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Sweetwater

Laurence Yep

First published 1973
Publisher Harper & Row
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Cover art Julia Noonan
Pages 201
Price $5.50
ISBN 0060267356


"Most of his books have been written for children or Young Adults, including the sf Sweetwater (1973) – his first novel, set in a dying city on a strange planet ..." --SFE3

    Stated 1st edition Illustrated boards
  • WorldCat library record OCLC 701399 lists this ISBN first of two beside 0060267364. Probably Reginald1 gives ISBN 0060267364. Library of Congress (LCCN, below) reports: -- "Invalid ISBN   0060267364 (lib. ed.)"
  • Cover image from Amazon US/UK 2018-07-08 (For ISBN 0060267364, both sites now report paperback, January 1973; no image.)
  • Publication date and price confirmed in "Harper Junior Books Spring '73" NY Times 1973-05-06 p477 (Book Review p11, or BR11); this one, "Ages 10 and up   May"
  • Kirkus Reviews 1973-05-01 gives publ date 1973-05-01 (as posted 2011) in a review unusually positive for one not starred.
  • SFE3 identifies Noonan as the cover artist--as expected of the interior illustrator, in a 1st ed.

Year Reviewer Publication
1973 Theodore Sturgeon Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, October 1973
1974 Charlotte Moslander Luna Monthly, #54, September 1974
1974 Alan Brennert Locus, #165 September 26, 1974
1976 Brian Stableford Vector 78

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Sweetwater 1976 Faber and Faber Hardcover Novel 204
Sweetwater 1983 Avon Trade Paperback Novel
Sweetwater Cover 2004 HarperCollins Hardcover Novel William O'Connor 191
Sweetwater 2004 HarperCollins Trade Paperback Novel 191