Title: Firestarter

Title: Firestarter Title Record # 1940
Author: Stephen King
Date: 1980-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: WorldCat: Innocence and beauty ignite with evil and terror... First, a man and a woman are subjects of a top-secret government experiment designed to produce extraordinary psychic powers. Then, they are married and have a child. A daughter. Early on the daughter shows signs of a wild and horrifying force growing within her. Desperately, her parents try to train her to keep that force in check, to 'act normal'. Now the government wants its brainchild back for its own insane ends.

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Translations

Serializations

Year	Language	Title
1981^ⓘTranslated by Margot Bakker	Dutch	Ogen van Vuur
1982^ⓘTranslated by Aarne T. K. Lahtinen	Finnish	Tulisilmä
1982^ⓘTranslated by 深町真理子	Japanese	ファイアスターター (上)^?ファイアスターター (じょう) Faiasutātā (Jō) Faiasutaataa (Jou) [as by スティーヴン・キング^?Sutīvun Kingu Sutiivun Kingu ]
1982^ⓘTranslated by 深町眞理子	Japanese	ファイアスターター (下)^?ファイアスターター (か) Faiasutātā (Ka) Faiasutaataa (Ka) [as by スティーヴン・キング^?Sutīvun Kingu Sutiivun Kingu ]
1982^ⓘTranslated by Harro Christensen	German	Feuerkind
1984^ⓘTranslated by F. M. Lennox.	French	Charlie
1987^ⓘFirestarter, Translated by Valerija Por.	Croatian	Potpaljivačica^?Potpaljivacica [as by Stivn King]
1987	Italian	L'incendiaria
1992	Polish	Firestarter
2001^ⓘTranslated by Eduardo Goligorsky.	Spanish	Ojos de Fuego
2018	Polish	Podpalaczka

Year	Title
1980	Firestarter (Part 1 of 2) (excerpt)
1980	Firestarter (Part 2 of 2) (excerpt)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
8	1981 Locus	Best SF Novel
Nomination	1981 Balrog	Novel
Nomination	1981 BFA	August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel)
Preliminary Nominees	1982 Prometheus	Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Firestarter	1980-00-00	Stephen King	Macdonald Futura	0-354-04525-3	£6.50^?£: UK pound	428	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Oliver Hunter (I) , Anne Davison
Firestarter	1980-00-00	Stephen King	BCA - Book Club Associates	CN9910		428	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Oliver Hunter (I) , Anne Davison
Firestarter	1980-07-00	Stephen King	Phantasia Press	0-932096-05-0	$35.00^?$: US dollar	428	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Michael Whelan
Firestarter	1980-08-00	Stephen King	The Viking Press	0-670-31541-9	$13.95^?$: US dollar	428	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Steven Stroud
Firestarter	1981-05-00	Stephen King	The Viking Press / SFBC	3992	$4.50^?$: US dollar	371	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Steven Stroud
Firestarter	1981-08-01	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-15031-7	$3.95^?$: US dollar	404	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
Firestarter	1984-00-00	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-13234-3	$3.95^?$: US dollar	404	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
Firestarter	1986-00-00	Stephen King	Futura	0-7088-2101-4	£2.95^?£: UK pound	510	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
Firestarter	1991-00-00	Stephen King	Futura	0-7088-2101-4	£4.99^?£: UK pound	510	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	Christopher Brown
Firestarter	1992-00-00	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-13234-3	$5.99^?$: US dollar	404	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
Firestarter	1993-00-00	Stephen King	Warner Books UK	0-7515-0439-4	£5.99^?£: UK pound	510	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	Christopher Brown
Firestarter	1994-10-00	Stephen King	Plume / Penguin	0-452-27330-7	$14.95^?$: US dollar	382	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	Geoff Gove
Stephen King Omnibus: The Eyes of the Dragon / Firestarter	2000-08-10	Stephen King	Little, Brown UK	0-316-85517-0	£9.99^?£: UK pound	426+ 510	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Firestarter	2002-00-00	Stephen King	Time Warner Books UK	0-7515-0439-4	£6.99^?£: UK pound	510	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	Larry Rostant
Firestarter	2003-12-02	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-16780-5	$7.99^?$: US dollar		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
Firestarter	2006-05-00	Stephen King	Hodder Paperbacks	0-340-89904-2	£6.99^?£: UK pound	510	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	Larry Rostant
Firestarter	2007-12-00	Stephen King	Hodder Paperbacks	0-340-95269-5	£7.99^?£: UK pound	566	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	Keenan
Firestarter	2008-06-26	Stephen King	Paw Prints	978-1-4395-0135-1	$16.99^?$: US dollar		hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Firestarter	2010-03-22	Stephen King	Hodder	978-1-84894-069-7	£5.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Firestarter	2011-10-13	Stephen King	Hodder	978-1-4447-0810-3	£8.99^?£: UK pound	566	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
Firestarter	2016-01-01	Stephen King	Scribner	978-1-5011-4120-1	$7.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Firestarter	2016-05-03	Stephen King	Pocket Books	978-1-5011-4379-3	$9.99^?$: US dollar	576	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	Tony Mauro
Firestarter	2016-05-03	Stephen King	Turtleback Books	978-0-606-41223-0	$20.80^?$: US dollar	576	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Tony Mauro
Firestarter	2018-12-11	Stephen King	Gallery Books	978-1-5011-9231-9	$18.00^?$: US dollar	498	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	Tony Mauro
Firestarter	2022-05-10	Stephen King	Gallery Books	978-1-66800-992-5	$18.99^?$: US dollar	512	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
Firestarter	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-15031-7	$4.50^?$: US dollar	404	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
Firestarter	date unknown	Stephen King	The Viking Press	0-670-31541-9		428	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Steven Stroud
Firestarter	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-16780-5	$4.95^?$: US dollar	401+ [2]	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	Steven Stroud
Firestarter	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-09964-8	$3.95^?$: US dollar	401+ [2]	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	Steven Stroud
Firestarter	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-09964-8	$3.95^?$: US dollar	401+ [2]	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	Steven Stroud

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Reviews

Review by Jeff Frane (1980) in Locus, #237 September 1980
Review by uncredited (1980) in Fangoria, October 1980
Review by Douglas E. Winter (1980) in Fantasy Newsletter, No. 30 November 1980
Review by David Pettus (1982) in Thrust, #18, Winter/Spring 1982
Review [French] by Richard D. Nolane (1985) in Fiction, #360
Review [Serbian] by
Vladimir Lazović^?Vladimir Lazovic
Владимир Лазовић
(1990) in Alef, #19
Review [German] by
Franz Schröpf^?Franz Schroepf
(1990) in Fantasia 55/56
Review [French] by Grégory Drake (2015) in Bifrost, #80