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Author:	James E. Gunn as James Gunn
Title:	The Immortals
Publisher:	Bantam
Country:	USA
Date:	Nov 1962
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:	J2484
Total Editions:	2
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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published by bantam books, inc.,
271 madison ave., new york 16, n. y. (usa)
printed in the united states of america

published november 1962
2nd printing

dedication: "to richard"

cover art by mitchell hooks (uncredited, art signed)
cover price 40¢
160pp. including 6 unnumbered pp. titles, indica, etc.

collection of the four dr. russell pearce novelettes presented as a novel:
contents:
part i "new blood" astounding vol.56 #2, 10/1955 (astounding uk vol.12 #3, 3/1956)
part ii"donor" fantastic vol.9 #11, 11/1960
part iii "medic" venture vol.1 #4, 7/1957 (venture uk #6, 2/1964), as "not so great an enemy"
part iv "immortal" "star science fiction 4" frederik pohl 11/1958, as "the immortals"

stanza by dylan thomas quoted on unnumbered sixth page, ending "and death shall have no dominion."

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ppint. 24th Nov 2022		author in author field should^W has been varied to james e. gunn



ppint. 13th Dec 2021		jimess: and thanks. should've started with this... in this case, there is a subsequent bantam books mmpb thrid printing, cat# H3915, which exists in both the canadadian-carcassed and the wholly-merkin printed variations, and appear to've been distributed simultaneously - as would've been sensible. well, reasonably sensible. . . - but it still isn't clear here whether there were two variants of the first bantam books mmpb printing, one the simultaneous canadadian-carcassed variant, or there were two separate wholly merkin-printed printings followed by the thrid printing (definitely in two simultaneous varieties, one canadadian-carcassed)... (yr hmbl srppnt. thinks there were two variants of the first printing, with a pre-publication date reprinting of the wholly-merkin printed one being accounted the second printing; but i'm _not_ _sure_...)



ppint. 13th Dec 2021		jimess: ha! - and yes, very nearly. *and* merkin mmpb-publishers don't help by not quite consistently regarding and recording their canadadian-carcassed more-or-less simultaneous first printings intended for distribution north of the parallel as part of their first mmpb printing, then deciding retrospectively they were the second printing - or maybe were not - when/if they do a second, fully merkin-printed, merkin printing - and increase the confusion by ''consistently inconsistently'' regarding the simultaneous/near-simultaneous printing of a canadadian-carcassed printing with this as a) the same second printing as the merkin second printing; b) a different, peculiarly canadadian second printing; c) retrospectawigglilly the fourth printing; or cii) decide to ignore it completely in future, wholly-merkin printed reprintings, but ciii) not ignore it in future canadadian-carcassed printings. . .



JimEss SUBS 13th Dec 2021		I've added the covers. Mine is likely the 1st printing, but I think the 1st and 2nd printings are identical.



ppint. 4th Dec 2018		a fifth dr. russell pearce short story, "elixir", appeared in analog vol.124 #5, 5/2004 and was included in the 9/2004 pocket books trade p/b of "the immortals" between the second and the third novelettes.



ppint. 4th Dec 2018		appears to've been reprinted before publication (or during month of publication); cat# is retained, and no date given for the stated second printing in the indica. this is not a canadadian-carcassed first printing sharing covers with the merkin first. author is also published as james e. gunn. reference copy provided courtesy of tony at the old pier bookshop, morecambe seafront.



ppint. 24th Nov 2022		author in author field should^W has been varied to james e. gunn (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 13th Dec 2021		yr hmbl srppnt. may still have a copy - i/we stocked this in single step, and maybe again in IMT. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 13th Dec 2021		granada group/granada publishing panther books imprint uk p/b first printing, first uk edition iirc cover art by peter jones, credited on back cover (no 'paj+year' signature visible on cover) cover price 50p, $1.60 australia, $1.60 new zealand, $1.95 canada 176pp? including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising n.b. canadadian price is straaange - bantam books' rights must've expired - or else it was an error author is also published as james e. gunn. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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James E. Gunn - The Immortals - Panther / Granada - Paperback - UK - 0586042652 (1975)