Title: The Book of Being

Title: The Book of Being Title Record # 5218
Author: Ian Watson
Date: 1985-06-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Black Current
Series Number: 3
Language: English

Synopsis: From the back cover of the DAW first US edition: Star death - or cosmic victory? As the Black Current's agent against the powers of the Godmind, Yaleen the Riverwoman has faced death and rebirth to learn the truth about the Godmind's plan to destroy the universe. Yet now, back on her home world, Yaleen's own people refuse to heed her warnings of the terrifying fate which awaits them if the Godmind isn't stopped. Only her old ally, the Black Current, offers Yaleen the help she so desperately needs. But is the Current truly trying to save humankind? Or does it seek to use Yaleen to destroy the Godmind - and humanity as well?

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Translations

Translated Serializations

Year	Language	Title
1987^ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm	German	Das Buch vom Sein

Year	Language	Title
1988	Italian	Il libro delle creature (Complete Novel)

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Book of Being	1985-06-00	Ian Watson	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4))	0-575-03596-X	£8.95^?£: UK pound	184	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Book of Being	1986-08-00	Ian Watson	Grafton	0-586-06389-7	£2.50^?£: UK pound	223	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	Mike van Houten
The Book of Being	1986-09-00	Ian Watson	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #685)	0-88677-153-6 / UE2153	$2.95^?$: US dollar	252	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	Jael
The Books of the Black Current	1986-11-00	Ian Watson	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	10292	$6.98^?$: US dollar	536	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Tim Hildebrandt
Das Buch vom Sein	1987-09-00	Ian Watson	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4436)	3-453-00454-X	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	250	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	Karel Thole
The Book of Being	1988-00-00	Ian Watson	Grafton	0-586-06389-7	£2.99^?£: UK pound	223	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	Mike van Houten
Urania #1083	1988-09-11	ed. Gianni Montanari	Mondadori	1083	Lit 3,500^?Lit: Italian lira	160	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	Vicente Segrelles
Yaleen	2004-04-00	Ian Watson	BenBella Books	1-932100-24-5	$19.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 536	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	Jael
The Book of Being	2011-09-29	Ian Watson	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-11449-4	£4.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel

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Reviews

Review by K. V. Bailey (1985) in Vector 126
Review by Chris Morgan (1985) in Fantasy Review, July 1985
Review by David Langford [as by Dave Langford] (1985) in White Dwarf, August 1985
Review by Phil Nichols (1987) in Paperback Inferno, #64
Review by Don D'Ammassa (1987) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #89 February 1987