Title: Grendel
Title Record # 8248
Author: John Gardner
Date: 1971-09-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: John Gardner
Date: 1971-09-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: Between bouts of his war on the king of the Danish Norsemen, the monster philosophizes about life and fate.
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| Nomination | 1972 Mythopoeic | Mythopoeic Fantasy Award |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grendel | 1971-09-00 | John Gardner | Alfred A. Knopf (Borzoi Books) | 0-394-47143-1 | $5.95?$: US dollar |
174 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Emil Antonucci |  |
| Grendel | 1972-10-00 | John Gardner | Ballantine Books | 02876 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
152 | 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 | Michael Leonard (I) | |
| Grendel | 1972-11-00 | John Gardner | Ballantine Books | 0-345-23651-3 | C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
152 | 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 | Michael Leonard (I) | |
| Grendel | 1972-11-00 | John Gardner | Ballantine Books | 02876 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
152 | 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 | Michael Leonard (I) | |
| Grendel | 1973-03-00 | John Gardner | Ballantine Books | $0.95?$: US dollar |
152 | 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 | Michael Leonard (I) | ||
| Grendel | 1973-03-00 | John Gardner | Ballantine Books | $0.95?$: US dollar |
152 | 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 | Michael Leonard (I) | |
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| Grendel | 1973-09-00 | John Gardner | Ballantine Books | $0.95?$: US dollar |
152 | 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 | Michael Leonard (I) | ||
| Grendel | 1973-12-00 | John Gardner | Ballantine Books | 0-345-23651-3 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
152 | 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 | Michael Leonard (I) | |
| Grendel | 1981-11-00 | John Gardner | Ballantine Books | 0-345-28865-3 | $2.25?$: US dollar |
152 | 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 | Murray Tinkelman | |
| Grendel | 1983-08-00 | John Gardner | Ballantine Books | 0-345-28865-3 | $2.25?$: US dollar |
152 | 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 | Murray Tinkelman | |
| Grendel | 1985-10-00 | John Gardner | Vintage Books | 0-394-74056-4 | $3.95?$: US dollar |
152 | 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 | ||
| Grendel | 1989-00-00 | John Gardner | Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #227) | 3-518-38111-3 | M 10.00?M: East German mark |
163 | 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 | Tom Breuer | |
| Grendel | 1989-04-00 | John Gardner | Vintage Books | 0-679-72311-0 | $10.95?$: US dollar |
180 | 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 | Mark Penberthy | |
| Grendel | 2004-08-00 | John Gardner | Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #41) | 0-575-07582-1 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
xvii+ 123 |
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 | Edward Miller | |
| Grendel | 2007-00-00 | John Gardner | Edições Saída de Emergência?Edicoes Saída de Emergencia (Bang! #36) |
978-989-637-014-5 | 160 | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
novel | |||
| Grendel | 2007-07-11 | John Gardner | Recorded Books | 978-1-4498-7540-4 | digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
novel | ||||
| Grendel | 2008-10-08 | John Gardner | Paw Prints (Sparknotes Literature Guides) | 978-1-4395-5890-4 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
88 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
| Grendel | 2010-05-21 | John Gardner | Vintage Books | 978-0-307-75678-7 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | Mark Penberthy | ||
| Grendel | 2015-07-09 | John Gardner | Gollancz / Orion (Fantasy Masterworks (II)) | 978-1-4732-1201-5 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
xxiii+ 123 |
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 | Sam Dunn | |
| Grendel | date unknown | John Gardner | Ballantine Books | 0-345-23651-3 | C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
152 | 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 | Michael Leonard (I) | |
| Grendel | date unknown | John Gardner | Vintage Books | 0-679-72311-0 | $7.95?$: US dollar |
180 | 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 | Mark Penberthy | |
| Grendel | date unknown | John Gardner | Vintage Books | 0-679-72311-0 | $14.00?$: US dollar |
180 | 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 | Mark Penberthy | |
| Grendel | date unknown | John Gardner | Recorded Books | digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
novel | |
Reviews
- Review by Don Ashby (1976) in SF Commentary, #48/49/50
- 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)
- Review by Dan Simmons (1988) in Horror: 100 Best Books, (1988) , reprinted in:
- Horror: 100 Best Books (1988)
- Horror: 100 Best Books (1992)
- Horror: The 100 Best Books (1998)
- Review
[German]
by
Franz Schröpf?Franz Schroepf(1990) in Fantasia 57/58
- Review by L. J. Hurst (2004) in Vector 238
- Review by Jonathon Sullivan (2007) in Escape Pod, EP Review: Beowulf, Grendel, and Beowulf
- Review [Portuguese] by David Soares (2008) in Bang!, #4 April 2008
- Review by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison (2009) in 100 Must-Read Fantasy Novels