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Author:	J. G. Ballard
Title:	The Drought
Publisher:	Penguin
Country:	UK
Date:	May 1968
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:	2753
Total Editions:	6
Rating:	8.0 Rate
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ppint. 9th Dec 2019		cover art (photograph by dr. j. comroe, from an issue of the scientific american, credited) cover design richard hollis (credited) cover price 3/6, south africa R0.50, australia 65c, new zealand 50c, canada 85c so this edition should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule - or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea 176pp. including titles, indica etc.



ppint. 13th Nov 2017		a greatly abridged version was published as "the burning world", q.v.



ppint. 21st Jul 2022		harpercollinspublishers flamingo b-format p/b first printing, not first b-format edition re-using the triad grafton / paladin typesetting and isbn - may still have a reference to triad books or whatever in the indica - or even there and elsewhere. cover art by larry rostant cover price £5.99 192pp? (check: states it includes introduction by m. john harrison) including titles, indica, introduction etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Jul 2022		either triad / granada or triad / grafton (check dates): triad (whichever) / paladin b-format p/b first printing, first b-format p/b edition cover art by james marsh (credited on back cover) cover price £3.99 192pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Jul 2022		granada publishing triad / panther/granada imprint° p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by chris foss (signed with his f in a line-drawn box, uncredited) cover price 80p, $2.30 australia, $2.45 new zealand, $2.50 canada and usa 192pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising 1985 near-identical second triad / panther/granada p/b printing ° triad was a joint imprint of three primarily hardcover uk publishers, who licenced uk p/b rights°° to panther/granada to be published as triad panther, later triad panther granada, still later triad granada, and eventually triad grafton, after wm. collins sons & co. bought the granada group's publishing interests. (°° of ''ordinary'' fiction titles; at least some ''literary fiction'' titles, and non-fiction titles were published as triad paladin, triad paladin/granada, & possibly later still as triad paladin/grafton - i've not yet checked.) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Jul 2022		penguin books p/b second printing, bearing new isbn incorporating original penguin books cat# and new cover art by david pelham (credited on back cover) cover price 30p, $1.00 australia, $1.00 new zealand, $1.25 canada 176pp. including titles, indica etc, end p. advertising publication month not given, taken from penguin science fiction website (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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J. G. Ballard - The Drought - Flamingo - Paperback - UK - 0007115180 (2001)

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J. G. Ballard - The Drought - Penguin - Paperback - UK - 0140025753 (1974)

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J. G. Ballard - The Drought - Triad Panther/granada - Paperback - UK - 058604504X (1978)

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J. G. Ballard - The Drought - Triad / Paladin - Paperback - UK - 0586089969 (1990)

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J. G. Ballard - The Drought - Flamingo / Harpercollins - Paperback - UK - 0586089969 (1993)