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
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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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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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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 |
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