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Author:	Larry Niven
Title:	The Flight Of The Horse
Publisher:	Ballantine Books
Country:	USA
Date:	Sep 1973
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Cat#:	23487
Total Editions:	2
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ppint. 21st Oct 2020		mostly reprint collection of the ''svetz'' series of four short stories (one original here) and a novelette, plus an unrelated novella and novelette to fill the book out to a size commensurate with the then minimum commercially distributable price. the novel, ''rainbow mars'' (1999), q.v. was later added to the ''svetz'' stories. simultaneous first ballantine books mmpb printings and first edition, sharing merkin-printed covers and hence cat#, cover art by dean ellis (credited) cover price $1.25 212pp? including titles,, indica, t-o-c etc. refer to indica to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both stating first printing: september, 1973 check for absence/presence of printing history line stating second printing: january, 1974 number in isbn10 field is the sbn actually borne in (& later, on spine of) these printings: an isbn is trivially constructed, but these bear none such. 1/1975 near-identical third ballantine books mmpb printing bears new cover price $1.50 (i)sbn (0-)345-24692-6 cat# 24692 printing history line stating third printing: january, 1975 12/1976 fourth ballantine books mmpb printing bears new uniform ''niven reissues'' cover design, cover art by boris vallejo (both nicely painted, and very appropriate) cover price $1.50 cat# 25577 isbn 0-345-25577-1 12/1977 fifth ballantine books mmpb printing is first ballantine/del rey, bearing 'a del rey book' in outer ring of logo in place of 'ballantine books' else near-identical with fourth printing cover price $1.95 isbn 0-345-27549-7 cat# 27549



ppint. 21st Oct 2020		mostly reprint collection of the (then) four short stories and novelette of the 'svetz' series, plus an unrelated novella and novelette contents: the flight of the horse (short story) f&sf vol.37 #4, 10/1969 leviathan! (ss) playboy 8/1970 bird in the hand (novelette) f&sf vol.39 #4, 10/1970 there's a wolf in my time machine (ss) f&sf vol.40 #6, 6/1971 death in a cage (ss) 1973 (original to this collection) flash crowd (novella) (teleport booths) ''3 trips in time & space'' ed. robert silverberg 1973 what use is a glass dagger? (ntte) (warlock) f&sf vol.43 #3, 9/1972 cover story, art by vincent difate afterword (nf) larry niven 1973 (original to this collection) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Oct 2020		first futura publications orbit series p/b printing, first uk edition cover art by anthony (tony) roberts cover price 50p, australia $1.90 recommended, new zealand $1.90 212pp?(check) including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc. 10/1976 near-identical second futura publications p/b printing differs: (i've not got this information to hand) 1979 third futura publications uk p/b printing bears new cover art by peter ''paj'' andrew jones dated ©paj'78 cover price 90p, australia $2.95, new zealand $2.75 reprinted 1980, reprinted 1982, 1986, 1988 with same cover art, all still on same isbn 1999 two reprints from same setting are by orbit books, with new isbn, new design of cover still using cover art by peter ''paj'' andrew jones (now shrunk down considerably to fit across front cover) cover price £5.99, australia $16.95 isbn 1-85723-841-9 (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Larry Niven - The Flight Of The Horse - Orbit / Futura - Paperback - UK - 0860078493 (1975)