• Publication: Ariel: The Book of Fantasy, Volume TwoPublication Record # 481236
• Editor: Thomas Durwood
• Date: 1977-09-00
• ISBN: 0-345-27319-2 [978-0-345-27319-2]
• Publisher: The Morning Star Press / Ballantine Books
• Price:
  $6.95^?$: US dollar
• Pages: 79
• Format:
  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.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Cover: Ariel: The Book of Fantasy, Volume Two by Frank Frazetta
• Notes:

  • Stated First Ballantine Books edition: September 1977
  • Neither the cover nor the spine indicates the volume, simply Ariel (over) The Book of Fantasy. The title page states Ariel only. The copyright page gives the title as Ariel, The Book of Fantasy, Volume Two.
  • Title page states the publisher as Morning Star Books.Kansas City Ballantine Books.New York. The copyright is by The Morning Star Press, Ltd. Front cover gives the publisher as Ballantine Books, and the spine gives the publisher as Morning Star/Ballantine Books.
  • Large-size (30 cm. tall) softcover format.
  • Title page credits Thomas Durwood as the editor, Armand Eisen as the publisher, and Bruce Jones as the designer.
  • This edition adds an extra page to Richard Corben's Den, so Michael Moorcock's Islands starts on page 72
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 972030317
  • Reginald-3: 22332

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• fep •  Ariel: The Book of Fantasy, Volume Two • (1977) • interior artwork by Franklin Booth
• 2 •  Ariel: The Book of Fantasy, Volume Two (frontispiece) • (1977) • interior artwork by Richard Corben
• 3 •  Title Page (Ariel: The Book of Fantasy, Volume Two) • (1977) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 5 •  Contents Page (Ariel: The Book of Fantasy, Volume Two) • (1977) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 6 • Eggsucker • [Vic and Blood • 1] • (1977) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 6 •  Eggsucker • (1977) • interior artwork by Richard Corben
• 14 •  Interview with Frank Frazetta, Part II • (1977) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 14 • Interview with Frank Frazetta Part II • (1977) • interview of Frank Frazetta • interview by Armand Eisen
• 27 • The Princess and the Merman • (1977) • short fiction by Bruce Jones
• 27 •  The Princess and the Merman • (1977) • interior artwork by Bruce Jones
• 32 •  The Lake — To __ • (1977) • interior artwork by Michael Hague
• 33 • The Lake—To —— • (1850) • poem by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of The Lake 1827)
• 34 • Science Fiction Chauvinism • (1975) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin [as by Ursula Le Guin]
• 34 •  Science Fiction Chauvinism • (1977) • interior artwork by Mark Corcoran
• 36 •  Frodo as Christ • (1977) • interior artwork by John Butterfield
• 36 • Frodo as Christ • (1970) • essay by Myra Edwards Barnes [as by Myra Edward Barnes]
• 40 • The Burning Man • (1975) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 40 •  The Burning Man • (1977) • interior artwork by Bruce Jones
• 44 • Thinking of Frankenstein • (1977) • essay by Arthur Asa Berger
• 44 •  Thinking of Frankenstein • (1977) • interior artwork by Michael McClue
• 47 • Paradise Gems • (1977) • short story by David James
• 47 •  Paradise Gems • (1977) • interior artwork by Tom Kowal
• 48 • The Helmet-Maker's Wife • (1977) • novelette by Keith Roberts
• 48 •  The Helmet-Maker's Wife • (1977) • interior artwork by Robert Noback
• 56 • Den (Ariel #2) • (1977) • short fiction by Richard Corben
• 72 • Islands • (1963) • short story by Michael Moorcock
• 73 •  Islands • (1977) • interior artwork by Jeff Jones
• bc •  Ariel: The Book of Fantasy, Volume Two • (1977) • interior artwork by Bruce Jones