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Author:	John Wyndham
Co-authors:	Lucas Parkes
Title:	The Outward Urge
Publisher:	The Science Fiction Book Club
Country:	UK
Date:	May 1961
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:	50
Total Editions:	4
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns, 1 Wants
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SFBC edition price to members 5s 6d
Michael Joseph edition 13s 6d
Chapters 1-4 first published in the hardback in 1959.
Chapter 5 first published in New Worlds #100 in 1960 and added to this edition published in 1961.

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ppint. 7th Jul 2024		contents: the space-station: A.D. 1994 (novelette) new worlds #70, 4/1958 as ''for all the night''; fantastic vol.7 #11, 11/1958 as ''the troons of space'' the moon: A.D. 2044 (ntte) new worlds #72, 6/1958 as ''idiot's delight''; fantastic vol.7 #12, 12/1958 as ''the troons of space - A.D. 2044'' mars: A.D. 2094 (ntte) new worlds #73, 7/1958 as ''the thin gnat-voices''; fantastic vol. 8 #1, 1/1959 as ''the troons of space - mars A.D. 2094'' venus: A.D. 2144 (ntte) new worlds #75, 9/1958 as ''space is a province of brazil''; fantastic vol. 8 #2, 2/1959 as ''the troops of space - venus A.D. 2144'' the emptiness of space: the asteroids A.D. 2194 (short story) new worlds #100, 11/1960; amazing vol.35 #1, 1/1961 ''the emptiness of space'' had the date added in amazing and ''the asteroids'' added for book publication



ppint. 11th May 2021		all penguin books uk p/b printings are of the complete series; all ballantine books mmpb printings contain only the four novelettes, as does the 1965 ''bal-hi'' edition.



ppint. 11th May 2021		first sfbc h/cvr printing, first edition of the complete family troon series cover (d-j) art design by c. w. bacon (signed cwb) cover price 5/6 (for sale only to sfbc members) 208pp. including titles, indicia etc. sewn in signatures and bound with endpapers between covered boards collection of four novelettes and a short story all originally published as by john wyndham: wyndham introduced his technical advisor alter ego as an explanation of why the stories in this collection were written in a completely different style to that of his novels published as being solely by john wyndham... appearances in fantastic and amazing were accompanied by their own b+w illustration by virgil finlay:



David Whiteley 6th Jan 2022		The last line of my notes should read: "John Wyndham's alter ego Lucas Parkes wasn't credited when the stories were published in New Worlds.", but the last three words disappeared into outer space due to the deadly character count cropper. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 16th Sep 2020		both collaborators are one and the same person, now best known as john wyndham, employing two of his given names as one author, and two further as his technical advisor, ''lucas parkes''; up to the end of the fourth decade of the twentieth century, he was most commonly published as john beynon: when your name is ''john wyndham parkes lucas beynon harris'', you're spoilt for choice! see the sfbc h/cvr edition listing for contents and original publication dates. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 27th Oct 2018		john wyndham parkes lucas beynon harris was published under many perms and coms of and from his name (q.v), including this auto-collaborative by-line, his most commonly-used derived pseudonyms after john wyndham being john beynon and john beynon harris. see the sfbc h/cvr edition listing for contents and original publication dates. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



OldMod67 29th Mar 2017		Lucas Parkes (technical adviser) is actually John Wyndham. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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John Wyndham - The Outward Urge - Penguin Books Ltd - Paperback - UK (1962)

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John Wyndham - The Outward Urge - Penguin - Paperback - UK (1964)

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John Wyndham - The Outward Urge - Penguin - Paperback - UK - 0140015442 (1971)