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Title: New Maps of Hell Title Record # 102658
Author: Kingsley Amis
Date: 1960-00-00
Type: NONFICTION
Language: English
Note: Critical essays based on a series of lectures (the Christian Gauss Seminars) given at Princeton. Michael Moorcock, in his announcement of the onset of the New Wave movement in the April 1963 issue of New Worlds, referred to this text stating: "Science fiction has gone to hell and Kingsley Amis is mapping it."
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Year Language Title
1962Translated by Elisabeth Gille
French L'univers de la science-fiction

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
New Maps of Hell 1960-00-00 Kingsley Amis Harcourt, Brace & World  
$3.95?$: US dollar
161
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic Milton Glaser Checkmark
New Maps of Hell 1961-00-00 Kingsley Amis Ballantine Books 479K
$0.35?$: US dollar
141
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.
non-fic Richard Powers Checkmark
New Maps of Hell 1961-02-00 Kingsley Amis Gollancz  
16/-?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).
161
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic  
New Maps of Hell 1961-02-00 Kingsley Amis Gollancz  
16/-?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).
161
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic  
New Maps of Hell 1961-04-00 Kingsley Amis Gollancz     161
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic Checkmark
New Maps of Hell 1962-05-00 Kingsley Amis The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 61
5/6?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).
 
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic John Griffiths  
New Maps of Hell 1963-00-00 Kingsley Amis Four Square Books 863
2/6?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).
141
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.
non-fic Checkmark
New Maps of Hell 1969-03-00 Kingsley Amis New English Library 0-450-00273-X   144
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.
non-fic Bruce Pennington Checkmark
New Maps of Hell: A Survey of Science Fiction 1975-02-00 Kingsley Amis Arno Press (Science Fiction [Arno Press]) 0-405-06321-0
$9.00?$: US dollar
161
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic  
New Maps of Hell 2012-06-07 Kingsley Amis Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics) 978-0-14-119862-0
£8.99?£: UK pound
 
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.
non-fic  
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