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Author:	A. E. Van Vogt
Title:	The Universe Maker
Publisher:	Ace
Country:	USA
Date:	Oct 1953
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:	D-31
Total Editions:	2
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Notes

expanded and rewritten from "the shadow men" ("startling stories 1/1950)

cover art by paul orban.

doubled with "the world of null-A" by a. e. van vogt, q.v.

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ppint. 24th Aug 2023		ace books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition half a classic ''ace double'' mmpb with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other cover art by paul orban (signed orban, uncredited) cover price 35¢ ½ 320pp. including 2 x titles, indicia etc, advertising pp. in-between the double's halves



ppint. 24th Aug 2023		date of this first sphere books p/b edition is^W was still wrong and should^W still^W has been corrected to 1977 it should be de-linked from the half ''ace double'' ace mmpb as it is an omnibus of a novella as well as the title short novel, which the half ''ace double'' is not. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 22nd Jun 2019		1981 sphere books near-identical second printing omnibus edition of ''the universe maker'' (short novel) and ''the proxy intelligence'' (novella) cover art by peter elson (signed pe in line-drawn box, uncredited; retained from 1977 first sphere books p/b edition) isbn 0-7221-8815-3 cover price £1.25, malta £1.25, australia $4.50, (nz?) indicia publishing history adds line stating reprinted 1981 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 22nd Jun 2019		publication date of this first sphere books p/b edition is wrong and should be corrected to 1977 omnibus edition of ''the universe maker'' (short novel) and ''the proxy intelligence'' (novella) tbl sphere books 8/1977 first printing, first uk p/b edition, first p/b edition thus previously published in uk h/cvr as ''the universe maker (and) the proxy intelligence'' by sidgwick & jackson (1976), q.v. cover art by peter elson (signed pe in line-drawn box, uncredited; on peterelson.co.uk website in gallery) cover price 75p, rep. of ireland 82½p, malta 80c, australia $2.50, new zealand $2.50 so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule - or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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A. E. Van Vogt - The Universe Maker - Sphere - Paperback - UK - 0722187335 (1977)