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Eaters of the Dead

  • Michael Crichton

3.88

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Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in AD 922 (later republished as The 13th Warrior to correspond with the film adaptation of the novel) is a 1976 novel by Michael Crichton, the fourth novel under his own name and his 14th overall. The story is about a 10th-century Muslim Arab who travels with a group of Vikings to their settlement.

Crichton explains in an appendix that the book was based on two sources. The first three chapters are a retelling of Ahmad ibn Fadlan's personal account of his actual journey north and his experiences with and observations of Varangians. The remainder is a retelling of Beowulf.


Also contained in:

  • Congo / Sphere / Eaters of the Dead

Genres

  • adaptations
  • fiction
  • vikings
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy fiction
  • Northmen
  • Beowulf Adaptations
  • Beowolf
  • Dragons
  • English epic poetry adaptations
  • Heroes
  • Monsters
  • Beowulf
  • Fiction, horror
  • Epic poetry, English (Old)
  • Middle Ages
  • Fiction, fantasy, general
  • Fiction, historical, general
  • Fiction, suspense
  • Large type books
  • Fiction, science fiction, general
  • American literature
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About the author

  • Michael Crichton

    October 23, 1942 - November 4, 2008

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Editions

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    Ultramar Editores

    January 1, 1982

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    Bantam Edition; Illustrated Edition

    Bantam Books

    1977-04

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    Elsevier

    1977

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    Círculo de Lectores, S.A.

    1999

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Brilliance Audio

Jan 26, 2016

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    Movie Tie-In Edition

    Recorded Books

    1999

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    Brilliance Audio

    Jan 26, 2016

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    Brilliance Audio

    Jan 26, 2016

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    Le Grand Livre Du Mois

    Oct 23, 1999

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    Le Grand Livre Du Mois

    Oct 23, 1999

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    1st Ballantine Books ed.

    Ballantine Books

    1988

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    3.a edicäo; Movie tie-in

    Publicações Europa-América

    1999-10

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    Brilliance Audio

    2016-01-26

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    1st Ballantine Books trade ed. (3)

    Ballantine Books

    1993-05

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    New Ed edition

    Arrow Books Ltd

    October 16, 1997

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    Cape

    1976

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    Recorded Books, LLC

    1999

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    Plaza y Janes

    January 22, 2002

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    Movie Tie-In Edition

    Robert Laffont

    1999

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    1st Ballantine Books ed. (41); Movie tie-in

    Ballantine Books

    1999?

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    Pocket

    June 18, 1999

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    Abridged edition

    Random House Audio

    March 24, 1998

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    Movie Tie-In Edition; 1st Ballantine Books edition (49)

    Ballantine Books

    1999?

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    Vintage

    May 01, 2018

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    Largeprint edition

    Charnwood

    March 1999

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    Harper

    April 28, 2009

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    Second Printing Before Publication

    Knopf

    1976

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    Avon

    August 29, 2006

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    Illustrated Edition; Bantam edition (1)

    Bantam Books

    1977

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    1st Ballantine Books ed. (50); Movie Tie-in

    Ballantine Books

    1999?

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    Ballantine Books

    1992-01-01

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    Presses Pocket

    1994

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    European Schoolbooks Limited

    1994

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    Penguin Random House

    1999

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    Turtleback

    1988

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    Random House Publishing Group

    1999

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    Triad Press

    1978

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    Random House Publishing Group

    1998

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    HarperCollins Publishers

    2016

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    Arrow Books

    1997

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    Recorded Books

    1999

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    Ballantine Books (Mm)

    September 1988

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    Qing zhou chu ban she

    1997

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    4a ed.

    Plaza & Janés

    1995

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    Ballantine Books

    July 28, 1999

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    Random House Value Publishing

    June 7, 1999

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    KNOPF

    1976

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    Tandem Library

    September 1988

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    Solaris

    October 1999