Title: The Year of the Comet
Title Record # 21190
Author: John Christopher
Date: 1955-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Author: John Christopher
Date: 1955-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
User Rating: This title has no votes. VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), humanity in danger (1), cosy catastrophe (1) Add Tags
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| The Year of the Comet | 1955-00-00 | John Christopher | Michael Joseph (Novels of Tomorrow) | 12/6?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). |
271 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
| Satellite Science Fiction, August 1957 | 1957-08-00 | ed. Cylvia Kleinman | Renown Publications, Inc. | $0.35?$: US dollar |
132 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Mel Hunter |  |
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| Planet in Peril | 1959-00-00 | John Christopher | Avon | T371 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
159 | 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 | Ed Emshwiller | |
| Planet in Peril | 1959-00-00 | John Christopher | Avon | T371 | C$0.35?C$: Canadian dollar |
159 | 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 | Ed Emshwiller | |
| ... e venne una cometa | 1965-10-30 | John Christopher | Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #21) | Lit 1,700?Lit: Italian lira |
334 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Rocco Borella | |
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| The Year of the Comet | 1978-09-00 | John Christopher | Sphere Books | 0-7221-2303-5 | £0.95?£: UK pound |
256 | 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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| O Ano do Cometa | 1981-00-00 | John Christopher | Publicações Europa-América?Publicacoes Europa-America (Livros de Bolso, série Ficção Científica #14) |
199 | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
novel | ||||
| The Year of the Comet | 1983-00-00 | John Christopher | Sphere | 0-7221-2303-5 | £1.50?£: UK pound |
256 | 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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| The Year of the Comet | 2001-07-01 | John Christopher | Wildside Press | 1-58715-395-5 | $15.00?$: US dollar |
272 | 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 |
Reviews
- Review by Leslie Flood (1955) in New Worlds Science Fiction, #35 May 1955
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1955) in Astounding Science Fiction, June 1955 (UK)
- Review by uncredited (1955) in Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, June 1955
- Review by Ken Slater [as by Kenneth F. Slater] (1955) in Nebula Science Fiction, Number 13, (1955)
- Review by Frederik Pohl (1960) in If, May 1960 , reprinted in:
- If, #4 [UK] (1960)
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1960) in Astounding/Analog Science Fact & Fiction, July 1960
- Review by Glen Mathews (1979) in Australian SF News, February 1979