new american library signet imprint mmpb, near-identical simultaneous ninth & tenth printings sharing merkin-printed covers,
cover art by vincent difate (signed in capitals)
cat# E9912
cover price $2.25 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution, ninth printing)
cover price $2.50° (canadadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel, tenth printing by indica publishing history number line)
160pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
month of publication presumably taken from locus #247, 8/1981
° cat# letter price code not varied to match canadadian cover price: this was normal for nal and many/most of the mmpb publishers' books they distributed that were produced for them by nal. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
reprint collection of twenty-three short stories and a novelette, introduction by the author
contents:
bibliographical note (nf) arthur c. clarke
the nine billion names of god (short story) ''star science fiction stories'' ed. frederik pohl (1953)
refugee (ss) f&sf vol.9 #1, 7/1955; aka ''this earth of majesty'', aka ''royal prerogative'' new worlds #55, 1/1957, aka ''?''
six stories collectively entitled ''the other side of the sky'':
special delivery (ss) infinity vol.2 #5, 9/1957
feathered friend (ss) infinity vol. 2 #5, 9/1957
take a deep breath (ss) infinity vol. 2 #5, 9/1957; all three: b+w illustrations by engle
freedom of space (ss) infinity vol. 2 #6, 10/1957
passer-by (ss) infinity vol. 2 #6, 10/1957
the call of the stars (ss) infinity vol. 2 #6, 10/1957; all three: b+w illustrations by engle
the wall of darkness (ss) super science stories vol.5 #3, 7/1949; b+w illustration by hannes bok (?)
six stories collectively entitled ''venture to the moon'':
security check (ss) the evening news (london) 13/1/1956; f&sf vol.12 #6, 6/1957
no morning after (ss) ''time to come'' ed. august derleth (1954); f&sf vol.11 #1, 7/1956
the starting line (ss) the evening standard 23/5/1956; f&sf vol.11 #6, 12/1956
robin hood f.r.s. (ss) the evening standard 24/5/1956; f&sf vo!.11 #6, 12/1956
green fingers (ss) the evening standard 25/5/1956; f&sf vol.12 #1, 1/1957
all that glitters (ss) the evening standard 26/5/1956; f&sf vol.12 #1, 1/1957
watch this space (ss) the evening standard 28/5/1956; f&sf vol.12 #2, 2/1957
a question of residence (ss) the evening standard 29/5/1956; f&sf vol.12 #2, 2/1957
publicity campaign (ss) the evening news (london) 9/6/1953;
all the time in the world (ss) satellite vol.1 #1, 10/1956
cosmic casanova (ss) venture vol.2 #3, 5/1958
the star (ss) infinity vol.1 #1, 11/1955
out of the sun (ss) if vol.8 #2, 2/1958 as ''out from the sun'', b+w illustration by virgil finlay
transience (ss) startling stories vol.19 #3, 7/1949
the songs of distant earth (novelette) if vol.8 #4, 6/1958, b+w illustration by virgil finlay
(cover story, art by mel hunter) (this comment is from another edition of this book)
transworld publishers corgi books imprint fourth printing
first ''corgi sf collector's library'' series cover design printing
purpley-blue coloured background, textured outer card covers as though woven
cover art by tim white (reproduced in ''the science fiction and fantasy world of tim white'' (1981))
cover price 35p, $1.00 australia, $1.05 new zealand
160pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
distinguish from near-identical corgi books 1975 fifth p/b printing on same isbn, which differs:
cover price 50p, $1.60 australia, $1.70 new zealand
indica publishing history adds the year 1975 to list of corgi edition printings (this comment is from another edition of this book)
transworld publishers corgi books imprint third printing
cover art uncredited, unsigned
cover price 4s. (20p), south africa 50c, australia 65c, new zealand 65c
so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising dated nov. '69 on p.160 (this comment is from another edition of this book)
transworld publishers corgi books imprint second printing
cover art by ralph brillhart (from ballantine 1964 mmpb ''martian time slip'' philip k. dick, q.v., where signature is not cropped from bottom near spine corner)
cover price 3s. 6d.
160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)
transworld publishers corgi books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition
reprint collection of twenty-three short stories and a novelette, introduction by arthur c. clarke
cover art by josh kirby (signed kirby)
cover price 3/-
160pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)
cover art is a scissors-and-paste job from part of the unattributed 1959 first signet printing/edition art (this comment is from another edition of this book)