Baen Books - Latest Updates

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Comment by 23skidoo ●:

Cover scans added.

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Comment by 23skidoo ●:

On several of the Honor Harrington book covers I often wonder if the artist wasn't fantasy casting Angelina Jolie in the part. Although this particular cover isn't as close to her look as others, I cannot help wondering if the decision to give Jolie's character an eyepatch in the 2004 film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow wasn't in some way inspired by Harrington's look once she began sporting an eyepatch in the series.

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Comment by 23skidoo ●:

Cover scans added

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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.:

elves in l.a./elven steeds/... series #1:

closely connected with the bedlam's bard series, q.v.

° - front covers bear the serrated edge-logoed series:
† - front covers not bearing the serrated edge logo

#1: ''born to run''° (1992), (this novel)
#2: ''wheels of fire''° mercedes lackey, mark shepherd (1992), q.v.
#3: ''when the bough breaks''° mercedes lackey, holly lisle (1993), q.v.
#4: ''chrome circle''° mercedes lackey, larry dixon (1994), q.v.
#5: ''elvendude''† mark shepherd (1994), q.v.
#6: ''spiritride''† mark shepherd (2007), q.v.
#7: ''lazerwarz''† mark shepherd (2009), q.v.
#8: ''silence''° mercedes lackey, cody martin (2016), q.v.
#9: ''the waters and the wild''† mercedes lackey, rosemary edghill (2019), q. v.
#10: ''breaking silence''° mercedes lackey, cody martin (2020), q.v.

assorted omnibi:
O#1&4: ''the chrome borne'' (1999), q.v.
O#2&3: ''the other world'' mercedes lackey, mark shepherd, holly lisle (2000), q.v.


the diana tregarde occult psychic investigator trilogy is loosely connected:

dt#1: ''children of the night'' (1990), q.v.
dt#2: ''burning water'' (1989), q.v.
dt#3: ''jinx high'' (1991), q.v.
dt#c: ''magic 101'' (reprint collection of a novella and a short story, 2014 ebook only, so far)

merkin sf book club omnibus edition of dt #1, #2 & #3:
dt#o: ''diana tregarde investigates'' (2006), q.v.

elizabethan historical fantasy series by mercedes lackey and roberta gellis
is advertised as the prequel series to the serrated edge series:
but, featuring both oberon and titania as powerful - if only occasional - on-stage characters with major effects upon the over-all shape of events, does not strike yr hmbl srppnt. as directly connected with any of the above:

#01: ''this scepter'd isle'' (2004), q.v.
#02: ''ill met by moonlight'' (2005), q.v.
#03: ''by sland'rous tongues'' (2007), q.v.
#04: ''and less than kind'' (2008), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

bedlam's bard series #3:

#1: ''knight of ghosts and shadows'' mercedes lackey, ellen guon (1990), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

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

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Comment by ppint.:

bedlam's bard & elves in la series setting #OA (original anthology):

#1: ''knight of ghosts and shadows'' mercedes lackey, ellen guon (1990), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

tom o'bedlam's song (poem) anonymous (sir giles earle, his book c.1615 british museum° - ppint.)
devil went down to georgia (short story) mercedes lackey
unleaving (novelette) india edghill
old order (ntte) michael longcor
well met by moonlight (ss) diana l. paxson
the world's more full of weeping (ss) rosemary edghill
the waters and the wild (ss) mercedes lackey
the remover of difficulties (ntte) ashley mcconnell
bright as diamonds (ntte) barb caffrey, michael b. caffrey
bottle of djinn (ntte) roberta gellis
red fiddler (ntte) dave freer, eric flint
unnatural history (ss) sarah a. hoyt
all that jazz (ntte) jenn saint-john
six-shooter (ss) ellen guon
mall elves and how they grew (essay) (nf) mercedes lackey

° - up to nine of the twenty-five verses quoted may be much later composition by one or more further hands, as may the first chorus quoted: no source(s) at all are given - ppint.

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Comment by ppint.:

baen publishing enterprises baen books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition

original anthology of seven novelettes and six short stories in mercedes lackey's bedlam's bard/elves in la universe

cover art by bob eggleton (unsigned, credited, shared from baen books first edition h/cvr (2005))
cover price $7.99 (can(ada) $9.99)
384pp. including (i-) x pages titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, tom o'bedlam's song (poem), 36 end pp: 10pp. "mall elves and how they grew" (nf) mercedes lackey (2005), 19pp. excerpt from "hell hath no fury" david weber, linda evans (then forthcoming baen books h/cvr scheduled 3/2007), 7pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

barcode number truncated by too-small field: 076714 00499 3 72119

n. b. only the last element uniquely identifies the book, being the publisher's cat#

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Comment by ppint.:

revised and enlarged edition of the first novel in the fifth millennium setting or (loose?) series
by various authors and collaborations:

#1: "snowbrother" s. m. stirling (1985), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

baen publishing enterprises baen books imprint mmpb first printing, first revised, enlarged edition

dedication: to jan

cover art by larry elmore (signed, credited)
b+w map by eleanor kostyk (unsigned, credited)
cover price (canada $6.99) u.s. $4.99
304pp. including six unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, map etc, 8 end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

draka series (originally a trilogy) #4:

#1: ''marching through georgia'' (1988), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

draka trilogy #3:

#1: ''marching through georgia'' (1988), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

draka series (originally a trilogy) #3:

#1: ''marching through georgia'' (1988), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

baen publishing enterprises baen books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition

cover art by gary ruddell (unsigned, credited, shared with h/cvr d-j art)
cover price $6.99 ($8.99 canada)
416pp. (fish out and check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

baen publishing enterprises baen books h/cvr first printing, first edition

cover (d-j) art by gary ruddell (unsigned, credited)
cover (d-j) price $21.00 ($28.00 Canada)
416pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. bound with endpapers between covered boards

distinguish from near-identical merkin sfbc edition (6/1997) which inter alia bears
sfbc cat# 15657 on d-j
but still bears the baen books isbn in its indicia, and quite possibly elsewhere

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Comment by ppint.:

familias regnant series #3:

#1: "hunting party" (1993), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

familias regnant series #2:

#1: "hunting party" (1993) q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

familias regnant series #1:

a: central characters heris serrano, lady cecelia
#1: "hunting party" (1993) (this book)
#2: "sporting chance" (1994), q.v.
#3: "winning colo[u]rs" (1995), q.v.

b: central characters esmay suiza, barin serrano
#4: "once a hero" (1997), q.v.
#5: "rules of engagement" (1998), q.v.

c: central characters heris serrano, esmay suiza, barin serrano, lady cecelia
#6: "change of command" (1999), q.v.
#7: "against the odds" (2000), q.v.

omnibus of novels #1, #2 & #3:
"heris serrano" (2002), q.v.
aka "the serrano legacy" (uk 2006), q.v.

omnibus of novels #4 &#5:
"the serrano connection" (2007), q.v.

omnibus of novels #6 & #7:
"the serrano succession" (2008), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

first published date is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected from 1952 to 1960.

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Comment by ppint.:

baen publishing enterprises baen books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition

cover art by doug anderson
cover price (canada $5.50) u.s. $4.50
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia, nf introduction by robert a. heinlein, etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

baen publishing enterprises baen books mmpb 7/1997 fourth printing with new

cover art by gary ruddell (signed, credited)
cover price (can(ada) $7.99) u.s. $5.99
248pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising


refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical further reprintings which differ:

baen books mmpb (?/1998-89?) fifth printing
not as-yet seen/seen reported
cover price presumably $5.99 in u.s.

baen books mmpb 3/2001 sixth printing
cover price $5.99 (u.s.)

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Comment by ppint.:

baen publishing enterprises baen books mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by alan gutierrez (signed, credited)
cover price $2.95
244pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

some copies have the cover price overprinted with a black rectangle and simultaneously the new
cover price $3.95
printed below (with reference to alignment of printed cat# and original cover price);
these copies intended for distribution north of ''the parallel'' (i.e. in canada)


distinguish from near-identical reprintings:

baen books mmpb 1/1992 second printing which differs:
cover price (can(ada) $5.99) u.s. $4.99
cat# retained, but now reads vertically upwards followed by the cover prices)
indicia publishing history adds line
second printing, january 1992

baen books mmpb 4/1994 third printing which differs:
cover price $5.99
cat# retained, with cover price reading vertically upwards to new baen dragon/spaceship logo
indicia publishing history adds line
third printing, april 1994

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Comment by ppint.:

refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish betwixt the at least first three near-identical printings:

10/1989 baen books first mmpb printing, first edition
dedication: for john
cover art by gary ruddell (unsigned, credited)
isbn 0-671-69841-9
cat# 69841
cover price $3.95
320pp. including six unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, no table-of-contents (stated a novel in indicia), 3 unpaginated end pp. ''miles vorkosigan/naismith his lifecand times'' (nf within f annotated timeline) uncredited

front cover bears puff-line ''by the author of falling free'' above cover price


12/1989 baen books second mmpb printing (details to come) differs:
indicia publishing history adds line: second printing, december (1989)


10/1991 baen books third mmpb printing
cover art by gary ruddell retained
isbn 0-671-72093-7
bar-code number 0 76714 00499 3 72093
cat# 72093
cover price (can $5.99) u.s. $4.99
320pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia, no table-of-contents (stated a novel in indicia), 3 end pp. timeline

front cover bears red pinked-edge bezant declaring ''hugo and nebula winning author'' in black above cover prices

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Comment by ppint.:

dust-jacket shown (images 335917, 8) is of the merkin science fiction book club edition

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Comment by ppint.:

distinguish from undated 3/2001° near-identical merkin science fiction book club edition which differs:

sfbc cat# 35530 on back right-hand of dust-jacket near bottom
indicia publishing history bears no printing number line, statement of edition nor publication date
cover (d-j) price: none printed, but $11.98 to merkin sfbc members

° - date and price of the sfbc h/cvr edition taken from locus

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Comment by ppint.:

sequel is ''the spheres of heaven'' (baen books 2001), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

publisher should^W has been varied to ''baen books'' to match the 179 baen books already entered in bookcat, helping unify the listing.

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Comment by ppint.:

sequel to ''the nimrod hunt'' (baen books 1986) q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

baen publishing enterprises baen books h/cvr first printing, first edition

cover (d-j) art by bob eggleton (signed, credited, credited on d-j back flap)
cover price $24.00 ($35.50 canada)
448pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards