Title: The Hero of Downways
Title Record # 3127
Author: Michael G. Coney
Date: 1973-09-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Author: Michael G. Coney
Date: 1973-09-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Synopsis: Clone me courage - Once there was a Hero who confronted the dreaded Daggertooth and slew it. Unfortunately he was also slain by it - but the legend persisted. If it could be done once, then another Hero could be raised to do it again. Because the Daggertooth was dangerous to hibernating humanity. All people - all that anyone knew of - lived far underground in tunnels built for safety and hibernation. The Daggertooth was a mass killer - more so even than the hideous Oddlies, the outcasts of the darker tunnels. So this is the story of John-A, the "vatkid" who was trained to be a second Hero. And the story of "trukid" Shirl who taught John-A what to do. And Threesum, the Oddlies' leader, who scoffed at heroes. And the Elders who frowned at all the risky goings-on. This is the story of a mighty strange world and a mighty strange future... (from the back cover of the DAW Books first edition)
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Publications
Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Hero of Downways | 1973-09-00 | Michael G. Coney | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #70) | 0-87997-070-7 / UQ1070 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
188 | 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 | Josh Kirby | |
The Hero of Downways | 1973-09-00 | Michael G. Coney | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | UQ1070 | C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
188 | 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 | Josh Kirby | |
The Hero of Downways | 1974-10-00 | Michael G. Coney | Orbit Book / Futura Publications | 0-86007-822-1 | £0.40?£: UK pound |
188 | 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 | Bruce Pennington | |
The Hero of Downways | 2013-05-20 | Michael G. Coney | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-12936-8 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel |
Reviews
- Review by Anthony R. Lewis [as by Tony Lewis] (1974) in Locus, #154 January 25, 1974
- Review by Richard E. Geis (1974) in The Alien Critic, August 1974