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Author:	Marion Zimmer Bradley
Title:	The Bloody Sun (Revised)
Publisher:	Ace
Country:	USA
Date:	May 1979
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
ISBN-10:	0441068545
Cat#:	06854
Total Editions:	4
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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Notes

this revised, rewritten edition is approximately double the extent (size by word count) of the earlier edition first published in 1964: whilst the fundamental story remains the same, there is considerable material tying it into "the forbidden tower" (1977) etc.

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ppint. 22nd Apr 2024		#18a in the darkover series (1964-2016): #1: "darkover landfall" (1972), q.v. for series listing, and links.



ppint. 20th Apr 2024		ace books imprint mmpb printings so far seen (& seen recorded in detail) of this revised, rewritten and greatly expanded novel: 5/1979 revised edition first printing, first edition; fourth printing including original unrevised printings with a five digit system cat#, fifth over-all cat# 06854 isbn 0-441-06854-5 cover price $2.25 4/1980 its presumed second printing as evinced by cat# advance by 1 fifth printing including original unrevised printings with a five digit system cat#, sixth over-all cat# 06855 isbn 0-441-06855-3 cover price $2.50 4/1981 presumed third printing as evinced by cat# advance by 1 sixth printing including original unrevised printings with a five digit system cat#, seventh over-all cat# 06856 isbn 0-441-06856-1 cover price $2.75 5/1983 presumed fourth printing, as evinced by cat# advance by 1; stated sixth printing in indicia seventh printing including original unrevised printings with a five digit system cat#, eighth over-all cat# 06857 isbn 0-441-06857-X cover price $2.95 the 6/1985 next known ace books mmpb printing was definitely by the berkley publishing group and bears new cover art by james warhola, cat# 06858, isbn 0-441-06858-8, cover prices (canada $3.95) u.s. $3.50 and is stated in its indicia to be the seventh printing but is the ninth printing over-all



ppint. 13th Apr 2024		grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing of the revised edition plus "to keep the oath" (a new darkover novelette) marion zimmer bradley (5/1979), and with new cover art by michael whelan (signed with cartouched m/w above central figure's left shoulder, credited) cover price $2.25 416pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, revised edition of novel, original novelette, end pp. advertising



ppint. 27th Apr 2024		this is the first uk printing of the comprehensively revised, doubled-in-length edition #18a q.v. confusingly, this nowhere upon the front cover mentions that it is this - far larger - revised edition - and it was published bearing the same isbn as the uk p/b of the shorter edition. i doubt richard evans cared... (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 26th Apr 2024		century hutchinson arrow books ltd ?legend (check) imprint p/b first printing and first uk edition of this revised edition novel, second arrow books printing over-all including the far shorter unrevised edition° cover art by peter andrew jones (signed "paj" & dated, but date guillotined off; credited) cover price £3.50 378pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising published bearing the same isbn as the arrow p/b (1978) of the far shorter ©1964 first, unrevised edn. ° - indicia publishing history notes this as "reprinted 1987", which is at least a little misleading; month of publication not given in publishing history; taken from locus (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 20th Apr 2024		daw books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition, nor first mmpb of the revised, expanded edition cover art by david a. cherry (unsigned, credited as david cherry) daw uniform darkover edition borders design by richard hescox (credited) near-meaningless daw books collector no.944 cover price (canada $5.99) • u.s. $4.99 416pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, and presumably "to keep the oath" (1979), end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 20th Apr 2024		berkley publishing group charter communications ace books mmpb fifth printing of the revised edition, 9th printing over-all, including printings of the original, unexpended edition, stated seventh printing includes "to keep the oath" (a darkover novelette) marion zimmer bradley (5/1979), and with new cover art by james warhola (signed j.warhola, credited) cover price (canada $3.95) u.s. $3.50 416pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, revised edition of novel, original novelette, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Bloody Sun (Revised) - Ace - Paperback - USA - 0441068588 (1985)

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Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Bloody Sun (Revised) - Daw - Paperback - USA - 0886776031 (1994)

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Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Bloody Sun (Revised) - Legend - Paperback - UK - 0099178206 (1987)