the mover, the shaker (nf introduction) theodore sturgeon
how science fiction saved me from a life of crime (nf) appears original to this collection
i have no mouth and i must scream (short story) if vol.17 #3, 3/1967
big sam was my friend (ss) science fiction adventures vol.2 #4, 3/1958
eyes of dust (ss) rogue 12/1959
world of the myth (novelette) knight 12/1964
lonelyache (ss) knight 7/1964
delusion for a dragon slayer (ss) knight 9/1966
pretty maggie moneyeyes (ntte) original to this collection, appeared in knight 5/1967
reprint collection of 5 short stories and 2 novelettes with introductions & nf biographical essay by the author, introduction to the collection by theodore sturgeon
cover art by diane dillon, leo dillon (unsigned, credited to leo and diane dillon on back cover)
cover price 60¢
176pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising
publisher, new cat#/cover price are printed in black upon a white (i.e. uncoloured) rectangle cut out of the elsewise identical second printing's cover, immediately below the pyramid logo, where this information for that earlier printing was previously situated. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
reprint collection of 5 short stories and 2 novelettes with introductions & nf biographical essay by the author, introduction to the collection by theodore sturgeon
cover art by diane dillon, leo dillon (unsigned, credited to leo and diane dillon back cover of first edition)
cover price 95¢
176pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising
refer also to indicia publishing history to distinguish; states second printing, january, 1974 (this comment is from another edition of this book)
front cover is very close to that of the first edition, but publisher, (new) cat#, (new) price & logo are moved next to spine, running upwards towards top edge, allowing the title to be moved up to run across the top of the cover, with harlan ellison's name also moved up; the blurb between those & after his name are changed to read "seven times winner of the/hugo and nebula awards" and "fantastic science fiction stories that/defy belief introduced by theodore sturgeon" respectively. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
pyramid books mmpb simultaneous second printings sharing merkin-printed covers
reprint collection of 5 short stories and 2 novelettes with introductions & nf biographical essay by the author, introduction to the collection by theodore sturgeon
cover art by diane dillon, leo dillon (unsigned, credited to leo and diane dillon back cover of first edition)
cover price 75¢
176pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. 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 second printing, february, 1972 (this comment is from another edition of this book)