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Author:	Marion Zimmer Bradley
Title:	The World Wreckers
Publisher:	Ace
Country:	USA
Date:	1971
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:	91170
Total Editions:	2
Rating:	9.0 Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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ppint. 21st Feb 2019		ace books mmpb undated° first printing, first edition cover art by (frank) kelly freas (credited, art signed) cover price 75¢ 192pp? including titles, indicia etc. ° - no date of printing, only copyright year date the next known ace books mmpb (4/1976, date from locus #202, 7/1977) cat# 91171 isbn 0-441-971171-4 cover price $1.50 222pp. including titles, indicia etc, bears different cover art by michael whelan in uniform cover design but again no printing date, only the copyright date. the same is true of the presumed next printing, cat# 91172 isbn 0-441-91172-2 cover price $1.75 but this is datable to 1978 from end p. advertising; and the presumed next, 4/1980 (date from locus) cat# 91173 isbn 0-441-91173-0 cover price $1.95 and 1981 cat# 91174 isbn 0-441-91174-9 cover price $2.25 11/1982 stated fifth printing cat# 91175 isbn 0-91175-7 cover price $2.50 1/1984 stated sixth printing cat# 91176 isbn 0-91176-5 cover price $2.75 ($2.95 canada) 10/1985 stated seventh printing bears new cover art by james warhola cat# 91177 isbn 0-441-91177-3 cover price $2.95 us ($3.50 canada) 1/1988 stated eighth printing, and printing history number-string, 10 9 8 cover art by james warhola retained cat# 91178 isbn 0-441-91178-1 cover price $2.95 us ($3.95 canada); the stated ace books printing numbers all seem to count the re-set 4/1976 second printing as the first. from 11/1994 daw books, inc. become publishers of the finally re-re-set book.



ppint. 22nd Apr 2024		#23 in the darkover series (1964-2016): #1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 9th Apr 2024		Rated 9/10 climactic novel of two of the main themes of the darkover series,q.v.; the relationship between the expanding terran empire, mainly benignly and protectively inclined towards darkover, but very interested in the power of the darkovan mental gifts or talents, and the privileged mentally talented darkovan aristocracy, jealous of their wealth, position and political power, for which they have paid a high price over generations, not least in the selective breeding to produce and concentrate particular laran powers, originally the sole guarantee of human survival upon this planet, as well as of these immense, albeit somewhat specialised mental powers. this hard-won over many years, and sometimes very unstable balance, such as it is, is undermined by a powerful commercial corporation seeking to gain control of these powers and their potentially extremely profitable exploitation, without any understanding of, or interest in, the risks involved - whatever the human or environmental costs of achieving this might prove to be - - including to the young regis hastur, newly come into his lordship of one of the most powerful families of the comyn aristocracy, full of noble ambitions and idealistic plans to improve the lot of ordinary darkovans, to promote talent whether it be found in the comyn or the common, "ordinary" people, and facing opposition from the more traditionally-minded and entrenched conservatives. - and the human costs most certainly will not be low, as the simplest, quickest - and, most importantly, cheapest - method would seem to be by selective assassination of the controlling comyn aristocracy; - selective assassination - or, if needs be, their wholesale slaughter. (this review is from another edition of this book) 2 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



ppint. 9th Apr 2024		hutchinson publishing group arrow books imprint uk p/b, first uk edition dedication: ''to four people who---each in his or her own way---kept my sense of wonder alive: anne mccaffrey juanita coulson ursula le guin and randall garrett'' cover art by melvyn grant (signed melvyn) cover price 95p, $3.20 australia recommended. $2.95 new zealand 224pp. including six unpaginated pp. titles, indicia etc, three end pp. advertising cover design is uniform with that of arrow books' then upcoming ''legend books'' f&sf imprint edition darkover series uk p/bs, but neither the logo nor the word, 'legend' appear upon this book. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Marion Zimmer Bradley - The World Wreckers - Arrow - Paperback - UK - 0099199505 (1979)