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Author:	Katherine MacLean
Title:	The Diploids
Publisher:	Avon
Country:	USA
Date:	1962
Format:	Paperback
Cat#:	G-1143
Total Editions:	2
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ppint. 27th Apr 2022		contents: the diploids (novella) thrilling wonder stories vol. xlii #1, 4/1953; 2 b+w illustrations by virgil finlay defense mechanism (short story) astounding vol. xxxxiv #2, 10/1949 the pyramid in the desert (ss) (astounding vol. xxxxiv #6, 2/1950 as ''and be merry...'') the snowball effect (ss) galaxy vol.4 #6, 9/1952; galaxy bre vol.3 #2, 2/1953; both 1 b+w by ed emshwiller incommunicado (novelette) astounding vol. xxxxv #4, 6/1950 the cover story, art by walt miller, who also provided three b+w interior illustrations feedback (ss) astounding vol. xxxxvii #5, 7/1951 games (ss) galaxy vol.5 #6, 3/1953 pictures don't lie (ss) galaxy vol.2 #5, 8/1951



ppint. 27th Apr 2022		avon books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition reprint collection of six short stories, one novelette and one novella title is ''the diploids'' only, on the title page, which is taken as definitive (cover adds the line, ''and other flights of fancy by (author's by-line)''; whilst spine instead adds ''eight science fiction tales'' cover art unsigned, uncredited (seen conjectured to possibly be by jerome podwil) cover price 50¢ 192pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, end pp. refer to indica publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, no statement of publication nor printing date: copyright © 1962 date taken as year of publication



ppint. 27th Apr 2022		contents: identical with those of the avon books first edition printings, save only: ''the diploids'' title is extended to ''the diploids - die, freak'', ''the pyramid in the desert'' is re-titled ''and be merry'' - losing the ellipsis from its original astounding title, and the stories are reordered by ''defense mechanism'' being sent from second, to be the final story (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 27th Apr 2022		manor books mmpb first printing, not first p/b edition (was avon books mmpb first edition (1962)) reprint collection of six short stories, one novelette and one novella: the order differs from that of the avon books mmpb first edition, and one-and-a-half stories are re-titled, but it is the same collection title on title page is ''the diploids'', which is taken as definitive front cover adds ''and 7 other stories'' cover art unsigned, uncredited, unconfessed to having been perpetrated, etc. cover price 95¢ 192pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, end pp. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Katherine MacLean - The Diploids - Manor Books - Paperback - USA (1973)