Arrow - Latest Updates

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Comment by ppint.:

the next arrow books edition of which i am aware is the century hutchinson arrow books (1987) (?legend imprint?) first uk printing of the comprehensively revised, doubled-in-length edition #18a q.v.

confusingly, this nowhere upon the front cover mentions that it is the - far larger - revised edition - and it was published bearing the same isbn as the uk p/b of the shorter edition. i doubt richard evans cared...

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Comment by ppint.:

#22 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

near-identical with london weekend television hutchinson publishing group arrow books first printing (1983), but drops the diagonal white flash from across the bottom fly corner of the front cover bearing the puff-line, "first british publication", as well as making the changes above-noted to the back cover.

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Comment by ppint.:

#23 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

#21 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

#20 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

london weekend television hutchinson group arrow books first printing, first uk edition

cover art by melvyn grant (signed melvyn, uncredited)
cover price 80p, $2.70 australia, $2.50 new zealand
192pp. including titles, indicia, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

#18 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

#19 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

century hutchinson/century arrow imprint first, arrow books second over-all printing, with new cover art

"the seven domains of darkover in the fortieth year of the regency of danvan hastur" (b+w map) "thrym berger (copy)" by jack gaughan; "thrym berger" is the fictional darkovan cartographer

cover art by peter a. jones (no visible signature, painting likely signed paj, dated; credited on back cover)
cover price £2.95 (overseas territories prices - check)
388pp. (check°)(double-check!°°) including titles, indicia, b+w map etc, end pp. advertising

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

° - pagination starts at "13", but this is not preceded by twelve unnumbered pages - only four...†
°° - this printing seen given as 428pp. - for 432pp inclusive?? - but it's very unlikely to've been re-set...

† - "publishers!"

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Comment by ppint.:

london weekend television hutchinson & co. arrow p/b first printing, first uk edition

"the seven domains of darkover in the fortieth year of the regency of danvan hastur" (b+w map) "thrym berger (copy)" by jack gaughan; "thrym berger" is a fictional darkovan cartographer

cover art by melvyn grant (signed melvyn, uncredited)
cover price £1.25, $4.15 australia, $3.95 new zealand
388pp. (check °) including titles, indicia, b+w map etc, end pp. advertising

° - pagination starts at "13", but this is not preceded by twelve unnumbered pages - only four...†

† - "publishers!"

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Comment by ppint.:

#17 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

#16 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

london weekend television hutchinson group arrow books first printing, first uk edition

cover art by melvyn grant (signed melvyn, uncredited)
cover price 80p (overseas territories prices?)
160pp. including titles, indicia, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

#15 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

london weekend television hutchinson publishing group arrow books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by melvyn grant (signed melvyn, uncredited)
cover price £1.35, $4.25 australia, $5.25 new zealand not for sale in canada
368pp. (check) including, 4pp. titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising may include 1p. freebie for the bsfa

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Comment by ppint.:

century hutchinson (or century? check) arrow books p/b second printing with new

cover art (unsigned, uncredited)
cover price £3.50
420pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

#14 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

#12 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

third in the "free amazons" trilogy (#10, #11 & #12);

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

century or century hutchinson arrow books pb first printing, first uk edition

cover art by steve crisp (unsigned, uncredited; acknowledged on farcebook page)
cover price £2.95 (? $ australia?)
432pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

#11 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

second in the "free amazons" trilogy (#10, #11 & #12);

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

hutchinson publishing group or century hutchinson° arrow books pb first printing, first uk edition

cover art by michael embden (unsigned (painting may be), uncredited; confirmed by pamela embden)
cover price £2.75, $6.95 austalia
416pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

° - century bought the hutchinson publishing group from london weekend television 3/1985

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Comment by ppint.:

#10 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

first in the "free amazons" trilogy (#10, #11 & #12);

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

london weekend television hutchinson publishing group arrow books p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by melvyn grant (full painting may be signed melvyn)
cover price 95p, $2.90 australia
272pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

#5 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

#4 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v., for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

#2 in the darkover series (1964-2016):

#1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

climactic novel of two of the main themes of the darkover series,q.v.;

the relationship between the expanding terran empire, mainly benignly and protectively inclined towards darkover, but very interested in the power of the darkovan mental gifts or talents, and the privileged mentally talented darkovan aristocracy, jealous of their wealth, position and political power, for which they have paid a high price over generations, not least in the selective breeding to produce and concentrate particular laran powers, originally the sole guarantee of human survival upon this planet, as well as of these immense, albeit somewhat specialised mental powers.

this hard-won over many years, and sometimes very unstable balance, such as it is, is undermined by a powerful commercial corporation seeking to gain control of these powers and their potentially extremely profitable exploitation, without any understanding of, or interest in, the risks involved - whatever the human or environmental costs of achieving this might prove to be -

- including to the young regis hastur, newly come into his lordship of one of the most powerful families of the comyn aristocracy, full of noble ambitions and idealistic plans to improve the lot of ordinary darkovans, to promote talent whether it be found in the comyn or the common, "ordinary" people, and facing opposition from the more traditionally-minded and entrenched conservatives.

- and the human costs most certainly will not be low, as the simplest, quickest - and, most importantly, cheapest - method would seem to be by selective assassination of the controlling comyn aristocracy;

- selective assassination - or, if needs be, their wholesale slaughter.

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Comment by ppint.:

hutchinson publishing group arrow books imprint uk p/b, first uk edition

dedication:
''to four people who---each in his or her own way---kept my sense of wonder alive:
anne mccaffrey
juanita coulson
ursula le guin
and
randall garrett''

cover art by melvyn grant (signed melvyn)
cover price 95p, $3.20 australia recommended. $2.95 new zealand
224pp. including six unpaginated pp. titles, indicia etc, three end pp. advertising

cover design is uniform with that of arrow books' then upcoming ''legend books'' f&sf imprint edition darkover series uk p/bs, but neither the logo nor the word, 'legend' appear upon this book.

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Comment by ppint.:

century hutchinson, or random century arrow books imprint p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition

cover art unsigned, uncredited (possibly by john harris, judged by style & date, etc: smoking - not steaming - cooling tower)
cover price £2.50, $7.95 australia
464pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.

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Comment by ppint.:

london weekend television hutchinson group arrow books p/b second printing, with new isbn, new

cover art unsigned, uncredited; by tim white iirc
cover price £1.75, $5.85 australia, $5.50 new zealand
576pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p.

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Comment by ppint.:

hutchinson & co. arrow books p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art unsigned sfaics, uncredited; i think it's by chris yates, but this is not "an attribution°
cover price 10s 50p, R1.20 south africa, $1.50 australia, $1.50 new zealand
576pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p.

° - the full artwork may well bear his c.y., but is almost certainly long since junked by antony cheetham's conrad

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Comment by ppint.:

century hutchinson/random century arrow books imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art by tim white
cover price £2.95 (any overseas territories prices?)
308pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

month of publication not given, taken from locus