Title: The Centauri Device
Title Record # 11525
Author: M. John Harrison
Date: 1974-11-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Current Tags: space opera (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1) Add Tags
Author: M. John Harrison
Date: 1974-11-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Note: Expanded from a novelette of the same name
Synopsis: Captain John Truck is the last of the mysterious Centaurans, and the only one who can operate the bomb they left behind, and now several people want him to use it, but Truck isn't so excited about it.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Centauri Device | 1974-11-00 | M. John Harrison | Doubleday | 0-385-01839-8 | $4.95?$: US dollar |
185 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Anita Siegel |  |
| The Centauri Device | 1975-04-00 | M. John Harrison | Panther | 0-586-04207-5 | £0.50?£: UK pound |
205 | 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 | Peter Jones | |
| The Centauri Device | 1980-08-00 | M. John Harrison | Bantam Books | 0-553-13920-7 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
212 | 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 Lehr | |
| The Centauri Device | 1985-04-00 | M. John Harrison | Bantam Books | 0-553-23646-6 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
212 | 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 | Enric | |
| The Centauri Device | 1986-09-00 | M. John Harrison | Unwin Paperbacks (Orion Science Fiction) | 0-04-823364-1 | £2.95?£: UK pound |
212 | 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 | Fred Gambino | |
| The Centauri Device | 2000-07-00 | M. John Harrison | Millennium / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #31) | 1-85798-997-X | £6.99?£: UK pound |
205 | 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 | Chris Moore | |
| The Centauri Device | 2004-00-00 | M. John Harrison | Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #31) | 1-85798-997-X | £6.99?£: UK pound |
205 | 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 | Chris Moore | |
| The Centauri Device | 2009-04-00 | M. John Harrison | Gollancz (Space Opera Collection) | 978-0-575-08257-1 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
199 | 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 | Sanda Zahirovic | |
| The Centauri Device | 2010-12-31 | M. John Harrison | Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) | 978-0-575-08805-4 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | Chris Moore |
Reviews
- Review by Avram Davidson (1975) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1975
- Review by David Pringle (1985) in Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels , reprinted in:
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1985)
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1986)
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1987)
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1997)
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (2014)
- Review by Don D'Ammassa (1987) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #88 January 1987
- Review by Phil Nichols (1987) in Paperback Inferno, #64
- Review by Maureen Kincaid Speller [as by Maureen Porter] (1987) in Vector 136
- Review by Paul Kincaid (2000) in Vector 214
- Review
[French]
by
Benoît Domis?Benoit Domis(2003) in Galaxies, #30
- Review by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison (2006) in 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels , reprinted in:
- 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (2007)
- 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (unknown)
- Review by Tony C. Smith (2009) in StarShipSofa, No 81
- Review by Charles Dee Mitchell (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1
- Review by Bryan Alexander (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1