Title: Castle in the Air

Title: Castle in the Air Title Record # 6983
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Date: 1990-07-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Howl's Castle
Series Number: 2
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a magic carpet and his life changes dramatically as his daydreams come true and dangerous adventures become daily fare. Chant and her brother Cat find the Chrestomancie Castle family's magic powers difficult to counter with the inferior powers of the Coven Street witches.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
2006^ⓘTranslated by Daniela Ventura.	Italian	Il castello in aria
2020^ⓘTranslated by Dorothee Haentjes-Holländer.	German	Der Palast im Himmel
2020^ⓘTranslated by Alex Nikolavitch.	French	Le château des nuages

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nomination	1992 Mythopoeic	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Castle in the Air	1990-07-00	Diana Wynne Jones	Methuen Children's Books	0-416-15782-3	£8.95^?£: UK pound	208	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Alan Fraser
Castle in the Air	1991-04-00	Diana Wynne Jones	Greenwillow Books / William Morrow	0-688-09686-7	$12.95^?$: US dollar	199	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Jos. A. Smith
Castle in the Air	1991-10-00	Diana Wynne Jones	Mammoth	0-7497-0475-6	£2.99^?£: UK pound	208	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	Alan Fraser
Castle in the Air	2000-10-00	Diana Wynne Jones	Collins	0-00-675530-5	£4.99^?£: UK pound	285	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	David Wyatt
Castle in the Air	2000-10-00	Diana Wynne Jones	Collins	0-00-185743-6	£10.99^?£: UK pound	285	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	David Wyatt
Castle in the Air	2001-08-00	Diana Wynne Jones	Greenwillow Books / HarperTrophy	0-06-447345-7	$6.95^?$: US dollar	298	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	Dan Craig
Castle in the Air	2001-08-00	Diana Wynne Jones	Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins	0-06-029882-0	$16.95^?$: US dollar	298	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Dan Craig
Wizard's Castle	2002-02-00	Diana Wynne Jones	Science Fiction Book Club	0-7394-2385-1 / 17912	$12.99^?$: US dollar	376	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Yvonne Gilbert
Castle in the Air	2005-00-00	Diana Wynne Jones	HarperCollins Children's Books	0-00-675530-5	£5.99^?£: UK pound	284+ [1]	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	Katmo
Castle in the Air	2008-05-01	Diana Wynne Jones	Eos / HarperCollins	978-0-06-147877-2	$6.99^?$: US dollar	383	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	John Rocco
Castle in the Air	2008-05-22	Diana Wynne Jones	Paw Prints	978-1-4352-8438-8	$15.99^?$: US dollar	298	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Dan Craig
Castle in the Air	2009-03-00	Diana Wynne Jones	HarperCollins Children's Books	978-0-00-675530-2	£6.99^?£: UK pound	284+ [1]	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	Duncan Smith
Castle in the Air	2012-09-25	Diana Wynne Jones	Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins	978-0-06-224455-0	$7.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Dan Craig
Castle in the Air	2012-12-06	Diana Wynne Jones	HarperCollins Children's Books	978-0-00-736908-9	£3.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
World of Howl Collection	2014-07-08	Diana Wynne Jones	Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins	978-0-06-237315-1	$24.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni	John Rocco
Castle in the Air	date unknown	Diana Wynne Jones	HarperCollins Children's Books	0-00-675530-5	£5.99^?£: UK pound	284+ [1]	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	Katmo
Castle in the Air	date unknown	Diana Wynne Jones	HarperCollins Children's Books	978-0-00-675530-2	£6.99^?£: UK pound	284+ [1]	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	Duncan Smith
Castle in the Air	date unknown	Diana Wynne Jones	Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins	0-06-029882-0	$16.95^?$: US dollar	298	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Dan Craig
Castle in the Air	date unknown	Diana Wynne Jones	Greenwillow Books / William Morrow	0-688-09686-7		199	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Jos. A. Smith

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Reviews

Review by Faren Miller (1990) in Locus, #356 September 1990
Review by Gwyneth Jones (1990) in Interzone, #42 December 1990
Review by Maureen Kincaid Speller [as by Maureen Porter] (1990) in Vector 158
Review by Orson Scott Card (1992) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1992