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ppint. 12th Aug 2022
| | serialised in analog vol. ciii #11, #12, #13, civ #1; 10/1983, 11/1983, 12/1983, 1/1984
first part is the cover art story (untitled, but evident) by vincent difate; each part also has two b+w illustrations by him. |
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ppint. 12th Aug 2022
| | maxwell communications macdonald & co. macdonald imprint h/cvr first printing, first uk edition
cover (d-j) art by peter elson (unsigned, uncredited; is on his website)
b+w diagrams illustrating the smoke ring system by shelly shapiro
cover (d-j) price £8.95
240pp. (check) including titles, indica etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards |
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ppint. 15th Aug 2022
| | little, brown co. (warner books uk) group macdonald & co./futura publcations orbit books series, not yet imprint 1990 fifth uk p/b printing retains previous printings' isbn but bears new
cover art by nick rodgers
cover price £4.50
216pp? (check) including titles, indica, maps, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, end pp. advertising
next near-identical 1992 reprinting retains the new cover art but bears a new orbit books imprint isbn (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 14th Aug 2022
| | maxwell communications macdonald & co. futura publications orbit books series p/b first uk p/b edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited
b+w maps by shelly shapiro (signed ss)
cover price £1.95 (overseas territories prices?)
248pp? (check) including titles, indica, maps, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indica publishing history to distinguish between first and near-identical reprintings with rising cover prices:
1987 second printing:
cover price £2.50
1988 third printing:
cover price £2.99
1990 fourth printing:
cover price £3.99, $10.95 australia, $12.95 new zealand
before the
1992 fifth printing bearing the same isbn is given new cover art by nick rodgers. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 12th Aug 2022
| | sequel is ''the smoke ring'' larry niven (1987), q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 12th Aug 2022
| | maxwell communications futura publications orbit imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition
cover art unsigned, uncredited (not peter elson's art for the macdonald h/cvr edition)
b+w diagrammatic maps by shelly shapiro
cover price £1.95 (other territories?)
244pp? (check) including titles, indica, maps etc, end pp. advertising
refer inter alia to indica publishing history to distinguish between the near-identical first and three further printings bearing same isbn, with rising cover prices; then the
2/1992 fifth printing (month taken from locus) retains isbn of first four printings bears new
cover art by nick rodgers (month & artist not given in indica: taken from locus)
cover price £4.50 (overseas territories?)
then this 1994 sixth printing bears new
isbn 1-85723-287-9
cover art by nick rodgers (retained from 2/1992 printing)
cover price £5.99 (overseas territories?) (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 12th Aug 2022
| | random house ballantine books del rey books imprint h/cvr first printing, first edition
cover (d-j) art by michael whelan (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap)
b+w interior diagrams, illustrations by shelly shapiro
cover (d-j) price $14.95 ($? canada?)
240pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp: 2pp. dramatis personae, 3pp. glossary, bound with endpapers between covered boards
distinguish from near-identical 9/1984 merkin science fiction book club edition:
cat# 1551 (later 01551) in black on white rectangular space cut out of back cover art
printer's gutter code on p.211 O33 (8/84), P11 (3/85), P33 (8/85) others probably exist (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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