• Publication: Ariel: The Book of Fantasy, Volume TwoPublication Record # 3022
• Editor: Thomas Durwood
• Date: 1977-00-00
• ISBN: 0-345-27319-2 [978-0-345-27319-2]
• Publisher: The Morning Star Press / Ballantine Books
• Price:
  $6.95^?$: US dollar
• Pages: 80
• 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:

  • No statement of edition or printing.
  • No date of publication. Date given here based solely on the copyright date.
  • 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 The Morning Star Press. The copyright is by The Morning Star Press, Ltd. Front cover gives the publisher as Ballantine Books, and the spine gives the publisher as Ariel Books/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.

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• 6 • Eggsucker • [Vic and Blood • 1] • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 14 • Interview with Frank Frazetta Part II • interview of Frank Frazetta • interview by Armand Eisen
• 27 • The Princess and the Merman • short fiction by Bruce Jones
• 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]
• 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
• 44 • Thinking of Frankenstein • essay by Arthur Asa Berger
• 47 • Paradise Gems • short story by David James
• 48 • The Helmet-Maker's Wife • novelette by Keith Roberts
• 56 • Den (Ariel #2) • short fiction by Richard Corben
• 71 • Islands • (1963) • short story by Michael Moorcock