The War Hound And The World’s Pain
New York: Timescape, 1981 (November) hardcover;
sub-titled “A Fable” on title pages;
original price: $12·95;
239 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-671-43708-9;
cover artist: Rowena Morrill.
The first volume in a series featuring various members and generations of the Family von Bek and their curious relationships with both Lucifer and the Holy Grail — although the name’s derivation can be traced back as far as ‘Katinka van Bak’ in 1973’s The Champion Of Garathorm — The War Hound And The World’s Pain was collected in Von Bek (1992).
(+ book-club ed.)
First paperback edition: New York: Timescape mass-sized paperback, 1982 (November);
no sub-title;
original price: $2·50;
207 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-671-83412-6.
New York: Pocket mass-sized paperback, 1985 (August);
no sub-title;
original price: $2·95;
207 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-671-606409-0;
cover artist: Boris Vallejo.
Ashland, OR: Blackstone (C.D. [+ download]) audiobook, 2024 (December 3rd);
original price: $55·99;
I.S.B.N.: 9781668114100;
7 C.D.s;
narrated by Nicholas Boulton with Gerard Doyle;
cover artist: Thomas Canty.
First British edition: London: New English Library hardcover, 1982 (September);
no sub-title;
original price: £6·95;
viii + 198 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-450-04912-4;
cover artist: Chris Achilléos.
New English Library trade-sized paperback, 1983 (August);
no sub-title;
original price: £2·50;
viii + 198 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-450-05603-1.
(Followed by The City In The Autumn Stars)
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The War Hound And The World’s Pain is available as an e-book (as The Warhound [sic] And The World’s Pain): 9780575092464. It was also serialised (abridged) on radio in the 1980s — precise dates unknown — narrated by Robin Ellis.
