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Editor: Brian Aldiss Title: Galactic Empires Volume One Subtitle: An Anthology Of Way-back-when Futures In Two Volumes Publisher:   Orbit / Futura Country: UK Date: 1976 Format: Paperback Genre: Fiction, Science Fiction ISBN-10: 0860079082 Rating: Rate Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  1 Owns Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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futura publications limited
110 warner road, camberwell, london se5 (uk)

first published in great britain in 1976 by futura publications limited

introduction and original material
copyright © brian w. aldiss 1976
printed in great britain by hazell watson & viney ltd
aylesbury. bucks

xii + 1-338 + 2 = 352pp. 168pp. including 7pp. titles, indica, table of contents (vii), introduction (viii-xii); 2 blank end pp.
cover art uncredited, unsigned, attributed to karel thole on http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/stellar empire.php
cover price 85p, canada $2.50

title on cover including spine is "galactic empires 1"

reprint collection of two novellas, three novelettes and nine short stories:
introduction (nf) brian aldiss 7/1975:
section 1: rise and shine
i a sense of perspective
"been a long, long time" r a lafferty (fantastic 12/1970)
"the possessed" arthur c clarke (dynamic 3/1953)
"protected species" h b fyfe (asf 3/1951 (asf uk 7/52))
"all the way back" michael shaara (asf 7/1952 (asf uk 11/52))
ii wider still and wider
"the star plunderer" (ntte) poul anderson (planet stories 9/1952)
"foundation" (ntte) isaac asimov (asf 5/1942 (asf uk 5/42)) (foundation series)
"we're civilized!" mark clifton & alex apostilides (galaxy 8/1953) (aka "civilized")
section 2 maturity or bust
i horses in the starship hold
"the crime and the glory of commander suzdal" cordwainer smith (amazing 5/1954) (the instrumentality of mankind)
"the rebel of valkyr" (nlla) alfred coppel (planet stories fall (8)/1950)
"brightness falls from the air" idris sea bright (margaret st. clair) (f&sf 4/1951, as "?", $100 contest award-winning story to be titled)
"immigrant" (nlla) clifford simak (asf 3/1954 (asf uk 8/54))
ii the health service in the skies
"resident physician" (ntte) james white (new worlds 9/1961) (sector general)
"age of retirement" hal lynch (asf 4/1954 (asf uk 9/54))
"planting time" pete adams & charles nightingale ("antigrav"

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