Interstellar Empire

Book Details

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Author(s):

John Brunner

First Pub:

1976

Genre(s):

Collected Stories; Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

See 4

On Standing on One's Own Feet

The Altar on Asconel

The Man from the Big Dark

The Wanton of Argus

Internal ID:

13853

Series:

Interstellar Empire*

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Interstellar Empire*

A series of science fiction from John Brunner.

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Interstellar Empire

Copyright:

Dedication:

No dedication.

First Sentence:

None on file

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

"Yonder," said Kelab the Conjurer.

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

On Standing on One's Own Feet first appeared in a slightly different form in Amra #36, copyright © 1965 by The Terminus, Owlswick, and Fort Mudge Electrick Street Railway Gazette.

The Altar on Asconel first appeared in abridged form and under the title The Altar at Asconel in If, copyright © 1965 by Galaxy Publishing Corporation, and in full-length form and under its present title as half of Ace Book M123, copyright © 1965 by Ace Books.

The Man from the Big Dark first appeared in Science Fiction Adventures, copyright 1958 by Royal Publications Inc.

The Wanton of Argus first appeared in Two Complete Science Adventure Books, copyright 1953 by Wings Publishing Co., Inc., and was reprinted as half of Ace Book F227, under the title The Space-Time Juggler, copyright © 1963 by Ace Books.

Synopsis not on file
Extract not on file

Added: 12-Feb-2024

Last Updated: 14-Feb-2024

Publications

01-Sep-1976

DAW Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Sep-1976

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$1.75

Pages*:

256

Catalog ID:

UE1362

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

33466

Publisher:

DAW Books

ISBN:

0-879-97362-5

ISBN-13:

978-0-879-97362-9

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Vicente Segrelles - Cover Artist

JOHN BRUNNER

"Interstellar Empire deals with a power play on a planet that was formerly part of the now-crumbling and decadent Empire. Three brothers struggle to regain the power usurped by a strange cult...

"The most interesting thing about this book is Brunner's ability to create, with a few strokes of his typewriter, a new galactic empire, and characters to play on the stage of a crumbling imperial bureaucracy. The characterizations are impressibly vivid...

"The panoramic view of the empire from the standpoints of the planets Annanworld, Delcadore, and Asconel, presents an interesting interpretation of human motivations and human nature.

"John Brunner has succeeded once again in creating an excellent novel in the science fiction mode, re-establishing his well-deserved reknown and fame. By all means, read this book. It's bound to become a part of the 'Best of Brunner'"

- Drexel Triangle

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Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Printing, September 1976
Third printing based on the number line

From isfdb.org: The copyright page credits the cover artist as Paul Lehr but this is a Segrelles painting. The 1st printing had a Paul Lehr cover. The credit was corrected to Segrelles by the 5th printing.

Author(s)

John Brunner
Birth: 24 Sep 1934 Preston Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Death: 26 Aug 1995 Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Awards

No awards found

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