Title: The Falling Torch
Title Record # 705
Author: Algis Budrys
Date: 1959-06-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Michael Wireman
Webpages: epdf.pub, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Algis Budrys
Date: 1959-06-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Michael Wireman
Webpages: epdf.pub, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: This is a fixup novel incorporating the stories: "Falling Torch" (Venture Jan. 1958); "The Man Who Did Not Fit" (Astounding, March 1959) and "Hot Potato" (Astounding, July 1957).
The 1991 version is revised with new material.
The website linked above contains the revised version which includes a missing chapter not in the original version.
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Awards
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Preliminary Nominees | 1984 Prometheus | Prometheus Hall of Fame Award |
Publications
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Falling Torch | 1959-06-00 | Algis Budrys | Pyramid Books | G416 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
158 | 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. |
novel | Bob Engle | |
The Falling Torch | 1962-01-00 | Algis Budrys | Pyramid Books | F-693 | $0.40?$: US dollar |
158 | 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. |
novel | John Schoenherr | |
The Falling Torch | 1964-05-00 | Algis Budrys | Pyramid Books | F-1028 | $0.40?$: US dollar |
158 | 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. |
novel | John Schoenherr | |
The Falling Torch | 1968-07-00 | Algis Budrys | Pyramid Books | X-1837 | $0.60?$: US dollar |
158 | 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. |
novel | John Schoenherr | |
The Falling Torch | 1972-08-00 | Algis Budrys | Pyramid Books | N2776 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
158 | 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. |
novel | John Schoenherr | |
The Falling Torch | 1972-08-00 | Algis Budrys | Pyramid Books | 0-515-02776-6 | C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar |
158 | 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. |
novel | John Schoenherr | |
The Falling Torch | 1974-08-00 | Algis Budrys | Pyramid Books | 0-515-03430-4 / N3430 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
158 | 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. |
novel | Ed Emshwiller | |
The Falling Torch | 1974-08-00 | Algis Budrys | Pyramid Books | 0-515-03430-4 / N3430 | C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
158 | 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. |
novel | Ed Emshwiller | |
The Falling Torch | 1978-11-00 | Algis Budrys | Jove / HBJ | 0-515-04649-3 / A4649 | $1.50?$: US dollar |
158 | 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. |
novel | Eric Ladd | |
The Falling Torch | 1978-11-00 | Algis Budrys | Jove / HBJ | 0-515-04649-3 / A4649 | C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
158 | 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. |
novel | Eric Ladd | |
The Falling Torch | 2011-09-00 | Algis Budrys | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-10836-3 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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Reviews
- Review by Frederik Pohl (1959) in If, November 1959
- Review by uncredited (1959) in New Frontiers, December 1959
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1960) in Astounding/Analog Science Fact & Fiction, April 1960
- Review by Alfred Bester (1962) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1962
- Review by Floyd C. Gale (1962) in Galaxy Magazine, October 1962 , reprinted in:
- Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 94 October 1962 (1962)
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1965) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, January 1965
- Review by James Cawthorn [as by J. Cawthorn] (1966) in New Worlds SF, October 1966
- Review [French] by Jean-Pierre Andrevon (1976) in Fiction, #269