 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 | ||
The Owl Service | 1987-03-00 | Alan Garner | Windrush Large Print | 1-85089-909-6 | £7.65?£: UK pound |
217 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
The Owl Service | 1988-10-00 | Alan Garner | Lions | 0-00-671675-X | £2.25?£: UK pound |
155 | 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 | ||
The Owl Service | 1992-05-00 | Alan Garner | Lions | 0-00-674294-7 | £3.50?£: UK pound |
155 | 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 | ||
The Owl Service | 1992-12-00 | Alan Garner | Dell Yearling | 0-440-40735-4 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
157 | 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. |
novel | Martin Springett | |
The Owl Service | 1995-00-00 | Alan Garner | Collins Audio | 0-00-102439-6 | audio cassette?Cassette tape |
novel | Paul Finn | |||
The Owl Service | 1996-00-00 | Alan Garner | Collins | 0-00-184603-5 | 192 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
The Owl Service | 1998-00-00 | Alan Garner | Collins (Collins Modern Classics) | 0-00-675401-5 | 224 | 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. |
novel | James Marsh | ||
The Owl Service | 1999-06-00 | Alan Garner | Collins | 0-00-674294-7 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
155 | 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 | Paul Finn | |
The Owl Service | 1999-08-16 | Alan Garner | Magic Carpet Books / Harcourt | 0-15-201798-4 | $6.00?$: US dollar |
219 | 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 | Paul Finn | |
The Owl Service | 2002-07-00 | Alan Garner | CollinsVoyager | 0-00-712789-8 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
224 | 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. |
novel | Paul Finn | |
The Owl Service | 2006-03-00 | Alan Garner | Odyssey / Harcourt | 0-15-205618-1 | $6.95?$: US dollar |
219 | 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. |
novel | Greg Call | |
The Owl Service | 2008-10-04 | Alan Garner | Paw Prints | 978-1-4395-5713-6 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
219 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Greg Call | |
The Owl Service | 2008-10-30 | Alan Garner | Naxos Audiobooks | $24.49?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
novel | ||||
The Owl Service | 2009-00-00 | Alan Garner | Playaway Digital Audio | 978-1-60775-587-6 | digital audio player?Player with a pre-loaded digital file of the audiobook |
novel | ||||
The Owl Service | 2013-08-15 | Alan Garner | HarperCollins Children's Books | 978-0-00-753905-5 | £3.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | Helen Crawford-White | ||
Alan Garner Classic Collection | 2015-09-10 | Alan Garner | HarperCollins Children's Books | 978-0-00-816437-9 | £17.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
omni | |||
The Owl Service | 2016-06-28 | Alan Garner | Naxos AudioBooks on Brilliance Audio | 978-1-5226-3399-0 | $12.99?$: US dollar |
audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks |
novel | |||
The Owl Service | 2017-05-04 | Alan Garner | HarperCollins Children's Books | 978-0-00-823802-5 | £16.99?£: UK pound |
224 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
The Owl Service | 2017-10-17 | Alan Garner | HarperCollins | 978-0-00-824850-5 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
224 | 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. |
novel | Helen Crawford-White | |
The Owl Service | 2019-08-06 | Alan Garner | Naxos and Blackstone Publishing | 978-1-09-401145-5 | $25.99?$: US dollar |
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
novel | |||
The Owl Service | 2019-10-15 | Alan Garner | Naxos and Blackstone Publishing | 978-1-09-401146-2 | $39.99?$: US dollar |
audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks |
novel | |||
The Owl Service | 2019-10-15 | Alan Garner | Naxos Audiobooks | 978-1-09-401144-8 | audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
novel | ||||
The Owl Service | date unknown | Alan Garner | Collins (Collins Modern Classics) | 0-00-675401-5 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
224 | 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. |
novel | James Marsh |
Reviews
- Review by Baird Searles (1982) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 18, 1982
- Review by Alma Jo Williams (1982) in Science Fiction Review, Summer 1982
- 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)