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    The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick (Citadel Press, July 2002, 0-8065-1153-2, $14.95, 404pp, tp, co)
        Reissue (Underwood-Miller 1987 as Beyond Lies the Wub) collection of 25 stories. This has the 1987 introduction by Roger Zelazny, plus individual story notes from various sources. Ninth printing. Volume one in “The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick”.





    Ubik: The Screenplay by Philip K. Dick (Subterranean Press, August 2008, 978-1-59606-169-9, $35.00, 182pp, hc, pl, cover by Dave McKean)
        Reprint (Corroboree 1985) screenplay by Dick based on his SF novel. This has the 1985 introduction by Tim Powers and a new afterword by Tad Williams. A traycased, leatherbound, lettered edition of 26 ($150.00), signed by Powers and Williams, is also available.






    The Variable Man and Other Stories by Philip K. Dick (Sphere Books, August 1969, 978-0-7221-2958-6, 6/-, 220pp, pb, co)
        Reprint (Ace 1957) SF collection.
    Details taken from online listing.




    Vulcan’s Hammer by Philip K. Dick (Ace Double, September 1960, D-457, 35¢, 139pp, pb, n., cover by Ed Emshwiller)
        Sf novel revised from the novella of the same name (Future Science Fiction #29, 1956). Bound in the tête-bêche style with The Skynappers by John Brunner.


    We Can Remember It for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick (Dark Carnival, July 1990, no ISBN, $1.00, 18pp, ph, nv)
        Classic Philip K. Dick novelette the film Total Recall was based on.



    We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (var. 1) by Philip K. Dick (Grafton, November 7, 1991, 0-586-20769-4, £5.99, 495pp, tp, co, cover by Chris Moore)
        Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1987 as The Little Black Box) SF collection. Volume 5 of “The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick”.


    We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (var. 1) by Philip K. Dick (Millennium, May 18, 2000, 1-85798-948-1, £7.99, xii+395pp, tp, co)
        Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1987 as The Little Black Box) collection of 25 SF stories, with an introduction by Thomas M. Disch, and an appendix quoting Dick’s comments on many of the stories. Volume five in “The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick”.






    A Christmas Carol, The Signalman and Other Ghostly Tales: The Best Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens (Oldstyle Tales Press, December 17, 2018, 978-1-79187-052-2, $21.20, 267pp, tp, co) [edited by M. Grant Kellermeyer]
        Collection of 13 stories, edited, annotated and illustrated by M. Grant Kellermeyer.
    Details taken from Table of Contents.
    • 9 · Concerning What You Are About to Read… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in
    • · Grim Grinning Ghosts: Tales of Gallows Humour, Satire & Supernatural Farce
    • 19 · The Lawyer and the Ghost · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837
    • 23 · The Ghosts of the Mail (aka, The Bagman’s Uncle) · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837
    • 29 · Baron Koëldwethout’s Apparition · Charles Dickens · ex from Nicholas Nickleby, Chapman & Hall, 1839
    • · Haunted Holidays: Tales of the Glories of Christmases Long, Long Ago
    • 49 · Christmas Ghosts · Charles Dickens · ex from “A Christmas Tree”, anonymously, Household Words #39, December 21 1850, uncredited.
    • 56 · The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837, as “The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton”
    • 69 · A Christmas Carol [Christmas Carol] · Charles Dickens · na Chapman & Hall, December 19 1843
    • · Murder Will Out: Tales of Haunted Killers, Exposed Assassins, & Repressed Guilt
    • 173 · A Madman’s Manuscript · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837
    • 181 · The Mother’s Eyes · Charles Dickens · ex from Master Humphrey’s Clock, Chapman & Hall, 1840
    • 188 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited.
    • 206 · The Hanged Man’s Bride · Charles Dickens & Wilkie Collins · ex from “The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices”, anonymously, Household Words October 3 1857 (+4), uncredited.
    • · The Cruel Cosmos: Tales of Existential Horror, Spiritual Awe, and Chaos
    • 218 · To Be Read at Dusk · Charles Dickens · ss The Keepsake 1852
    • 236 · Captain Murder and the Devil’s Bargain · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round September 8 1860, as “Captain Murderer”
    • 246 · The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman”
    • 264 · Further Reading: Critical, Literary, and Biographical Works · M. Grant Kellermeyer · ms










    AK by Peter Dickinson (Gollancz, September 27, 1990, 0-575-04894-8, £9.95, 204pp, hc, n., cover by Lyn Bruce)
        Young adult novel set in an imaginary African state during the throes of independence.


    AK by Peter Dickinson (Corgi Freeway, March 1992, 0-552-52719-X, £2.99, 220pp, pb, n., cover by David Scutt)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1990) young-adult novel set in an imaginary African state during the throes of independence.


    AK by Peter Dickinson (Delacorte Press, June 1992, 0-385-30608-3, $15.00, 229pp, hc, n., cover by Leo & Diane Dillon)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1990) associational young-adult adventure novel about a teenage African guerilla.


    AK by Peter Dickinson (Dell Laurel-Leaf, January 1994, 0-440-21897-7, $3.99, 229pp, pb, n., cover by Leo & Diane Dillon)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1990) associational young-adult adventure novel about a teenage African guerilla.


    AK by Peter Dickinson (Macmillan Children’s Books, May 11, 2001, 0-330-48204-1, £4.99, 231pp, tp, n., cover: [photo] by Matt Harris)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1990) young adult novel set in an imaginary African state during the throes of independence. A winner of the Whitbread Award.


    Angel Isle by Peter Dickinson (Macmillan Children’s Books, October 6, 2006, 1-4050-4995-2, £12.99, 616pp, hc, n.) [Ropemaker]
        Young-adult fantasy novel set twenty generations after The Ropemaker.


    Angel Isle by Peter Dickinson (Wendy Lamb Books, October 2007, 978-0-385-74690-8, $17.99, 500pp, hc, n., cover by Steve Rawlings) [Ropemaker]
        Reprint (Macmillan UK 2006) young-adult fantasy novel set twenty generations after The Ropemaker. First US edition.


    Angel Isle by Peter Dickinson (Macmillan Children’s Books, October 2007, 978-0-330-43552-9, £6.99, 614pp, tp, n., cover by David Wyatt) [Ropemaker]
        Reprint (Macmillan UK 2006) young-adult fantasy novel set twenty generations after The Ropemaker.


    Angel Isle by Peter Dickinson (Wendy Lamb Books, May 2009, 978-0-553-37602-9, $9.99, 500pp, tp, n., cover by Steve Rawlings) [Ropemaker]
        Reprint (Macmillan UK 2006) young-adult fantasy novel set twenty generations after The Ropemaker.


    Annerton Pit by Peter Dickinson (Little, Brown, 1977, 0-316-18430-6, $6.95, 175pp, pb, n.)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1977) young-adult novel about a blind boy looking for his grandfather who has disappeared on a ghost-hunting trip.


    Annerton Pit by Peter Dickinson (Victor Gollancz, March 1977, 0-575-02239-6, £3.25, 175pp, hc, n., cover by Yvonne Gilbert)
        Young-adult novel about a blind boy looking for his grandfather who has disappeared on a ghost-hunting trip.


    Annerton Pit by Peter Dickinson (Puffin, 1979, 0-14-031042-8, 70p, 172pp, pb, n., cover by Michael Charlton)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1977) young-adult novel about a blind boy looking for his grandfather who has disappeared on a ghost-hunting trip.


    Annerton Pit by Peter Dickinson (Gollancz, September 1996, 0-575-06375-0, £3.99, 172pp, pb, n., cover by Jamie Tanner)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1977) young-adult novel.


    Annerton Pit by Peter Dickinson (Open Road Integrated Media, June 2015, 978-1-5040-1495-3, $12.99, 244pp, tp, n.)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1977) young-adult novel.


    The Blue Hawk by Peter Dickinson (Little, Brown, 1976, 0-316-18429-2, $8.95, 229pp, hc, n., cover by Gerry Hoover)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1976) young-adult novel about a boy priest who saves the hawk that is about to be sacrificed to renew the soul of the king.


    The Blue Hawk by Peter Dickinson (Victor Gollancz, February 1976, 0-575-02074-1, £2.95, 224pp, hc, n., cover by Mary Dickinson)
        Young-adult novel about a boy priest who saves the hawk that is about to be sacrificed to renew the soul of the king and brings down the whole theocratic structure.


    The Blue Hawk by Peter Dickinson (Ballantine, August 1977, 0-345-25759-6, $1.95, 217pp, pb, n., cover by Michael Herring)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1976) young-adult novel about a boy priest who saves the hawk that is about to be sacrificed to renew the soul of the king.


    The Blue Hawk by Peter Dickinson (Puffin, October 1977, 0-14-030929-2, 60p, 236pp, pb, n., cover by David Smee)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1976) young-adult novel about a boy priest who saves the hawk that is about to be sacrificed to renew the soul of the king.


    The Blue Hawk by Peter Dickinson (Del Rey, April 1983, 0-345-30947-2, $2.50, 217pp, pb, n., cover by Michael Herring)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1976) young-adult novel.


    The Blue Hawk by Peter Dickinson (Macmillan Children’s Books, September 6, 2002, 0-330-41546-8, £4.99, 250pp, tp, n.)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1976) young-adult novel.


    The Blue Hawk by Peter Dickinson (Open Road Integrated Media, June 2015, 978-1-5040-1493-9, $12.99, 222pp, tp, n.)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1976) young-adult novel.


    A Bone from a Dry Sea by Peter Dickinson (Gollancz, June 1992, 0-575-05306-2, £10.99, 192pp, hc, n., cover by Anthea Toorchen)
        Young-adult fantasy novel, alternating between an archaeological excavation and the prehistoric tribe being excavated.


    A Bone from a Dry Sea by Peter Dickinson (Delacorte Press, March 1993, 0-385-30821-3, $16.00, 200pp, hc, n., cover by Kazu Sanu)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1992) young-adult fantasy novel, alternating between an archaeological excavation and the prehistoric tribe being excavated. First American edition.


    A Bone from a Dry Sea by Peter Dickinson (Corgi Freeway, May 1994, 0-552-52797-1, £2.99, 219pp, pb, n., cover by Mark Entwistle)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1992) young-adult fantasy novel, alternating between an archaeological excavation and the prehistoric tribe being excavated.


    A Bone from a Dry Sea by Peter Dickinson (Dell Laurel-Leaf, June 1995, 0-440-21928-0, $3.99, 200pp, pb, n.)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1992) young-adult fantasy novel, alternating between an archaeological excavation and the prehistoric tribe being excavated.


    A Bone from a Dry Sea by Peter Dickinson (Open Road Integrated Media, May 2015, 978-1-5040-1482-3, $11.99, 188pp, tp, n.)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1992) young-adult fantasy novel.


    A Box of Nothing by Peter Dickinson (Gollancz, May 1985, 0-575-03530-7, £5.95, 128pp, hc, n.)
        Juvenile fantasy adventure novel, with illustrations by Ian Newsham.


    A Box of Nothing by Peter Dickinson (Magnet, February 1987, 0-416-96630-6, £1.75, 128pp, pb, n., cover by Ian Newsham)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1985) juvenile fantasy novel about a boy who wants nothing and gets a box full of it.


    A Box of Nothing by Peter Dickinson (Lythway Large Print, July 1987, 0-7451-0547-5, £6.95, 208pp, hc, n.)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1985) young-adult fantasy novel.


    A Box of Nothing by Peter Dickinson (Delacorte Press, May 1988, 0-385-29664-9, $14.95, 110pp, hc, n.)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1985) juvenile fantasy novel about a boy who wants nothing and gets a box full of it.


    A Box of Nothing by Peter Dickinson (Open Road Integrated Media, June 2015, 978-1-5040-1497-7, $11.99, 160pp, tp, n.)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1985) juvenile fantasy novel about a boy who wants nothing and gets a box full of it.


    Chance, Luck and Destiny by Peter Dickinson (Gollancz, 1975, 0-575-01865-8, 254pp, tp, nf)
        Collection of anecdotes, stories, facts, and activities relating to chance, luck, magic, witchcraft, and fortune-telling.


    Chance, Luck and Destiny by Peter Dickinson (Little, Brown and Company, October 1976, 0-316-18428-4, $8.95, 254pp, hc, nf)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1975) collection of anecdotes, stories, facts, and activities relating to chance, luck, magic, witchcraft, and fortune-telling.


    Chance, Luck and Destiny by Peter Dickinson (Peacock, December 1977, 0-14-047105-7, 80p, 254pp, tp, nf)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1975) collection of anecdotes, stories, facts, and activities relating to chance, luck, magic, witchcraft, and fortune-telling.



    The Changes: A Trilogy by Peter Dickinson (Dell, December 1991, 0-440-50413-9, $12.00, 427pp, tp, om, cover by David B. Mattingly) [Changes]
        Reprint (Gollancz 1975) omnibus of the three novels in the “Changes” trilogy.


    The Changes Trilogy by Peter Dickinson (Puffin, 1985, 0-14-031846-1, £2.95, 348pp, pb, om) [Changes]
        Reprint (Gollancz 1975) omnibus of the three novels in the “Changes” trilogy.


    The Changes Trilogy by Peter Dickinson (Open Road Integrated Media, May 2015, 978-1-5040-1476-2, $17.99, 434pp, tp, om) [Changes]
        Reprint (Gollancz 1975) omnibus of the three novels in the “Changes” trilogy.



    Chuck and Danielle by Peter Dickinson (Doubleday UK, April 1996, 115pp, hc, oc, cover by Kees de Kiefte)
        Reprint (Delacorte 1996) collection of seven connected stories about a girl and her cowardly dog, who tries to become a hero.


    Chuck and Danielle by Peter Dickinson (Dell Yearling, March 1997, 0-440-41087-8, $3.99, 115pp, tp, oc, cover by Kees de Kiefte)
        Reprint (Delacorte 1996) collection of seven connected stories about a girl and her cowardly dog, who tries to become a hero.


    Chuck and Danielle by Peter Dickinson (Corgi Yearling, February 1, 1998, 0-440-86355-4, £3.99, 136pp, tp, oc, cover by Angelo Rinaldi)
        Reprint (Delacorte 1996) collection of seven connected stories about a girl and her cowardly dog, who tries to become a hero.



    City of Gold and Other Stories from the Old Testament by Peter Dickinson (Pantheon Books, September 1980, 0-394-51385-1, $13.95, 192pp, hc, oc, cover by Michael Foreman)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1980) retelling of 33 Old Testament stories using the voices of imagined contemporary narrators.


    City of Gold and Other Stories from the Old Testament by Peter Dickinson (Otter Books, 1992, 0-395-63173-4, $13.95, 192pp, tp, oc, cover by Michael Foreman)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1980) retelling of 33 Old Testament stories using the voices of imagined contemporary narrators.


    City of Gold and Other Stories from the Old Testament by Peter Dickinson (Puffin, April 1997, 978-0-241-13920-2, 202pp, tp, oc, cover by Michael Foreman)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1980) retelling of 33 Old Testament stories using the voices of imagined contemporary narrators.


    The Dancing Bear by Peter Dickinson (Gollancz, March 1972, 0-575-01421-0, £1.50, 237pp, hc, n., cover by David Smee)
        Young adult novel about a Byzantine slave boy who journeys into Hun territory to rescue the captured daughter of the house.


    The Dancing Bear by Peter Dickinson (Little, Brown & Co., 1973, 0-316-18426-8, $5.95, 244pp, hc, n., cover by David Smee)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1972) young adult novel about a Byzantine slave boy who journeys into Hun territory to rescue the captured daughter of the house.


    The Dancing Bear by Peter Dickinson (Puffin, June 1974, 0-14-030678-1, 240pp, pb, n., cover by David Smee)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1972) young adult novel about a Byzantine slave boy who journeys into Hun territory to rescue the captured daughter of the house.


    The Dancing Bear by Peter Dickinson (Dell Yearling, February 1988, 0-440-40033-3, $4.95, 253pp, pb, n.)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1972) young adult novel about a Byzantine slave boy who journeys into Hun territory to rescue the captured daughter of the house.


    Death of a Unicorn by Peter Dickinson (The Bodley Head, October 1984, 0-370-30606-6, 206pp, hc, n.)
        Mystery novel.


    Death of a Unicorn by Peter Dickinson (Pantheon, December 1984, 0-394-53947-8, 206pp, hc, n.)
        Reprint (The Bodley Head 1984) mystery novel.


    Death of a Unicorn by Peter Dickinson (Hamlyn, 1985, 0-09-939240-2, £1.95, 206pp, pb, n.)
        Reprint (The Bodley Head 1984) mystery novel.


    Death of a Unicorn by Peter Dickinson (Pantheon, July 1985, 0-394-74100-5, $3.50, 205pp, pb, n.)
        Reprint (The Bodley Head 1984) mystery novel.


    Death of a Unicorn by Peter Dickinson (Small Beer Press, March 2013, 978-1-6187-3040-4, $16.00, 174pp, tp, n.)
        Reprint (The Bodley Head 1984) mystery novel.


    The Devil’s Children by Peter Dickinson (Victor Gollancz, April 1970, 0-575-00410-X, 20/-, 158pp, hc, n., cover by Robert Hales) [Changes]
        Young-adult fantasy novel. The first in the “Changes” trilogy, although published last.


    The Devil’s Children by Peter Dickinson (Little, Brown, September 1970, LC:70-117021, $4.95, 188pp, hc, n., cover by Eros Keith) [Changes]
        Reprint (Gollancz 1970) young-adult fantasy novel, first in the “Changes” trilogy.


    The Devil’s Children by Peter Dickinson (Puffin, 1972, 0-14-030546-7, 20p, 156pp, pb, n.) [Changes]
        Reprint (Gollancz 1970) young-adult fantasy novel, first in the “Changes” trilogy.


    The Devil’s Children by Peter Dickinson (Hutchinson, May 1973, 0-09-116430-3, 160pp, pb, n.) [Changes]
        Reprint (Gollancz 1970) young-adult fantasy novel, first in the “Changes” trilogy.


    The Devil’s Children by Peter Dickinson (Delacorte Press, June 1986, 0-385-29449-2, $14.95, 187pp, hc, n.) [Changes]
        Reprint (Gollancz 1970) young-adult fantasy novel. This edition a piece of introductory linking text (“Five Weeks Before…”) derived from the linking text in the 1975 Gollancz omnibus edition.


    The Devil’s Children by Peter Dickinson (Dell Laurel-Leaf, April 1988, 0-440-20082-2, $2.95, 187pp, pb, n.) [Changes]
        Reprint (Gollancz 1970) young-adult fantasy novel; chronologically first in the “Changes” trilogy.


    The Devil’s Children by Peter Dickinson (CollinsVoyager, December 2019, 978-0-00-714035-0, £5.99, pb, n.) [Changes]
        Reprint (Gollancz 1970) young-adult fantasy novel; chronologically first in the “Changes” trilogy.




    Elementals: Water by Peter Dickinson & Robin McKinley (Corgi, October 2003, 0-552-54846-4, £5.99, 301pp, tp, oc)
        Reprint (Putnam 2002 as Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits) collection of 6 original fantasy stories. First in a quartet based on the four elements.


    Emma Tupper’s Diary by Peter Dickinson (Victor Gollancz, 1971, 0-575-00628-5, 191pp, hc, n.)
        Young adult fantasy novel involving a Scottish loch, an unruly family, and monsters.


    Emma Tupper’s Diary by Peter Dickinson (Little, Brown & Company, September 1971, LC:77-154953, $5.95, 212pp, hc, n., cover by David Omar White)
        Reprint (Gollancz 1971) young adult fantasy novel involving a Scottish loch, an unruly family, and monsters.


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