Publication: Takeoff!

Publication: Takeoff!Publication Record # 34232
Author: Randall Garrett
Date: 1980-00-00
ISBN: 0-915442-84-1 [978-0-915442-84-3]
Publisher: Starblaze / The Donning Company
Pub. Series: Starblaze Editions
Pub. Series #: SB10
Price:
$4.95^?$: US dollar
Pages: 247
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: COLLECTION
Cover: Takeoff! (1979) • by Frank Kelly Freas
Notes: Copyright date 1979. No publication date as such, but ad at the back (pp [253]-[254]) shows Starblaze titles #1 (What Happened to Emily Goode After the Great Exhibition) thru #10 (Castaways in Time) as "available", with Takeoff! as #8, and Dominant Species, 1979 as #7. This same ad shows #11, Myth Conceptions, 1980, as "Coming Soon". According to Locus #233 (May 1980), "although the book has a 1979 copyright, it's an April 1980 release." Assumed first printing; no number line or printing statement. "The Best Policy" is not listed in the ToC; "Masters of the Metropolis" is listed as "Master of the Metropolis" (singular) The "Reviews in Verse" have been entered both as verse and as reviews, because they are verse, but they do also serve as reviews, and should link with the works they are based on. This double entry does NOT mean that the works appear twice in the collection. "Edited and Illustrated by Polly & Kelly Freas" (front cover); wraparound cover art is signed "Kelly Freas © '79" on the back cover. There is extensive interior art, apparently all by Kelly Freas. The central figure of the cover, shown in color, is the author; figures shown in outline are in many cases caricatures of the authors of works parodied in this collection. (-DES)
External IDs:
- LCCN: 79-9140
- OCLC/WorldCat: 5101936
- Reginald-3: 23721

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Collection Title: Takeoff! • [Takeoff • 1] • collection by Randall Garrett

Contents (view Concise Listing)

1 • Introduction (Takeoff!) • essay by A. E. van Vogt
5 • Foreword (Takeoff!) • essay by Randall Garrett
9 • Gentlemen: Please Note • (1957) • short story by Randall Garrett
30 • Backstage Lensman • (1978) • novelette by Randall Garrett
57 • The Best Policy • (1957) • short story by Randall Garrett
76 • The Cosmic Beat • (1962) • novelette by Randall Garrett (variant of Hepcats of Venus)
96 • Despoilers of the Golden Empire • (1959) • novelette by Randall Garrett [as by David Gordon]
132 • The Horror Out of Time • (1978) • short story by Randall Garrett
144 • Look Out! Duck! • (1957) • novelette by Randall Garrett [as by David Gordon]
180 • Masters of the Metropolis • (1956) • short story by Lin Carter and Randall Garrett
187 • Mustang • (1961) • short story by Randall Garrett
193 • ... No Connections • (1958) • short story by Randall Garrett (variant of No Connections)
209 • On the Martian Problem • (1977) • short story by Randall Garrett
215 • Prehistoric Note • (1979) • short fiction by Randall Garrett
217 • Reviews in Verse • essay by Randall Garrett
219 • Isaac Asimov's "The Caves of Steel" • [Parodies Tossed] • poem by Randall Garrett (variant of Parodies Tossed: Isaac Asimov's "The Caves of Steel" 1956)
219 • Review: The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov • (1956) • review by Randall Garrett
223 • Alfred Bester's "The Demolished Man" • [Parodies Tossed] • poem by Randall Garrett (variant of Parodies Tossed: Alfred Bester's "The Demolished Man" 1956)
223 • Review: The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester • (1956) • review by Randall Garrett
227 • L. Sprague de Camp's "Lest Darkness Fall" • [Parodies Tossed] • (1956) • poem by Randall Garrett (variant of Parodies Tossed: L. Sprague de Camp's "Lest Darkness Fall")
227 • Review: Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp • (1956) • review by Randall Garrett
230 • A.E. van Vogt's "Slan" • [Parodies Tossed] • (1956) • poem by Randall Garrett (variant of Parodies Tossed: A. E. van Vogt's "Slan")
230 • Review: Slan by A. E. van Vogt • (1956) • review by Randall Garrett
235 • Poul Anderson's "Three Hearts and Three Lions": A Calypso in Search of a Rhyme • [Parodies Tossed] • (1979) • poem by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron
235 • Review: Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson • (1979) • review by Randall Garrett
240 • John W. Campbell's "Who Goes There?" • [Parodies Tossed] • (1956) • poem by Randall Garrett
240 • Review: Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell • (1956) • review by Randall Garrett
243 • Blaze of Glory • [Poor Willie] • (1955) • poem by Randall Garrett
243 • Zap! • [Poor Willie] • (1963) • poem by Randall Garrett
243 • Hot Argument • [Poor Willie] • (1960) • poem by Randall Garrett
243 • The Adventures of "Little Willie" • essay by Randall Garrett
244 • Introduction to Benedict Breadfruit • essay by Reginald Bretnor [as by Grendel Briarton]
245 • Through Time and Space with Benedict Breadfruit I-VIII • [Benedict Breadfruit] • (1962) • short fiction by Randall Garrett [as by Grandall Barretton]

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Verifier	Date	Type	Last User Activity Date
DESiegel60	2009-08-31 21:00:58	Permanent	2012-08-05
GlennMcG	2020-09-27 19:50:21	Permanent	2024-04-05
Philfreund	2021-12-25 15:03:05	Permanent	2024-04-22

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Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	N/A	Rtrace	2022-08-14 19:40:38
Bleiler Supernatural	N/A	Rtrace	2022-08-14 19:40:38
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	N/A	Bluesman	2012-01-01 17:32:55
Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2012-01-01 17:32:55
Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2012-01-01 17:32:55
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Bluesman	2012-01-01 17:32:55
Contento1 (anth/coll)	Verified	Bluesman	2012-01-01 17:32:55
Currey	N/A	Bluesman	2012-01-01 17:32:55
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2012-01-01 17:32:55
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2012-01-01 17:32:55
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	DESiegel60	2009-08-31 21:05:30
Reginald1	N/A	Bluesman	2012-01-01 17:32:55
Reginald3	Verified	Bluesman	2012-01-01 17:32:55
Tuck	N/A	Bluesman	2012-01-01 17:32:55

Publication: Takeoff!

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

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