Book

Author:	Alan Dean Foster
Title:	Nor Crystal Tears
Publisher:	New English Library / Hodder & Stoughton
Country:	UK
Date:	Jul 1986
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
ISBN-10:	0450055949
Barcode:	978045005594290
First Published:	1982
Rating:	Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:
Price Guide:	Valuation Page
» Search on eBay

PRICE GUIDE

Add Valuation

Notes

first published in the usa in 1982 by ballantine books

copyright © 1982 by alan dean foster

first nel paperback edition july 1983
reprinted july 1986

nel books are published by
new english library
mill road, dunton green, sevenoaks, kent (uk)
editorial office: 47 bedford square, london wc1b 3dp
made and printed in great britain by collins, glasgow
0 450 05594 9

dedication: "for the tiger with the little-girl voice and the velvet claws, my agent, virginia kidd, with thanks for ten years of encouraging purrs and constructive scratches."

240pp. including 6pp. titles, indica etc, 3 end pp. advertising: two a. d. foster titles with brief blurb, one with post•a•book advert at foot, 1p. "exciting and entertaining science fiction from nel" listing 5 titles by a. d. foster, the skaith trilogy by leigh brackett, 1 each by amanda hemingway, m. bradley kellogg, marion bradley; mail-order form (barnicoats, uncredited)
cover art by chris moore retained from 7/1983 first printing (uncredited, stylistically spotted and confirmed by artist)
cover price £1.95

cover retains first printing strap-line, "first uk edition - the new precursor to the tar-aiym krang series" which is arguably still correct, but this is the second new english library printing.

although hodder & stoughton are mentioned nor on nor in this book, the publisher's address and editorial office's address both indicate this is from after h&s bought the new english library from times-mirroir group, los angeles (usa)

Comments and Reviews


ppint. 25th Apr 2019		humanx commonwealth series #1: #1: "nor crystal tears" (1982) (this novel) #2: "voyage to the city of the dead" (1984), q.v. #3: "midworld" (1975), q.v. #a: "the emoman"'(short story) (if vol.21 #7, 9-10/1972) #b: "surfeit" (novelette) ("speculations" ed. isaac asimov, alice laurence (1982)) #c: "perception" (ss) ("firebirds rising" ed. sharyn november (2006)) #d: "chilling"'(ntte) (jim baen's universe vol.1 #1, 6/2006) #4: "drowning world" (2003), q.v. #5: "quofum" (2008), q.v. #e: "mid-death" (novella) ("forbidden planets" ed. marvin kaye (book club only 2006)) #6: "the howling stones" (1997), q.v. #7: "sentenced to prism" (1985), q.v. #8: "cachalot" (1980), q.v. i've not seen any of the books published since the 1985 "sentenced to prism", later titles are listed from others' reports; also given to be humanx commonwealth stories: "the muffin migration" (ntte) ("star colonies" ed. ed gorman, martin greenberg, john helfors (2000)) "pardon our conquest" (ss) ("federations" ed. john joseph adams (2009)) but i've seen no indication of when they may occur in the humanx universe time-line - ppint. the icerigger trilogy, q.v. and the pip & flinx series, q.v. are in the universe of the humanx commonwealth: i do not know whether there is a clear time-line unifying them all.



ppint. 25th Apr 2019		barcode number truncated by too-small field: 978045005594290195 reference copy provided by courtesy of tony at the old pier bookshop, morecambe seafront.

Add a Comment or Review about this book

See Also

Book

Alan Dean Foster - The Moment Of The Magician - Orbit / Futura - Paperback - UK - 0708881432 (1987)

Next by Author

Book

Alan Dean Foster - The Paths Of The Perambulator - Orbit / Futura - Paperback - UK - 0708830269 (1986)

Previous by Author

Book

Michael Moorcock - The Rituals Of Infinity - New English Library / Hodder & Stoughton - Paperback - UK - 0450395324 (1986)

Next by Publisher

Book

A. E. Van Vogt - Computerworld - New English Library / Hodder & Stoughton - Paperback - UK - 0450059049 (1986)

Previous by Publisher

Tags: humanx commonwealth

This Book: Price Guide : Add Valuation : Add Image : Add Video : Add Missing Info : Make Correction : Add to List : Add See Also : Add Tag : Credits : BBCode