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Author:	Fred Saberhagen
Title:	The Ultimate Enemy
Publisher:	Ace Books
Country:	USA
Date:	Sep 1979
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
ISBN-10:	0441843158
Cat#:	85315
Total Editions:	2
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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ppint. 11th Nov 2020		almost completely reprint collection of four novelettes and five short stories #5 in fred saberhagen's berserker series #1: ''berserker'' (1967), q.v. for series listing, and links. stories are preceded by in-fiction nf introductions by an alien commentator (fred saberhagen): contents: the smile (novelette) algol #29, summer-fall 1977 (with ''the berserker story'' (nf) fred saberhagen): b+w illustration by rick sternbach; pressure (short story) if vol.17 #6, 6/1967 as ''berserker's prey'' the annihilation of angkor apeiron (ss) galaxy vol.36 #2, 2/1975: b+w illustration by jack gaughan inhuman error (ss) analog vol.xciv #2, 10/1974: two b+w illustrations by leo summers some events at the templar radiant (ntte) destinies vol.1 #4, 8-9/1979: ten b+w illustrations by bea font starsong (ss) if vol.18 #1, 1/1968 smasher (ntte) f&sf vol.55 #2, 8/1978: cover story, art by alex schomburg the game (ss) apparently original to this collection) wings out of shadow (ntte) if vol.22 #4, 3-4/1971(if u-t bre #13)



ppint. 10th Nov 2020		cover art by michael whelan (credited) cover price $1.95 256pp. including unnumbered pp. titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, 6 end pp., 1p. a note to the readers, 5pp. advertising distinguish from undated near-identical second printing (whose back cover still states first book publication, and which retains first edition cat# & isbn, instead of incrementing five digit cat# by 1 to 84316, and isbn to 0-441-84316-6) by reference to printing number-line on indica p, which drops the digit '1', leaving 246809753 undated near-identical third ace books mmpb printing bears what should've been the second printing's cat#, isbn; back cover still states first book publication cover price $2.25 printing history number line drops the ''2'', leaving 46809753 4th ace books mmpb printing not yet seen in the wild by yr hmbl srppnt., nor seen reported; should be expected to bear cat# 84317, isbn 0-441-84317-4 and drop the''3'' to leave 4680975 likely to bear cover price of $2.50 8/1984 ace science fiction 5th mmpb printing bears large pinked-edge red disc advising its inspiring legend, ''another volume in the berserker saga!'' cat# 84318 isbn 0-441-84318-2 cover price (canada $2.95) $2.75 u.s. possible printing history number lines: 680975 or 10 9 8 7 6 5 undated ace science fiction 6th mmpb printing near-identical with the fifth printing should therefore bear cat# 84319 & isbn 0-441-84319-0, but actually retains those of the fifth printing; distinguish by reference to the printing history number line, ''10 9 8 7 6'' cover price (canada $3.95) $2.95 us



ppint. 10th Nov 2020		berserker series #5: #1: ''berserker'' (1967), q.v. for series listing, and links.



ppint. 10th Nov 2020		first gollancz p/b printing, first uk edition (i didn't note if the vgsf edition retains the brief in-fictional introductions°) cover art by terry pastor (iirc credited, but °i didn't keep a copy) (bondage gear-inspired) cover price £3.99 248pp? including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Fred Saberhagen - The Ultimate Enemy - VGSF - Paperback - UK - 0575044519 (1999)