Daw - Latest Updates

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Comment by ppint.:

the sequel to ''cyteen'' (1988), q.v.

i believe "regenesis " would stand alone perfectly satisfactorily, but will need to re-re-re-read it to be certain to of this.

- you'd certainly miss a great deal of the political differences and rivalries within reseune, as well as those on cyteen outside that company, and of the various crises the death of ariane emory triggered - not to mention several of those that have been slowly arising from decisions taken during the company war by more than one powerful actor in the struggle for union's existence - and the almost accidental birth of the merchanter alliance.

''cyteen'' started a decade-long argument amongst quite a number of merkin sf fans who were labouring under the misapprehension that that major work was primarily - or even solely (!) - a ''whodunnit''. . .

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Comment by ppint.:

dray prescot sword'n'sf series by ken bulmer writing as "alan burt akers" #30:

#1: "transit to scorpio" (1972), q.v. for series listing and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

published posthumously, this was a. bertram chandler's last novel: he died 6/6/1984.

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Comment by ppint.:

rim worlds; john grimes #15:

rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for rim worlds, john grimes etc. series and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

rim worlds: john grimes #14:

rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday” (1961), q.v. for rim worlds, john grimes listings, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

rim worlds: john grimes #13:

rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for rim world, john grimes etc. series listings & links.

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Comment by ppint.:

terra magical series #2:

#1: "kesrick" (1982), q.v. for series listing and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books simultaneous near-identical first printings, not first mmpb edition

cover art by frank kelly freas (signed, credited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.514
cover price $2.50 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution, printing number line 123456789
cover price $2.95° canadian-carcased variant intended for distribution north of the parallel,; though published simultaneously, the indicia printing number line first printing, november 1980/23456789 identifies them as the second printing

° - the second letter of the cat# is not varied to reflect the different cover price

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Comment by ppint.:

rim worlds; john grimes #11:

rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for rim worlds, john grimes etc. series listings & links.

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb simultaneous near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, and hence also isbn, cat# and

cover art by don maitz (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece by tanith lee (unsigned, credited)
near-meaningless daw books collectors no.476
cover price $2.75 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution, printing history line first daw printing, april 1982, number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 includes digit "1"
cover price $2.95 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel,
indicia printing history line first daw printing, april 1982/23456789
244pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc., end pp. advertising

though published simultaneously, the printing number line formally identifies the canadadian-carcassed variant as the second printing

refer also to indicia to check where carcass of the copy held was printed

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Comment by ppint.:

rim worlds: john grimes #10:

rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes & rim worlds series listings and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books near-identical undated simultaneous 5/1983° third & fourth printings sharing merkin-printed covers

cover art by h. r. van dongen (credited) (retained from daw books first edition)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph, uncredited) (also retained)
near-meaningless daw books collectors number is dropped from the front cover
cover price $2.50 wholly merkin-printed third printing,
indicia printing history number-string, first printing, june 1978/3456789
cover price $2.95 canadian-carcased fourth printing intended for distribution north of the parallel,
indicia printing history number-string, first printing, june 1978/456789
(second letter of cat# is not changed to reflect different cover price)
176pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end p. advertising

° - date of publication not given in the indicia, taken from sheldon jaffery, gordon benson & philip stephensen-payne

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb simultaneous near-identical undated° third and fourth printings sharing merkin-printed covers

cover art & b+w frontispiece by don maitz (both signed, cover credited, retained from first printings)
near-meaningless daw books collectors no.327 (retained from first printing)
cover price (canada $2.75) • u.s. $2.25
176pp. including titles, indicia etc.

refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed.
no priority in date of publication established nor liable to be, both undated: both state first printing, february 1979 followed immediately by their respective printing number-string:
wholly merkin-printed copies bear /3456789 identifying them as the third printing,
canadian-carcassed copies bear /456789 identifying them as the fourth printing

° - publication dates not given in the indicia, taken from sheldon jaffery's "future and fantastic worlds" comprehensive daw books retrospective covering 1972-1987

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Comment by ppint.:

rim worlds: john grimes #8:

rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes, rim worlds listings, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

rim worlds: john grimes #9:

rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes, rim world series listings, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books undated (6/1983°) simultaneous third & fourth printings sharing merkin-printed covers drop the first printings' near-meaningless daw books collectors number, retain the

cover art by ray feibush (unsigned, credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed with his digraph)
cover prices differ:
cover price $1.95 wholly merkin-printed copies, number-string 3456789, for general distribution
cover price $2.25 canadadian-printed carcass, number-string 456789, intended for distribution north of the parallel (price change not reflected in second letter of cat#)

° - date taken from "future and fantastic worlds: a bibliographical retrospective of daw books (1972-1987)" sheldon jaffery (1987), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

rim worlds; john grimes #23:

rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for rim worlds, john grimes etc. series & links.

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Comment by ppint.:

rim worlds: john grimes #4:

rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes, rim world series listings, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

rim worlds: john grimes #7:

rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for john grimes, rim worlds series listings, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books simultaneous near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition

fix-up/rewrite of three novellas, with new material

cover art by vincent difate (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece (unsigned, uncredited)
cover price $1.25
near-meaningless daw books collector no.224
176pp. including titles, indicia etc.

refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both stating first daw printing, january 1977
and both bearing full first printing history number-string 123456789

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Comment by ppint.:

rim worlds: john grimes #12:

rim worlds a#1: "bring back yesterday" (1961), q.v. for rim worlds, john grimes series listings, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

what's become of screwloose? (short story) if vol.20 #6, 7-8/1970; if universal-tandem bre 8-9/1970
junior partner (ss) fantastic vol.11 #9, 9/1962; reprinted in science fiction greats #16, winter/1969
hardcastle (ss) ©1971 apparently original in this collection
into the shop (ss) f&sf vol.26 #4, 4/1964
prez (ss) if vol.20 #2, 2/1970; if universal-tandem bre vol.20 #2, 3/1970
confessions (novelette) f&sf vol.39 #2, 8/1970
monte cristo complex (ss) ©1971 apparently original in this collection
the yes-men of venus (ss) amazing vol.37 #7, 7/1963 as the yes men of venus
keeping an eye on janey (ss) in "infinity one" ed. robert hoskins (1970)
hobo jungle (ntte) f&sf vol.38 #6, 6/1970 (a ben jolsen chameleon corps story)

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb undated near-identical third printing (10/1980°) bears same cat#, same isbn:

cover art by gino d'achille (signed, credited)
near-meaningless daw books collectorsl no.305
cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed)
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from the two variant first printings:
the first two digits are dropped from the printing number line, leaving: 3456789

some copies distributed north of the parallel bearing daw or new american library stickers over price on front cover stating "in canada $1.95"

° - publication date taken from locus #239, 11/1980

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb simultaneous near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, not first mmpb edition

cover art by gino d'achille (signed with stylized gd, credited)
near-meaningless daw books collector number 305
cover price $1.95 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $1.75 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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 first daw printing september, 1978
and both bear full first printing number line: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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Comment by ppint.:

odd jobs series listing completed, all links to & fro written and tested ok.

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Comment by ppint.:

odd jobs series #1:

#1: "calling dr. patchwork" (1978), (this book)
#2: "hail hibbler" (1980), q.v.
#3: "big bang" (1982), q.v.
#4: "brainz, inc." (1985), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

odd jobs series #4:

#1: "calling dr. patchwork" (1978), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition

cover art by tim jacobus (unsigned, credited)
near-meaningless daw books collectors number 629
cover price (canada $3.25) • u.s. $2.75
208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

refer to indicia to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed.
published simultaneously, both state first printing, may 1985 canadian-carcassed copies drop
the "1" from the number-string: /23456789 formally identifying them as the second printing

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Comment by ppint.:

odd jobs series #3:

#1: "calling dr. patchwork" (1978), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

odd jobs series #2:

#1: "calling dr. patchwork" (1978), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

"quad" is generally the abbreviation for a/the quadrangle in an elizabethan, stuart or uk hanoverian country house, college or pretty fancy town house inner courtyard, frequently but not inevitably including a lawn or similar: in pre-henry tydder/henry viii fidei defensor (ha!) times, often spectacularly stone-cloistered for monks, nuns, abbots and other prelates to pass both the time in contemplation whilst in circular progression, and also for them to take decorous exercise whilst enabling them to avoid the weather...

yr hmbl srppnt.'s unshakeable 'spicion is the title is a tyop for "hellsquad" missed by the publisher's copy and/or proof-reader, which would fit the protagonists, the circumstances and the plot. . .

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Comment by 23skidoo:

Back cover scan added

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Comment by 23skidoo:

Cover scans added. Unfortunately rear cover defaced by impossible-to-remove-without-tearing sticker. It covers the "first publication anywhere" claim which would seem to contradict the existence of a hardcover edition by Scribner and according to ppint the fact the stories were previously printed.

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

the lion and the lamb (novelette) astounding vol. xxxxvi #1, 9/1950;
the cover story, art and five b+w illustrations by walt miller
the mighty tides (nf) science digest 4/1961 as "what makes the mighty tides?"
trapped in the sea of stars (ss) original to this collection (a fafhrd & the gray mouser story);
collected in "swords & ice magic" fritz leiber (1977 & ff.)
fafhrd and me (nf) amra 10/1963
the belsen express (ss) original here
ingmar bergman: fantasy novelist (nf) ? 9/1974
scream wolf (ss) mike shane mystery magazine 2/1961
those wild alien words: II (nf) original here
the mechanical bride (play) in "science fiction thinking machines" ed. groff conklin (1954)
through hyperspace with brown jenkin (nf) shangri-l'affaires 9/1963, revised 1975
a defence of werewolves (nf) the arkham sampler spring/1948

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, omnibus edition, first thus

cover art by vicente segrelles (unsigned, credited as segrelles)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.356
cover price $2.25 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel)
cover price $1.95 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution)
224pp. (check) including eight unnumbered pp. "the kalevala fantasies" (nf) emil petaja (1967), b+w frontispiece, titles, indicia etc, "introduction "tramontane " (nf) emil petaja (1967), second titles pp, etc, end pp. advertising

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 first daw printing, september 1979/123456789

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers

cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.347
cover price $1.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel)
cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution)
160pp. including titles, indicia, etc.

refer to indicia publishing history to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing, august 1979/123456789

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers

cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited)
2pp. b+w map of tschai (unsigned, uncredited: reprinted from the ace books mmpb edition)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.347
cover price $1.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel)
cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution)
160pp. including titles, indicia , b+w map etc.

refer to indicia publishing history to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing, july 1979/123456789

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers

cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited)
2pp. b+w map of tschai (unsigned, uncredited: reprinted from the ace books mmpb edition)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.342
cover price $1.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel)
cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution)
160pp. including titles, indicia , b+w map etc.

refer to indicia publishing history to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing, june 1979/123456789

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers

cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited)
2pp. b+w map of tschai (unsigned, uncredited: reprinted from the ace books mmpb edition)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.339
cover price $1.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel)
cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution)
160pp. including titles, indicia , b+w map etc.

refer to indicia publishing history to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing, may 1979/123456789

and to distinguish from the undated near-identical third printing, which drops the first two digits from the printing number line, was wholly merkin-printed, and bears
cover price (? not as yet seen/seen reported: probably $1.75)
some copies of this bear a lengthways oval white sticker printed in black stating $1.95 price in canada

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Comment by ppint.:

alastor cluster #1:

#1: "trullion: alastor 2262" (1973), q.v. for series listing and links.