Title: The Land of Laughs

Title: The Land of Laughs Title Record # 1652
Author: Jonathan Carroll
Date: 1980-09-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: WorldCat: Schoolteacher Thomas Abbey, unsure son of a film star, doesn't know who he is or what he wants--in life, in love, or in his relationship with the strange and intense Saxony Gardner. What he knows is that in his whole life nothing has touched him so deeply as the novels of Marshall France, a reclusive author of fabulous children's tales who died at forty-four. Now Thomas and Saxony have come to France's hometown, the dreamy Midwestern town of Galen, Missouri, to write France's biography. Warned in advance that France's family may oppose them, they're surprised to find France's daughter warmly welcoming instead. But slowly they begin to see that something fantastic and horrible is happening. The magic of Marshall France has extended far beyond the printed page...leaving them with a terrifying task to undertake.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1986^ⓘTranslated by Rudolf Hermstein; the translation was revised for the 2021 edition	German	Das Land des Lachens
1988^ⓘTranslated by Iawa Tate.	French	Le pays du fou rire
1995^ⓘ Translated by Goran Dimitrijević	Serbian	Zemlja smeha
2005^ⓘTranslated by Laura Lahdensuu	Finnish	Naurujen maa

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1989 Apollo	Prix Apollo

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Land of Laughs	1980-09-00	Jonathan Carroll	The Viking Press	0-670-41755-6	$10.95^?$: US dollar	241	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Mel Brofman
The Land of Laughs	1982-06-00	Jonathan Carroll	Hamlyn Paperbacks	0-600-20597-5	£1.75^?£: UK pound	241	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 Land of Laughs	1983-10-00	Jonathan Carroll	Ace Books	0-441-46987-6	$2.50^?$: US dollar	241	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	David Mattingly
The Land of Laughs	1984-00-00	Jonathan Carroll	Arrow Books	0-09-939260-7	£2.50^?£: UK pound	241	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	James Marsh
Das Land des Lachens	1986-03-00	Jonathan Carroll	Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #170)	3-518-37747-7	DM 10.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	242	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	Tom Breuer
Das Land des Lachens	1987-00-00	Jonathan Carroll	Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #170)	3-518-37747-7	DM 10.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	242	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	Tom Breuer
The Land of Laughs	1987-11-00	Jonathan Carroll	Arrow Books	0-09-939260-7	£2.50^?£: UK pound	241	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
Le pays du fou rire	1988-09-07	Jonathan Carroll	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #2450)	2-277-22450-2		314	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
Le pays du fou rire	1989-04-10	Jonathan Carroll	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #2450)	2-277-22450-2		315	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 Land of Laughs	1989-09-00	Jonathan Carroll	Legend	0-09-939260-7	£3.50^?£: UK pound	241	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	Wayne Anderson
Le pays du fou rire	1990-00-00	Jonathan Carroll	France Loisirs	2-7242-4793-0		309	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Stanislaw Fernandez
Monolit 9: Almanah fantastike	1995-00-00	ed. Oto Oltvanji	Flamarion (Monolit #9)			600	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.	anth	D. Bob Živković^?D. Bob Zivkovic D. Bob Zhivkovich
The Land of Laughs	2000-09-00	Jonathan Carroll	Millennium / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #9)	1-85798-999-6	£6.99^?£: UK pound	241	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	Joe del Tufo
The Land of Laughs	2001-02-00	Jonathan Carroll	Orb	0-312-87311-5	$13.95^?$: US dollar	253	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	Patrick Arrasmith
Naurujen maa	2005-00-00	Jonathan Carroll	Loki-kirjat	951-825-031-6		279	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Jari Paananen
The Land of Laughs	2011-00-00	Jonathan Carroll	Audible Studios (Neil Gaiman Presents)				digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel	Patrick Arrasmith
The Land of Laughs	2016-00-00	Jonathan Carroll	Centipede Press	978-1-61347-184-5	$85.00^?$: US dollar	304	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Ryder Carroll
Das Land des Lachens	2021-10-00	Jonathan Carroll	Heyne	978-3-453-32104-5	€12.99^?€: Euro	366	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	AkimD
The Land of Laughs	date unknown	Jonathan Carroll	Orb	0-312-87311-5	$13.95^?$: US dollar	253	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	Patrick Arrasmith

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Reviews

Review by Faren Miller (1983) in Locus, #274 November 1983
Review by Michael R. Collings and David A. Engebretson (1984) in Fantasy Review, July 1984
Review by Russell Engebretson (1985) in Science Fiction Review, Spring 1985
Review by David Pringle (1988) in Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels , reprinted in:
Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels (1988)
Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels (1989)
Review by Christopher Evans (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 [French] by Roger Bozzetto (1989) in Fiction, #404
Review by Bruce Gillespie (1991) in SF Commentary, #69/70
Review by Mike Resnick (1997) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 1997
Review by uncredited (2000) in Vector 214
Review by Iain Emsley (2001) in Vector 216
Review by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison (2009) in 100 Must-Read Fantasy Novels
Review by Amy Goldschlager (2012) in Locus, #615 April 2012
Review [German] by Denis Scheck (2021) in Das Land des Lachens
Review [German] by Horst Illmer (2022) in phantastisch!, #85