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Author:	E. R. Eddison
Title:	A Fish Dinner In Memison
Publisher:	Ballantine Books
Country:	USA
Date:	Sep 1970
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Fantasy
Cat#:	02032-4
Total Editions:	2
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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© 1941 by E. R. Eddison
Ballantine edition published by arrangement with E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- 1st printing, Feb 1968
- 2nd printing, Sep 1970
with an Introduction by James Stephens
29 chapters, note, appendices, 319 pp.
cover artist: Barbara Remington
cover price $1.25

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ppint. 13th Dec 2022		zimiamvian trilogy #2: #1: ''the mezentian gate'' (1958, incomplete), q.v. for series listing, and links. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 13th Dec 2022		pan books pan/ballantine imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition 33 tothill street, london s.w.1 cover art by barbara remington cover price 40p, $1.40 australia, $1.40 new zealand, not for sale in canada° 352pp. including xxxii pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents, principal persons etc, end pp. including 3pp. notes, 2pp. dramatis personae, 1p uncredited b+w map of the three kingdoms, 1p. advertising the other three pan (or, actually, pan/ballantine) uk p/b e. r. eddison editions n.b. sbn uses the ballantine books (i)sbn publisher identifier, ''345-'' ° - the ballantine books ltd. editions of the e. r. eddison books (and others) published by ballantine books, inc. in merkia & canadada didn't need to state this, as ballantine books ltd.'s books weren't shipped to north america at all; however, pan books ltd.'s catalogue was automatically distributed in canada, even if only actually offering books by some uk & commonwealth titles/authors - for sales of quite significant quantities of more popular authors - where pan books held the canadadian p/b (or volume) rights, so this needed specifying on pan p/bs where pan held empire/commonwealth rights exclusive of canada (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 14th Feb 2018		Rated 8/10 by nature more of a philosophical debate in a fantasy setting than a fantasy adventure, though set in a place somehow adjacent to the - forever repeating - events of "the worm ouroboros" (q.v.), investigating by argument (with references to the many worlds) the nature of life, conflict, love and the divine, this is an absorbing and rewarding read - if one can get over its not being in any ordinary sense a story - let alone a fantasy adventure with heroes, villains, struggles for worldly power, armed conflict, displays of magical powers with which to attack, defend or to otherwise gain advantage. . . this is also an aspect of the reward bestowed upon the philosopher-soldier-statesman and, above all, servant for the life he lived dedicated to her, by the goddess: as, indeed, the whole of this world of zimiamvia and all it contains may be, in fulfilment of her promise to him. not the easiest of reads, but one that informs "mistress of mistresses" (q.v.), the start of "the worm ouroboros" and the nature of its major characters, if not the events thereof (save, the ending), and what eddison achieved of his only very partially-composed intended major work, "the mezentian gate" (q.v.). (this review is from another edition of this book) 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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E. R. Eddison - A Fish Dinner In Memison - Pan/Ballantine - Paperback - UK (1972)