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Author:	Frederik Pohl as edson mccann
Co-authors:	Lester Del Rey
Title:	Preferred Risk
Publisher:	Methuen London
Country:	UK
Date:	1983
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
ISBN-10:	0417074905
Total Editions:	3
First Published:	1955
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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Frederik Pohl - Preferred Risk - Simon & Schuster - Hardcover - USA (1955)

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ppint. ● 2nd Oct 2023		the collaborative novel h. l. gold, the founding editor of galaxy, persuaded frederik pohl to enter pseudonymously in the simon & schuster-galaxy competition for first novels, none of the received entries being worthy winners in gold's professional judgment - or, possibly, even publishable.° the novel was duly serialised in galaxy vol.10 #3, #4, #5, #6; 6, 7, 8, 9/1955; bre #30, #31, #32, #33; part one was the cover story, art by fred kirberger, all four parts had four b+w illustrations by sanford kossin in the merkin originals, but respectively four, three, two, and four, in the bre (british reprint editions). ° - accounts differ slightly; see ''the way the future was'' frederik pohl (1978), q.v., and the accounts by pohl and by lester del rey in this and the preceding 1980 ballantine/del rey mmpb of ''preferred risk''. first published in book format by simon & schuster, fall (autumn) 1955



ppint. ● 11th Jun 2021		methuen london p/b first printing, first uk edition includes ''the art and agony of collaboration'' (nf) frederik pohl (1980) and ''risk, but not preferred'' (nf) lester del rey (1980) cover art by chris moore (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £1.75, $5.50 australia, $7.75 new zealand 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, two nf afterwords, end pp. advertising

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