Title: Newton's Cannon
Title Record # 969434
Author: Greg Keyes
Date: 1998-05-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Age of Unreason
Series Number: 1
Language: English
Current Tags: fantasy (1), alternate history (1), alchemy (1) Add Tags
Author: Greg Keyes
Date: 1998-05-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Age of Unreason
Series Number: 1
Language: English
Synopsis: From the back cover of the Del Rey first edition: 1681: Sir Isaac Newton turns his restless mind to the ancient art of alchemy. He achieves an unprecedented breakthrough, unleashing Philosopher's Mercury, a primal source of matter and a key to manipulating the four elements of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. Now, Louis XIV of France and George I of England battle for its control. As English armies push nearer to Paris, Louis calls for a new weapon - a mysterious device known only as Newton's Cannon.
Amidst the decadence of Versailles, courtiers and poseurs plot and scheme. And Adrienne de Montchevreuil, an impecunious noblewoman of great beauty and unsuspected talents, labors to unlock the mystery of Newton's Cannon before it is too late - for her King, for her country... for herself.
In Boston, half a world away, a young apprentice by the name of Benjamin Franklin stumbles across a dangerous secret. Pursued by a powerful and deadly enemy - half scientist, half sorcerer - Ben makes his fugitive way to England. Only Newton himself can help him now. But who will help Sir Isaac? For Newton was not the first to unleash the Philosopher's Mercury. Others were there before him. Creatures as scornful of science as they are of mankind. And burning to be rid of both...
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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6 | 1999 Locus | Best Fantasy Novel |
Win (as Les démons du Roi-Soleil) | 2002 Imaginaire | Roman étranger |
Publications
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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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Newton's Cannon | 1998-05-00 | J. Gregory Keyes | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-40605-2 | $14.00?$: US dollar |
355 | 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 | Terese Nielsen | |
Newton's Cannon | 1998-09-00 | J. Gregory Keyes | Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC | 1-56865-829-X / 18398 | $10.98?$: US dollar |
[12]+ 355 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Terese Nielsen | |
Het Wapen van Newton | 1999-00-00 | Greg Keyes | Luitingh-Sijthoff | 90-245-2187-4 | 448 | 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 | Ingrid Bockting | ||
Newton's Cannon | 1999-04-00 | J. Gregory Keyes | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-43378-5 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
xii+ 368 |
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 | Terese Nielsen | |
Les démons du Roi-Soleil | 2001-03-00 | J. Gregory Keyes | Flammarion (Imagine) | 2-08-067961-9 | F120.00?F: French frank |
360 | 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 | ||
Newton's Cannon | 2004-07-00 | Greg Keyes | Tor / Pan Macmillan UK | 0-330-41997-8 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
368 | 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 | Dominic Harman | |
Les démons du Roi-Soleil | 2007-02-21 | Greg Keyes | Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5916) | 978-2-266-16324-8 | 450 | 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 | Julien Delval | ||
Newton's Cannon | 2008-06-26 | J. Gregory Keyes | Paw Prints | 978-1-4395-0110-8 | $16.99?$: US dollar |
368 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
Newton's Cannon | 2009-02-04 | J. Gregory Keyes | Del Rey / Ballantine | 978-0-307-55859-6 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
Newton's Cannon | 2015-12-22 | Greg Keyes | Open Road Integrated Media | 978-1-5040-2656-7 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
The Age of Unreason | 2017-11-28 | Greg Keyes | Open Road Integrated Media | 978-1-5040-4963-4 | $31.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
omni | |||
Newton's Cannon | 2021-09-14 | Greg Keyes | Open Road Integrated Media | 978-1-5040-6860-4 | $24.99?$: US dollar |
306 | 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 | ||
Newton's Cannon | date unknown | J. Gregory Keyes | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-43378-5 | C$8.99?C$: Canadian dollar |
xii+ 368 |
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 | Terese Nielsen | |
Newton's Cannon | date unknown | J. Gregory Keyes | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-43378-5 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
xii+ 368 |
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 | Terese Nielsen |
Reviews
- Review by Carolyn Cushman (1998) in Locus, #449 June 1998
- Review by Brian Stableford (1998) in Interzone, #134 August 1998
- Review by Matthew Appleton (1998) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, December 1998
- Review by S. Kay Nash [as by S. Kay Elmore] (1998) in SF Site, Mid-July 1998, (1998)
- Review by Robert K. J. Killheffer (1999) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1999
- Review by Mark L. Olson (1999) in Aboriginal Science Fiction, Fall 1999
- Review by John Deakins (1999) in Absolute Magnitude, Winter 1999