Title: The Primal Urge
Title Record # 119
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1961-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1961-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: This novel was abridged and serialized as "Minor Operation" in New Worlds (1962).
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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 Primal Urge | 1961-00-00 | Brian Aldiss | Ballantine Books | F 555 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
191 | 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 |  |
| New Worlds Science Fiction, #119 June | 1962-06-00 | ed. John Carnell | Nova Publications Ltd. | 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). |
128 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Brian Lewis | ||
| New Worlds Science Fiction, #120 July | 1962-07-00 | ed. John Carnell | Nova Publications Ltd. | 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). |
128 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | |||
| New Worlds Science Fiction, #121 August | 1962-08-00 | ed. John Carnell | Nova Publications Ltd. | 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). |
128 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | |||
| La lampada del sesso | 1964-12-15 | Brian W. Aldiss | Casa Editrice La Tribuna (La Bussola SF #0) | Lit 0?Lit: Italian lira |
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. |
novel | Rocco Borella | |
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| The Primal Urge | 1967-00-00 | Brian Aldiss | Sphere Books | 10820 | 5/-?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). |
191 | 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 | David Davies (artist) | |
| A Brian Aldiss Omnibus | 1969-00-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | Sidgwick & Jackson | 0-283-98052-4 | £2.25?£: UK pound |
191+ 191+ 126 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | ||
| La lampada del sesso | 1970-00-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #10) | Lit 1,050?Lit: Italian lira |
254 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Rocco Borella | |
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| The Primal Urge | 1972-03-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | Sphere Books | 10987 | £0.30?£: UK pound |
190+ [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 | |
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| The Primal Urge | 1976-06-00 | Brian Aldiss | Panther | 0-586-04380-2 | £0.50?£: UK pound |
191 | 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 | Beverley Le Barrow | |
| Es brennt ein Licht | 1985-03-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Allgemeine Reihe?Bastei Luebbe Allgemeine Reihe #13004) |
3-404-13004-9 | DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
254+ [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 | Tim White | |
| La lampada dell'amore | 1997-07-00 | Brian W. Aldiss | Mondadori (Classici Urania #244) | Lit 6,500?Lit: Italian lira |
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. |
novel | Olivia De Berardinis | ||
| The Primal Urge | 2001-00-00 | Brian Aldiss | House of Stratus | 0-7551-0059-X | £6.99?£: UK pound |
221 | 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 | Derek Edwards | |
| The Primal Urge | 2012-10-25 | Brian Aldiss | The Friday Project (The Brian Aldiss Collection) | 978-0-00-748206-1 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
200 | 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 | ||
| The Primal Urge | 2012-10-25 | Brian Aldiss | The Friday Project (The Brian Aldiss Collection) | 978-0-00-748207-8 | £3.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel |
Reviews
- Review by Leslie Flood (1962) in New Worlds Science Fiction, #117 April
- Review by S. E. Cotts (1962) in Amazing Stories, April 1962
- Review by Alfred Bester (1962) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1962
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1962) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, May 1962
- Review by Jim Groves (1962) in Vector 17, Autumn 1962