Title: The Damnation Game Title Record # 2176
Author: Clive Barker
Date: 1985-00-00
Type: NOVEL
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Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title 1987ⓘTranslated by Joachim Körber German Spiel des Verderbens 1988ⓘTranslated by Jean-Daniel Brèque. French Le jeu de la damnation 1989ⓘTranslated by Ineke Wieberdink-Westerweel Dutch Duivelsspel 1991ⓘTranslated by Pálos Anna & Turczi István Hungarian Kárhozat 2009ⓘTranslated by Dariusz Wójtowicz Polish Potępieńcza gra?Potepiencza gra

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
15	1986 Locus	Best Fantasy Novel
Nomination	1986 World Fantasy	Best Novel
Nomination	1987 Stoker	Superior Achievement in a First Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
The Damnation Game	1985-00-00	Clive Barker	The Leisure Circle			374	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Geoff Shields
The Damnation Game	1985-00-00	Clive Barker	Weidenfeld & Nicolson	0-297-78789-6	£25.00?£: UK pound	374	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Damnation Game	1985-09-00	Clive Barker	Weidenfeld & Nicolson	0-297-78720-9	£8.95?£: UK pound	374	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Geoff Shields
The Damnation Game	1986-11-00	Clive Barker	Sphere	0-7221-1416-8	£3.50?£: UK pound	374	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	Geoff Shields
The Damnation Game	1987-05-00	Clive Barker	Ace/Putnam	0-399-13278-3	$18.95?$: US dollar	379	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Marshall Arisman
The Damnation Game	1987-10-00	Clive Barker	Ace/Putnam / SFBC	10878	$4.98?$: US dollar	368	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Marshall Arisman
The Damnation Game	1988-00-00	Clive Barker	Sphere	0-7221-1416-8	£3.50?£: UK pound	374	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 Crisp
The Damnation Game	1988-07-00	Clive Barker	Charter	1-55773-113-6	$4.95?$: US dollar	433	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	Marshall Arisman
The Damnation Game	1989-00-00	Clive Barker	Sphere	0-7221-1416-8	£3.99?£: UK pound	374	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 Crisp
The Damnation Game	1990-00-00	Clive Barker	Berkley Books	0-425-12793-1	$7.99?$: US dollar	433	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	Marshall Arisman
The Damnation Game	1991-00-00	Clive Barker	Sphere	0-7221-1416-8	£4.99?£: UK pound	374	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 Damnation Game	1996-09-00	Clive Barker	Berkley Books	0-425-12793-1	$6.99?$: US dollar	433	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	M. C. Escher
The Damnation Game	2002-00-00	Clive Barker	Time Warner Books UK	0-7515-0595-1	£7.99?£: UK pound	532	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	Larry Rostant
The Damnation Game	2002-11-00	Clive Barker	Berkley Books	0-425-18893-0	$7.99?$: US dollar	xiv+ 433	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 Damnation Game	2021-05-25	Clive Barker	Berkley Books	978-0-593-33497-3	$9.99?$: US dollar	496	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
The Damnation Game	date unknown	Clive Barker	Berkley Books	0-425-12793-1	$5.50?$: US dollar		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

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Reviews

• Review by Chris Morgan (1985) in Fantasy Review, September 1985
• Review by Faren Miller (1985) in Locus, #297 October 1985
• Review by Mark Greener (1986) in Vector 131
• Review by Andy Sawyer (1987) in Paperback Inferno, #65
• Review by Algis Budrys (1987) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1987
• Review by Lee Montgomerie (1987) in Interzone, #20 Summer 1987
• Review by Don D'Ammassa (1988) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #103 Apr 1988
• Review by Adrian Cole (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 by John Gregory Betancourt (1988) in Weird Tales, Summer 1988 , reprinted in:
•     Weird Tales, Summer 1988 (1988)
• Review by Douglas E. Winter (2001) in Weird Tales, Spring 2001