near-identical first edition 3/1969 first and late 1970 second ace books mmpb printings both state an ace science fiction special on front cover, and share the same
cover art by diane dillon, leo dillon
cat# 47800
cover price 95¢
indica publishing history gives only the copyright year of 1969
288pp. including titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp. advertising
first printing cover typography is in blue (title and author) and black on white ground above the cover art;
the second printing cover bears a large pinked-edge circular flash announcing the novel's award-winning status, title and author in black upon a white ground occupying one third of the front cover above the same cover art which has been blown up and then cropped;
the two printings may further be distinguished by reference to the two end pp. advertising:
the second printing has the copy on its end two advertising pp. numbered 7 & 18
later ace books mmpb printings' publishing histories omit the late 1970 second printing, so the accounting of printings in their indicia publishing histories undercount by one.
winner of both the hugo award from the world science fiction convention, and the nebula award from the science fiction writers of america, for the best science fiction novel of the year.
cover art by josh kirby (signed kirby; uncredited, signature sometimes guillotined off bottom edge)
cover price 95¢
288pp? including titles, indicia etc, end pp.. advertising
11/1974 ace books mmpb stated seventh printing (actually eighth) bears new
cover art by alex ebel (signed, art used reversed left-right so signature appears in mirror-writing)
cat# 47802
cover price $1.50
date uncertain ace books stated seventh printing, must actually be ninth
cat# 47803
cover price $1.75
1/1975 ace books mmpb printing must actually be tenth printing
5/1975 ace books mmpb printing must actually be eleventh printing
2/1976 near-identical ace books mmpb printing must actually be twelfth printing
cat# 47804
cover price $1.95
indicia publishing history gives only the copyright date of 1969
2/1976 near-identical ace books mmpb stated eleventh printing must actually be thirteenth printing
7/1976 near-identical ace books mmpb stated twelfth, must actually be fourteenth printing
cover typography changes, on retained
cover art by alex ebel
cat# 47805
cover price $1.95
adds introduction by ursula le guin
320pp. including titles, indicia, introduction etc, end pp.
12/1976 near-identical ace books mmpb stated thirteenth, must actually be fifteenth printing
6/1977 near-identical ace books mmpb stated fourteenth, must actually be sixteenth printing
6/1978 near-identical ace books mmpb stated fifteenth, must actually be seventeenth printing
11/1978 near-identical ace books mmpb stated sixteenth, must actually be eighteenth printing
4/1979 near-identical ace books mmpb stated seventeenth, must actually be nineteenth printing
cover art by alex ebel
cat# 47805
cover price $1.95
320pp. including titles, indicia, introduction etc, end pp.
1/1980 near-identical ace books mmpb stated eighteenth, must actually be twentieth printing
cover art by alex ebel
cat# 47805
cover price $1.95
320pp. including titles, indicia, introduction etc, end pp.
?/1980 near-identical stated nineteenth, must actually be twenty-first printing
cat# ?
(i)sbn ?
9/1980 near-identical stated twentieth, must actually be twenty-second printing
cat# 47806
isbn 0-441-47806-9
cover price $2.25
320pp. including titles, indicia, introduction etc, end pp.
3/1981 near-identical stated twenty-first, must actually be twenty-third printing
indicia publishing history adds line: twenty-first ace printing, march, 1981
2/1982 near-identical reprinting reported in locus 255, 4/1982, wrongly reporting it the 7th ace printing,
not reported to state claimed printing number, must actually be twenty-fourth printing
isbn 0-441-47806-9
cover price $2.25
8/1982 near-identical no printing stated, must actually be twenty-fifth printing
cover price $2.50
isbn 0-441-47807-7
indicia printing record simply states: this ace printing: august 1982
1991 incompletely-reported ace books tp/b printing bears new, largely typographical design
cover art
isbn 0-441-47812-3
... ... ..
7/2000 incompletely-reported ace books tp/b printing
cover art (?designer of geometric field on which typographical cover is set?)
cover price (?canada?) $12.95
isbn 0-441-00731-7
cover states new introduction david mitchell, new afterword charlie jane anders
cover states 50th anniversary, but n