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Comment by MICKDOOM67 SUBS:

Back cover image added.

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Comment by ppint.:

("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #4:

#1: "breaking strain" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #3:

#1: "breaking strain" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #2:

#1: "breaking strain" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #1:

#1: "breaking strain" (1987), (this novel)
#2: "maelstrom" (1988), q.v.
#3: "hide and seek" (1989), q.v.
aka "hide & seek" (1991 uk), q.v.
#4: "the medusa encounter" (1990), q.v.
#5: "the diamond moon" (1990), q.v.
#6: "the shining ones" (1991), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

pan macmillan pan p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by david bergen (unsigned, credited)
cover price £4.50, (? $ australia, $ new zealand ? check) (not for sale in canada)
interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson
304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, diagrams section

first printing number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; i have not seen a second printing, which would be indicated by dropping the "1" from the printing number line (and so, on. . .)

month of publication not given; taken from locus

originally packaged for avon books by byron preiss, inc. book packager

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Comment by ppint.:

pan macmillan pan p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by david bergen (unsigned, credited)
cover price £4.50, (? $ australia, $ new zealand ? check) (not for sale in canada)
interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson
288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, diagrams section

first printing number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; i have not seen a second printing, which would be indicated by dropping the "1" from the printing number line (and so, on. . .)

month of publication not given; taken from locus

originally packaged for avon books by byron preiss, inc. book packager

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Comment by ppint.:

pan macmillan pan p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by david bergen (unsigned, credited)
cover price £3.99, (? $10.99 australia, $14.99 new zealand ?) (not for sale in canada)
interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson
288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, diagrams section between pp.124 & 125

first printing number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; i have not seen a second printing, which would be indicated by dropping the "1" from the printing number line (and so, on. . .)

originally packaged for avon books by byron preiss, inc. book packager

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Comment by ppint.:

pan macmillan pan p/b first printing, first uk edition

cover art by david bergen (unsigned, credited on back cover; miscredited to jim burns in indicia)
cover price £3.99, $10.99 australia, $14.99 new zealand (not for sale in canada)
interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover
288pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, diagrams section between pp.90 & 91

first printing number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; i have not seen a second printing, which would be indicated by dropping the "1" from the printing number line (and so, on. . .)

month of publication not given; taken from locus

originally packaged for avon books by byron preiss, inc. book packager

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Comment by MICKDOOM67 SUBS:

It was definitely very understated art during this period.

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Comment by ppint.:

thank-you mickdoom67

pan's early sixties sf cover art wasn't always exactly inspiring, was it?

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Comment by MICKDOOM67 SUBS:

Front & back cover images added.