Editions Info
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UK first edition ISBN 9780552558709, published 1st April 2010 by Random House Children's Books in their Corgi imprint, paperback, rrp £5.99
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This, ahem, unforgettable cover image(!) was created by RHCBUK's in-house design genius Rhys Willson, with (I quote) 'a squid and some pork.' He's clearly a man who enjoys his job: 'If you want to do cuts or wounds,' explains Rhys with glee, 'then pork is the way to go because it looks just like human flesh. As for the squid, I went down the fish-market, saw one I liked, and got the fishmonger to mash it up a bit for me with a mallet.' AWESOME :D
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UK unabridged audio edition. ISBN 9780857351913, published 19th May 2011 by Oakhill, read by JOE COEN, 5hrs 7 mins, 5 CDs (rrp £32.90) or download (rrp £28.00)
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This is the all-new unabridged audio edition of Crawlers as produced by Oakhill Publishing and performed by Joe Coen. I think they did a terrific job. Here’s the bit where Jasmine examines one of the crawlers for the first time –
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Hungarian language first edition. ISBN: 9786155131158, published 2015 by Pongrac, an imprint of People Team Millennium, translated by Zubovics Katalin, hardback.
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This Hungarian edition of Crawlers is a very handsome hardback. I particularly like the font the publishers chose in the text for the clock that ticks towards doom all through the story, and the cover pic strongly reminds me of one of its original inspirations, namely the photo by urban explorer Steve Duncan that you can find here. I'm always delighted and thrilled and amazed when my work is translated into other languages, but I'm all those things and more right now because this is the first time this has happened for Crawlers. Here's hoping Maszkak finds hordes of Hungarian readers – and horrifies them. HEE HEE HEE!
