Title: The Crystal World

Title: The Crystal World Title Record # 3570
Author: J. G. Ballard
Date: 1966-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: The first half was originally published as the serial "Equinox" in New Worlds (May-June 1964). The second half included the novelette "The Illuminated Man" from F&SF (May 1964).

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1967^ⓘTranslated by Claude Saunier.	French	La forêt de cristal^?La foret de cristal
1967^ⓘTranslated by Eurico da Fonseca	Portuguese	O mundo de cristal
1969^ⓘTranslated by Mieke Meuldrager-Ezelin	Dutch	De kristallen aarde
1969^ⓘTranslated by Margarete Bormann	German	Kristallwelt
1969^ⓘTranslated by Margarete Bormann	German	Erde oder Die Kristallwelt
1969^ⓘTranslated by 中村保男 (Yasuo Nakamura)	Japanese	結晶世界^?Kesshō Sekai Kesshou Sekai [as by J・G・バラード^?J. G. Barādo ]
1971^ⓘTranslated by Peter Stewart	Swedish	Kristallvärlden
1986^ⓘTranslated by Filipe Jarro	Portuguese	O mundo de cristal
1991^ⓘTranslated by Marcial Souto.	Spanish	El mundo de cristal
2005^ⓘTranslated by Joachim Körber The translation is stated as (first german) unabridged	German	Kristallwelt
2008^ⓘTranslated by Michel Pagel.	French	La forêt de cristal
2009^ⓘTranslated by Περικλής Μποζινάκης (Perikles Mpozinakes).	Greek	Κρυστάλλινος Κόσμος^?Krestallinos Kosmos
2013^ⓘTranslated by Manuel Manzano	Spanish	El mundo de cristal

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Made First Ballot	1967 Nebula	Novel
Win (as 結晶世界^?Kesshō Sekai Kesshou Sekai )	1970 Seiun	Best Translated Long Story

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Crystal World	1966-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Jonathan Cape		21/-^?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).	221	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Max Ernst
The Crystal World	1966-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Farrar, Straus and Giroux		$4.50^?$: US dollar	210	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Max Ernst
The Crystal World	1966-07-00	J. G. Ballard	Farrar, Straus and Giroux / SFBC		$1.20^?$: US dollar	210	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Max Ernst
The Crystal World	1967-03-00	J. G. Ballard	Berkley Medallion	X1380	$0.60^?$: US dollar	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 Crystal World	1968-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Panther	24190	5/-^?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).	175	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	Max Ernst
The Crystal World	1970-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Panther	0-586-02419-0	£0.30^?£: UK pound	175	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	Richard Whittern
The Crystal World	1976-09-00	J. G. Ballard	Equinox / Avon (SF Rediscovery #25)	0-380-00758-4	$2.25^?$: US dollar	160	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	Stephen Fabian
The Crystal World	1978-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Triad Panther	0-586-02419-0	£0.75^?£: UK pound	175	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 Goodfellow
The Crystal World	1981-05-00	J. G. Ballard	Avon Books	0-380-55160-8	$2.25^?$: US dollar	157	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 Crystal World	1984-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Jonathan Cape	0-224-61044-9	£8.95^?£: UK pound	210	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Crystal World	1985-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Triad Granada	0-586-02419-0	£2.50^?£: UK pound	175	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 Crystal World	1988-05-00	J. G. Ballard	Farrar, Straus and Giroux	0-374-52096-8	$7.95^?$: US dollar	210	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 Crystal World	1991-00-00	J. G. Ballard	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)			x+ 210	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Crystal World / Crash / Concrete Island	1991-05-00	J. G. Ballard	Quality Paperback Book Club		$11.95^?$: US dollar	210+ 224+ 176	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	Michael Samuel
The Crystal World	1993-10-00	J. G. Ballard	Flamingo	0-586-02419-0	£5.99^?£: UK pound	175	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	Larry Rostant
The Crystal World	2000-06-00	J. G. Ballard	Flamingo	0-586-02419-0	£6.99^?£: UK pound	175	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 Crystal World	2008-09-00	J. G. Ballard	Harper Perennial (UK)	978-0-586-02419-5	£7.99^?£: UK pound	175+ 16	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	designedbydavid.co.uk
The Crystal World	2012-06-28	J. G. Ballard	Fourth Estate	978-0-00-737489-2	£5.35^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Crystal World	2014-07-15	J. G. Ballard	Farrar, Straus and Giroux	978-1-4668-5663-9	$7.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Crystal World	2018-06-12	J. G. Ballard	Picador USA	978-1-250-14480-5	$17.00^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 187	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

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Reviews

Review by Judith Merril (1966) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1966
Review by John Foyster (1967) in Australian Science Fiction Review, #9, April 1967
Review [French] by
Demètre Ioakimidis^?Demetre Ioakimidis
(1967) in Fiction, #164
Review by Fritz Leiber (1969) in Fantastic, February 1969
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1969) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, September 1969
Review by Martin Last (1976) in The Science Fiction Review Monthly, October 1976
Review by Charles N. Brown (1977) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Summer 1977
Review by Michael Moorcock (1977) in Delap's F & SF Review, May 1977
Review by Phil Stephensen-Payne [as by Philip Stephensen-Payne] (1978) in Paperback Parlour, June 1978
Review by Ann Collier (1981) in Vector 104
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
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 [French] by uncredited (1988) in 10 Catastrophes
Review by James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock (1988) in Fantasy: The 100 Best Books , reprinted in:
Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1988)
Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1988)
Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1991)
Review by Craig Shaw Gardner (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 [Spanish] by Alberto Cairo (2001) in Las 100 mejores novelas de ciencia ficción del siglo XX

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