first avon mmpb, first published edition° near-identical mmpb printings sharing merkin-printed covers and hence cat#, spine number-string (not an sbn), and unattributed
cover art (seen given as by dean ellis, but source on munchkinpress.com unreachable, timing out also on 16/4/2019)
cover price 75¢
224pp? including titles, indica etc, end p. advertising
refer to indica to establish whether the carcass of the copy you hold was merkin- or canadadian- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both stating first avon printing, september, 1970
° - preceded slightly - by one month - by merkin doubleday sf book club h/cvr only sold to club members
Reviewthis sf & fantasy collection is of seventeen short stories and a novelette, including the single best jerry cornelius° short story yr hmbl srppnt.'s so far read. . .°°.
''carcinoma angels'' starts the collection off with a bang, and suggests an amazingly attractive alternative method - admittedly rather unlikely to prove practical - of fighting an internal medical problem to that of the miniaturisation of submarines...
with lots of flash, and the excitement of flashes, and a not inconsiderable proportion of whizz-bangs, this collection provides a good introduction to norman spinrad's sf, which works best when he's not trying to be nice...
° - portmanteau omni-capable laidback lifestyle agent of adventure, espionage and sometimes chaos created by michael moorcock q.v., opened up by him whilst editor of "new worlds" magazine for use by other authors with no particular restrictions upon location in time, space or chronological consistency, so long as his style in dress, and manner, omnivorous approach to experiences, and - evidently - his habit of sardonic observations were maintained. . .
macdonald & co. (publishers) first printing, first trade h/cvr edition, first uk edition
cover (d-j) art (none; typographical cover common to macdonald sf series designed by robert jackson)
cover (d-j) price 21/-
216pp? including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards
reprint collection of seventeen short stories and a novelette
contents:
carcinoma angels (short story) ''dangerous visions'' ed. harlan ellison (1967)
the age of invention (ss) f&sf vol.31 #1, 7/1966
outward bound (novelette) analog vol. lxxiii #1, 3/1964, four b+w illustrations by john schoenherr
a child of mind (ss) amazing vol. 31 #1, 1/1965, one b+w illustration by virgil finlay
the equalizer (ss) analog vol. lxxiv #4, 12/1964
the last of the romany (ss) analog vol. lxxi #3, 5/1963
technicality (ss) analog vol. lxxvii #6, 8/1966
the rules of the road (ss) galaxy vol. 23 #2, 12/1964
dead end (ss) galaxy vol.129 (in error for 29)#3, 11/1969; bre 12/1969
a night in elf hill (ss) ''the farthest reaches'' ed. joseph elder (1968)
deathwatch (ss) playboy 11/1965
the ersatz ego (ss) amazing vol. 38 #11, 11/1964 as ''your name shall be... darkness''
neutral ground (ss) f&sf vol.31 #5, 11/1966
once more, with feeling (ss) ?/1969 or early 1970
it's a bird! it's a plane! (ss) gent ?/1967
subjectivity (ss) analog vol. lxxii #5, 1/1964
the entropic gang bang caper (ss) new worlds #193, 8/1969
the last hurrah of the golden horde (ss) new worlds #192, 7/1969 (a jerry cornelius story/piece) (this comment is from another edition of this book)