ppint. 11th Nov 2024 | | BookC. J. Cherryh - Regenesis | the sequel to ''cyteen'' (1988), q.v.
i believe "regenesis " would stand alone perfectly satisfactorily, but will need to re-re-re-read it to be certain to of this.
- you'd certainly miss a great deal of the political differences and rivalries within reseune, as well as those on cyteen outside that company, and of the various crises the death of ariane emory triggered - not to mention several of those that have been slowly arising from decisions taken during the company war by more than one powerful actor in the struggle for union's existence - and the almost accidental birth of the merchanter alliance.
''cyteen'' started a decade-long argument amongst quite a number of merkin sf fans who were labouring under the misapprehension that that major work was primarily - or even solely (!) - a ''whodunnit''. . .
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ppint. 6th Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - Core | harpercollinspublishers p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by bob corley (unsigned, credited)
cover price £4.99
400pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 6th Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - Core | the hearst corporation avon books avonova imprint mmpb first printing, first p/b edition
cover art by alan ayers (unsigned, credited)
cover price (canada $6.99) u.s. $5.99
400pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 6th Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - Core | the hearst corporation william morrow h/cvr first printing, first edition (so stated in indicia)
cover (d-j) art by jerry lofaro (probably credited on d-j back flap; found on artist's website)
cover (d-j) price $23.00 u.s./canada (check d-j)
356pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
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ppint. 6th Nov 2024 | | BookRobert Petyo - The Institute | thank-you jimess.
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ppint. 6th Nov 2024 | | BookFred Hoyle - Andromeda Breakthrough | thank-you.
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ppint. 4th Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - The Medusa Encounter | ("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #4:
#1: "breaking strain" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 4th Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - The Diamond Moon | ("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #5:
#1: "breaking strain" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 4th Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - The Shining Ones | ("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #6:
#1: "breaking strain" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 4th Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - Hide & Seek | ("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #3:
#1: "breaking strain" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 4th Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - Maelstrom | ("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #2:
#1: "breaking strain" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.
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ppint. 4th Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - Breaking Strain | ("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #1:
#1: "breaking strain" (1987), (this novel)
#2: "maelstrom" (1988), q.v.
#3: "hide and seek" (1989), q.v.
aka "hide & seek" (1991 uk), q.v.
#4: "the medusa encounter" (1990), q.v.
#5: "the diamond moon" (1990), q.v.
#6: "the shining ones" (1991), q.v.
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ppint. 3rd Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - The Medusa Encounter | pan macmillan pan p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by david bergen (unsigned, credited)
cover price £4.50, (? $ australia, $ new zealand ? check) (not for sale in canada)
interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson
304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, diagrams section
first printing number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; i have not seen a second printing, which would be indicated by dropping the "1" from the printing number line (and so, on. . .)
month of publication not given; taken from locus
originally packaged for avon books by byron preiss, inc. book packager
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ppint. 3rd Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - Hide & Seek | pan macmillan pan p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by david bergen (unsigned, credited)
cover price £4.50, (? $ australia, $ new zealand ? check) (not for sale in canada)
interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson
288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, diagrams section
first printing number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; i have not seen a second printing, which would be indicated by dropping the "1" from the printing number line (and so, on. . .)
month of publication not given; taken from locus
originally packaged for avon books by byron preiss, inc. book packager
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ppint. 3rd Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - Maelstrom | pan macmillan pan p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by david bergen (unsigned, credited)
cover price £3.99, (? $10.99 australia, $14.99 new zealand ?) (not for sale in canada)
interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson
288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, diagrams section between pp.124 & 125
first printing number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; i have not seen a second printing, which would be indicated by dropping the "1" from the printing number line (and so, on. . .)
originally packaged for avon books by byron preiss, inc. book packager
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ppint. 3rd Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - The Shining Ones | the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition
cover art by jim burns (unsigned, credited)
cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95
interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover
288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper
a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed,
and also to distinguish from undated° second (and possible further printings) by noting the progressive dropping of digits from printing number line:
first printing number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
second printing number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
° - other than statement of first printing publication date
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ppint. 3rd Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - The Diamond Moon | two near-identical variants both identified as first printings in the indicia:
one definitely bears the printing history number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
the first with printing number line has the diagrams/plans section bound between pp. 155/156,
t'other between pp. 122/123;
these may be the near-identical canadian-carcassed and wholly merkin-printed variations, but this is currently uncertain.
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ppint. 3rd Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - The Diamond Moon | the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition
cover art by jim burns (unsigned (looks as though signature obscured by art department), credited)
cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95
interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover
304pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper
a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed,
and also to distinguish between possible further printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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ppint. 3rd Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - The Medusa Encounter | two near-identical variants both identified as first printings in the indicia:
one bears the printing history number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
t'other reportedly bears none:
the first with printing number line has the diagrams/plans section bound between pp. 122/123,
t'other between pp. 155/156;
these may be the near-identical canadian-carcassed and wholly merkin-printed variations, but this is currently uncertain.
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ppint. 3rd Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - The Medusa Encounter | the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition
cover art by jim burns (signed, credited)
cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95
interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover
304pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper
a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed,
and also to distinguish between possible further printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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ppint. 3rd Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - Hide And Seek | the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition
cover art by jim burns (signed, credited)
cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95
interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover
304pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper
a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed,
and also to distinguish between possible further printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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ppint. 3rd Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - Maelstrom | the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition
cover art by jim burns (signed, credited)
cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95
interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover
288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper
a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed,
and also to distinguish between possible further printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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ppint. 3rd Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - Breaking Strain | pan macmillan pan p/b first printing, first uk edition
cover art by david bergen (unsigned, credited on back cover; miscredited to jim burns in indicia)
cover price £3.99, $10.99 australia, $14.99 new zealand (not for sale in canada)
interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover
288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, diagrams section between pp.90 & 91
first printing number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; i have not seen a second printing, which would be indicated by dropping the "1" from the printing number line (and so, on. . .)
month of publication not given; taken from locus
originally packaged for avon books by byron preiss, inc. book packager
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ppint. 3rd Nov 2024 | | BookPaul Preuss - Breaking Strain | the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition
cover art by jim burns (signed, credited)
cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95
interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover
288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper
a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed,
and also to distinguish between at least five printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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ppint. 31st Oct 2024 | | BookAlan Burt Akers - Talons Of Scorpio | dray prescot sword'n'sf series by ken bulmer writing as "alan burt akers" #30:
#1: "transit to scorpio" (1972), q.v. for series listing and links.
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ppint. 29th Oct 2024 | | BookEdwin A. Abbott - Flatland | distributed in the yuk-of-gb-&-ni by constable.
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ppint. 29th Oct 2024 | | BookHans Holbein - Holbein Portrait Drawings | distrbuted in the yuk-of-gb-&-ni by constable iirc.
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ppint. 29th Oct 2024 | | BookHans Holbein - Holbein Portrait Drawings | dover publications large format p/b first printing, first edition
cover art anna bollein queen by hans holbein
cover price $3.95
48pp. including 4 unnumbered pp. titles, indicia , publisher's note etc.
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ppint. 23rd Oct 2024 | | BookBarrington J. Bayley - The Soul Of The Robot | condor publications first printing, seemingly first mmpb edition, not first p/b edition
cover art by a. echevarria (signed, uncredited)
cover price $2.25
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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ppint. 23rd Oct 2024 | | BookBob Shaw - Night Walk | victor gollancz vgsf imprint first printing, not first uk p/b edition
cover art by peter gudynas
cover price £2.50
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
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