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Author:	Lewis Padgett
Title:	L'Homme Venu Du Futur
English Title:	The Far Reality
Publisher:	Deux Rives
Country:	France
Date:	1957
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Language:	French (français)
Total Editions:	2
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ppint. 16th Sep 2019		the book title given as the english title, "tomorrow and tomorrow", is apparently the wrong title: this should be de-linked from editions of that book. both this french site and oclc/worldcat lists this as "traduction de: the fairy chessman": this is the short novel published in english as, variously "the far reality", "the fairy chessmen" and "chessboard planet"; it was written by henry kuttner and c. l. moore - mostly, it is believed, by henry kuttner - and published under his and their collaborative pseudonym, "lewis padgett". first solo book publication "chessboard planet" lewis padgett, galaxy novel no. 26, new york, usa1956), q.v. first book publication in the h/cvr double, "tomorrow and tomorrow" and "the fairy chessmen" lewis padgett, gnome press, new york, usa 1951), q.v. this is frequently reffed as though it were a single work, "tomorrow and tomorrow and the fairy chessmen", which is doubtless whence the confusion arose.



ppint. 19th Sep 2023		serialised as ''the fairy chessmen'' in astounding vol. xxxvi #5, #6; 1/1946, 2/1946; part one is the cover story, art by timmins; parts one & two have respectively five and seven b+w illustrations by (paul) orban (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 12th Jan 2019		world distributors (manchester) ltd. consul books first printing, first uk edition cover art uncredited, unsigned cover price 2'6 (4/- on copies distributed in australia) (and prob'ly in new zealand, too) 160pp? including titles, indicia etc. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 12th Jan 2019		pseudonym of henry kuttner's and also of henry kuttner and c. l. moore's, qq.v. aka and originally serialised as "the fairy chessmen, asf°; aka "chessboard planet", q.v. (in eponymous collection by henry kuttner and c. l. moore, which adds two novelettes and a short story to the title story). also published as by henry kuttner, q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 24th Sep 2018		the two titles given in the sub-title field are^W were not sub-titles and should^W have been deleted. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Lewis Padgett - The Far Reality - Consul - Paperback - UK (1963)