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Publication: Galactic Empires: Volume Two

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  • Publication: Galactic Empires: Volume TwoPublication Record # 209637
  • Editor: Brian Aldiss
  • Date: 1979-03-00
  • ISBN: 0-380-42879-2 [978-0-380-42879-3]
  • Publisher: Avon
  • Price:
    $2.25?$: US dollar
  • Pages: xii+308
  • 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: ANTHOLOGY
  • Cover: Galactic Empires: Volume Two by Alex Ebel
  • Notes:
    • First Avon printing March 1979.
    • No printing number line in book.
    • Introduction and original material copyright © 1976 by Brian Aldiss.
    • "Cover illustration by Alex Ebel" on copyright page. Signature not found. Art is wraparound. Listed by Jane Frank.
    • "Acknowledgments" page opposite copyright page with individual stories' copyright information.
    • Epilogue appears to be an excerpt from "Olaf Stapledon: Star Maker".
    • "You Can't Impose Civilization by Force" starts with an excerpt from "Olaf Stapledon: Star Maker".
    • Interstitial material is titled, but not separately signed.
    • "Big Ancestors and Descendants" on ToC but Big Ancestors and Great Descendants on interstitial story title page.
    • "Brian Aldiss" on title page, front cover, and spine.
    • "A Science Fiction Book Club Selection" on front cover.
    • Floyd L. Wallace is shown as F. L. Wallace.
  • External IDs:
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Anthology Title: Galactic Empires Volume Two • [Galactic Empires • 2] • anthology by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]

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