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Editor:	Vic Ghidalia
Co-editors:	Roger Elwood
Title:	The Venus Factor
Publisher:	MacFadden
Country:	USA
Date:	1972
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy
Cat#:	75-462
Total Editions:	4
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Mass market paperback.
8 stories.
192 numbered and total pages.
Cover painting by Jack Faragasso.

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ppint. 7th Oct 2021		macfadden books mmpb first printing, first edition all stories contained are fiction cover art by jack faragasso (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price 75¢ 192pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. plus reprinted from essentially the same setting at least twice by the successor publisher as a manor books mmpbs: 12/1973 stated second printing: probably prepared with the intention of its being released as the macfadden second printing and 1977 presumed second manor books mmpb, would likely've been recorded as third printing except includes no statement of earlier printings



ppint. 23rd Apr 2022		contents: ''god grant that she lye stille'' (novelette) (lady) cynthia asquith (in ''when churchyards yawn'' (ed? cynthia asquith (1931), q.v.) the foghorn (short story) gertrude atherton (good hoiusekeeping 11/1933) the last séance (ss) (dame) agatha christie (ghost stories vol.1 #5, 11/1926 as ''the woman who stole a ghost''; retitled in ''the hound of death'' agatha christie (1933), q.v.) (f&sf vol.2 #2, 4/1951) against authority (ntte) miriam allen deford (f&sf vol.30 #2, 2/1966) j-line to nowhere (ntte) zenna henderson (vol.37 #3, 9/1969) the ship who disappeared (ntte) anne mccaffrey (if vol.19 #3, 3/1969) a helva, brainships story, aka ''the ship who dissembled'' in ''the ship who sang'' anne mccaffrey (1969), q.v.) the lady was a tramp (ss) judith merril (venture #2 #2, 2/1957; venture atlas bre #3, 11/1963) the dark land (ntte) c. l. moore (weird tales vol.27 #1, 1/1936) a jirel of joiry story (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 30th Mar 2022		manor books second printing, though no earlier printing(s) acknowledged in indica cover art by ray feibush (unsigned, uncredited; re-used from his wrap-around art for ''the godmakers'' frank herbert (nel 10/1974 uk), q.v. (my identification)) cover price $1.25 192pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 30th Mar 2022		manor books first printing, though accounted second printing in indicia: presumably prepared as the second macfadden books mmpb printing - the form of the cat# is essentially that of a macfadden books mmpb, with the initial ''95'' indicating the cover price in cents, but in the event published by the successor company cover art unsigned, uncredited (it's familiar, but yr hmbl srppnt.'s not yet placed the style mentally...) cover price 95¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 7th Oct 2021		new english library uk p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by pauline jones cover price 60p (check for overseas territories' prices) 192pp. including 6pp. titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising reprint anthology of five novelettes and three short stories contents: the last séance (short story) agatha christie (ghost stories vol.1 #5, 11/1926, as "the woman who stole a ghost"; retitled in her collection, "the hound of death" (1933), ..under the new title, in f&sf vol.2 #2, 4/1951) ''god grante that she lye stille'' (novelette) cynthia asquith ("when churchyards yawn" ed. cynthia asquith (1931)) the foghorn (ss) gertrude atherton (good housekeeping 11/1933) against authority (ntte) miriam allen de forde (f&sf vol.30 #2, 2/1966) j-line to nowhere (ntte) zenna henderson (f&sf vol.37 #3, 9/1969) the ship who disappeared (ntte) anne mccaffrey (brainships, helva) (if vol.19 #3, 3/1969); aka "the ship who dissembled" in "the ship who sang" (1969) the lady was a tramp (ss) judith merril (venture vol.2 #2, 3/1957; venture bre #3, 11/1963) the dark land (ntte) c. l. moore (jirel of joiry) (weird tales vol.27 #1, 1/1936) (uk order of three stories varied from the merkin original sequence, #3, #1, #2, #4=, #5=, #6=, #7=, #8=) (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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Vic Ghidalia - The Venus Factor - New English Library - Paperback - UK - 0450030466 (1976)

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Vic Ghidalia - The Venus Factor - Manor Books - Paperback - USA (1977)

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Vic Ghidalia - The Venus Factor - Manor Books - Paperback - USA (1973)