Latest Updates - Larry Niven

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Comment by ppint.:

thank-you jimess.

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Comment by JimEss SUBS:

Covers added.

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Comment by ppint.:

little, brown group (warner books uk) orbit books imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art by barclay shaw (unsigned, re-used from del rey merkin h/cvr & p/b editions)
cover price £5.99, $14.95 australia
384pp. (check) titles, indicia etc, 6 end pp: 2pp. glossary, 1p. ringworld parameters, 3pp. cast of characters

month of publication not given in indicia publishing history; taken from locus

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Comment by ppint.:

known space collaborative spin-off series #1:
by larry niven, edward m. lerner:

2#1: "fleet of worlds" (2007), (this novel)
2#2: "juggler of worlds" (2008), q.v.
2#3: "destroyer of worlds" (2009), q.v.
2#4: "betrayer of worlds" (2010), q.v.
2#5: "fate of worlds: return from the ringworld" (2012), q.v.

see known space core collection for full series listing, and links:

#C1: "neutron star" (1969), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

thomas doherty associates tor imprint mmpb first printing, first p/b edition

cover art by stephen martiniere (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price $7.99 ($9.99 can(adian))
320pp. including eight unpaginated pp. titles, indicia etc, 3 end pp; 1p. advertising between 2 blank pp.

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

ghost
neutron star (novelette) if vol.16 #10, 10/1966, b+w illustration by adkins
ghost (continued)
at the core (ntte) if vol.16 #11, 11/1966, b+w illustration by adkins
ghost (continued)
flatlander (ntte) if vol.17 #3, 3/1967, b+w illustration by jack gaughan
ghost (continued)
grendel (ntte) in ''neutron star'' larry niven (1968), q.v.
ghost (continued)
the borderland of sol (ntte) analog vol. xciv #5, 1/1975, the cover story, art & 2 b+w illustrations by john schoenherr
ghost (continued)
procrustes (novella) in ''bridging the galaxies'' larry niven (1993), q.v., collection published at & for ''confrancisco'', the 51st worldcon, san francisco, usa (9/1993)
ghost (concluded)

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Comment by ppint.:

random house group ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings, first edition

reprint collection of five beowulf shaeffer known space novelettes and a novella, with new-written for this assemblage, the framing novelette, ''ghost'' (1994)

cover art by don dixon (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price ($6.99 canada) $4.99 u.s.
288pp. (fish out and check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents? etc, end pp. advertising

refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish betwixt the two first printings, one canadadian-carcassed intended for distribution north of the parallel, one wholly merkin-printed for general distribution,

and further merkin and canadadian-printed reprintings, at least ten merkin and at least two canadian, stated as such; cover prices slowly rise to $7.99 u.s. ($9.99 canada) by the fourteenth printing

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

timeline for known space (nf-within-f & nf article) larry niven
my universe and welcome to it! (nf introduction) larry niven
the coldest place (short story) if vol.14 #7, 12/1964
becalmed in hell (ss) f&sf vol.29 #1, 7/1965
wait it out (ss) in ''future unbounded: 40 years of tomorrow'' (sf convention booklet), ed. dian pelz (7/1968); reprinted in ''tomorrow's worlds'' ed. robert silverberg (1969), q.v.
eye of an octopus (ss) galaxy vol.24 #3, 2/1966
how the heroes die (novelette) galaxy vol.25 #1, 10/1966;
the cover story, art by dember, two b+w illustrations by virgil finlay
the jigsaw man (ss) in ''dangerous visions'' ed. harlan ellison (1967), q.v.
at the bottom of a hole (ntte) galaxy vol.25 #2, 12/1966; galaxy gsp bre 7-8(/1967)
intent to deceive (ss) galaxy vol.26 #4, 8/1968 as ''the deceivers'', a b+w illustration by jack gaughan
cloak of anarchy (ntte) analog vol. lxxxix #1, 3/1972, two b+w illustrations by jack gaughan
the warriors (ss) if vol.16 #2, 2/1966
the borderland of sol (ntte) analog vol. xciv #5, 1/1975;
cover story, art & two b+w illustrations by john schoenherr
there is a tide (ss) galaxy vol.26 #6, 7/1968, four b+w illustrations by jeff jones
safe at any speed (ss) f&sf vol.32 #5, 5/1967
afterthoughts (nf) larry niven
bibliography (nf) (uncredited)
about the cover (mostly nf...) rick sternbach

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Comment by ppint.:

some low thousands of copies of the wholly merkin-printed variant imported by futura publications ltd. and distributed in the uk & ni, prob'ly in the republic of ireland and also to some extent in western europe, baor naafis, bfpos at least in the mediterranean, etc. bearing futura's rounded corner white peelable label with uk price printed in black.

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Comment by ppint.:

random house group ballantine books imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings, first edition

reprint collection of nine short stories and four novelettes all in the known space setting, some in-fiction nf material

cover art by rick sternbach (unsigned, credited)
b+w interior (inside front & back cover: kzinti, kzinti skeleton) art by bonnie dalzell (signed, credited)
cover price $1.50
256pp. (re-check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, timeline & introduction by the author, end pp. including ''afterthoughts'' (nf) larry niven, bibliography, ''about the cover'' (nf-ish) rick sternbach

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 printing, august, 1975

and also to distinguish from near-identical 1975 second printing which states
second printing: november 1975

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Comment by ppint.:

known space series #9:

#C1: ''neutron star'' (1968), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

holtzbrinck group st. martin's/tor books h/cvr first printing, first edition

cover (d-j) art by stephan martiniere
cover (d-j) price $24.95 ($34.95 canada)
296pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

"i'm certain - but i could be wrong" that the bca h/cvr is a smaller format than the orbit trade edition

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Comment by ppint.:

book club associates h/cvr first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition, not for sale by way of trade
smaller format than the little, brown & co. (uk) trade uk h/cvr edition which preceded it

dedication: for robert heinlein

cover (d-j) art by john harris (unsigned, uncredited, re-used from orbit first uk h/cvr edition d-j)
cover (d-j) price (none)
384pp. (checked) including (i-)viii pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters, 2pp.), etc, 6 end pp. including 2pp. glossary, 4pp. ringworld parsmeters (nf) perfectbound onto backing strip with endpapers between black cloth-covered boards, title, author & bca blocked in silver on spine

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Comment by ppint.:

little, brown group (warner books uk) orbit books imprint h/cvr first printing, first uk edition

cover (d-j) art by john harris (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap)
cover (d-j) price £16.99
384pp. (check) titles, indicia etc, 6 end pp: 2pp. glossary, 1p. ringworld parameters, 3pp. cast of characters

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Comment by ppint.:

known space series #8:

C1: ''neutron star'' (1968), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

random house group ballantine books del rey imprint h/cvr first printing, first edition

cover (d-j) art by barclay shaw
cover (d-j) price $23.00 ($32.00 canada)
428pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards