Publication: Prelude to Mars

Publication: Prelude to MarsPublication Record # 270911
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Date: 1965-08-00
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World / SFBC
Price:
$1.90^?$: US dollar
Pages: x+497
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: OMNIBUS
Notes:
- The title page includes what may be interpreted as a blurb about the book or a subtitle: Prelude to Mars An Omnibus containing the complete novels PRELUDE TO SPACE and THE SANDS OF MARS and sixteen short stories
- The copyright includes "© 1965 by Arthur C. Clarke" though it's not clear what new material is included in this collection. It may be for the Foreword which is dated December 1964.
- The publication date and printing number are not stated. Gutter code '27G' on page 497 indicates a July 1965 printing date.
- There is no price, ISBN, catalog number, nor SFBC number. "BOOK CLUB EDITION" on the bottom of the front flap.
- The source for the $1.90 price used with this ISFDB publication record is unknown. It's higher than SFBC's price in 1974 but that may reflect that at the time this was a new book with the retail edition published a couple of months earlier at $4.95. Later SFBC printings had the ID #2469 printed on the back flap and were priced $1.69 (as of the SFBC announcement flyer for June 1974 and probably as early as September 1970 based on the ID number.)
- The table of Contents divides the publication into four parts:
  - Part I - Prelude to Space
  - Part II - On the Light Side (has the first eight short stories)
  - Part III - On the Serious Side (has the remaining eight short stories)
  - Part IV - The Sands of Mars
- The Foreword on pages 3 to 6 is about Prelude to Space only, not for the omnibus. It ends with "New York, December 1964"
- "Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin" on rear flap. The photographer or artist of the cover image is not credited.
- Prior to the 2017-08-22 verification this record had the note "Gutter code '24S' on page 497 indicates a June 1976 printing date." The note is puzzling because by 1976 the SFBC was using catalog numbers meaning this note likely belongs with another of the ISBN publication records.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 52628144

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Omnibus Title: Prelude to Mars • (1965) • omnibus by Arthur C. Clarke

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

3 • Foreword (Prelude to Space) • (1965) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
7 • Prelude to Space • (1951) • novel by Arthur C. Clarke
147 • Big Game Hunt • [Tales from the White Hart] • (1956) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
154 • Critical Mass • [Tales from the White Hart] • (1949) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
161 • The Ultimate Melody • [Tales from the White Hart] • (1957) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
168 • Moving Spirit • [Tales from the White Hart] • (1957) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
180 • The Man Who Ploughed the Sea • [Tales from the White Hart] • (1957) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
196 • Cold War • [Tales from the White Hart] • (1957) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
203 • What Goes Up • [Tales from the White Hart] • (1956) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of What Goes Up ...)
213 • Trouble with the Natives • (1951) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
227 • A Walk in the Dark • (1950) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
237 • The Forgotten Enemy • (1948) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
244 • The Parasite • (1953) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
255 • The Curse • (1946) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
258 • The Possessed • (1953) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
264 • The Awakening • (1942) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
269 • Exile of the Eons • (1950) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Nemesis)
284 • Second Dawn • (1951) • novelette by Arthur C. Clarke
315 • The Sands of Mars • (1951) • novel by Arthur C. Clarke

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Marc Kupper	2017-08-22 03:09:01	Permanent	2022-01-20
GlennMcG	2020-08-25 17:27:18	Permanent	2022-05-17

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Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2011-07-13 20:24:33
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Currey	N/A	Bluesman	2009-07-02 19:49:30
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2009-07-02 19:49:30
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2009-07-02 19:49:30
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2009-07-02 19:49:30
Reginald1	N/A	Bluesman	2016-10-06 19:50:16
Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2016-10-06 19:50:16
Tuck	Verified	Mhhutchins	2008-09-01 18:31:07

Publication: Prelude to Mars

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