Latest Updates - Frederik Pohl

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Comment by JimEss SUBS:

Back cover added.

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Comment by ppint.:

granada publishing group panther books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art unsigned, uncredited of a crescent-lit world apparently illuminated by a fairly distant red star;
a yellow flash across the bottom fly corner bears in red "his towering bestseller of the first new world"
cover price £1.25


frederik pohl's first name is mis-spelled "frederick" on the title page

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Comment by ppint.:

victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, first edition

cover (d-j) art none, typographical upon a "gollancz yellow" field
cover (d-j) price £4.95

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Comment by ppint.:

sequel is "wall around a star" frederik pohl & jack williamson (1983), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

fix-up of "doomship" (novella) if vol.21 #10, (3-4/1973), q.v.
if (bre) #6, (3-4/1973), q.v.
and
"the org's egg" (novel) galaxy vol.34 #7, vol.35 #8, #9 (4, 5, 6/1974), qq.v.
galaxy (bre) #14, 17th edition, 18th edition (4, 5, 6/1974), qq.v.

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Comment by JimEss SUBS:

Added back cover.

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Comment by ppint.:

slight error in the art department...

the retitling was accidental, and corrected by the removal° of front & back covers, a year or two later.

° - and replacement with new covers, bearing new art and new uk, xxxxian & kiwiiiian cover prices

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Comment by ppint.:

granada publishing in (or just wm. collins sons; check°) granada imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art by ean taylor
cover price £2.50
320pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. index
four unnumbered pages b+w photograph section between pp. 167-168

° - wm. collins sons bought granada publishing from the granada group in 1983

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Comment by ppint.:

random house group ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers

cover art by joseph lombadero (shared from the ballantine books h/cvr first edition)
cover price $2.50 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $1.95 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
320pp. (check) including titles, indicia , table-of-contents (chapters) etc, photo section, end pp.

refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first paperback printing: may, 1979

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Comment by ppint.:

victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, first uk edition

cover (d-j) art by terry oakes framing a photo of frederik pohl
cover (d-j) price £6.95
320pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, 16 (check) unnumbered pp. photographic section, etc, end pp. index, bound with endpapers between covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

mars by moonlight (novelette) galaxy vol.16 #3, 6/1958; strato bre #65; both as by ''paul flehr'', three b+w illustrations by wallace wood
the richest man in levittown (short story) galaxy vol.17 #4, 4/1959; galaxy strato bre #73; both, as ''the bitterest pill''
the seven deadly virtues (ntte) galaxy vol.16 #4, 8/1958; galaxy strato bre #67; both, as by ''paul flehr''
the martian in the attic (ss) if vol.10 #3, 7/1960; galaxy t&p strato bre #5; both, a b+w illustration by gray morrow
third offense (ss) galaxy vol.16 #4, 8/1958, as by ''charles satterfield''
the hated (ss) galaxy vol.15 #3, 1/1958
i plinglot, who you? (ntte) galaxy vol.17'#3, 2/1959; galaxy strato bre #72; both, as ''i plinglot --- who you?'', with three b+w illustrations by wallace wood

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

the abominable earthman (novelette) galaxy vol.20 #1, 10/1961; galaxy thorpe & porter bre #88 (~ near identical)
we never mention aunt nora (short story) galaxy vol.16 #3, 7/1958
a life and a half (ss) if vol.8 #6, 7/1959, as by ''paul flehr''
punch (ss) playboy 6/1961
the martian star-gazers (ss) galaxy vol.20 #3, 2/1962;
the cover story, art & five b+w illustrations by jack gaughan
whatever counts (novella) galaxy vol.17 #5, 6/1959; galaxy strato bre #74; both:
the cover story, art by ed emshwiller, four b+w illustrations by wallace wood
three portraits and a prayer (ss) galaxy vol.20 #6, 8/1962; galaxy thorpe & porter bre #92 (~ identical)

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Comment by ppint.:

may state ''an intext publisher'' on title page and/or in indicia.

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Comment by ppint.:

pearson group penguin p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by david o'connor (unsigned, credited)
cover price £1.95, $4.95 australia, $7.95 new zealand
176pp. including titles, indicia° etc, end pp. advertising

° - the copyright date for this revised edition is given as 1985, not 1984: i don't believe that the text of the revised novel will have differed from that of the 1984 daw books mmpb edition

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Comment by ppint.:

''a plague of pythons'' was revised by frederik pohl;
the revised version was published as ''demon in the skull'' (1984), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

penguin books p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art by david pelham (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price 30p, $1.00 australia, $1.00 new zealand, $1.25 canada
176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

intext (iirc) ballantine books mmpb third printing° with new

cover art by robert (bob) foster (unsigned sfaics, credited)
cover price 75¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

° - the canadian-carcassed first printing seems to've been retrospectawigglily accounted the second printing in this accounting - unless a wholly merkin-printed second printing comes to light...

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Comment by ppint.:

j. m. dent/readers union the science fiction book club first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition

cover (d-j) art by terry james
cover (d-j) price
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

victor gollancz first printing, first uk edition, first h/cvr edition

cover (d-j) art none, black and magenta typography on classic ''gollancz yellow'' field
cover (d-j) price 16/-
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

ballantine books mmpb apparently simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition°

cover art by ralph brillhart (the painting is signed brillhart, somewhat below the alien's free left hand, not visible on cover, uncredited)†
cover price 50¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

° - the indicia publishing history of the third printing gives 11/1965 for the canadian-carcassed first
† - jane frank wrongly attributes this art to richard powers

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

the haunted corpse (short story) galaxy vol.13 #3, 1/1957, one b+w illustration by jack gaughan
the middle of nowhere (ss) galaxy vol.10 #2, 5/1955, three b+w illustrations by fred kirberger
the gentle venusian (ss) galaxy vol.16 #3, 6/1958; strato bre #65 both: as ''the gentlest unpeople''; three b+w illustrations by wallace wood (bre only two of these)
the day of the boomer dukes (ss) future #30, 8/1956, with one b+w illustration by ed emshwiller
survival kit (novelette) galaxy vol.14 #1, 5/1957; strato bre #52; both three b+w illustrations by jack gaughan
the knights of arthur (ntte) galaxy vol.15 #3, 1/1958; strato bre #60; both: three b+w illustrations by don martin
to see another mountain (ss) f&sf vol.16 #4, 4/1959; venture atlas bre #13, 9/1964

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Comment by ppint.:

ballantine books mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first p/b edition

cover art by robert (bob) foster (signed, shared from/with trident press h/cvr first edition d-j art)
cover price 75¢
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established in/by the history, both state first ballantine printing: october, 1969

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Comment by ppint.:

one of sixteen covers by grignani commissioned for penguin books by art director, david pelham.

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Comment by ppint.:

penguin books first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art by franco grignani (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price 5/- 25p, R0.60 south africa, $0.85 australia, $0.75 new zealand
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition

cover (d-j) art by richard weaver
cover (d-j) price 18/-
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

one of sixteen covers by grignani commissioned for penguin books by art director, david pelham.

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Comment by ppint.:

one of sixteen covers by grignani commissioned for penguin books by art director, david pelham.

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

introduction (nf) frederik pohl
the embassy (short story) donald a. wollheim, astounding vol. xxix #1, 3/1942 as by martin pearson
the hunted (ss) john d. macdonald, super science stories vol.5 #3, 7/1949
heredity (novelette) isaac asimov, astonishing stories vol.2 #4, 4/1941
rock diver (ss) harrty harrison, worlds beyond vol.1 #3, 2/1941
the little black bag (ntte) c. m. kornbluth, astounding vol. xxxxv #7, 7/1950, four b+w illustrations by ed cartier
the lonely planet (ntte) murray leinster, thrilling wonder stories vol. xxxv #5, 12/1949
operation peep (ss) john wyndham, suspense summer/1951, revised as ''pawley's peepholes'' science fantasy #3, winter 1951
let the ants try (ss) frederik pohl, planet stories vol. iv #5, winter (11)/1949 as by james mccreigh
there will come soft rains (ss) ray bradbury, colliers 6th may 1950 (a martian chronicles story); argosy uk 8/1950
scanners live in vain (ntte) cordwainer smith, fantasy book vol.1 #6, 1/1950 (instrumentality of mankind story)
such interesting neighbours (ss) jack finney, colljers 6th january 1951
bridge crossing (ss) dave dryfoos, galaxy vol.2 #2, 5/1951
letter from the stars (ss) a. e. van vogt, the arkham sampler fall/1949 as ''dear pen pal''; out of this world adventures vol. 1 #1, 7/1950 as ''letter from the stars''
love in the dark (ss) h. l. gold, suspense vol.1 #3, fall/1951 as ''love ethereal''
obviously suicide (ss) s. fowler wright, suspense vol.1 #1, spring/1951
rescue party (ntte) arthur c. clarke, astounding vol. xxxvii #3, 5/1946; atlas bre vol. 5 #6, 9/1946
stepson of space (ss) raymond z. gallun, astonishing stories vol.2 #1, 10/1940
death is the penalty (ss) judith merril, astounding vol. xxxxii #5, 1/1949, a b+w illustration by ed cartier
beyond doubt (ss) robert a. heinlein as by lyle monroe, elma wentz, astonishing stories vol.2 #4, 4/1941, a b+w illustration by hannes bok

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Comment by ppint.:

categorisation as genre fantasy is wrong and should^W has been deleted;

there is no detectable fantasy content -

- other than in the general philosophical sense that all fiction constitutes fantasy, which is not very useful, save to score points in debates of a philosophical upmanship variety -

- this is fairly ''hard'' sf, though not as hard as that of e.g. dr. robert l. forward, q.v.