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Author:	Clifford D. Simak as Clifford Simak
Title:	Strangers In The Universe
Publisher:	Simon And Schuster
Country:	USA
Date:	1956
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Total Editions:	7
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ppint. 21st Jan 2020		format is^W was still wrong and should^W still^W has now been corrected to h/cvr.



ppint. 21st Jan 2020		simon & schuster first printing, first edition, so-stated in indica publishing history reprint collection of five short stories, five novelettes and a novella cover (d-j) art by charles skaggs (credited for cover design on d-j back flap) cover (d-j) price $3.50 376pp? including titles, indica etc, end pp. bound with endpapers between boards n.b. existence of the near-identical merkin sfbc edition published 5/1957 should not bear $3.50 price on d-j, but i've not seen this, nor report of this. should not bear publishing history line of first edition unvaried, likewise.



ppint. 12th Dec 2017		hardcover first edition, not paperback. cover (d-j) art is by charles skaggs.



ppint. 5th Mar 2023		publisher should^W has been corrected to berkley medallion as per cover image as bookcat goes by the publisher's imprint, rather than necessarily the name of the owning publisher or other legal owning entity (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 5th Mar 2023		the science fiction book club h/cvr first printing, for mail-order sale to subscribing club members only, not for sale nor distribution by way of the book trade nor news wholesalers to retailers. derivative reprint collection of stories licenced from faber & faber, which edition's contents it follows cover (d-j) art uniform design by c. w. bacon, in primrose and brown colours cover (d-j) price 264pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 5th Mar 2023		contents: (follows those of the faber & faber uk h/cvr edition:) beachhead (aka ''you'll never go home again'') target generation (aka ''spacebred generations'') the fence kindergarten mirage (aka ''seven came back'') skirmish (aka ''bathe your bearings in blood'') immigrant (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 5th Mar 2023		contents: of simon & schuster merkin h/cvr edition, first edition: †shadowshow (novelette) f&sf vol.5 #5, 11/1953 contraption (short story) in ''star science fiction stories'' ed. frederik pohl (1953), q.v. †the answers (ss) future vol.4 #2, 4/1953; future bre #9, 5/1953 as ''...and the truth shall make you free'' †°the fence (ss) space sf vol.1 #2, 9/1952; space sf bre vol.1 #2, 12/1952; american sf xxxxia #14, 6/1953 †°target generation (ntte) science fiction + vol.1 #5, 8/1953; science fiction monthly xxxxia #3, 11/1955; both as ''spacebred generations'' †°beachhead (ss) fantastic vol.13 #7, 7/1951 as ''you'll never go home again'' °kindergarten (ntte) galaxy vol.6 #4, 7/1953, four b+w illustrations by sibley; galaxy bre vol.3 #9, 11/1953 †°mirage (ntte) amazing vol.24 #10, 10/1950 as ''seven came back''; argosy uk vol.18 #9, 9/1957 °skirmish (ss) amazing vol.24 #12, 12/1950 as ''bathe your bearings in blood''; amazing bre #10, 3/1952 †retrograde evolution (ntte) science fiction + vol.1 #2, 4/1953; science fiction monthly xxxxia #3, 11/1955 °immigrant (novella) astounding vol. liii #1, 3/1954; atlas bre vol. x #8, 8/1954 both with five b+w illustrations by (frank) kelly freas; bre corrects incorrect title on front cover (from ''immigration'') ° - in the faber & faber uk h/cvr abridged derivative collection † - in the berkley/berkley medallion (''selections from...'') mmpb abridged collection (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 5th Mar 2023		faber & faber (though there was only ever the one) h/cvr first printing, first uk edition, first thus derivative reprint collection of three short stories, three novelettes and a novella (drops two short stories and two novelettes from the simon & schuster merkin h/cvr first edition) cover (d-j) art may be signed (if signed, illegibly) cover (d-j) price 15/- 264pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 27th Jan 2023		publisher should^W still^W has at last been corrected to berkley medallion as per cover image (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 19th Oct 2022		publisher should be corrected to berkley medallion as bookcat goes by the declared imprint, rather than the owning publisher (or publishing group, or ultimate owning multinational megacorpse) - going by that on the title page, where there is conflict. . . (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Jan 2020		berkley medallion fifth mmpb printing (not including canadadian-printings sfaik) prepends "selections from" to the title on the title page (& "selections" on front cover) cover art unsigned, uncredited (seen attributed on stylistic grounds to jack gaughan) cover price 60¢ 192pp. including titles, indica etc, end p. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Jan 2020		berkley medallion mmpb printing; the various berkley mmpb printings need straightening out, but information on the different merkin- & canadadian- printed carcassed editions is as-yet incomplete... cover art by richard powers (unsigned, uncredited; attribution by jane frank) cover price 50¢ 192pp. including titles, indica etc, end p. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Jan 2020		berkley books near-identical mmpb simultaneous printings sharing merkin-printed covers and cat#, cover art by richard powers (attribution by jane frank) cover price 35¢ 192pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising refer to indica to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, neither bearing date of printing nor publication of the mmpb (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 11th Jun 2019		panther books first printing, first uk p/b edition, first p/b thus derivative reprint collection of four short stories, two novelettes and a novella cover art by john richards (uncredited, unsigned, refused from authentic #54, 2/1955) cover price 2'6 192pp. including titles, indica etc, end p. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 12th Dec 2017		abridged: contains seven of the eleven stories in the merkin hardcover first edition of the collection. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 12th Dec 2017		cat# is F385, not R publisher is berkley medallion, not berkley, as bookcat goes by the imprint. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 12th Dec 2017		abridged: contains seven out of the eleven stories in the original merkin h/cvr collection. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 12th Dec 2017		abridged: contains only seven of the eleven stories in the original merkin h/cvr collection. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 28th Sep 2017		abridged: contains seven of the eleven stories in the original merkin h/cvr collection. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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Clifford D. Simak - Strangers In The Universe - Berkley - Paperback - USA (1957)

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Clifford D. Simak - Strangers In The Universe - Berkley Medallion - Paperback - USA (1968)

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Clifford D. Simak - Strangers In The Universe - Berkley Medallion - Paperback - USA (1963)

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Clifford D. Simak - Strangers In The Universe - Panther - Paperback - UK (1962)

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Clifford D. Simak - Strangers In The Universe - The Science Fiction Book Club - Hardcover - UK (1959)

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Clifford D. Simak - Strangers In The Universe - Faber & Faber - Hardcover - UK (1958)