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Editor:	Damon Knight
Title:	First Flight
Publisher:	Lancer
Country:	USA
Date:	Aug 1963
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:	72-672
Total Editions:	2
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ppint. 11th May 2019		cover art by ed emshwiller (uncredited, unsigned: attribution from ''science fiction and fantasy artists of the twentieth century'' jane frank (2009)) cover price 50¢ 160pp. including titles, indica etc. indica publishing history states a lancer book • 1963 author field should be varied to editor



ppint. 8th Dec 2017		aka "now begins tomorrow" (lancer books thrid mmpb edition/printing 1969), q.v.



David Whiteley 31st Jan 2022		Added covers and contents page. Second printing. 160 pages. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Collection of 8 short stories and 3 novelettes. This book claims to collects together the first published stories by ten of the greatest names in SF, hence the title "First Flights". This is incorrect in the case of Brian W. Aldiss and possibly Theodore Sturgeon and Algis Budrys. Introduction by Damon Knight. "The Isolinguals", short story by L. Sprague de Camp. First published in Astounding Stories, Vol 20, No 1. September 1937. "The Faithful", short story by Lester del Rey. Astounding Science-Fiction, Vol 21, No 2. April 1938. "Black Destroyer", novelette by A. E. van Vogt. Astounding Science-Fiction, Vol 23, No 5. July 1939. "Life-Line", short story by Robert A. Heinlein. Astounding Science-Fiction, Vol 23, No 6. August 1939, as by Robert Heinlein. "Ether Breather", short story by Theodore Sturgeon. Astounding Science-Fiction, Vol 24, No 1. September 1939. "Loophole", short story by Arthur C. Clarke. Astounding Science Fiction, Vol 37, No 2. April 1946. "Tomorrow's Children", novelette by Poul Anderson. Astounding Science Fiction, Vol 39, No 1. March 1947, as by Poul Anderson and F. N. Waldrop. "That Only a Mother", short story by Judith Merril. Astounding Science Fiction, Vol 41, No 4. June 1948. "Walk to the World", short story by Algis Budrys. Space Science Fiction, Vol 1, No 3. November 1952, as by A. J. Budrys "T", short story by Brian W. Aldiss. Nebula Science Fiction No. 18, November 1956. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 11th May 2019		this second lancer books edition/printing is near-identical with the first lancer books printing, bar insertion of ''focus'' logo on front cover between ''lancer'' & ''books'' in top corner near spine, change of cat#; cover art by ed emshwiller retained from first printing cover price 50¢ 160pp. including titles, indica etc. indica printing history states a lancer book . . . 1966 author field should be varied to editor (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Damon Knight - First Flight - Lancer - Paperback - USA (1966)