Latest Updates - Robert Silverberg

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author field should^W has been varied to editor

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contents:

molly zero (novella) keith roberts (later extended by keith into a fine novel, victor gollancz (1985) q.v.)
if i forget thee... (nlla) james (e.) gunn (later included in his "the dreamers" (1981) retitled "the volunteer")
freitzke's turn (nlla) jack vance (a miro hetzel story, the second-published) (the two novellas later collected and published as "galactic effectuator" (1980 & ff.), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

wm. collins and sons fontana imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition

original anthology of three novellas with introduction by robert silverberg

cover art by justin todd (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price 85p, 93½p rep. of ireland, $2.95 australia, $2.95 new zealand, $2.75 canafa
192pp. (check) including 6pp. titles, indicia, etc, end pp. advertising

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author field should^W has been varied to "editor" and the co-author field to co-editor

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contents:

introduction (nf) the editors
arm (novella) larry niven (known space setting, a gil the arm/gil hamilton story)
angel of truth (novelette) gordon eklund
mazes (short story) ursula k. le guin
for all poor folks at picketwire (ss) r. a. lafferty
growing up in edge city (ss) frederik pohl
durance (ss) ward moore
the ghost of a model t (ss) clifford d. simak
planet story (ss) kate wilhelm
graduation day (ss) w. macfarlane
timetipping (ss) jack dann
encounter with a carnivore (ss) joseph green
lady sunshine and the magoon of beatus (nlla) alexei panshin, cory panshin
"...for a single yesterday" (ntte) george r. r. martin
bloodstream (ss) lou fisher
existence (ss) joanna russ
interface (nlla) a. a. attanasio
blooded on arachne (ntte) michael bishop (first glaktik komm setting/universe/timeline/reality story)
leviticus: in the ark (ss) barry n. malzberg
cambridge, 1:58 a.m. (ss) gregory benford
run from the fire (ntte) harry harrison
the aperture moment:
waiting for the universe to begin (ss) brian w. aldiss
but without orifices (ss) brian w. aldiss
aimez-vous holman hunt? (ss) brian w. aldiss
nightbeat (ss) neal barrett, jr.
uneasy chrysalids, our memories (ss) john shirley
the dogtown tourist agency (nlla) jack vance (the first miro hetzel story)

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Comment by ppint.:

berkley putnam berkley medallion mmpb first printing first p/b edition

original anthology of eighteen short stories, four novelettes and four novellas, introduction by the editors

cover art unsigned, uncredited; each letter of the title is as though a piece of printer's type viewed from a different angle, and then pushed together - completely different design from the h/cvr d-j
cover price $1.95
576pp. (check) including (i-)viii pages titles, indicia table-of-contents, 2pp. introduction etc, end pp.


refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from the near-identical second mmpb printing

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Comment by ppint.:

author field should^W has been varied to editor

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

molly zero (novella) keith roberts (later extended by keith into a fine novel, victor gollancz (1985) q.v.)
if i forget thee... (nlla) james (e.) gunn (later included in his "the dreamers" (1981) retitled "the volunteer")
freitzke's turn (nlla) jack vance (a miro hetzel story, the second-published) (the two novellas later collected and published as "galactic effectuator" (1980 & ff.), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

pinnacle books mmpb first printing, first edition
pinnacle/ futorian science fiction series

original anthology of three novellas with introduction by robert silverberg

cover art by randy weidner (unsigned, credited)
cover price $1.95
224pp. (check) including (i-viii) titles, indicia, etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

serialised in amazing stories vol.43 #2, #3; 7, 9/1969
each part with one b+w illustration by dan adkins

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Comment by JimEss SUBS:

Covers added.

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Comment by 23skidoo:

I broke the format rule on subtitles so that this book would not be indexed as a new edition of the Planet Killers Ace Double release, as it is a new omnibus that happens to share the title..

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Comment by ppint.:

tom doherty associates tor books p/b first printing, not first p/b edition

cover art by thomas (tom) kidd (signed)
0-812-55470-1 isbn in canada
cover price $3.95 can(ada)
cover price $2.95 u.s.
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

w. h. allen & co. star books p/b first printing, third printing of the tandem books p/b suitably emended, with new

cover art by bruce pennington (unsigned, uncredited, style is of one of his unmistakable period's, and attributed online, being inter alia featured in pulpcrush's bruce pennington slide-show on utube)
cover price £1.50, £1.55 malta, $4.50 australia
256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

tandem books p/b second printing, first using the original title, with new

cover art by bob haberfield (unsigned, uncredited; attribution found via online search)
cover price 80p
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

isbn incorporates the previous tandem p/b cat#, which itself included the sbn's identical checksum digit

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Comment by ppint.:

universal-tandem publishing tandem books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art by chris achilleos (unsigned, credited to c. achilleos)
cover price 30p, 95c australia, 95c new zealand, $1.25 canada
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising & mail-order information

cat# on cover includes the sbn checksum digit

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Comment by ppint.:

sidgwick & jackson first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition

cover (d-j) art none, typographical and line-drawn frame in dark blue upon silver-coloured field
cover (d-j) price £1.50
256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

ballantine books mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by robert (bob) foster (unsigned sfacbs, uncredited; given in ''infinite worlds'' vincent difate (1997), q.v.)
cover price 75¢
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

the hearst corporation avon books mmpb (simultaneous?°) first printing(s), not first mmpb edition

cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price $2.25
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

° - there is a high chance of a near-identical simultaneous canadian-carcassed variant sharing merkin-printed covers, isbn, cat# and very possibly also self-declared to be the first printing;
but yr hmbl srppnt.'s neither seen this reported, nor seen such;

- however, the next known avon books mmpb edition is identified as the third printing by printing number line, and bears a different cover (repeating the image of the first mmpb printing's art, overlapping it downwards, diminishing in size)

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Comment by ppint.:

serialised in amazing vol.45 #2, #3; 7/1971, 9/1971
part one is the cover story, with 2, part two with 1, b+w illustrations (respectively) by michael wm. kaluta

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Comment by ppint.:

houghton miflin victor gollancz ltd. vgsf imprint p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition

cover art unsigned
cover price £3.99? (check)
192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

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

cover (d-j) art none; typographical cover with black, spot green & red on ''gollancz yellow'' field
cover (d-j) price £4.95
188pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

i did not note whether the title page and/or the indicia note that ballantine books was an intext publisher;

should any bookcatter or visiting browser hold a copy of this edition, please would you be so good as to check this, and post a comment confirming that it does, or, that it does not.

thanking you in advance,

a ppint. as cannot currently reach the anthology shelves...

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Comment by ppint.:

author field should^W has been varied to editor

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

shark ship (novelette) c. m. kornbluth, vanguard vol.1 #1, 6/1958 as ''reap the dark tide''
polity and customs of the camiroi (short story) r. a. lafferty, galaxy vol. 25 #5, 6/1967
coming-of-age day (ss) a. k. jorgensson science fantasy #76, 9/1965
heresies of the huge god (ss) brian w. aldiss, galaxy vol.24 #6, 8/1966; galaxy gsp bre 3-4(/1967)
the streets of ashkalon (ss) harry harrison, new worlds #122, 9/1962 aka ''the streets of ashkelon'', aka ''an alien agony''
the totally rich (ntte) john brunner, worlds of tomorrow vol.1 #2, 6/1963
imposter (ss) philip k. dick, astounding vol. li #4, 6/1953 with 2 b+w illustrations by pawelka; astounding atlas bre vol. ix #11, 11/1953
road to nightfall (ntte) robert silverberg, fantastic universe vol. 10 #1, 7/1958
the beast that shouted love at the heart of the world (ss) harlan ellison, galaxy vol. 26 #5, 6!1968;
the cover story, art by wenzel; a b+w illustration by jack gaughan
psychomosis (ss) david i. masson, new worlds #160, 3/1966, b+w illustration by james cawthorn
the cage of sand (ntte) j. g. ballard, new worlds #119, 6/1962
a deskful of girls (ss) fritz leiber, f&sf vol.14 #4, 4/1958 (a changewar story);
the cover story, art by (frank) kelly freas; venture atlas bre #21, 5/1965 no cover art
on the walls of the lodge (ntte) james blish, virginia kidd, galaxy vol.20 #5, 6/1962; galaxy thorpe & porter bre #92; both: as by james blish, virginia blish
masks (ss) damon knight, playboy 7/1968
keepers of the house (ss) lester del rey, fantastic universe vol.4 #6, 1/1956; new worlds #73, 7/1958
journey's end (ss) poul anderson, f&sf vol.12 #2, 2/1957 (without the ''''')

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Comment by ppint.:

ballantine books uk ltd. p/b first printing, first uk edition; printed in canada

reprint anthology of six novelettes and ten short stories, with nf introduction by robert silverberg

cover art by ron walotsky (signed, credited as ronald walotsky)
cover price 7/- 35p (overseas territories prices?)
312pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

last separate uk p/b edition of which yr hmbl srppnt. is aware;

''nightwings'' is/was included in their excellent ''edge of light'' robert silverberg omnibus by harpercollinspublishers (1998), q.v.,

and then in the 2013 gollancz gateway omnibus, q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

macdonald futura futura publications p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition
orbit/futura series, not yet a fully separate imprint

cover art by michael (mick) posen (unsigned, uncredited; original painting is signed)
cover price £2.50, $8.95 australia, $11.99 new zealand
192pp. including titles, indicia etc. (check end pp.)

month of publication not given, taken from locus

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Comment by ppint.:

tbl group sphere books p/b third printing, with new

cover art unsigned, seen attributed to anthony (tony) roberts with no support adduced
cover price £1.75, £1.75 malta (other territories prices?)
192pp. including titles, indicia etc. (check end pp.)

(check also: isbn in book as well as on back cover)

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Comment by ppint.:

tbl group sphere books p/b second printing with new isbn, new

cover art by peter elson (signed pe in line-drawn box, uncredited)
cover price 85p, 93½p eire, 90c malta, $2.75 australia, $2.75 new zealand, $1.95 canada
192pp. including titles, indicia etc. (check end pp.)

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Comment by ppint.:

tbl group sphere books first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art by dave pether (unsigned, uncredited; original painting is signed)
cover price 40p, $1.25 australia, $1.25 new zealand, $1.75 canada
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, (fish out & check end pp.)

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Comment by ppint.:

walker & co. first printing, first h/cvr edition, not first edition
preceded by the avon books mmpb simultaneous first printings which are, together, the first edition

cover (d-j) art by jack gaughan (unsigned sfaics, credited on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price $4.95
192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards

indicia includes the incorrect statement that ''nightwings'' was ''first published in book form in the united states of america in 1970''

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Comment by ppint.:

unbound signatures of this edition of ''nightwings'' collected together with those of ''the dreaming earth'' john brunner (1963), q.v. and ''destiny doll'' clifford d. simak (1971), q.v. in the omnibus h/cvr bind-up, ''science fiction special 10'' (1974), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

sidgwick & jackson h/cvr first printing, first uk edition

cover (d-j) art restricted palate (blue & green on unprinted white ground) by chris gilbert
cover (d-j) price £1.60
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

victor gollancz vgsf imprint p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition

cover art
cover price £2.95
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

random house group ballantine books mmpb second printing, with new

cover art by phil kirkland (unsigned, credited)
cover price $1.25
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising