Publication: The Outward Urge

Publication: The Outward UrgePublication Record # 288838
Authors: Lucas Parkes, John Wyndham
Date: 1964-00-00
Catalog ID: 1544
Publisher: Penguin Books
Price:
3/-^?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).
Pages: 187
Format:
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.
Type: COLLECTION
Notes:
- "Copyright © John Wyndham and Lucas Parkes, 1959"
- "Chapters 1 to 4 first published by Michael Joseph 1959"
- "Published with Chapter 5 by Science Fiction Book Club 1961"
- "Published in Penguin Books 1962"
- "Reprinted 1964"
- Cover photograph shows NASA's Mercury-Atlas 6 rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in February 1962

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Collection Title: The Outward Urge • [Troons] • (1959) • collection by John Wyndham [as by Lucas Parkes and John Wyndham]

Contents (view Concise Listing)

9 • The Space-Station: A.D. 1994 • [Troons] • (1962) • novelette by John Wyndham (variant of The Space Station A.D. 1994 1958) [as by Lucas Parkes and John Wyndham]
44 • The Moon: A.D. 2044 • [Troons] • (1958) • novelette by John Wyndham (variant of The Moon A.D. 2044) [as by Lucas Parkes and John Wyndham]
94 • Mars: A.D. 2094 • [Troons] • (1958) • novelette by John Wyndham (variant of Mars A.D. 2094) [as by Lucas Parkes and John Wyndham]
130 • Venus: A.D. 2144 • [Troons] • (1958) • novelette by John Wyndham (variant of Venus A.D. 2144) [as by Lucas Parkes and John Wyndham]
169 • The Emptiness of Space: The Asteroids A.D. 2194 • [Troons] • (1960) • short story by John Wyndham (variant of The Asteroids, 2194) [as by Lucas Parkes and John Wyndham]

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