Publication: The Airs of Earth

Publication: The Airs of EarthPublication Record # 200981
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1965-09-00
Catalog ID: 1325
Publisher: Four Square Books
Price:
3/6^?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).
Pages: 190
Format:
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.
Type: COLLECTION
Notes: "First Four Square Edition September 1965" Printing not stated, no number line From "Acknowledgements": "Many of the stories have been revised and altered since their first appearance." Brian Aldiss on cover and spine; Brian W. Aldiss on title page. Artist is not credited, no visible signature [photograph?]
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 20720133

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Collection Title: The Airs of Earth • (1963) • collection by Brian W. Aldiss

Contents (view Concise Listing)

9 • Introduction (The Airs of Earth) • (1963) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
13 • A Kind of Artistry • (1962) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
35 • How to Be a Soldier • (1963) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss (variant of Soldiers Running 1960)
45 • Basis for Negotiation • (1962) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
82 • Shards • (1962) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
90 • "O Moon of My Delight!" • (1961) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss (variant of O Moon of My Delight!)
116 • The International Smile • (1963) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
138 • The Game of God • (1963) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss (variant of Segregation 1958)
180 • Old Hundredth • (1960) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss

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