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Author:	John Brunner
Title:	The Squares Of The City
Publisher:	Ballantine Books
Country:	USA
Date:	Dec 1965
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction, Society
Cat#:	U6035
Total Editions:	7
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ppint. 3rd Feb 2024		ballantine books mmpb first printing(s) sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition° cover art by robert (bob) foster (signed bfoster, uncredited) cover price 75¢ 320pp. (check) including (i)-viii pp. titles, indicia, nf introduction by edward lasker, nf foreword by the author, etc; 5 end pp. including author's note, and ''the pieces'' (annotated dramatis personae) by john brunner, end p. advertising iirc (check) ° - apparently simultaneous from its indicia, the near-identical first canadian-carcassed printing is in later printings identified as having been printed 2/1966: distinguish by reference to the indicia publishing history where it is stated printed in canada, referring to the carcase



ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		wm collins sons fontana books imprint p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by peter goodfellow (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 80p, $2.25 australia, $2.40 australia, $1.95 canada 320pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		penguin books p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by franco grignani (unsigned, credited on back cover (for ''cover design'')) cover price 6/- 30p, R0.75 south africa, $1.00 australia, $0.85 new zealand 320pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. including author's note (nf) & ''the pieces'' (annotated dramatis personae) (nf) john brunner; advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Feb 2024		one of sixteen covers by grignani commissioned for penguin books by art director, david pelham. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



HOOK45 SUBS 17th May 2021		Colectia Science Fiction 1 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 6th Jan 2020		ballantine fourth mmpb printing bears new cover art by murray tinkelman (signed, also credited) cover price $1.95 front cover logo after ballantine 27739 replaces "ballantine books" with "a del rey book" & "classic" 320pp. including titles, indica, introduction etc, end pp. including nf essay, key to characters as game pieces. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 6th Jan 2020		ballantine books mmpb second printing with new cover art by steele savage (signed, also credited) cover price 75¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising 8/1973 thrid ballantine mmpb printing(s?) is reset, with additional material, and bears new cover art by charles moll (credited) sbn 345-23436-7 cover price $1.25 320pp. including titles, indica, introduction etc, afterword nf essay by john, key to characters vs. chess game pieces, end pp. advertising may exist in simultaneous canadadian-carcassed edition/printing: but this not as-yet seen/seen reported. should any bookcatters discover they hold such, it'd be appreciated if they'd post a comment here giving the words stating this from the indica publishing history. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



Magic Marmalade 30th Nov 2017		Well, subliminal advertisements will soon be joined in the pantheon of pseudo-scientific tea-leaf reader theories by the recently enobled: "Behavioural Economics", and it's attendant nonsense: *"Nudge* theory**" (Count me as evidence of Counter-behavioural economics, and anti-nudger! - whatever you advertise, I will make a point of not buying it!) Economics is basically astrology anyway... and look where it's gotten us. (My apologies to anyone who has a degree in economics, or calls themselves an economist... you have my sympathies :) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 29th Nov 2017		Review the sfnal nature of "squares" is largely based upon an extrapolation of the research into and claims made for the effectiveness of subliminal advertisements and propaganda, that have proved to be far less effective in reality than was claimed for them at the time. this aside, the novel is a sociological story of political "class warfare" struggle and of the relationships between the characters cutting across their political beliefs, complicating their lives both socially, and corrupting their effectiveness as political reformers, radicals and revolutionaries (or otherwise) - themes john was to return to and develop further over the following decades in his major novels. it is most famous now for john's having based its plot structure upon the 7/2/1892 world championship rematch, steinitz-chigorin chess game in havana, cuba, recorded (notated) & replayed step-by-step at chessgames.com. (this review is from another edition of this book) 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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Other Editions

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John Brunner - The Squares Of The City - Penguin - Paperback - UK (1969)

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John Brunner - The Squares Of The City - Ballantine Books - Paperback - USA (1970)

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John Brunner - The Squares Of The City - Del Rey - Paperback - USA - 0345277392 (1978)

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John Brunner - Die Plätze Der Stadt - Heyne - Paperback - Germany - 3453306082 (1980)

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John Brunner - Orasul Ca Un Joc De Sah - Ovidiu - Paperback - Romania - 9739660614 (1994)

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John Brunner - The Squares Of The City - Fontana - Paperback - UK - 0006146104 (1977)