Title: The Weathermonger
Title Record # 12894
Author: Peter Dickinson
Date: 1968-00-00
Type: NOVEL [juvenile]
Series: Changes
Series Number: 1
Language: English
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Author: Peter Dickinson
Date: 1968-00-00
Type: NOVEL [juvenile]
Series: Changes
Series Number: 1
Language: English
Note:
- 3rd of the trilogy "in order of internal chronology the novels" --SFE3, biographical entry by Nicholls, Clute, and Langford
- Revised 1969 SFE3 reports chapters 10 and 11 revised 1969. The Children's/YA page of the author's website implies that there are some (slight?) differences between the original/early UK versions and the US versions, although recent UK editions follow the US. --[clarkmci]
- Weather Monger ? Some sites list this title as Weather Monger or The Weather Monger. The front jacket cover of the Delacorte hardcover edition has "The / Weather- / Monger" on three separate lines. It's not known how the title is formatted on the title page but the spine of this edition has The Weathermonger meaning it's likely there are no publications that use "Weather" and "Monger" as separate words in the title.
Synopsis: After the Changes - From the Twentieth Century to the Dark Ages overnight - such was fate that befell Britain five years from now. Machines were shunned and witchcraft had become the order of the day. Superstition and all the narrowness of the medieval era was the way of the populace and those who believed in science and mechanics fled the island.
To this strangely changed land, two return to see the source of the blight that had altered the natural laws. Geoffrey, the condemned weathermonger of Weymouth, and his sister, slip back, take over a still-functioning Rolls Royce Silver Ghost and follow the lightning to a terrifying confrontation between myth and science.
Here is a most unusual novel, suggestive at times of Tolkien, at other times of L. Sprague de Camp, but always a gripping adventure. (from the back cover of the DAW Books first printing)
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Publications
Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Weathermonger | 1968-00-00 | Peter Dickinson | Gollancz | 0-575-00038-4 | 18/-?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). |
160 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
The Weathermonger | 1969-00-00 | Peter Dickinson | Atlantic Monthly Press / Little, Brown | $4.95?$: US dollar |
216 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
The Weathermonger | 1970-00-00 | Peter Dickinson | Puffin | 0-14-030433-9 | 4/-?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). |
171 | 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 | ||
Science Fiction (Box Set) | 1972-00-00 | uncredited | Puffin | £1.30?£: UK pound |
170+ 171+ 142+ 263+ 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. |
omni | |||
The Weathermonger | 1972-00-00 | Peter Dickinson | Puffin | 0-14-030433-9 | £0.20?£: UK pound |
171 | 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 | John Holder | |
The Weathermonger | 1974-00-00 | Peter Dickinson | Puffin | 0-14-030433-9 | £0.30?£: UK pound |
171 | 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 | John Holder | |
The Weathermonger | 1974-05-00 | Peter Dickinson | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #104) | 0-87997-112-6 / UQ1112 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
158 | 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 | George Barr | |
The Weathermonger | 1974-05-00 | Peter Dickinson | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | UQ1112 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
158 | 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 | George Barr | |
The Changes: A Trilogy | 1975-00-00 | Peter Dickinson | Gollancz | 0-575-01907-7 | 510 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | |||
The Changes Trilogy | 1985-00-00 | Peter Dickinson | Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) | 0-14-031846-1 | £2.95?£: UK pound |
348 | 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 | Alun Hood | |
The Weathermonger | 1986-00-00 | Peter Dickinson | Delacorte Press | 0-385-29450-6 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
190 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon | |
The Weathermonger | 1988-06-00 | Peter Dickinson | Dell Laurel-Leaf | 0-440-20003-2 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
190 | 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 | Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon | |
The Changes: A Trilogy | 1991-12-00 | Peter Dickinson | Dell | 0-440-50413-9 | $12.00?$: US dollar |
427 | 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 | David B. Mattingly | |
The Weathermonger | 2003-10-00 | Peter Dickinson | CollinsVoyager / HarperCollins (UK) | 0-00-714031-2 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
237 | 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 | Tim Byrne | |
The Changes Trilogy | 2015-01-27 | Peter Dickinson | Open Road Integrated Media | 978-1-5040-0138-0 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
omni | |||
The Changes Trilogy | 2015-05-26 | Peter Dickinson | Open Road Integrated Media | 978-1-5040-1476-2 | $17.99?$: US dollar |
434 | 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 |
Reviews
- Review by Lynne Holdom (1974) in The Alien Critic, November 1974
- Review by Orson Scott Card (1989) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1989
- Review by Jim O'Brien (2020) in Pulp Apocalypse