omnibi°:
omnibus edition of #1, #2 & #3
#O1: ''the guardians of the flame'' (2003), q.v.
(preceded by a merkin bookclub h/cvr edition only available to club members, as:
#O1a: ''guardians of the flame: the warriors'' (1985), q.v.)
omnibus edition of #4, #5
#O2: ''guardians of the flame: legacy'' (2004), q.v.
(preceded by a merkin bookclub h/cvr edition only available to club members, as:
#O2a: ''guardians of the flame: the heroes'' (1989), q.v.)
° - i know: but yr hmbl srppnt. sometimes gets bored especially keying-in books' 45worlds urls in full...
after a gap of four years, three further guardians of the flame novels started to appear:
published by tor books:
#8: ''not exactly the three musketeers'' (1999), q.v.
#9: ''not quite scaramouche'' (2001), q.v.
#10: ''not really the prisoner of zenda'' (2003), q.v.
yr hmbl srppnt. has not read, nor even seen, these last three, and has no idea whether they are based upon a continuation of the story of people translated into the original fantasy role-playing game gmmed by joel rosenberg for his friends, and how they survive and prosper - or don't - or even if any of the original players-become-characters remain...°°
new american library signet mprint mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers
first edition
cover art by darrell k. sweet (unsigned sfacbs: attribution from ''the science fiction encyclopedia'' clute, nicholls et al. q.v.)
b+w map by susan bissett (unsigned, uncredited; she is thanked for it by joel rosenberg in book 2)
cover price (canada $3.50) • u.s. $2.95
256pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indica publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no publication date priority established, nor liable to be, both state first printing, november, 1983;
canadadian-carcassed copies printing number line drops the first digit, leaving 2 34 5 6 7 8 9 thereby accounting it the second printing
(common to all nal signet and daw titles' simultaneous first mmpb printings late 1980-1988)