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Prayers to Broken Stones

Dan Simmons

First published 1991
Publisher Dark Harvest
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
ISBN 0913165581
Cover art Ron Lindahn & Val Lakey Lindahn
Pages viii+322+[7]

Notes

  • "FIRST EDITION" stated on the copyright page.
  • Cover artist is not explicitly credited, but the title page gives the credit "Illustrated by Ron Lindahn and Val Lakey Lindahn". Artists' signature visible on front cover, lower right of illustration.
  • Interior art consists of seven full-page B&W illustrations which appear on unnumbered pages that do not form part of the book's pagination.
  • There was a limited edition ($55.00) of 550 copies with the same ISBN signed by the author and illustrators. There was also a deluxe edition of 52 signed, lettered copies in a wooden slipcase.
  • All stories have substantial introductions by Simmons.
  • Ellison's introduction is on pages numbered with uppercase Roman numbers I-VIII, followed by the first numbered page 11.

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Awards

Year Award Category Status
1990 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection Nominee/Finalist
1991 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection Winner
1991 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Nominee/Finalist
1991 World Fantasy Award Best Collection Nominee/Finalist

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Prayers to Broken Stones Cover 1991 Dark Harvest Hardcover Collection Ron Lindahn & Val Lakey Lindahn viii+322+[7]
Prayers to Broken Stones Cover 1992 Headline Trade Paperback Collection Steve Crisp 311
Prayers to Broken Stones Cover 1992 Headline Hardcover Collection Steve Crisp 311
Prayers to Broken Stones Cover 1992 Bantam Spectra Paperback Collection Gary Ruddell 403
Prayers to Broken Stones Cover 1992 Headline Feature Paperback Collection Steve Crisp 469
Prayers to Broken Stones Cover 1997 Bantam Spectra Trade Paperback Collection Gary Ruddell 403
Prayers to Broken Stones Cover 2011 Spectra / Ballantine Books eBook Collection