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Title: A Life for the Stars Title Record # 1635
Author: James Blish
Date: 1962-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Cities in Flight
Series Number: 2
Language: English
Synopsis: From the back cover of the Avon third printing: "A city launches itself into the galaxy! The noise was horrifying. He had never heard anything even a fraction as loud, but there could be no doubt about what it was: the city's spindizzies were sounding the alert. Then the whole city seemed to be rocking heavily, like a ship in a storm. At one instant, the street ended in nothing but sky; at the next he was staring at a wall of sheared earth, its rim looming cliff-like, fifty feet or more above the new margin of the city; then the blank sky was back again -"
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Other Titles

Translations Serializations
Year Language Title
1967Translated by Michel Deutsch
French Villes nomades
1975Translated by Gunnar Gällmo
Swedish Rymdstaden
1980Translated by Annemarie Kindt
Dutch Een leven voor de sterren
1985Translated by Ralph Tegtmeier
German
Ein Leben für die Sterne?Ein Leben fuer die Sterne
1998Translated by Alexandra Tavares
Portuguese Vivendo no céu
1998Translated by Viviana Viviani
Italian Una vita per le stelle
Year Title
1962 A Life for the Stars (Part 1 of 2)
1962 A Life for the Stars (Part 2 of 2)

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, September 1962 1962-09-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Condé Nast  
$0.50?$: US dollar
180
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 Solonevich Checkmark
Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, October 1962 1962-10-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Condé Nast  
$0.50?$: US dollar
180
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 John Schoenherr Checkmark
A Life for the Stars 1962-12-18 James Blish G. P. Putnam's Sons  
$3.50?$: US dollar
188
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Robert MacLean Checkmark
Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, January 1963 (UK) 1963-01-00 ed. John W. Campbell Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. 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).
132
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 Checkmark
Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, February 1963 (UK) 1963-02-00 ed. John W. Campbell Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. 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).
132
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 Schoenherr  
A Life for the Stars 1963-10-00 James Blish Avon H-107
$0.45?$: US dollar
143
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 Paul Lehr Checkmark
A Life for the Stars 1963-10-00 James Blish Avon H-107
C$0.45?C$: Canadian dollar
143
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 Paul Lehr Checkmark
A Life for the Stars 1964-00-00 James Blish Faber and Faber  
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).
147
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Robert MacLean Checkmark
A Life for the Stars 1966-05-00 James Blish Avon G1280
$0.50?$: US dollar
143+
[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 Lida Moser Checkmark
A Life for the Stars 1966-05-00 James Blish Avon G1280
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
143+
[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 Lida Moser Checkmark
Villes nomades 1967-03-28 James Blish
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#99)
 
F6.15?F: French frank
200
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 Life for the Stars 1968-02-00 James Blish Avon G1280
$0.50?$: US dollar
143
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 Lida Moser Checkmark
A Life for the Stars 1968-02-00 James Blish Avon G1280
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
143
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 Lida Moser Checkmark
Cities in Flight 1970-02-00 James Blish Avon 0-380-00187-X / W187
$1.25?$: US dollar
605+
[2]
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 Checkmark
Cities in Flight 1970-02-00 James Blish Avon W187
C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar
605+
[2]
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 Checkmark
Villes nomades 1971-07-10 James Blish
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#99)
    200
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  
Cities in Flight 1971-08-00 James Blish Avon W187
$1.25?$: US dollar
605+
[2]
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 Checkmark
Cities in Flight 1973-02-00 James Blish Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 5579
$3.50?$: US dollar
593
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Brad Holland Checkmark
Cities in Flight 1974-00-00 James Blish Arrow Books 0-09-909410-X    
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 Chris Foss  
A Life for the Stars 1974-05-06 James Blish Arrow Books 0-09-908700-6
£0.35?£: UK pound
147
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
A Life for the Stars 1974-08-00 James Blish Arrow Books 0-09-908700-6
£0.35?£: UK pound
147
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
Rymdstaden 1975-00-00 James Blish Delta (Stockholm) (Delta Science Fiction #32) 91-7228-078-6   181
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Carl Lundgren Checkmark
Cities in Flight 1975-12-00 James Blish Avon 0-380-00998-6
$2.25?$: US dollar
605+
[2]
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 Checkmark
Cities in Flight 1976-08-00 James Blish Avon 0-380-00998-6
$2.25?$: US dollar
605+
[2]
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 Checkmark
Cities in Flight 1978-07-00 James Blish Avon 0-380-41616-6
$2.50?$: US dollar
605
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 Checkmark
Cities in Flight 1979-00-00 James Blish Avon 0-380-41616-6
$2.50?$: US dollar
605
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 Checkmark
Steden doorkruisen het heelal 1980-00-00 James Blish Meulenhoff (M=SF #165) 90-290-1333-8   570
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 John Harris Checkmark
Cities in Flight 1981-00-00 James Blish Arrow Books 0-09-926440-4
£2.50?£: UK pound
607
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
Villes nomades 1981-11-05 James Blish
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#99)
    200
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
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
 
Cities in Flight 1982-04-00 James Blish Avon 0-380-00998-6
$3.50?$: US dollar
605
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  
Cities in Flight 1985-00-00 James Blish Arrow Books 0-09-926440-4
£2.95?£: UK pound
607
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
Cities in Flight 1985-00-00 James Blish Arrow Books 0-09-926440-4
£2.75?£: UK pound
607
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
Die fliegenden Städte 1985-00-00 James Blish
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24073)
3-404-24073-1
DM 14.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
798
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 Chris Foss  
Cities in Flight 1987-00-00 James Blish Arrow Books 0-09-926440-4
£3.95?£: UK pound
607
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
Cities in Flight: Vol. 1 1991-04-00 James Blish Baen 0-671-72050-3
$4.50?$: US dollar
309
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 David B. Mattingly  
Cities in Flight 1991-07-00 James Blish Legend 0-09-926440-4
£5.99?£: UK pound
607
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 Lee Gibbons  
Villes nomades 1993-04-00 James Blish
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#99)
2-207-50099-3   200
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 Pascal Moret  
Vivendo no céu 1998-02-00 James Blish Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #486) 972-38-1648-2   185
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. Pedro Checkmark
Le città volanti 1998-11-00 James Blish Editrice Nord (Cosmo Serie Oro. Classici della Narrativa di Fantascienza #174) 88-429-1050-3
Lit 26,000?Lit: Italian lira
viii+
554
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  
Cities in Flight 1999-02-00 James Blish Millennium / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #3) 1-85798-811-6
£6.99?£: UK pound
607
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 John Harris Checkmark
Cities in Flight 2000-02-00 James Blish The Overlook Press 1-58567-008-1
$35.00?$: US dollar
ix+
591
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Brad Holland  
Cities in Flight 2000-06-00 James Blish The Overlook Press / SFBC 03443
$14.98?$: US dollar
593
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Brad Holland Checkmark
Cities in Flight 2002-11-00 James Blish Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #3) 1-85798-811-6
£7.99?£: UK pound
607
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 John Harris Checkmark
Cities in Flight 2004-00-00 James Blish Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #3) 1-85798-811-6
£7.99?£: UK pound
607
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 John Harris Checkmark
Cities in Flight 2005-00-00 James Blish The Overlook Press 1-58567-602-0
$16.95?$: US dollar
ix+
591+
[2]
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 Brad Holland Checkmark
Cities in Flight 2006-08-00 James Blish Gollancz (Gollancz SF) 0-575-07898-7
£7.99?£: UK pound
xi+
664+
[5]
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 Marc Adams Checkmark
Cities In Flight 2010-02-00 James Blish Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-0-575-09417-8
£8.99?£: UK pound
x+
625
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 John Harris  
A Life for the Stars 2011-09-00 James Blish Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10395-5
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel  
Cities In Flight 2013-12-12 James Blish Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-1-4732-0288-7
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
omni John Harris  
Die fliegenden Städte 2015-00-00 James Blish Heyne 978-3-641-17544-3
€5.99?€: Euro
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
omni  
Cities in Flight date unknown James Blish Avon 21196
$1.75?$: US dollar
605
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 Checkmark
Cities in Flight date unknown James Blish Avon 380-27987
$2.25?$: US dollar
605
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  
Cities in Flight date unknown James Blish Avon 0-380-00998-6
$2.95?$: US dollar
605
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 Checkmark
Cities in Flight date unknown James Blish Avon W187
$1.25?$: US dollar
605
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 Checkmark
Cities in Flight date unknown James Blish Avon 0-380-00998-6
$3.95?$: US dollar
605
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 Checkmark
Cities in Flight date unknown James Blish Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-0-575-09417-8
£8.99?£: UK pound
x+
625
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 John Harris Checkmark
Cities in Flight date unknown James Blish Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #3) 1-85798-811-6
£7.99?£: UK pound
607
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 John Harris Checkmark
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