Berkley Medallion - Latest Updates

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Comment by ppint.:

may be the berkley medallion mmpb fourth printing, as an earlier printing is also stated to be the third.

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Comment by ppint.:

the berkley publishing group berkley medallion mmpb first printing, first p/b edition

cover art by herbert norton rogoff (signed, uncredited)
cover price 75¢
192 pp. including 4 unnumbered pages titles, indicia etc.


refer also to indicia publishing history to distinguish from the undated near-identical third printing° which differs:
adds line stating third printing°

° - this statement may have been erroneous, whether through the expected or actual appearance of a near-identical second printing, or the presumption of the existence of a canadian-carcased variant first printing, later accounted the second - or simple publishing office/printer's mistake;
the berkley medallion 11/1975 mmpb cat# Z2997, q.v., bearing new cover art by richard powers is also stated to be the third berkley medallion mmpb in its indicia

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Comment by ppint.:

berkley publishing group berkley medallion mmpb near-identical simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers

collection of all bar one of the "vermilion sands"-set novelettes and short stories:
missing is "the singing statues" (short story) (fantastic 7/1962), probably to keep within 192pp.

cover art by richard powers (unsigned, uncredited; attribution from "the art of richard powers" jane frank, richard powers (2001) q.v.)
cover price 75¢
192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp.

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 berkley medallion edition, april, 1971

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Comment by ppint.:

publisher entered is^W was still wrong and should^W still^W has been corrected to berkley medallion as per cover image

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Comment by ppint.:

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

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Comment by ppint.:

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.:

almost all mmpbs follow this, not the full contents of the doubleday first edition & book club editions, until the hamlyn paperbacks uk p/b & the daw mmpb 1978 editions, which are complete.

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Comment by ppint.:

publisher should^W has been corrected to "berkley medallion" as bookcat goes by the imprint, not the publishing group nor the ultimate corporate owner

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Comment by ppint.:

publisher should be corrected to "berkley medallion" as bookcat goes by the imprint, not the publishing group name, nor the ultimate corporate owner

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Comment by ppint.:

a dance to the music of time duodecology #3:

#1: "a question of upbringing" (1951), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

a dance to the music of time duodecology #1:

#1: "a question of upbringing" (1951), (this novel)
#2: "a buyer's market" (1952), q.v.
#3: "the acceptance world" (1955), q.v.
#4: "at lady molly's" (1957), q.v.
#5: "casanova's chinese restaurant" (1960), q.v.
#6: "the kindly ones" (1962), q.v.
#7: "the valley of bones" (1964), q.v.
#8: "the soldier's art" (1966), q.v.
#9: "the military philosophers" (1968), q.v.
#10: "books do furnish a room" (1971), q.v.
#11: "temporary kings" (1973), q.v.
#12: "hearing secret harmonies" (1975), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

non-sfnal light porn.

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Comment by ppint.:

berkley publishing group berkley medallion imprint mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by mel crair (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price 95¢
240pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

"the wheels of if" was also published as half a popular library double mmpb, "the virgin & the wheels" (1976), q.v.
and again, as half a tor books "tor double" series mmpb (1990) together with
"the pugnacious peacemaker", an authorised sequel novella by harry turtledove, q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

preface (nf) l. sprague de camp (original to the collection)
the wheels of if (novella) unknown worlds vol. iv #2, 10/1940
the best-laid schemes (short story) astounding vol. xxvi #6, 2/1941, a b+w illustration by ed cartier
the warrior race (ss) astounding vol. xxvi #2, 10/1940
hyperpelosity (ss) astounding vol. xxvi #2, 4/1938 as "hyperpilosity"
the merman (ss) astounding vol. xxii #4, 12/1938, the cover story, art & a b+w illustration by charles schneeman
the contraband cow (ss) astounding vol. xxix #5, 7/1942, a b+w illustration by william augustin kolliker
the gnarly man (novelette) unknown worlds vol. i #4, 6/1939, a b+w illustration by ed cartier

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Comment by ppint.:

viagens interplanetarias series #4

#1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links

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Comment by ppint.:

berkley publishing group berkley medallion imprint mmpb first printing, first edition

cover art by richard powers (unsigned, uncredited; in ''the art of richard powers'' jane frank, richard powers (2001), q.v.
cover price 75¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising

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Comment by ppint.:

riverworld series #2:

#1: "to your scattered bodies go" (1971), q.v. for series listing and links.

fix-up of
"the felled star" from if vol.17 #7, 7/1967 q.v., #8, 8/1967 q.v.
part one is the cover story, and both parts have a b+w illustration, all by jack gaughan
and
"the fabulous riverboat" from if vol.20 #11, 5+6/1971 q.v., #12, 7+8/1971 q.v.
both parts have a b+w illustration by jack gaughan