Title: A Torrent of Faces
Title Record # 11873
Authors: James Blish and Norman L. Knight
Date: 1967-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: A Torrent of Faces
Language: English
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Authors: James Blish and Norman L. Knight
Date: 1967-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: A Torrent of Faces
Language: English
Note: Partly based on "The Shipwrecked Hotel" (chapters 4 & 5), "The Piper of Dis" (chapters 7, 8 and 10) and "To Love Another" (chapters 6, 9 and 11).
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| A Torrent of Faces | 1967-00-00 | James Blish, Norman L. Knight | Doubleday | $4.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xvi+ 270 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | James Barkley | ||
| A Torrent of Faces | 1968-00-00 | James Blish, Norman L. Knight | Ace Books (Ace SF Special, Series 1 #A-29) | A-29 | $0.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
286 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon | |
| A Torrent of Faces | 1968-00-00 | James Blish, Norman L. Knight | Faber and Faber | 25/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
270 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Jerome Gask | ||
| A Torrent of Faces | 1968-02-00 | James Blish, Norman L. Knight | Doubleday / SFBC | $1.70?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ix+ 270 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | James Barkley | ||
Tausend Milliarden glückliche Menschen?Tausend Milliarden glueckliche Menschen |
1969-00-00 | James Blish, Norman L. Knight | Marion von Schröder?Marion von Schroeder (Science Fiction & Fantastica) |
DM 12.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
333 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | Heinz Edelmann , Klaus Kammerichs | ||
| Tausend Milliarden glückliche Menschen | 1972-03-00 | James Blish, Norman L. Knight | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3284) | 3284 | DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
222+ [1] |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | C. A. M. Thole | |
| A Torrent of Faces | 1977-10-01 | James Blish, Norman L. Knight | Ace Books | 0-441-81781-5 | $1.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
286 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | ||
| A Torrent of Faces | 1978-00-00 | James Blish, Norman L. Knight | Arrow Books | 0-09-917060-4 | £0.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
vii+ 270 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Chris Foss | |
| A Torrent of Faces | 1979-00-00 | James Blish, Norman L. Knight | Ace Books | 0-441-81782-3 | $1.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
286 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | ||
Tausend Milliarden glückliche Menschen / Planet der Träumer?Tausend Milliarden glueckliche Menschen / Planet der Traeumer |
1995-00-00 | James Blish, Norman L. Knight, John D. MacDonald | Das Beste (Unterwegs in die Welt von Morgen #146) | 3-87070-561-2 | 383 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | |||
| A Torrent of Faces | 2011-09-00 | James Blish, Norman L. Knight | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-10411-2 | £4.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel |
Reviews
- Review by Joanna Russ (1968) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1968
- Review by Leroy Tanner (1968) in Amazing Stories, July 1968
- Review by Earl Evers (1969) in Science Fiction Review, January 1969
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1969) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1969
- Review by Robert A. W. Lowndes (1969) in Famous Science Fiction, Spring 1969
- Review by Graham Andrews (1969) in Vector 54 Autumn 1969