Latest Updates - Simon Hawke

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bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 9 780 747 233114 00299

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bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 0 72742 00350 2 81262

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bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 0 72742 00450 9 76851

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bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 0 72742 00350 2 16616

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bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 0 18926 00450 2 20704

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bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 0 18926 00395 1 20702

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berkley publishing group jove imprint mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art none, really: predominantly typographical cover partly obscuring ''supporting'' sabre and semi-automatic rifle, design repeated from #1 but red background changed to blue
cover price ($6.99 canada) • $5.50 u.s.
352pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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berkley publishing group jove imprint mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art none, really: predominantly typographical cover partly obscuring ''supporting'' sabre and semi-automatic rifle, on a deep red field
cover price ($5.99 canada) • $4.99 u.s.
352pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

warner books mmpb aspect imprint first printing, first edition

cover art by pamela lee (signed, credited)
cover price $5.50 u.s. ($6.99 can(ada))
332pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

the reluctant sorcerer full series listing done, with details and all links to & fro fettled & tested ok.

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Comment by ppint.:

the reluctant sorcerer trilogy #1:

#1: ''the reluctant sorcerer'' (1992), (this book)
#2: ''the inadequate adept'' (1993), q.v.
#3: ''the ambivalent magician'' (1996), q.v.

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bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 070993 00499 6 36260

the final element of which is the only part uniquely identifying this item in the primary distributing wholesaler's then-current catalogue, being the specific mmpb's cat#

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warner books mmpb first printing, first edition
questar series

cover art by dave (david b.) mattingly (signed, credited)
cover price $4.99 u.s. ($5.99 can(ada))
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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the reluctant sorcerer trilogy #3:

#1: ''the reluctant sorcerer'' (1992), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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warner books aspect imprint mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by jody a. lee (unsigned, credited)
cover price $5.99 u.s. ($6.99 can(ada))
234pp..(check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

the reluctant sorcerer trilogy #2:

#1: ''the reluctant sorcerer'' (1992), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

warner books mmpb first printing, first edition
questar series

cover art by david (b.) mattingly (signed, credited)
cover price $4.99 u.s. ($5.99 can(ada))
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

psychodrome series #2:

#1: ''psychodrome'' (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

berkley publishing group ace books mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by neal mcpheeters (signed, credited)
cover price ($4.75 canada) • $3.50 u.s.
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

announced on cover as #1 in the exciting new series,
berkley/ace published only one more in this, ah, ''rollerball-influenced'' sports space opera series:

#1: ''psychodrome'' (1987), (this book)
#2: ''the shapechanger scenario'' (1988), q.v.
#3: ''the invasion'' (2020), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

berkley publishing group ace books mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by neal mcpheeters (signed,)
cover price ($3.95 canada) • $2.95 u.s.
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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the shade trilogy #3:

#1: ''last communion'' nicholas yermakov (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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new american library signet books imprint mmpb first printing°, first edition

cover art by paul alexander (signed alexander, uncredited)
cover price (canada $3.50) • u.s. $2.75
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. including afterword (nf) nicholas yermakov, advertising

° - may exist in near-identical simultaneously canadadian-printed carcase variant intended for distribution north of the parallel:
bookcatters possessing or elsewise with access to a copy are requested to check the indicia page of the copy held and if it proves to be the canadadian-printed variety, to post the exact phraseology printed stating this, and quoting the exact printing number line, in a comment here. tia, love, ppint.

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Comment by ppint.:

the shade trilogy #2:

#1: ''last communion'' nicholas yermakov (1981), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

new american library signet books imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition

cover art by paul alexander (signed alexander)
cover price $2.95 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $2.50 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

refer also to indicia publishing history to distinguish between the two varieties:
canadadian-printed carcases state printed in canada & drop digit ''1'' from the printing number line, formally identifying them as the second printing (nal practice from late 1980 through late 1987)
wholly merkin-printed copies bear the full first printing number line, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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Comment by ppint.:

full original wizard of ~ series plus side-branch novel listed, links to & fro individual titles fettled'n'tested ok

(yr hmbl srppnt.'s not seen the considerably later tenth, apparently set after the conclusion to the series.)

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Comment by ppint.:

full time war series listed, links to & fro individual titles fettled'n'tested ok.

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Comment by ppint.:

time wars series #12 and last:

#1: ''the ivanhoe gambit'' (1984), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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berkley publishing group ace imprint mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by michael racz (unsigned, credited)
cover price ($5.75 canada) • $4.50 u.s.
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

time wars series #11:

#1: ''the ivanhoe gambit'' (1984), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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berkley publishing group ace imprint mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by michael racz (unsigned, credited)
cover price ($4.95 canada) • $3.95 u.s.
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. including author's note, advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

the time wars series #10:

#1: ''the ivanhoe gambit'' (1984), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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berkley publishing group ace imprint mmpb first printing, first edition

dedication: for john stith, a special thanks to bill and lola molnar of the gun room in denver, colorado

cover art by michael racz (unsigned, credited)
cover price ($4.50 canada) • $3.50 u.s.
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. including author's note, advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

time wars series #9:

#1: ''the ivanhoe gambit'' (1984), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 0 72742 00350 2 50395

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berkley publishing group ace imprint mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by neal mcpheeters (unsigned, miscredited as neil mcpheeters)
cover price ($4.75 canada) • $3.50 u.s.
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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time wars series #8:

#1: ''the ivanhoe gambit'' (1984), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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headline books p/b first printing, first uk edition

dedication: for adele leone and richard monaco

cover art by mark harrison
cover price £2.99 (check for australian price)
216pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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berkley publishing group ace imprint mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by neal mcpheeters (unsigned, credited)
cover price ($4.75 canada) • $3.50 u.s.
224pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, 7pp. timeline, 1 blank p., zero additional end pp.

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time wars series #7:

#1: ''the ivanhoe gambit'' (1984), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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headline books p/b first printing, first uk edition

dedication: for dave mattingly with thanks

cover art by mark harrison (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £2.99, $9.95 australia
204pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, 7pp. nf-in-f timeline, 1 blank p, 1 end p. advertising

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bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 0-72742 00295 6 02911

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berkley publishing group ace imprint mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by jim (james) gurney (signed gurney, credited)
cover price ($3.95 can(ada)) $2.95 u.s.
216pp. (check) including titles, indicia, nf-within-f piece etc, end pp. advertising

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time wars series #6:

#1: ''the ivanhoe gambit'' (1984), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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headline books p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by mark harrison
cover price £2.99, $9.95 australia, $14.99 new zealand
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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berkley publishing group ace imprint mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by jim burns
cover price ($3.95 canada) • $2.95 u.s.
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia, nf-within-f piece, etc, end pp. including 2pp. author's note, advertising

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time wars series #5:

#1: ''the ivanhoe gambit'' (1984), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

headline books p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by mark harrison
cover price £2.99, $9.95 australia, $13.99 new zealand
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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berkley publishing group ace imprint mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by david (b.) mattingly (signed, credited)
cover price ($3.50 canada) • $2.95 u.s.
216pp. (check) including titles, indicia, nf-within-f piece etc, end pp. including 1p. author's note, advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

time wars series #4:

#1: ''the ivanhoe gambit'' (1984), q.v. for series listing, and links.