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ppint. 7th Apr 2023		Book Elizabeth Moon - Moving Target (2004)	vatta's war #2: #1: ''trading in danger'' (2003), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 7th Apr 2023		Book Elizabeth Moon - Moving Target (2004)	little, brown (warner books uk) group orbit books imprint p/b first printing, first uk, first p/b edition cover art by fred gambino (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £6.99 440pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from near-identical 2005 second printing, which adds a line noting reprinted 2005 eventually dated notings of reprints cease, after which refer to printing number line to distinguish from further, undated, near-identical reprintings
ppint. 7th Apr 2023		Book Elizabeth Moon - Trading In Danger (2003)	#1 of the vatta's war pentalogy: #1: ''trading in danger'' (2003), (this novel) #2: ''marque and reprisal'' (2004), q.v. aka ''moving target'' (uk 2004), q.v. #3: ''engaging the enemy'' (2006), q.v. #4: ''command decision'' (2007), q.v. #5: ''victory conditions'' (2008), q.v. to which series there is a sequel, preceded by a short story and an ''interquel'': ''all in a day's work'' (short story) in ''infinite stars'' ed. bryan thomas schmidt (2017), q.v. and, cut by elizabeth moon from the end of the above both to keep it to the length required for the original anthology, and also because it did not make a good ending for that story, is the episode: ''an interquel for ''cold welcome'' '' q.v. vatta's peace series: 2#1: ''cold welcome'' (2017), q.v. 2#2: ''into the fire'' (2018), q.v. yr hmbl srppnt. does not as-vet know vether there vill be vurther vatta volumes.
ppint. 7th Apr 2023		Book Elizabeth Moon - Trading In Danger (2003)	little, brown (warner books uk) group orbit books imprint p/b first printing, first uk edition, first p/b edition cover art by fred gambino (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £6.99 424pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 6th Apr 2023		Book Norvell W. Page - Sons Of The Bear-God (1979)	berkley-putnam publishing group berkley books imprint mmpb first printing, second mmpb edition cover art by wayne barlowe (signed with his initials in a line-drawn box, uncredited?) cover price $1.75 168pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 6th Apr 2023		Book Damon Knight - A For Anything (1965)	publisher is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to berkley medallion, as per the cover image
ppint. 5th Apr 2023		Book Larry Niven - The Shape Of Space (1969)	contents: the warriors (short story), if vol.16 #2, 2/1966 (known space) safe at any speed (ss), f&sf vol.32 #5, 5/1967 (known space) how the heroes die (novelette), galaxy vol.25 #1, 10/1966, cover story, art by dember, 2 b+w illustrations by virgil finlay (known space) at the bottom of a hole (ntte), galaxy vol.25 #2, 12/1966; galaxy gold star bre vol.25 #2, 7-8(/1967) (known space) bordered in black (ss), f&sf vol.30 #4, 4/1966 (a proto-known space story) like banquo's ghost (ss), if vol.18 #9, 9/1968 one face (ntte), galaxy vol.23 #5, 6/1965, cover story art by george schelling (a proto-known space story) the meddler (ntte), f&sf vol.35 #4, 10/1968 dry run (ss), f&sf vol.34 #5, 5/1968 convergent series (ss), f&sf vol.32 #3, 3/1967 as ''the long night'' the deadlier weapon (ss), ellery queen's mystery magazine 6/1968 death by ecstasy (novella), galaxy vol.27 #6, 1/1969 as ''the organleggers'' (known space, a gil the arm story), with three b+w illustrations by jack gaughan
ppint. 5th Apr 2023		Book Larry Niven - The Shape Of Space (1969)	ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings, first edition reprint anthology of seven short stories, four novelettes and a novella cover art by peter bramley (signed p. bramley, uncredited) cover price 75¢ 248pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing: september, 1969 i've seen this catalogued stating it bears an isbn, but it has neither isbn nor sbn
ppint. 5th Apr 2023		Book Larry Niven - The Draco Tavern (2006)	contents: introduction (nf) larry niven the subject is closed, cosmos vol.1 #1, 5/1977 grammar lesson, cosmos vol.1 #1, 5/1977 assimilating our culture, that's what they're doing!, destinies vol.1 #1, 11-12/1978 the schumann computer, destinies vol.1 #2, 1-2/1979 the green marauder, destinies vol.2 #1, 2-3/1980 the real thing, as ''echt'' in ''tor zu den sternen'' ed. peter wilfert (1981), q.v.; iamsf vol.6 #11, 11/1982 war movie, in ''stellar 7'' ed. judy-lynn del rey (1981), q.v. limits, iamsf vol.5 #10, 28/9/1981 table manners, in ''far frontiers'' (#1), 1/1985; as ''folk tale'' in ''niven's laws'' larry niven (1984), q.v. one night at the draco tavern, in ''playgrounds of the mind'' larry niven (1984), q.v. the heights, analog vol. cxxi #5, 5/2001 the wisdom of demons, analog vol. cxx #7, 7/2000 smut talk, playboy 1/2000 ssorohghod's people, in ''redshirt'' ed. al sarrantonio (2001), q.v. the missing mass, analog vol. xxx #12, 21/2000; see also larryniven.org/stories/Draco13.shtml the convergence of the old mind, analog vol. cxxii #7-8, 7-8/2002 chrysalis, analog vol. cxxii #9, 9/2002 the death addict, analog vol.123 #5, 5/2003 storm front, analog vol.124 #3, 3/2004 the slow ones, analog vol.125 #12, 12/2005 cruel and unusual, cosmos vol.1 #1, 5/1977 the ones who stay home, analog vol.123 #1, 1/2003 breeding maze, 1980, analog vol.125 #9, 9/2005 playhouse, analog vol.126 #3, 3/2006 lost, eeriecon chapbook 3 (2004) 150 copies losing mars, 2006 (orig.) playground earth, 2006 (orig.)
ppint. 5th Apr 2023		Book Stephen Baxter - The Long War (2013)	thank-you.
ppint. 5th Apr 2023		Book Stephen Baxter - The Long Mars (2014)	thank-you.
ppint. 5th Apr 2023		Book Stephen Baxter - The Long Utopia (2015)	thank-you.
ppint. 5th Apr 2023		Book Stephen Baxter - The Long Cosmos (2016)	thank-you.
ppint. 5th Apr 2023		Book Harlan Ellison - Dangerous Visions (1975)	author field should^W has been varied to editor.
ppint. 5th Apr 2023		Book Harlan Ellison - Dangerous Visions (1987)	author field should^W has been varied to editor.
ppint. 5th Apr 2023		Book Harlan Ellison - Dangerous Visions (1987)	contents: forward 1: the second revolution (nf introduction) iamsf foreword 2: harlan and I (nf introduction) iamsf introduction: thirty-two soothsayers (nf) harlan ellison evensong (short story) lester del rey flies (ss) robert silverberg the day after the day the martians came (ss) frederik pohl (aka ''the day the martians came'') riders of the purple wage (novella) philip josé farmer the malley system (ss) miriam allen deford a toy for juliette (ss) robert bloch the prowler in the city at the edge of the world (novelette) harlan ellison the night that all time broke out (ss) brian w. aldiss the man who went to the moon - twice (ss) howard rodman faith of our fathers (ntte) philip k. dick the jigsaw man (ss) larry niven (a known space story) gonna roll the bones (ntte) fritz leiber lord randy, my son (ss) joe l. hensley eutopia (ntte) poul anderson incident in moderan (ss) david r. bunch (unsurprisingly, a moderan story) the escaping (ss) david r. bunch the doll-house (ss) james cross sex and/or mr morrison (ss) carol emshwiller shall the dust praise thee? (ss) damon knight if all men were brothers, would you let one marry your sister? (nlla) theodore sturgeon what happened to auguste clarot? (ss) larry eisenberg ersatz (ss) henry slesar go, go, go said the bird (ss) sonya dorman the happy breed (ss) john t. sladek encounter with a hick (ss) jonathan brand from the government printing office (ss) kris neville land of the great horses (ss) r. a. lafferty (an institute of impure science story) the recognition (ss) j. g. ballard judas (ss) john brunner test to destruction (ntte) keith laumer carcinoma angels (ss) norman spinrad auto-da-fé (ss) roger zelazny aye, and gomorrah (ss) samuel r. delany
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Harlan Ellison - Dangerous Visions (1987)	victor gollancz gollancz b-format (check) p/b first printing, first uk one-volume edition, with new cover art by diane dillon, leo dillon (who are credited on the back cover for all the book's illustrations) cover price £6.95 576pp. (check) including xxix pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. precise publication date from victor gollancz ltd. review copy slip requesting (as was once traditional) that reviews not appear before the quoted publication date.
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Harlan Ellison - Dangerous Visions (1975)	new american library signet books imprint mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition (not even the first one-volume mmpb edition, which were the 12/1972 berkley medallion mmpb edition) original anthology of two novellas, five novelettes, twenty-six short stories, two forwards by isaac asimov, and introduction by harlan ellison; the stories each has an introduction by harlan ellison and an afterword by the author, and an illustration by diane & leo dillon cover art by diane dillon, leo dillon (unsigned, credited in general illustrations credit) cover price $1.95 548pp. (check) including xviii pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Harlan Ellison - Again, Dangerous Visions (1976)	author field should^W has been varied to editor.
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Harlan Ellison - Again, Dangerous Visions (1976)	contents: the counterpart of view (short story) john heidenry ching witch! (ss) ross rocklynne the word for world is forest (novella) ursula k. le guin (a short novel set in the hainish oekumene) for value received (ss) andrew offutt mathoms from the time closet (ss) gene wolfe robot's story (ss) gene wolfe against the lafayette escadrille (ss) gene wolfe loco parentis (ss) gene wolfe time travel for pedestrians (ss) ray nelson christ, old student in a new school (poem) ray bradbury king of the hill (ss) chad oliver the 10:00 report is brought to you by... (ss) edward (ed) bryant the funeral (novelette) kate wilhelm harry the hare (ss) james b. hemesath when it changed (ss) joanna russ (a whileaway story) the big space fuck (ss) kurt vonnegut, jr. bounty (ss) t. l. sherred still-life (ss) k. m. o'donnell (pseudonym of barry n. malzberg) stoned counsel (ss) h. h. hollis monitored dreams and strategic cremations (ss) bernard wolfe the bisquit position (ss) bernard wolfe the girl with rapid eye movements (ntte) bernard wolfe with a finger in my i (ss) david gerrold in the barn (ntte) piers anthony soundless evening (ss) lee hoffman '' '' (blur) (a smudge) (ss) gahan wilson (aka ''blot'') the test-tube creature, afterward (ss) joan bernott and the sea like mirrors (ss) gregory (greg) benford bedsheets are white (ss) evelyn lief tissue (ss) james sallis at the fitting shop (ss) james sallis 53rd american dream (ss) james sallis elouise and the rotors of the planet pergamon (ss) josephine saxton chuck berry, won't you please come home (ss) ken mccullough epiphany for aliens (ss) david kerr eye of the beholder (ss) burt k. filer moth race (ss) richard hill in re glover (ss) leonard tushnet zero gee (ntte) ben bova (a kinsman story) a mouse in the walls of the global village (ss) dean r. koontz getting along (ntte) james blish, j. a. lawrence tötenbuch (ss) a. parra (parra y figuéredo) (1972) things lost (ss) thomas m. disch with the bentfin boomer boys on little old new alabama (novella) richard a. lupoff (=> space war blues) lamia mutable (ss) m. john harrison (a viriconium story) last train to kankakee (ss) robin scott (robin scott wilson) empire of the sun (ss) andrew weiner ozymandias (ss) terry carr the milk of paradise (ss) james tiptree, jr. (alice r. sheldon) ed emshwiller (nf) anonymous
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Harlan Ellison - Again, Dangerous Visions (1976)	millington books h/cvr first printing, first uk edition original anthology of 41 stories, five novelettes and a two novellas, plus a poem, preceded by ''an assault of new dreamers'', an nf (well... typically ott, really) introduction by harlan ellison. . . cover (d-j) art (unsigned, possibly credited; either for abstract art, or for cover design...) interior b+w art by ed emshwiller (credited) cover (d-j) price £6.00 776pp. (check) including xvi pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, each story has substantial nf introductions & afterwords, and there's an article on ed emshwiller and his art, bound with endpapers between covered boards
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Larry Niven - World Of Ptavvs (1971)	all uk p/b editions and printings seen by yr hmbl srppnt.° bear the intrusive - or at least excrusive(!) - definite article upon their front covers and spines - but not upon their title pages. i doubt anyone remembers why - even if they're still among the unenslaved. . . . . . . . . . . so far. . . ° - sphere books, futura books orbit series (''futura/orbit''), and orbit books. . .
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Robert Muchamore - Dark Sun (2008)	Review yeuccchhhh! 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Robert Muchamore - Dark Sun (2008)	hachette children's books hodder children's books hodder cherub imprint p/b first printing specially written and published for world book day 128pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia etc, advertisement for/explanation of meanings (rankings) of different colour cherub t-shirts available, and to be worn on campus by kids & adults working as cherubs(!), 14 end pp. including 5pp. cherubs: a history (nf-in-f), 6pp. advertising for the first nine cherubtitles, 1p. for the (then) forthcoming tenth cherubtitle, 2pp. advertising for CHERUB, which seems to be a real organisational acronym, including recruiting websites, cherubmissions, etc. complete bar-code number: 9780340956793/00100 (yes, with nonsystematic solidus) export isbn13: 9780340956809
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Norton Parker - Time Of Fury (1980)	nordon publications leisure books imprint mmpb first printing, believed first edition fiction, western - but bookcat still possesses no ''western'' publishing category, so ''fiction, history'' cover art (signed with an uncertainly decipherable stylised pub/rub/pus/rus monogram which i've not previously seen, uncredited) cover price $2.25 304pp. including 4pp. titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp: 1p. advertising for ''mothers and lovers'' jeannie sabel leisure books lb 743 $2.25, 1p. for ''travelin' woman'' katherine gibbs leisure books lb 728 $1.95 ©1980 by norton and kallie parker; no other date given
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Larry Niven - All The Myriad Ways (1977)	random house group ballantine books mmpb third printing cover art by dean ellis (retained from second printing where it's erroneously credited to rick sternbach; this now corrected to dean ellis) cover price $1.50 184pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Larry Niven - All The Myriad Ways (1975)	ballantine books mmpb second printing, with new cover art by dean ellis (unsigned, mistakenly credited to rick sternbach) cover price $1.50 184pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Larry Niven - All The Myriad Ways (1971)	ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers mainly reprint collection of ten short stories, a novelette and two nf articles cover art by dean ellis (unsigned, credited) cover price 95¢ 184pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing: june, 1971
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Larry Niven - A Gift From Earth (1970)	j. m. dent readers union group science fiction book club h/cvr first printing for sale to members of this book club only, on a subscription basis, by mail-order, and later as an option to members of the other group book clubs cover (d-j) art by terry james (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap) cover price 16s. to members only 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards renumbered cat# 5018 in david & charles's great renumbering of 1973 - ''just saying...''
ppint. 4th Apr 2023		Book Larry Niven - A Gift From Earth (1969)	(bpcc by now? check) macdonald & co. publishers h/cvr first printing, first hcvr edition, first uk edition cover (d-j) art (unsigned, uncredited line-drawing on block capitals of standardised sf line design) cover (d-j) price 25/- (£1.25) (check) 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp., bound with endpapers between covered boards

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