Title: A for Andromeda

Title: A for Andromeda Title Record # 767
Authors: John Elliot and Fred Hoyle
Date: 1962-07-05
Type: NOVEL [novelization]
Series: Andromeda (Hoyle & Elliot)
Series Number: 1
Webpages: IMDB, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: Appeared as a 12-part serial in the Melbourne Herald April 7-21 1962, after having been broadcasted by the BBC in seven parts in 1961.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1962^ⓘTranslated by C. Luplau Janssen	Danish	Budskabet fra Andromeda
1964^ⓘTranslated by Alfredo Crespo	Spanish	A de Andromeda
1965^ⓘTranslated by B. R. Bruss and also "adaptated" (shortened?).	French	"A" comme Andromède^?"A" comme Andromede
1965^ⓘTranslated by Jorge Fonseca	Portuguese	Ameaça de Andrómeda [as by J. Elliot and Fred Hoyle]
1967^ⓘTranslated by Gustav Keim and Robert Picht	German	A wie Andromeda
1968^ⓘTranslated by Maia Belciu and Dan Hurmuzescu	Romanian	A de la Andromeda
1968^ⓘTranslated by Faber Heeresma	Dutch	Andromeda
1976^ⓘTranslated by Ljiljana Stanić	Serbian	A kao Andromeda [as by Džon Eliot and Fred Hojl]
1980^ⓘTranslated by C. Luplau Janssen	Danish	Angrebet fra Andromeda
1981	Hungarian	A - mint Androméda

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
A for Andromeda	1962-00-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Souvenir Press		15/-^?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).	206	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Budskabet fra Andromeda	1962-00-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Hasselbalch				unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel
A for Andromeda	1962-07-05	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Harper & Row		$3.50^?$: US dollar	191	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Ewing Galloway
A for Andromeda	1962-09-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Harper & Row		$3.50^?$: US dollar	191	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Ewing Galloway
A for Andromeda	1962-10-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Harper & Brothers / SFBC		$1.20^?$: US dollar	191	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Ewing Galloway
A for Andromeda	1963-00-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Corgi	YS1300	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).	174	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
A de Andromeda	1964-00-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Plaza & Janés (Constelación #1)	1		190	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
A for Andromeda	1964-12-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Crest	d773	$0.50^?$: US dollar	205	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	Richard Powers
"A" comme Andromède	1965-00-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Fleuve Noir (Fleuve Noir - Anticipation #281)		F2.50^?F: French frank	188	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	Gaston De Sainte-Croix
Ameaça de Andrómeda	1965-00-00	J. Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #98)			242	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	Lima de Freitas
A for Andromeda	1966-00-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers	GS7348	3/6^?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).	173+ [1]	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
A wie Andromeda	1967-00-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Goverts			267	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
A de la Andromeda	1968-00-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Editura Tineretului ( Colecția SF (2nd series)^?Colectsia SF (2nd series) Colectia SF (2nd series) )			272	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel	Damian Petrescu
A for Andromeda	1968-00-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Fawcett Crest	R1205	$0.60^?$: US dollar	205	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	Richard Powers
Andromeda	1968-00-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1191)	1191	ƒ2.75^?ƒ: Dutch guilder	192	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	Dick Bruna
A for Andromeda	1969-07-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers	0-552-08199-X	3/6^?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).	174	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
A for Andromeda	1970-00-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers	0-552-08199-X	4/-^?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).	174	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
A wie Andromeda	1970-02-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei ( Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei #1088)		DM 3.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	215	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.	omni	Hans Maier
Andromeda	1974-00-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Bruna (Bruna SF #35)	90-229-9035-4	ƒ3.75^?ƒ: Dutch guilder	192	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	Marion Crezée
A for Andromeda	1975-00-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Corgi (Corgi SF Collector's Library)	0-552-09938-4	£0.40^?£: UK pound	174	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	Patrick Woodroffe
A for Andromeda	1975-04-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Avon	0-380-00299-X / 23366	$1.25^?$: US dollar	207	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	Gene Szafran
A for Andromeda	1975-04-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Avon	0-380-00299-X / 23366	C$1.25^?C$: Canadian dollar	207	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	Gene Szafran
A kao Andromeda	1976-00-00	Džon Eliot, Fred Hojl	Jugoslavija (Kentaur)			179	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.	novel	Saša Mišić^?Sasha Mishish Sasa Misic
A kao Andromeda	1978-00-00	Džon Eliot, Fred Hojl	Jugoslavija (Kentaur)			179	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Saša Mišić^?Sasha Mishish Sasa Misic
"A" comme Andromède	1980-00-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Fleuve Noir (Fleuve Noir - Super luxe #82)	2-265-01252-1		220	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	Tony Roberts (artist)
Angrebet fra Andromeda	1980-00-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Tristan	87-87839-06-7		191	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Androméda	1981-00-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Kozmosz Könyvek^?Kozmosz Konyvek ( Kozmosz Fantasztikus Könyvek^?Kozmosz Fantasztikus Konyvek #70)	963-211-417-5	Ft 44^?Ft: Hungarian forint	428	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.	omni	Korga György^?Korga Gyoergy
A wie Andromeda	1984-10-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Goldmann (Edition '84: Die positiven Utopien #11)	3-442-08411-3	DM 9.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	ii+ 254	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.	omni	Klaus Holitzka
A for Andromeda	2001-05-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Souvenir Press	0-285-63588-3	£7.99^?£: UK pound	174	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.	novel	Angela Hynd , Scott Prentice
A for Andromeda	2002-01-00	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Dales Large Print Books	1-84262-131-9	$21.99^?$: US dollar	352	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
A for Andromeda	2020-10-29	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Gateway / Orion	978-1-4732-1084-4	£4.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Andromeda Anthology	2020-10-29	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4732-3011-8	£9.99^?£: UK pound	394	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.	omni	Shutterstock
The Andromeda Anthology	2020-10-29	John Elliot, Fred Hoyle	Gateway / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4732-3048-4	£9.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni	Shutterstock

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Reviews

Review by Leslie Flood (1962) in New Worlds Science Fiction, #116 March
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1962) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, November 1962 , reprinted in:
Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, April 1963 (UK) (1963)
Review by Avram Davidson (1962) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1962
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1965) in Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, August 1965
Review [French] by Maxim Jakubowski (1966) in Fiction, #147
Review by Robert W. Hayler (2002) in Vector 221