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  • Publication: The Stars My DestinationPublication Record # 304712
  • Author: Alfred Bester
  • Date: 2010-03-29
  • ISBN: 978-0-575-09419-2 [0-575-09419-2]
  • Publisher: Gollancz / Orion
  • Pub. Series: Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)
  • Price:
    £7.99?£: UK pound
  • Pages: viii+244
  • 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: NOVEL
  • Cover: The Stars My Destination (1999) • by Chris Moore
  • Notes: Dated 1st printing of the 2010 edition with this ISBN. Title page:
    • Gollancz colophon as imprint.
    Copyright page:
    • "Copyright © Alfred Bester 1956"
    • "Special Restored Text of this edition Copyright © the Estate of Alfred Bester 1996"
    • "Introduction Copyright © Graham Sleight 2009"
    • "Of Time, and Gully Foyle Copyright © Neil Gaiman 1996"
    • "Special calligraphy and ideographs in Chapter 15 created by Jack Gaughan"
    • "First published in Great Britain in 1999 by [over] Millennium [over] An imprint of Orion Books Ltd"
    • "This edition published in Great Britain in 2010 by [over] Gollancz [over] An imprint of the Orion Publishing Group [over] Orion House, 5 Upper St Martin's Lane, [over] London WC2H 9EA"
    • "An Hachette UK company"
    • Numberline: "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2"
    • "ISBN 978 0 575 09419 2"
    • "Printed and bound in Great Britain by [over] Clays Ltd, St Ives plc"
    Back cover:
    • "Based on illustration by Chris Moore/ Artist Partners" (no visible signature on the artwork)
    • "UK £7.99" (no additional pricing)
    Spine:
    • SF Masterworks, The Stars My Destination in black; Alfred Bester in red, all on graduated yellow-to-white ground.
    Introduction is signed on page viii "Graham Sleight, [over] August 2009" Neil Gaiman's essay is unsigned. Jack Gaughan's uncredited calligraphy and ideographs in chapter 15 are on pages 216-225. Full date from Amazon.co.uk and sfgateway.com as at 2023-03-12. The Open Library reference gives a publish date of Feb 21, 2010. This was probably an advance notice date. Semi-gloss cover.
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