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The Crystal Singer

Anne McCaffrey

First published 1982
Publisher Corgi Books
Format Paperback
Type Novel
ISBN 0552119776
Cover art Rob Burt
Pages 302

Notes

According to McCaffrey's "Author's Note" preceding the text of the 1982 Del Rey/Ballantine edition of Crystal Singer, it "is based on four stories originally published in Roger Elwood's Continuum series. ''Crystal Singer'' is considerably expanded from these stories, thanks to the technical assistance of Ron Massey, Langshot Stables, Surrey.". The 4 stories in question are:

However, {{A|Phil Stephensen-Payne}}'s research for the 1984 McCaffrey bibliography ''Anne McCaffrey, Dragonlady and More'' (with {{A|Gordon Benson, Jr.}}) revealed that the novel ''The Crystal Singer'' was based on only 2 of the 4 stories, "Prelude to a Crystal Song" and "Milekey Mountain". The second novel in the series, ''Killashandra'' (1985), was based on "Killashandra — Crystal Singer". The last Continuum piece, "Killashandra — Coda and Finale", which originally completed the story of Killashandra Ree, was not reused in the novel series, which took the plot in a different direction.

"Copyright © 1974-5 by Anne McCaffrey"
"Copyright © 1982 revised and expanded edition by Anne McCaffrey"
"Severn House edition published 1982"
"Corgi edition published 1982"
Printing not stated, no number line
The artist is not credited, no visible signature on the wraparound artwork

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Awards

Year Award Category Status
1983 Balrog Award Novel Nominee/Finalist
1983 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Nominee/Finalist

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Crystal Singer Cover 1982 Severn House Hardcover Novel Rob Burt 302
The Crystal Singer Cover 1983 Corgi Books Paperback Novel Rob Burt 301+[1]
The Crystal Singer Cover 1986 Corgi Paperback Novel Rob Burt 301+[1]
The Crystal Singer Cover 2012 Transworld Digital eBook Novel