Publication: The Best of C. M. Kornbluth

Publication: The Best of C. M. KornbluthPublication Record # 35759
Author: C. M. Kornbluth
Date: 1976-10-00
Catalog ID: 3006
Publisher: Nelson Doubleday / SFBC
Price:
$2.49^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
Pages: 312
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: The Best of C. M. Kornbluth by Gary Viskupic
Webpages: archive.org
Notes:
- First edition (not stated).
- "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front flap of the dustjacket indicates a printing by Doubleday for its various book clubs.
- Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for October 1976.
- No printed price or stated date of publication. Both given here are taken from the SFBC announcement flyer.
- "3006" printed at the bottom of the back flap of the dustjacket.
- First printing has gutter code "G35" [verified] on page 311; indicates a printing in August 1976.
- Reprinted with gutter code "M33" [verified], printed in August, 1982
- Reprint is different in two other ways besides the gutter code: SFBC #3006 is on the outside back cover; boards are now purple with dark blue 1/4 bound spine with darker blue lettering [first printing is all black boards with silver lettering]
- "Jacket painting by Gary Viskupic" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket, cover is also signed.
- The "About the Author" piece was reprinted from an unstated earlier Kornbluth collection.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 2213213
- Reginald-3: 27475

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Collection Title: The Best of C. M. Kornbluth • collection by C. M. Kornbluth

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1 • An Appreciation (The Best of C. M. Kornbluth) • essay by Frederik Pohl
7 • The Rocket of 1955 • (1939) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
9 • The Words of Guru • (1941) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
17 • The Only Thing We Learn • (1949) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
28 • The Adventurer • (1953) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
42 • The Little Black Bag • (1950) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
70 • The Luckiest Man in Denv • (1952) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
83 • The Silly Season • (1950) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
98 • The Remorseful • (1953) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
105 • Gomez • (1954) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
130 • The Advent on Channel Twelve • (1958) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
133 • The Marching Morons • (1951) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
164 • The Last Man Left in the Bar • (1957) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
176 • The Mindworm • (1950) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
190 • With These Hands • (1951) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
208 • Shark Ship • (1958) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth (variant of Reap the Dark Tide)
240 • Friend to Man • (1951) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
248 • The Altar at Midnight • (1952) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
255 • Dominoes • (1953) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
264 • Two Dooms • (1958) • novella by C. M. Kornbluth
311 • About the Author (The Best of C. M. Kornbluth) • (1954) • essay by C. M. Kornbluth (variant of About C.M. Kornbluth (The Explorers))

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Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Dirk P Broer	2011-04-08 05:29:03
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Reginald3	Verified	Dirk P Broer	2011-04-08 05:29:03
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OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2012-01-01 13:43:58

Publication: The Best of C. M. Kornbluth

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