Here follows a chronological listing of my published books; click on a title to find out more about the book, read reviews and so forth.
The Separation
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Published: Gollancz, 2007. [Paperback, £6.99, ISBN: 0-575-07003-X, pp. 405.] Also Gollancz Future Classics, 2009. [Paperback, £7.99, ISBN: 978-0-575-08115-4, pp. 375.] In the US: Old Earth Books, 2005 [ISBN 1-882968-33-6, $25.00; pp.338; some copies are signed by the author]. Originally published … Continue reading
The Dream Archipelago
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Published: Gollancz, 2009. ISBN 978-0-575-09106-1 [paperback £7.99; pp.303]. Also available in translation. Not published in the US. Revised and extended edition. First published in France in 1981 (Éditions Lattès), and subsequently in other countries, this book did not appear in … Continue reading
The Extremes
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Published: 2005 by Gollancz, ISBN 0-575-07578-3 [paperback £7.99; pp.314]. Also available in translation. Teresa Simons is drawn to a quiet English seaside town in the aftermath of a motiveless massacre by a gunman. Her husband, an FBI agent, had died … Continue reading
The Prestige
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Published: UK edition: Gollancz Masterworks, 2011 [ISBN 978-0-575-09941-8, £7.99; pp.369] — new Introduction by Graham Sleight. First published by Touchstone (Simon & Schuster, 1995; hardback and paperback). Also available in translation. US edition: Tor, 1997 [ISBN 0 312 85886 – … Continue reading
The Book On The Edge Of Forever
Published: Fantagraphics Books, 1994. ISBN 1 560 97159 2 [paperback $6.95; pp.56]. Still available in new and s/h copies through Amazon; details below. Awards: nominated for Hugo Award – Best non-fiction, 1994 An enquiry into the facts behind the non-appearance … Continue reading
The Quiet Woman
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Published: Cosmos, 2005 [ISBN 0 809 51063 4, paperback £9.00; pp.186]. First published in the UK in 1990 by Bloomsbury. Translations also exist. Cosmos’s new paperback is the first US edition, and is available as print-on-demand in the UK and … Continue reading
The Glamour
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Published: 2005 by Gollancz, ISBN 0 575 07579 1 [paperback £7.99; pp.326]. First published in hardcover by Cape. Also available in translation. Broadcast as radio play by BBC Radio 4 in 1993. Awards: Kurd Lasswitz Prize, 1988 Meet the hundreds … Continue reading
The Affirmation
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Published: Gollancz, 2006. ISBN 0 575 07577 5 [paperback £7.99; pp.247] First published in hardcover by Faber (1981). Also available in translation. One of CP’s most startling novels, in which the convoluted story at times seems to threaten the reader’s … Continue reading
An Infinite Summer
Published: Faber, 1979. ISBN 0 571 11343 5 [hardback; pp.208]. Currently out of print. The first edition is shown here. The British paperback reprint was from Pan (1980). Translations exist, in some cases with crossover to The Dream Archipelago stories. … Continue reading
A Dream of Wessex
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Published: Faber, 1977. ISBN 0 571 11118 1 [hardback; pp.199]. Currently unavailable in paperback — the Faber cover is by Paul Nash: “Landscape, West Dorset”. (Last published in pb by Earthlight [1999] as “Omnibus 1″, together with The Space Machine.) … Continue reading
The Space Machine
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Published: Faber, 1976. ISBN 0 571 10931 4 [hardback; pp.363]. The last paperback edition was a joint publication with A Dream of Wessex (as “Omnibus 1″; Earthlight), but currently out of print. Also available in translation. No US edition. Written … Continue reading
Inverted World
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Published: Gollancz, 2010. ISBN 978-0-575-08210-6 [paperback £7.99; pp.303]. First published in hardcover by Faber, 1974. The last paperback edition was a joint publication with Fugue For a Darkening Island (as “Omnibus 2″; Earthlighjt, 1999). Also available in translation. US edition … Continue reading
Real-Time World
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Published: GrimGrin Studio, 2008. ISBN 978-0-9559735-2-9 [hardback £16.99; pp.165]. First published by New English Library in hardcover in 1974; long out of print. A paperback followed in 1976. Some translations are available; no US edition was ever published. The edition … Continue reading
Fugue for a Darkening Island
Published: Gollancz, 2011. ISBN 978-0-575-09820-6 [paperback £7.99; pp.196]. First published in hardcover by Faber, 1972. Last pb was a joint publication with Inverted World (as “Omnibus 2″ – Earthlight). Also available in translation. US title: Darkening Island. CP’s second novel, … Continue reading
Indoctrinaire
Published: Faber, 1970. ISBN 0 571 09288 8 [hardback; pp.227]. Currently out of print in English. Other past editions have included US hardback and paperback, as well as British paperback reprints: NEL (1971) and Pan (1979). Also in translation. No … Continue reading
