Icebound (novel)

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← Previous revision Revision as of 18:14, 11 April 2026 Line 25: Line 25: ==Publication history== ==Publication history== ''Prison of Ice'' was first published by [[J. B. Lippincott & Co.|Lippincott]] on October 18, 1976 in the United States.{{r|Kirkus|Mendelsohn}} It was published by [[W. H. Allen & Co.]] in the United Kingdom.{{r|Berridge}} ''Prison of Ice'' was first published by [[J. B. Lippincott & Co.|Lippincott]] on October 18, 1976 in the United States.{{r|Kirkus|Mendelsohn}} It was published by [[W. H. Allen & Co.]] in the United Kingdom.{{r|Berridge}}
''Prison of Ice'' was re-released as ''Icebound'' in 1995, published by [[Ballantine Books]]. Koontz had either retained or bought back the rights to his early novels when they were out of print, and sold the rights for seven of his books from the 1970s to Ballantine for approximately $10 million.{{r|McLellan}}

==Critical reception== ==Critical reception== Line 35: Line 37: <ref name="Kirkus">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/david-axton-2/prison-of-ice/ |work=[[Kirkus Reviews]] |date=1976-10-01 |title=Prison of Ice by David Axton |access-date=2026-04-11}}</ref> <ref name="Kirkus">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/david-axton-2/prison-of-ice/ |work=[[Kirkus Reviews]] |date=1976-10-01 |title=Prison of Ice by David Axton |access-date=2026-04-11}}</ref> <ref name="Berridge">{{cite news |last=Berridge |first=Elizabeth |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-recent-fiction/195335753/ |title=Recent Fiction |date=1977-02-03 |access-date=2026-04-11 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |pages=12 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> <ref name="Berridge">{{cite news |last=Berridge |first=Elizabeth |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-recent-fiction/195335753/ |title=Recent Fiction |date=1977-02-03 |access-date=2026-04-11 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |pages=12 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> <ref name="McLellan">{{cite news |last=McLellan |first=Dennis |agency=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-koontz-profits-by-re-re/195336465/ |title=Koontz profits by re-release of early titles |date=1995-03-19 |access-date=2026-04-11 |work=[[The Daily Herald]] |pages=34 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> }} }}